Trenches to Great Lakes Naval Station Letters from Sons
Letters from Missouri Valley and Great Lakes detail enlistment in the regular army and navy in 1917. John Barrington writes aboard a Rock Island train bound for Denver with 21 from Missouri Valley, while Frank Farrin’s sons Sherman George and Clifford train at Great Lakes reporting pay, drills, hygiene, and shore leave. Dying notices follow for Bridget Dunn of Akron and EK Mann of Colombe, plus a Minnesota real estate ad and a want ad note.
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Tohn Barington
Farrin Brothers
Naval
Register-Tribune
Mra
Ll. Barington
John
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Fort Logan
Colo
Fort
Omaha
Rock Island
Denver
John Barrington
Frank Farrin
Sherman
George
Clifford
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Station
Chicago
Great Lakes
Ill
Waukegan
EK. Mann
Colombe
John Pendleton
Jon Smith
Leon Ogden
Alkron
Akron M. E
Do It Now urged to end procrastination by Doctor Brown
A lecturer from Youth's Companion advises John to act immediately on duties. The doctor warns procrastination as the greatest enemy of goodness and urges forming the habit of doing the right thing at once, using cutting grass and Latin prep as examples.
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John
Brown
Tam
Satan
Filtered Ideas Drive Progressive Business Method
A New York drug firm head explains a “filter” system where the oldest house member censors young ideas. Young innovators submit concepts to the experienced leader, who discards weak ones or enhances promising ones before implementation. The method, he says, yields great efficiency.
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New York
Village social mix shifts with cottage rentals
A Manchester Guardian correspondent notes a social blend in the village as town residents rent summer cottages near working families. An unmarried town resident admires the cottage life, while a cottager’s wife sighs that she wishes for a husband and happiness like theirs.
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le Incumbrance
Manchester Guardian
Misa
Appy
Dog Protects Poultry by Quiet Tracking Terriers
A poultry farmer praises his bull terrier for deterring thieves by silent pursuit on the main road. The dog, trailing about two inches from the man's legs, never barks but follows suspects, teaching a moral effect more than proven training.
The Newsle Did It On Sixth Avenue Scene
A vivid street tableau on Sixth Avenue near Thirty-Sixth Street features a fur clad horse and a Behring sea victoria with a muddy unsound former horse tethered nearby. A whistling newsboy, no blanket or muffler, speaks to the charger then moves on.
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Sixth Avenue
Thirty-Sixth Street
Sea Victoria
New York Times
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Legget
March & Thorson
Rexall
E. E. Mellen
Farm. Property Mutual Insurance Association, of Town
German Mutual Insurance Association
Mutual Hailstorm Association of
Towa Automobile Mutual Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
First National Bank
Farmers Mutual of
Swanson-Fredell Realty Go
Akron, Owa
H, Morse
Jere Toomey
Morse & Toomey
Akron and
Beresford
J. J. Ralfs Practical Auctioneer
Akron
NEW DE Laval
de Laval
Mberal Terme
Qvery
H. M. Menhuis
N. J. Brown
Sonoratrres
Ova
the Register Tribune
Ray A. Smith
Publiahar
Postoffici
Said
Bridget Dunn
St. Pat Tick's Catholic Church
Minnesota
Swift County
Thornton Investment CO
Wirst National Bank
Bengon, Minn
Reglater-Tribune
Chas
Kanago
Olwon & Anderson
L. J. Crogs,& Co
L. J. Cross & Co
Farmora
American Pop Corn Co
Sioux City
Ernest Ostrom
Country Gentleman
Ladies* Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
Apare
Plymouth County
Curtis Publishing Company
Independance Square
Philadelphia
Penni
Pearl Visnow
W. B. Dilley Strobel
Notioe
Bothi
A. L. Yeaton
Athletic Union
Smithraiderive
Banda
Russia
Paul Wendt
Kendall Hotel
General Auto
Aliso
Lyle Strong
Kenqarl Hotel
Albo Auto
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