Universal Military Training Aims For Short Service Period
The War Department proposes a 510000 strong standing army for the emergency with universal service. All 19 year old men would train for three months, with National Guard participation. From 650000 recruits, 500000 would qualify yearly, forming a reserve to be expanded by selective draft if needed. The plan mirrors a Swiss model for rapid, disciplined training.
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War Department
France
National Guard
United States
Carnegie’s Epitaph and the Value of Enlisting Better Men
The piece notes Andrew Carnegie’s tomb epitaph praising enlisted talent. It argues great leaders rely on others, citing Schwab and other “better men” who succeed under smart supervision. It contrasts executive genius with organizational unity and mentions Joffre Foch Hoover and wage questions.
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Andrew Carnegie
Alive in the Village, A Man Can Rise Anywhere
A speaker extols talent thriving in any town. He argues greatness can bloom locally with effort and craft, regardless of place. The poem urges readers to chase a star and prove skill transcends hometown limits.
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Scott
Cork
Boston
Joplin
New York
Hays declines Indiana governor nomination
Chairman Will H. Hays of the Republican national committee declines his party’s nomination for governor of Indiana. He cites duty to his current office, viewing it as a higher responsibility amid politics and international relations, insisting the decision was unselfish, wise and patriotic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Indiana
Hays
The Deadly Habit of Perpetual Talking
Ruth Cameron reflects on the wasteful habit of constant talk comparing it to a steamboat with too big a whistle. She cites types who air private matters and repeats known details, notes proverb origins from various nations, and urges restraint as a virtue.
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Sidney Smith
Mark Twain
Pople
Mint and Pineapple Lemonade Recipes from Currant Sling
Instructions for four beverages include Currant Sling with mint and lemon, Mint Cup with peppermint and cloves, Cream Coffee Shake using coffee and marshmallow whip, and Pineapple Lemonade with grated pineapple and lemon juice. Each prepares syrup, crushes ice, then adds carbonated water or iced water.
Peanut Soup and Baked Apples Recipe Pair
A compact old fashioned recipe set describes a peanut soup with a thin white sauce of butter flour milk and roasted peanuts seasoned with salt and heated to boiling. It also details baked apples filled with a fig and finished with carefully placed apple portions to seal in sweetness.
Dinner Stories From Colonel Hayward of the Fighting Fifteen
Col Bill Hayward recalls frontline life in France with the Fighting Fifteen. Soldiers carried shells in increasing loads, then joked about his name tag as Private Simpson. A farmer banishes apple thieves, only to be invited to join the boys football team.
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Private Simpson
Simpson
Samson
Cow Shot by Target Gun While Bird Hunting
In Canaanville, Mrs. J. W. Baird loses a valuable cow after Neal Anderson, a visiting twelve year old with a target gun, fires at a bird and the cow is struck. Post mortem finds a bullet matching the gun. the boy admits accidental shooting. The incident underscores a clear moral.
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Canaanville
J. W. Baird
Neal Anderson
Baird
Ames Oil Field Drilling Details From Amesville
Ingham & Co. drilled a duster on the Pope place and will relocate west. Edwards and Booth found a dry hole on Ezra Smith farm and will move their rig to the Woods place. LeKens & Co. report a splendid new well on Breckenridge farm. Many oil men base here and promise surprises in weeks ahead.
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Ames Oil
Amesville
Ingham & Co
Pope Place
Edwards
Booth
Ezra Smith
Woods Place
LeKens and Co
Brecken Ridge
Sunday Guests At Plains Area Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Arthur Burchfield hosted a dinner while other area families and relatives visited in Chauncey Poston Athens Nelsonville Crooksville and Columbus. Notable items include housing sales and a sick infant. many residents spent days in Athens or with friends and relatives.
