Gigantic WWI Army Feast Dubbed Imaginary Great Meal
Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell described the wartime food needs of 3.7 million soldiers as an imaginary feast. He tallied enormous quantities of roast beef, bacon, bread, butter, oleomargarine, baked beans, potatoes, onions, canned vegetables and fish, canned tomatoes, prunes, evaporated peaches and apples, sugar, coffee, evaporated milk, and a total bill of 727 million 702 thousand 430 dollars.
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Washington
Benedict Crowell
Community Flu Strikes Local Families and Visits Noted
Several residents report illness with influenza. Families, including Hicks, Hunter, Alexander, Anderson, Lambert and Williams households, hosted or visited relatives in town and nearby Arkansas and Dallas. Among healthy notes, Dr. Malcom Williams visits his parents, and Mrs. M. M. Cooper shows improvement. A cooking tip says heating a knife helps bread cut easier.
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George Hicks
Hugh Hunter
Jim Hicks
Bun Alexander
W. C. Anderson
Leonard Jones
Arkansas
Harlie Howell
Charlie Lambert
Ector
Joe Rich
D. E. McCoy
Malcom Williams
Larado
F. C. Williams
M. M. Cooper
Betty Marie
Melva Colleen Allen
M. L. Williams
Clarksville
Use Less Food Britons Warned
In a wartime broadcast Lord Woolton urged Britons to eat less in 1941 due to intensified German attacks on food ships. He called for more potatoes, less breakfast goods, and using canned foods as iron rations while noting reduced cooking fats. The sermon misread note added a light moment about prayer for a seaman’s safety.
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London
Lord Woolton
Britain
Woolton
Classified notices and sales items from The Sun
Want Ads list custom rubber stamps and stamp pads at The Sun Office. Haile's Greenhouse offers funeral designs and cut flowers by phone 227. An estray brown dog named Butch contacted via Jimmie Nossa man at 213. Ribbons selling Stafford typewriter ribbons at The Sun Office for 50c. Fortyseven acres of black land with residence in Whitewright offered by S. T. Montgomery Sr. The Sun stocks salesbooks by the dozen or case of 100 at good prices.
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S. T. Montgomery Sr
15th District Court Dismissals Report
The weekly docket shows multiple cases dismissed in the 15th district court presided by retiring judge R. M. Carter. Dismissals include Steen felonies, thefts, forged instruments, driving while intoxicated, assault to murder, robbery, chicken and turkey theft, and murders, all on motions or by district attorney.
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R. M. Carter
15Th District Court
T. E. Steen Sr
Edgar Steen
Leonard Crenshaw
J. D. Vick
R. N. Jackson
J. H. Mathis
Faye Sneed
James Anderson
Wade Jones
Carl Alexander
Amos Dunaway
Eugene Mayes
Tom Murphy
Hoyt Ellington
Harry Cole
Claud Johnson
Charles Hite
Luther Hite
J. C. Brown
J. E. C. Skinner
Harold Marlow
C. L. Wood
T. E. Lea
Sam McCrary
Negro Boy Challenges Big Watermelon Eat Offer
A short fragment describes a small Negro boy who accepted a watermelon eating challenge. He offers to wait a few minutes before eating a large melon, with the wager stating the boy would eat free if he can.
Melon Snack Test Ends With Bold Feat
A man buys a large melon after a race to the street. He eats it all, declaring he ate a similar melon at home to test if he could finish one that size. The melon seller is surprised by the feat.
Classifying Professors by Comic Archetypes in Emory Press
The Emory Wheel lists playful professor archetypes created from class divisions: The Killer aims to exhaust students, The Card is a 3x5 joke card, The Spicy sparks lectures, The Skimmer shows weak foundation, The Fatherly provides pop quizzes, The Hard Rock dislikes tough music and flags, and The Uh Man uses minimal punctuation.
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Emory Wheel
Emory University
United States
The Variety Types of Commentators
The passage lists several commentator types and moods from a speaker, describing the but uh style and the Cocktail type that whets the intellect, the Candy-Between-Meals type that dulls it, and the Axe-Grinder type who cannot sharpen wits and grinds an axe. It notes that sometimes propaganda is ground out.
Nomad Of The Desert Wanders Over Drought’s Vast Stage
A Nomad roams the arid lands as the desert stretches endlessly. He pursues sparse oasis pockets and survivorship amid parched earth. The wandering figure embodies resilience against heat and scarcity.
Bass Drummer Drowns Bad Music With Loud Reply
A bystander jeers at a man with a bass drum as a band stops playing. The drummer concedes his music isn’t good but says he drowns out a heap of bad music.
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U. S. Army
Porter News
Tom Smith
Sun Office
Haile
Estrayed
Butch
Jimmie Nossaman
Stafford Typewriter
Sun
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Whitewright Hatchery
G. W. Ford
Sherman
Star Credit Company
Grayson County
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Grady Thompson
15Th District
Negro
Ralph Elliott
Cliff Huggins
Charles Gullett
J. Saunders Freels
R. S. Watson
Juanita Clark
The
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's
Prentice Gafford
Forrest Watson
F. O. Mangrum
Joe Hall
Virgil Evans
Paul Smith
O. J. Neathery
Joe Chumbley
Vernie Henderson
Collier
Jake J. Loy
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