Soldier Letters From France and Camp Ponders War Weariness
Letters from Jas. D. Spence and Efton L. Edwards describe long service in France during 1918 including barracks building, water supply, and Y M C A, with longing for home. Messages from Wm. Pennington and others recount Camp Pike life, sand storms, drills, health shots, and hopes for letters and tobacco parcels from home.
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Camp Montichaum
Chateauroux
France
America
Soissons
Rheims
Efton P. Eawards
Mr. van
Camp Cody
N. M
Edwards
Engineer Corps
Priv
Efton L. Edwards
109Th Engineers
Wm. Pennington
Camp Pike
Ark
Okmulgee
Henryetta
Holdenville
Little Rock
Missouri
Pacific
Texan Grabs King George's Hand in Bold Greeting
A rugged Texan at the American Y M C A in Washington met King George by shouting greetings and shaking hands. The monarch responded warmly, easing a crowd around him as Secretary John Pontius recounted the moment. A separate dispatch from Copenhagen reports a Germany Finland alliance treaty allocating Finland’s manpower to Germany.
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London
Texas
King George
Queen Mary
Washington Inn
John Pontius
Columbus
Ohio
Y. M
Paris
Germany
Finland
Mafin
Copenhagen
Ada city schools open fall term with crowded wards
Ada daily notes the fall term start at 8:30 with 1200 enrollments at noon and expected 1500 by week’s end. The Glenwood frame building is placed on the high school campus to ease crowding while used books are sold at half price through the exchange plan.
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Ada
Board of Education
Glenwood Ward
Advertising and War Preserve Names and Confidence
A commentary on continuing large scale advertising during wartime to preserve goodwill, brands, and reputations. It cites the Wrigley company maintaining ads to support national morale, despite material shortages and reduced civilian output, urging newspapers to keep space for promoting trusted goods. The piece stresses unity and victory as the core aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Mr. Wrigley
Selah
Beer manufacture in U S to halt Dec 1 war measure
Washington reports the Food Administration, after talks with Wilson and officials, will stop beer production in the United States after December 1 as a war measure. The move aims to free fuel for war industry, reduce feeding stuff demand, and ease transport and labor strain, with further curtailments for glass container production.
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Washington
United States
The
Food Administration
Wilson
Fuel, Food, Railroad Administrations
War Industries Board
Fuel Administration
Senate
House
Congress
Your Wife Can Use It Colic Remedy Ad
An Ada Oklahoma advertisement promotes Farris Colic Remedy from Agnew Milling Co. It claims easy use by dropping on the horse tongue and relief in about thirty minutes. It urges immediate purchase for future need.
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Stars and Stripes
Alvah
Bennie Oliver
John
Co. H
Oklahoma Infantry
Ft. Worth
Texas
America
France
Farris
Agnew Milling Co
Ada, Okla
Near-Beers Hit by Ruling Across Prohibition Market
Washington reports that manufacturers of near-beers and substitutes face the same impact as beer brewers from the ruling to halt beer brewing. The industry has attracted millions in investment as it flourishes in prohibition territories.
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Washington
Prohibition
Old papers for sale at five cents per bundle
An advertisement notes old newspapers are available for purchase at News Office priced at five cents per bundle. The notice emphasizes bulk sales and accessibility for readers seeking affordable paper material.
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Albert Ross
Jas. D. Spence
James D. Spence
Stonewall
Okla
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Co. B
Dallas
Waco and
Corsicana
Texas Electric
Ada, Oklahoma
Bart Smith
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