Mr Dodge's Coup and America's Arms Drive
The piece chronicles the creation of a vast Remington small arms plant in Bridgeport Connecticut and nearby New York to supply the Allies. It highlights industrial speed, the scale of facilities, and the pivotal role of financier Clarence Dodge in building the world’s largest small arms complex, reflecting on the war’s impact on American industry and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bridgeport
Wires Alliance
Lon
Hemingtos
Europe
Lew Enecland
Upper
New York State
Marceline Hariles Dede
Foormeany
France
England
Remington's
America
Dodge
Dridge
Conran
Sas
Wilan Rockefeller
Mien
Connecticut
Low
Thhem
Maine
Thule
Nolsery Arms
United States
Frm
Nemington
Ile
Geetery and
Cuaranter
Aoerica
German Canaries Stimulate Export Trade Opportunity
The article notes rising demand in the United Kingdom for all kinds of canaries and reports dealers offering to export large quantities at good prices. It asserts that stopping German canary imports could balance foreign exchange, urging England to capture the market with English breeders capable of rivaling German birds. It highlights a shift to meet international demand, including America, and calls for expanding English production beyond hobby show birds to commercial supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Canaries
Mir
America
London
United States
Australia
England
Life-Saving Kapok Cloth Demonstrated in Experiments
Manchester Chronicle reports tests showing jackets and cloaks lined with carded kapok from Eriodendron anfractuosum yielded strong buoyancy. Volunteers were thrown into water and floated, with claims that a 140 pound person could stay afloat with 12.440 pounds of fiber. A joke about lemon tart ends the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Ior
Chad
Manchester “Chronicle
Listening Post Tales From A World War I Forest
A French Army officer recounts a Verdun listening post scene with stealthy patrols and eerie woods. Descriptions cover trenches, psychological strain, the ghostly Phantom Oak, enemy whispers, and the constant danger of underground work while moonlight reveals combat silhouettes and distant noises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unforesort Uf
Toco
Alicia
Knee or Nothing in Wartime Fashion and Folly
A garbled wartime reminiscence stringing together Couturesque boots and conductress fantasies. It reflects social mores with wartime scarcity, referencing boots, skirts, and a flirtatious conductress while noting danger, apoplexy cases, and war economy posters. The narrator frets about fashion, gender roles, and looming long war.
Fragmented Chronicle of Waters and Wrecks in Distant Shores
Readable scraps describe a sea disaster, with survivors amid wreckage on a bleak shore. The text recalls a ship’s loss, displaced families, and the mournful aftermath, interwoven with stray anecdotes and later musings on fortune and memory.
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Mr Dodge
Ky Sydney Brooke
HUNS
Piercine
Ben
Agate
Houtenant
Seliler
Tee
Bemberde
Sean
James Douglas
Opinien
Arthur
Gertie Millar
Dondstreet
Joyland
Walt
Dave
Janey
Tennyson
Happy Chance
Lord Kitchener
Tracy Tupman
Vorne
Dhormite
P. Thomas Atkins
Shu
German Athenaeum
Peri
Louis Quatorze
Vella
Sever
Tretan da Cunha
Beland
Sac
Philadelphia
Serth Aumericag
Tun Kaiser
General Joffre
Bond
Gen
D.M
Clyde
Cain
Seot
Ative
Oldboy
Chicago “News
Tombed
Ant
Lippimenti
Detroit
Jay 4
Tadge
Berlin
Melbourne
Tht
Artonn
Austr
Leroy Nate
Lewiss
Bownay Gorriemes
Fe Elepitieks
Telung
Uae
Amul
Dhoe
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