During World War I, food was often rationed and sold for an expensive price. As a result, everything was saved and used down to the last scrap. As the article in July 25, 1917 Perth Amboy Evening News mentions, cooks…
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Switzerland: The Angel of Mercy
On this day, 140 years ago, Clara Barton is said to have established the American Red Cross in Dansville, New York [Barton…held its first official meeting at her I Street apartment in Washington, DC, May 21, 1881.]. Barton’s inspiration for starting…
Let’s Take a Glimpse at the 1916 Election
In 1916, Woodrow Wilson was reelected for president by a narrow margin against Associate Supreme Court Justice and former governor of New York, Charles Evans Hughes. Wilson ran on an anti-war platform with Democrats coining the slogan “He Kept Us…