Army postal service improves mail delivery at camps
Weekly post office reports show steady improvement in military cantonment mail service. Cooperation between military authorities and postmasters reduces delays, with most issues arising from improper addressing and limited space. Instructions explain proper addressing for Regular Army National Guard and National Army units and the new regiment numbering system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Cantonment
John Smith
64Th Infantry
Camp Lee
Virginia
National Guard
151St Infantry
1511St Infantry
69Th
N. Y
National Army
310Th Infantry
NID
War Department
Regular Army
Paper based textiles expand use in UK industry
A London board of trade report notes paper string now used commercially, including tissue paper in manufacture. Paper serves for sacks replacing burlap, paper uppers in shoes, and printed paper material for hats and imitation felt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Board of Trade
England
Unity in Philippines Seen Through Mindanao Maulud Feast
The Philippine Review argues that nationalist unity is rising through educational outreach and intergroup contact. A Maulud celebration in Sulu showcased harmony among Muslims, Christians, Americans, and Filipinos with 100 imams, 30 singers, and 3,000 participants attending a two day feast at the governor of Sulu’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Philippine Review
Department of Mindanao
Sulu
Mohammed
Oscar Young designs large Mono plane model in San Diego
Oscar Young son of "Cud" Young, student in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, built a large powerful flying model in San Diego. It has flown but not fully tested due to high material costs. He plans to add automatic stabilizers and conduct a complete test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Young
Cud” Young
Signal Corps
San Diego
Calif
Young
Elnora
Poets and Soldiers: Why Whistler Missed Army Life
The piece recalls how poets become soldiers and notes two famed noncombatants Poe and Whistler. Whistler’s West Point tenure ended for chemical reasons, and he quipped that if silicon were a gas he would have become a soldier.
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Poe
Whistler
West Point
Argentina Cattle Industry Shows Growth Potential
The northern pampas hold boundless grasslands and abundant water with windmills supplying cattle, making Argentina's beef cattle among the best in the world. Breeding could raise total production materially, aided by war stimulation and a mix of refined Spanish bloodlines with hardy native stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Pampas
Former Czar’s Abode Sparks Conflicting Reports
An exchange notes disagreement among papers about the former czar's residence. Some praise Tobolsk as the Boston of Russia, a winter resort in western Siberia, famed for arts and culture built by Swedish officers interned after Poltava.
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Tobolsk
Boston
Russia
Home of
The
Arts
Siberia
Peter the Great
Poltava
Woman Marries Stepson to Evade Draft Revealed
In New York a man charged his wife with bigamy and named his son by a prior marriage as her second husband. The trial revealed the woman had married her stepson to help him dodge the draft.
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Indiana Gideons
Christian Commercial Travelers’ Association
Indianapolis
Bloomfield
Lucien Jones
Linton
Stockton Township
Lawrenceburg
Charles C. Madison
Jackson County
L. A. Botkin
Munele
Laporte
William Elsebank
Liberty Loan
United States
Warsaw Gas Company
Winona Electric Light and Water Company
E. C. Sherdeman
Wabash
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Greenfield
J. Q. Johnson
JE. C. Wolfe
Indiana State Normal School
Sarah Bernhardt
Indiana
Crown Point
Alsace-Lorraine
Bankers
Friends’ Church of America
Richmond
Petroit
Mich
Miro Mitrovich
Elisa Paretichovich
Gary
Woman's Food Exchange
la Grande County
Fort Wayne
National Evangelistic Society of the Christian Church
Columbus
Jeffersonville
M. H. Robbins
Hartford City
Bicknell
New Albany
Louis Spergel
Alexander S. Sayers
Covington
South Bend
Anthony Mirocha
Bloomington
Superintendents’ Club
Mouon
William C. White
Shelbyville
Monroe County Bar Association
Greensburg Y. M. C. A
Knights of Columbus of Elwood
Evansville
William Watkins
John W. Stersdorfer
New York
Cents and Cigarettes in Price Fixing Trade
The tobacco trade uses cents to set cigarette prices with precision similar to department stores. Prices stay attractive so smokers remain steady buyers, avoiding demand loss if costs rose.
New Danish Life Preserver Aids Safe Descent
A Danish inventor develops a life preserver made of oil filled cylinders acting as a brake to slow a fall from burning buildings. It is designed so wearers can be dropped to the ground with reduced injury in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Service Committee
Monroe County
Notice of Hearing on Stock Transfer in Indiana
Carl H. Mote of the Public Service Commission announces a hearing in Indianapolis on Friday December 21 1917 at 10 oclock a m regarding the petition of Indiana Union Telephone and Telegraph Company and the receivers of Central Union Telephone Co for transferring certain stock.
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Carl H. Mote
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis
Indiana Union Telephone and Telegraph Company
Central Union Telephone Co
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British Saving Textiles
Department of Mindanao and
Henry Roberts
Baker Township
Martin County
Board of County Commissioners
Luther Fields
Greene
Clay Counties
M. G. Edington
Indiana University
Red Cross
Robert Long Hospital
E. T. Sherwood
City Board of Health of
Turner
Will F. Craft
Craft
Stockton Farmers’ Institute
the Reformed Church
A. A. Trusty
H. H. Burkett
W. WW. Senour
Fannie Bain
R. S. Ogg
Edison
W. J. Hamilton
W. D. Hampton
Worthington Depot
Hays Milling Company
Claud G. Bowers
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
John W. Kern
Washington City
Juliette Bowers
Willis Hickam
Spencer
Owen County
Duane Beach
New Life Preserver
Per Skein
AS Williams
Christmas Club
Sammy” Boys
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