Everyone Knitting for the Soldiers rallying aid at home
Alliance women knit hospital garments wristlets stockings and wearables to aid soldiers. Donations fund Red Cross work as volunteers replace sewing tasks with knitting and church auxiliaries join in, while navy helmets are supplied elsewhere. Recruiters report rising enlistments and expanding fields for volunteers across Nebraska including aviation balloon hospital and quartermaster corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
The
Red Cross
National Red Cross Society
United States
Tme
Swine Growers Pledge Assistance to Hoover in 1917
At the National Swine Growers Association convention in South Omaha on October 5 and 6, 1917, members pledge support to Herbert Hoover, urging immediate livestock production boosts and calling for fixed short term hog prices at principal markets. They endorse prior recommendations from the Live Stock Industry Committee and the Waterloo convention, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Swine Growers Association
South Omaha
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Washington, Omaha
Neb
A. S
Washington, D. C
Waterloo
Iowa
Four Bibulous Names Noted by Sister in Houston Transcript
Mrs Branderty reports her sister named four children Miriam Ruth Iavid and Susannah after Bibulous characters. The Houston Transcript records this unusual naming choice and the sisters discussion.
Call for Prompt Action on Livestock Prices Boost
A plea urges swift official action to set remunerative live stock prices based on full cost of production plus a justified profit. It warns that unclear prices threaten the entire push for increased production and recommends a commission on corn and pork production be mainly composed of practical swine men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Z. Russell
Alliance Near Top in Recruiting Districts
Sergeant Claude Ketter, in charge of the regular army recruiting station, is praised by Major Frith of Omaha for Alliance territory ranking near the top among districts. The Alliance office serves as a clearing house for men joining every branch except the navy, with daily applicants and stricter tests reflecting a push for the country’s best fighting force.
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Fort Logan
Denver
Ketter
Alliance
Sioux City
Iowa
Omaha
Nebraska
Lincoln
Grand Island
Sidney
Norfolk
Hastings
Quartermasters Corps
National Army
Balloon Corps
Hospital Corps
Cavalry
Quartermaster Corps
National Guard
Camp Cody
Deming
New Mexico
Army
Signal Corps
Regular
Quartermaster Department
Coast and
Field Artillery
Infantry
Medical Corps
Claude Ketter
Frith
Navy
Uncle Sam
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ORD
Washington
Union Iron Works
Francisco
Fore River
Bipbuilding Co
Quincy
Mass
Tional Army
Scottsbluff
Gering
Bayard
Dierks Lumber & Coal Co
F. W. Hargarten
Mgr
Laramie Ave
Rhein-Rousey Co
Omaha LiveStock Commission Co
T. Gant
Sheep
L. J. Hough
Hogs
Art Rogers B. C
Punch
Rogers Walt Dawson
B.C
Punch) Rogers
Union Stock Yards
South Omaha, Nebr
Alliance IS
T. W. Farris
R. F. Marcy
Farris, Marcy Co
Live Stock Commissioners
Exchange
Omaha, Nebraska
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