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Arthur Burchfield
Clinton Augustine
Rexavilla Phillips
Boston
Fannie McCathran
Charles Conner
Athens
William Barber
Nelsonville
George Gabriel Jr
Frank Moore
Harry Moore
Shrieves
F. E. Cook
Floyd Barker
Wilbur Michael
Rachel
Pomeroy
Rhoda Waymer
Chauncey and Poston
Chester Hall
Wendell Moore
Lizzie Hick
Walter
Crooksville
Ethyl Barker
I. N. McHarg
Union
George Shaffer
Roy Hawk
Kate Jones
Harry Seevers
Columbus
Liz Guess
Roscoe Shields
Port Dickens
Factory
Lester Briley
Wayne Johnson
Carbon Hill
Oscar Evans
Elza McGraver
John West, Sr
Freda Shraves
Hocking
Fut
Tude Gabriel
Tal McHarg
William Roberts
Will Potts
Harmony Hill Notices Include Surprise Party For Edith Watson
Mr and Mrs G K Thorp visited Mr and Mrs T J Foster Sunday evening. The D A Lodge Little Hocking hosted a surprise for Miss Edith Watson at Emma Smiths Harmony Hill home with ice cream cake sixty attendees. Edith Watson plans to visit Kansas relatives soon.
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G. K. Thorp
T. J. Foster
Daughters of America Lodge
Little Hocking
Emma Smith
Harmony Hill
Edith Watson
Miss Watson
Kansas
H. Noland
Coolville
Tom Foster
James Conly
G. P. Russell and Son
Floyd Wer
Parkersburg
Daring Firemen Save Cleveland Building from Fire
Cleveland August 16 Firemen saved the Medina County Creamery Company building and its contents from total loss last night. Loss estimated at 11000 dollars. Firemen dragged hose to the fifth floor while others climbed to a fire escape seventy five feet above as high pressure hose failed.
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Cleveland
Flo
Medina County Creaery Company
French Deputies Freed as Troops Scatter Demonstrators
In Luxemburg on August 15 French forces at the request of the local burgomaster charged the parliament buildings with bayonets. They dispersed labor demonstrators and released imprisoned deputies after the workers had stormed the parliament demanding higher wages and a cost of living bonus.
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Luxemburg
Backache linked to kidneys and a testimony from Athens
Mrs. Samuel Woodruff of 113 Franklin Ave. reports two years of back pain, irregular kidney function and bladder trouble. She says Doan’s Kidney Pills cured her misery, costing 60 cents at local dealers, with Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo distributing.
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Athens
Samuel Woodruff
Franklin Ave
Dean
Cline’s
No Such Remedy for Piles San Cura Ointment Ad
An old ad promotes San Cura Ointment as a quick fix for piles and skin ailments. It claims 30 cent trial, money back if unsatisfied, and touts use for sores, burns, and eczema with related San Cura Soap at 25 cents. Thompson Medical Co. Titusville, Pa.
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Cline Pharmacy
Athens
Fountain Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Thompson Medical Co
Titusville
Open field houses 200 postal trucks in Columbus delays
In Columbus an open field at Cleveland and Arlington avenues became storage for 200 Kelley Sprinfield Wilson and Denby trucks owned by the post office department. Four hundred trucks were sent to the state fair grounds but 200 were moved to the field during the Centenary event and remain guarded awaiting Congress funding to fit them with mail bodies. Each truck is valued around $2,000 per Superintendent W. B. Robinson.
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Columbus
Kelley-Sprinfield
Wilson
Denby
Cleveland
Arlington Avenues
Post Office Department
State Fair Grounds
Congress
W. B. Robinson
Senate Delays Action on Food Bill Amendments
The Senate agriculture committee postponed until Tuesday a vote on proposed food and clothing profiteering legislation tied to the Palmer food control amendment. Gronna urged exemptions for farmers and cooperatives, claiming farmers would oppose the Palmer measure without safeguards.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Palmer
Gronnan
Harison
Mississippi
Capper
Kansas
Gronna
Ceylon College of Tropical Agriculture Expansion Planned
Ceylon's college of tropical agriculture will be developed into one of the largest institutions of its kind in the world. The project aims to elevate research, training, and regional impact, backed by government support and international partners.
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Ceylon
College of Tropical Agriculture
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Hoover
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