Boy Scout Wallace Mabee Wins War Service Medal
Fifteen year old Wallace Mabee of Eastport Me is pictured receiving a bronze War Service Medal from President Wilson for his Liberty loan drive work. He sold 16 bonds totaling $2,000 during the national campaign, surpassing rivals who sold eight for $800.
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Wallace Fy, Mahree
Hastoart
Wilson
U.S. Treasury Department
Wallace FF. Mabee
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Ebastport
eli _ fen
Germans Wded Out in South Propaganda War
German sympathizers are thinning in the South as tar and feathering spreads, aiding home defense councils. Across major cities alien enemies are arrested and confined in camps. Public sentiment hints at tougher government measures, while Austrian subjects show less belligerence than Germans.
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Jacksonville
Birmingham
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Memphis
New Orleans
Mobile
Oklahomas City
Dallas
Fort Worth
Kaiser
Austria
Germany
Wilson
Aged Man Enlists in U S Cavalry in Tamaqua Pa
Istrich Stova a 78 year old Reynolds farm proprietor enlisted in the United States cavalry after walking into a Tamaqua recruiting office. native of Germany with Franco Prussian War service and Hanover fighting record, he is described as an expert horseman in good health and was ordered to Parmsburg for examination. He is said to be the oldest soldier in the U S army.
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U. S. Cavalry
Istrich Stova
Reynolds
Tamaqua
United States Cavalry
Parmsburg
Steyn
Germany
Hanover
France
Tlarrisburg
Stova
United States
Food costs of workers in a year disclosed
The report shows Teicher, an engineer in Booherton, spending $55.28 on food for the year, about fifteen cents daily. Dickey, working twelve hours a day six days weekly, spent more, with meat and milk occasionally included. Fruits and baked dishes dominated their diets.
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Tieher
Nat Booherton
Dickel
Dickey
United States Army Y M C A Opens University in France
General Pershing sanctions a new university system in French Y M C A huts to educate American soldiers. Anson Phelps Stokes leads as director with an educational commission using Harvard biology professor Paly and other senior educators. Courses cover languages, basic literacy, and the "Three R's" plus vocational and industrial training for postwar advancement.
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General Pershing
BE. C. Carter
Young Men's Christian Association
France
Anson Phelps Stokes
Yale University
Ls Rt
Army
United States Army
Department of Education
General
Pershing
America
Monsieur Petit Dutaillis
Office National Des Universities Ecoles Francaises
England
Germany
Paly
Harvard University
Heath
Carter
New University
Iowa urged to conserve food for war effort and world needs
A war era plea from Iowa officials stresses conserving sugar and beef, avoiding waste, and prioritizing fruits and vegetables to feed both the nation and the world. It highlights 60,000 Iowa soldiers, calls for support from women’s committees and state organizations, and urges consistent patriotic duty to sustain a strong war front.
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Iowa
United State Food Administration
Army of Democracy
Alw Ys
Food Administration
J. F. Deems
Pig Kept in Bath Room Details Stir Oklahoma City Flat
Commissioner Mark Kessler of Oklahoma City reports a family found with a large pig kept in the bath room of their flat. The unusual hiding place is described as a surprising prank or incident. The phrase They Kept the Pig in the Parlor has shifted to They Kept the Pig in the Bath room in local lore.
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Mark Kessler
Public Safety
Oklahoma City
Hind
Obituary of Enos Thompson Jr at Bedford Tenn
Enos Thompson Jr son of the late Enos and Sarah Thompson was born in Greenville Tenn March 8 1863. He joined the blessed on Tuesday evening June 11 1918 after a long life of faith. He married Mary E Ratliff in 1889 and leaves five children and a bereaved widow. The family moved from Clarinda to Bedford area in 1911 and near Bedford in 7 miles south of town in 1917. He joined the First Baptist Church of Bedford in 1914 and lived a devout life, facing death with Christian assurance. He cared for his son Samuel who died January 4 1917 and bore heart trouble in the year prior, passing after years of struggle with faith intact.
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Enos Thompson Jr
Enos
Sarah Thompson
Greenville
Tenn
Mary E. Ratliff
Samuel Braynard
Clarinda
Bedford
Morgan
First Baptist Church of
Bartley Visits Bedford From Montana Homesteader
Kelly Bartley, who had been homesteading government land near Glascow, Montana, arrived in Bedford on Sunday to visit friends. Frank Dunning, county chairman of the Liberty Loan committee, accompanied by B. F. Flick, left Monday evening for Chicago.
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Montana
Kelly Bartley
Glascow
Mont
Bedford Sunday
Chicago
Frank Dunning
Bairman
The
Liberty Loan Committee
B. F. Flick
Fourth Liberty Loan To Be Issued In October For Six Billion
Announcement states the Fourth Liberty Loan will be issued in October with a total of six billion dollars sought. The interest rate will be the same as the prior Third Liberty Loan. Mr Dunning and Mr Flick returned home on Wednesday.
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Joan
Dunning
Flick
Sunday Return From Camp Dodge Visit Parents
A contingent visited Camp Dodge over Sunday with their parents Mr and Mrs Elmer Robbins returning to the camp Sunday via Blockton. B Y P U Social scheduled for Thursday evening.
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Dodge
Elmer Robbins
Blockton
Ford drivers head to Omaha for cars
W A Blakemore Lowell Morris Earl Moore and John Dale traveled to Omaha Monday to drive home Ford cars. The piece notes a future era when Fords will be driven from distributing points by collie dogs. Private Floyd O Robbins from Chariton Iowa and Miss Harriett Goodsell visiting Bedford from Chariton Iowa are mentioned.
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Chariton
Iowa
Harriett Goodsell
Bedford
To Visit Sister In Des Moines Saturday Visit
Mrs John Webb traveled to Des Moines on Saturday to spend time with her sister Mrs Kate Keplinger.
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John Webb
Des Moines
Kate Keplinger
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Ethel Butts
James
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