Postoffice Mail Matter Echoes Across Cities
A fragmented OCR snippet shows references to a postal matter and bureau of audits. It mentions Robert B. Ward as Foreign Advertising Manager and lists addresses for FASTERN OFFICE in New York and WESTERN OFFICE in Chicago, hinting at a newspaper advertising context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice
Ohio
Tharter
Audit Bureau Circulations
Robert B. Ward
Fastern
Fifth Ave
New York
Western
South Wabash Ave
Chicago
Separating production from operation in war effort
The article argues that military leaders should not run big business and that production should be separated from operation. It cites the aircraft reorganization under John D. Ryan for production and Maj. Gen. William F. Kenly for operation, noting similar success in shipping and other sectors and predicting better overall efficiency.
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Goethals
Army
Navy
Aircraft Department
Army Signal Corps
Air Service
Signal Corps
John D. Ryan
William FE. Kenly
Baby Buggy Controversy and War Time Labor
A wartime piece argues against curtailing baby buggy production. It contends buggies save labor, free women for productive work, and aid home tasks, asserting the buggy is essential, not a luxury, in aiding the war effort.
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Red Cross
Air mail to span all cities after the war
Second Assistant Postmaster General Prager outlines plans to extend air mail across the United States after the war. He envisions rapid helicopter like expansion with routes linking Washington and Chicago within seven to nine hours and transcontinental service following. The aim is five cent letters and wider access to all communities, including remote areas.
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New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Prager
National Air Service
Ace
Chicago
The Stone Ships Sailing Concrete Vessels
Readers consider the challenges of navigating concrete ships as they compare them to iron and wooden vessels. The text notes persistent doubts about flotation and handling, even as evidence grows that a concrete ship can sail.
Household Hints Menu Card
A readable menu listing breakfast items such as grapefruit scrambled eggs and coffee with red raspberry jam plus luncheon courses like tomato cakes and head lettuce. It includes dinner options with potato and beef pie, rhubarb brown Betty and a graham bread dessert, and a clear soup.
Tomato Luncheon Cakes and Related Dishes Menu Notes
A vintage recipe excerpt outlines Tomato Luncheon Cakes made from tomatoes and bread crumbs with a tomato sauce. Potato and Beef Pie uses mashed potatoes and beef in cream sauce. a Caramel Sauce to thicken puddings. and Gems for Children using oats sour milk barley flour and egg baked in gem tins yields eight servings.
Wheatless Cakes Corn Flour Sponge and More
A vintage recipe list for cakes including Corn Flour Sponge Cake Chocolate Cake and Barley Spice Cake. Directions cover mixing methods whisking yolks and whites folding in flour and oats, adding syrup and spices, and baking steps with temperature shifts.
Dinner Stories and Crossed Wires in Everyday Chaff
A humorous slice of early 20th century life features a streetcar conductor dispute over a torn dress and a retort about matching silk. An American in England prompts cultural misunderstandings with a churchyard remark and a barn raised quip. The piece mixes social tensions with light irony.
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England
Sammy
Concrete ship Faith proves seaworthy in Pacific test
Captain R E Connell describes the Faith as responsive and stable in rough weather during a trial voyage. The giant concrete vessel performs like a traditional ship, suggesting future uses for concrete boats from tugs to yachts and prompting questions about how far the development will extend.
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R. E. Connell
Good Ship
Faith
Pacific
Everyday Etiquette Qs and Wedding Gift Customs
A behavior guide notes men should walk on the outer side when with women, giving space to oncoming traffic. Miss Reilley answers etiquette questions by mail. Wedding gifts go to the bride's parents or her residence, and noon is ideal for a wedding breakfast with eggs on the menu.
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Marie Reilley
Miss Reilley
Circle Hill Visits and Local Notices Wanderings
Seech Circle Hill community notes report multiple motor trips to Murray City Logan Nelsonville and Athens with residents visiting relatives and shopping. Birth announced for May 2 to Mr and Mrs Robert Boling, mother and baby doing well.
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James Carr
Rank Kirkendall
Murray City
Jess Skinner
Logan
John Robinson
Harold
Nelsonville
Harriett Fisher
John Grimm
Wesley Hawk
Clarence
Oscar Thomas
Dorothy Fisher
Athens
Mike Curran
Robert Boling
James Hallet
Chauncey
Local Social Roundup Hints at Weekend Visits and Lonely State Hospital Stint
Mrs Lora Gates of Akron visited Miss Anna Wilson on Monday night. Families from Clarksburg Little Hocking and Albany joined local hosts for weekend and Sunday gatherings. The correspondent notes Mr Mike Cottle at the State Hospital asked neighbors to visit as he feels lonely.
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Lora Gates
Akron
Anna Wilson
O. BE. McGirr
Jennie Mills
Little Hocking
N. E. Mills
Karl Kincade
Myrtle Buck
Roy Chalfant
Canaanville
Hannah Chalfant
Cox
Clarksburg
W. Va
Lee Gaston
Alex Wilson
Clarence Buck
John Hawk
Athens
Mike Cottle
State Hospital
Decoration Day Observed in Broadwell with Notable Absences
Broadwell residents hosted visitors from Sugar Creek and Athens over the weekend. Decoration Day services featured patriotic songs and a speech by Rev. Garrett, though the G A R did not march to the cemetery due to age and sickness. church services were held at Mt Herman and Bethel by Rev. Garrett.
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Charley White
Sugar Creek
David Colvin
Joseph Young
J. R. Rathburn
Athens
M. P. Totman
Margaret Gorham
Clarice
Mildred Totman
Fin James
Cleveland
William James
Elmer Kinney
Marietta
Garrett
Mt. Herman
Bethel
Even Enlisting Officer Enlisted in Marines
In Syracuse New York on June 6 Carl H Hamlin postmaster of Helena New York enlisted in the Marine Corps after being impressed by Marine recruiting literature He quit his job and became a Marine recruit Helena lost a postmaster and Hamlin lost his enlistment fee but the Marines gained a patriotic recruit
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Syracuse
N. Y
U. S. Marine
Carl H. Hamlin
Helena
Marine Corps
Hamlin
Marines
Community Joins War Effort Critique Of Vaudeville
In a town column residents fault nightly vaudeville shows during wartime urging patrons to spend admission money on Thrift Stamps and to engage in productive labor. The item notes social calls as Mrs. Jane Boring Mrs. Lillie Reeves visiting Mrs. Beckett and other neighbors including Mr. E L Jewell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Coats, and Miss Jennie Grandstaff visiting local residents.
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Jane Boring
Lillie Reeves
Beckett
John Clark
Belle Gibson
Mrs. Beckett
Athens
E. L. Jewell
Harrisonville
Coats
Joe Howell
Jennie Grandstaff
William ‘Townsend
Rebecca Queen
Ice Cream Social Hosted by Ladies Aid Society
Evening at Mr. E. L. Jewell's to host an ice cream social on Saturday June 8. Mrs. Lillie Jewell and Mrs. Wealthy Clark visited Mrs. Beckett Sunday. Memorial services were well attended with a good program and excellent speaking.
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E. L. Jewell
Ladies Aid Society
Lillie Jewell
Wealthy Clark
Beckett
Private Secretary at Opera House Tonight
The Private Secretary with his cinnamon roll and belongings attends the Opera House tonight, carrying a bottle of milk, a goloshes and an umbrella as influenza concerns surface.
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Opera House
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