Athens Y M C A credited for wartime fund success
A letter from Treasury Secretary McAdoo to Secretary Forbes lauds the Athens Y M C A for its wartime leadership. It credits the local organization with ready machinery, a seasoned secretary, and a proven plan that allowed oversubscribed Red Cross and Liberty Loan campaigns and efficient food conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter T. Forbes
William G. McAdoo
United States Treasury Department
McAdoo
Athens
Red Cross
Association
Good Advice On Practical Health and Remedies
A reader quotes advice to observe others methods and learn from them. The piece notes many people use Chamberlain's Tablets for bilious or constipated conditions with best results and suggests following their example.
Oconee County Liberty Bond Rallies Spark Patriotism
Oconee County held three Liberty Loan meetings Sunday under the county committee with Mrs. Sidney Reeves Rev B Hill Hugh H Gordon Jr and Ed Gallagher a returned soldier. Crowds attended at each stop showing strong support for war thrift stamps and Liberty Bonds. Gallagher urged determination to “go over the top” and civic cooperation to boost sales across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oconee County
Liberty Loan
County Liberty Loan Committee
Sidney Reeves
B. & Hill
Hugh H. Gordon, Jr
Ed. Gallagher
General Pershing
North Georgia
Gallagher
Levy’s Stogger y and Boys’ Shop Spring Tace Assortment
Levy’s Stogger y and Boys’ Shop introduces a new Spring Race for men and boys. Featuring a full line of essentials, the store promises every item a boy could want to wear, with convenient next door location to Kress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levy
Kress
Wanderer reports from Brest and Pauillac voyage
In a March 13, 1918 dispatch from Astoria Care Postmaster foreign station, the writer details travels from Norfolk to Brest and Pauillac. He notes calm crews despite a 120 mph hurricane on February 7, describes Brest’s fortifications, churches, statues, and a Breton soldiers monument, and visits Pauillac with impressions of chateaux, villages, and Château Lynch-Bages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Astoria
New York
America
Norfolk
Plutonia
Navy
Isle d’Ouessant
France
Charleston
Lombardy
Brest
Cours Dajot
Amphitrite
Neptune
Commune de Brest
Mary
Jesus
St. Louis
Louis XV
Pauillac
Les Poarre
la Gironde
Gironde
Bordeaux
Georgia
St. Martin
Chateau Lynch- Bages
Chateau
Nothing But the Truth at Colonialext Tuesday Evening
A contemporary play review describes the farce Nothing But the Truth at the Colonialext, highlighting the hero who vows to speak only truth for a period, disrupting domestic life and provoking a fiancée's confession. It also tours Blaye and the Chateau Lafite mentions, with notes on gardens, graves, and landmarks along the Gironde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Lafite
Baron Rothschild
Jules Verne
Vincene
Chateau Cos d'Estournel
Blaye
Gironde
Vauban
Caribert
Dagobert
Aquitania
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Swift & Company
United States
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Illinois
U.S. A
Treasury Dept
Washington
War Loan Organization
Young Men's Christian Association
T Carnostly
Watkinsville
High Shoals
Central
Lustrat
Department of Finistere
la Bretagne
Brittany
St. Mathieu
Devoe
Scott Hardware Company
Athens, Georgia
Wall Street
Edgar L. Pennington
Robert Allison
Mattoon
Ill
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