Firemen from Ohio sought for U S Shipping Board program
Cleveland April 23 Ohio firemen are being recruited for the merchant marine. After training in Chicago they will go to sea on government ships with pay and advancement to licensed officers. The effort aims to source thousands from Ohio for apprentice roles aboard merchant vessels. Also notes family visits and local tax questionnaires with rural flour shortages and millings concerns.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U. S. Shipping Board
Rew Moerchant Marine
Shipping Board
Chicago School of Engineering
Sni
Dyesville events note play proceeds and community activity
Carpenter area notices report a Friday play by Dyesville School raising 24.85 for Red Cross. Dyesville Relief Club met with sixteen members shipping slings binders and other items. Local social life includes dinners, visits, and plans for a Harrisonville play on April 27.
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Dyesville
Jessie Sisson
Ernest Nichols
Howard Folden
Harrisonville
Carpenter
Red Cross
Rebeca Whorter
Delaware
D. M. Morrison's
Stanley
Walter Hampton
Willie Swett
Mt Hermon School Graduation and Quilt Presentation
Rev Garrett led services at Mt Hermon as Gertrude Johnson closed her term with a district dinner. Mothers prepared baskets and a dinner while six Hitle girls recited verses and presented a teacher’s quilt. Attendees included L C Johnson and Ellen of Coolville visiting Bardin family.
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Garrett
Mt. Hermon
Gertrude Johnson
Miss Johnson
Coolville
L. C. Johnson
Ellen
Frank Bardin
Ployd Grimes
Maria Grimes
George Brooks
Moon Influence on Crops Debated by Scientists
The article discusses gardening in wartime and questions whether the moon affects plant growth. It cites C. F. Mason of the Weather Bureau, noting scientists find no appreciable moon influence on temperature, rainfall, or crop growth, and that moonlight is far too weak to stimulate plants.
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Wa. J. Warrener
United States
Loos
C. F. Mason
United States Weather Bureau
Victory meals from ancient pantry with barley and cornmeal
Readable fragments describe wheat savings recipes including Cornmeal Crust for Pies and Barley Pudding. Directions cover greasing pans with cornmeal, filling with mixtures, and baking times. Barley Hermit Cake outlines fat sugar milk barley flour and spices for a rolled dough bake.
Corn Flour Biscuit Notes From Barley Based Recipe
A brief recipe fragment describes biscuits made with barley or corn flour. It lists 3 tablespoons fat 6 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt and notes appearance light and well raised, texture good, color somewhat dark for barley. It states barley biscuits do not reach wheat lightness but remain desirable and edible.
Reunion at Morris Home in Magic City Glouster Ohio
A large reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Morris in GlousterOhio marked by games photos and music. Mrs Morris is 82 and Mr Morris 76 with fifty two years of marriage. Family members from Athens Jerseyville Columbus and other nearby towns attended the event.
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Tit Morris
Magic City
Glouster
Wilson Morris
Urbancrest
Hach
Chas. R. Curl
Columbus
Helen Connor
Amesville
John Curl
Munsell Curl
Earnest Morris
Trimble
Nellie Morris
Jerseyville
Ana Morris
Mary Morris
Eleanor Morris
Earl Morris
Bernice Morris
Harold Morris
Hazel Morris
Mary E. Morris
Fred H. Morris
Gratia B. Stedman
Frank Stedman
Athens
Estella Edwards
Nelsonville
Sergeant Trapped by Shelling Defies Rescue
Near Lunéville March 20 a New York sergeant buried by falling debris as shellfire raged. He calmed mates and refused rescue until another shell collapsed the dugout, sealing his grave. The article notes Webb and family visiting Lancaster for a funeral in nearby Bolen's Mill.
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Fred 8S
Ferguson
United Press
Luneville
New York
Bowies
George Webb
Martha
Lancaster
W. A. Webb
Bolen’s Mill
Mra
Webb
Waesley Hoyd
Because She Knows By Amelia J Burr Vigilantes
A fragile elderly Alsatian teacher who stayed with her brother in a New York suburb since 1936 visits and supports herself by teaching French and other work. She buys Liberty Bonds in each issue to aid the war effort, compelled by firsthand fear of German conquest.
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Amelia J. Burr
The
Vigilantes
Strasburg
New York
France
Germany
East and West Flanders Provinces in Belgium
East and West Flanders are two Belgian provinces bordering the coast and France. West Flanders spans about 50 miles east to west, with East Flanders north to south about 25 miles. The text notes these provinces' positions along the coast in Belgium's outline.
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West Flanders
Holland
Belgium
France
Flanders
Prominent Kerrigan Stays In Spotlight Through Years
J Warren Kerrigan remains a popular film figure with enduring appeal while his parents hoped for him to pursue ministry. He now works under Paralta with veteran star Herbert Prior joining Tri angle for Her Decision alongside Gloria Swanson. Frank Borzage directs Ruler of the Road for Pathe featuring a railroad tale once titled Simeon Tite low's Shadow.
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J. Warren Kerrigan
Paralta
Herbert Prior
Triangle
Gloria Swanson
Prior
Biograph
Edison
Frank Borzage
Frank Keenan
Pathe
Jeanette Lee
Simeon Titelow
Everybody Works In Production At Fox Studio
Miriam Cooper stars in a family led film with Raoul Walsh directing and George Cooper assisting. Julia Arthur shifts from sound to silent drama and prepares for five months in the studios. Montagu Love is critically ill in Jacksonville Florida during Brady's Stolen Orders shoot, with another actor doubling for him.
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Fox
Miriam Cooper
Raoul Walsh
George Cooper
Julia Arthur
Charles K. Harris
Miss Arthur
Montagu Love
Jacksonville
Fla
Love
Brady
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