Falling Birth Rate and War Drain on National Power
The medical commentator argues that war demands men, munitions, and money but warns that a nation cannot substitute machines for people. He cites Birmingham births, England and Wales 1915 infant mortality, and quarterly birth rates, stressing that manpower loss outpaces gains. The piece links low birth rates and high infant death to national weakness and urges action to preserve infant life and future stability.
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Saya
London ‘‘Times
Birmingham Maternity Hospital
Robertson
Birmingham
England
Wales
Lancet
Harvesting Crop Under Difficulties in Wagga District
A heavy wheat crop near maturity on J L Taylor’s Uranquinty farm was ruined by a windstorm. A Massey Harris reaper-thresher with a false comb finally saved about 24 bushels per acre, impressing a farmer gathering. Taylor’s crop was last week of March damaged, yet now yields a satisfactory return despite earlier loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wages Advertiser
Wagga
J. L. Taylor
Uranquinty
Taylor
R. G. Furney
Massey-Harris
Furney
What a General Must Know
The general must master strategy and tactics and oversee food logistics, ammunition carriage, and forage needs. He should judge ammunition types, assess regiments’ endurance, and wield artillery to break enemy nerve while balancing engineering, sanitation, medical, and logistics knowledge for battlefield efficiency. He also needs law, discipline, and diplomacy skills.
Fortune in Five Minutes Across the Atlantic
A historical review catalogs rapid fortunes in 19th and early 20th century markets. It highlights Joseph Headley earning a million in minutes at the Cotton Exchange, Theodore Price making 20 000 a minute during a panic, J I Livermore’s £100 000 gain between meals, and vast sums amassed by Vanderbilt Gould Rockefeller and others in stocks, wheat, and railways. It notes Rockefeller’s fortune leapt from £20 to £50 million in the 19th century and totaled £180 million in stock by 1900, with twenty three American millionaires increasing capital by at least £60 million that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Joseph Headley
Cotton Exchange
Exchange
Theodore Price
J. I. Livermore
New York Stock Exchange
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
Harriman
Messrs. Gates
W. Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
Stillmen
Abraham White
Commodore Vanderbilt
Harlem
Jay Gould
Wall Street
E. P. Hutchinson
Chicago
James Patten
J. R. Keene
King of
The
Bears
Brooklyn
National Cordage
Northern Pacific
J. D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Marriage After the War Dreams of Masters of Households
A wartime essay envisions a social shift as women prove capable in work from driving lorries to banking. It argues men will gain freedom to pursue romance and art, while women take on public roles. The piece ends with a male narrator imagining his wife returning home from the City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Europe
Ford
Meredith
Juliet
Ann
Bobnail
Labra
Arren
Flower Seed Packs and Varieties for Sale in 19th Century Catalog
A vintage seed list offering a wide range of flowers and vegetables. It lists Aster, coleus, cactus seeds, begonia, carnation, petunia, zinnia, salvia, dianthus, morning glory, and many more with packet prices such as 6d and 3d. Vegetable seeds feature 3d jackets for 2/6, plus crops like rock melon, water melon, cucumber, tomato, and lettuce. Kentucky Wonder climbing beans described as wonderful and stringless, with pricing options per packet and bulk.
Dransfield's Seeds Availability Noted in Maitland Trade
Seed importers J A Dransfield and Co. announce stock kept in Maitland at C J Shakespeare house. Details describe urniaher and unspecified items in inventory as of now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Dransfield & CO
West Maitland
Dransfield's
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Mireland’s “J. I.N.” Tea
Rai
J. Ireland Ltd
Newcastle
George
Anya
Collarette
Kentucky
T, McCormick & 60
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J. 1. Quirk
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