War Sanitation Modernizes Armies Across Seas
U S Army surgeon argues modern medicine and sanitation make future wars more humane. Advances include quick healing field care, antibiotics, vaccines, and better wounded evacuation. Bullets now cause cleaner wounds, amputations rarer, and typhoid controlled by sterile water and vaccines. History notes sanitation often decides nations' fates.
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United States Army
Europe
Germany
Great ‘Britain
Austria
Russia
Japan
Louis XVI
du Mouries
Tspa
Heating contract set for First National Bank building
Seven bids ranged from 2585 to 3905 with one local bidder. Clark Brothers of Indianapolis won at 2535, $1870 below the highest bid. Other bidders included N B Weekhoff Lafayette W H Johnson Sons Indianapolis Tingel Venter Indianapolis Lane Pyke Lafayette and J S Irwin Lebanon.
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First National Bank
Clark Brothers of
Indianaapolis
N. B. Weekhoff
Lafayette
W. H. Johnson Sons Company
Indianapolis
Tingel & Venter
Lane-Pyke Company
J. S. Irwin
Lebanon
Ruth Vaught Named Teacher at Oakborough High School
Miss Ruth Vaught has been appointed to a teaching position at Oakborough High School in Oakborough North Carolina a suburb of Charlotte She will move at month end with her mother to spend the winter south and plans to return to Lebanon next June. A Pleasant View cemetery trustees election is set for Friday August 28 at 2 pm with Albert A Cox and William Rust as committee members.
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Ruth Vaught
Oakborough High School
Oakborough
N.C
Charlotte
Vaught
Lebanon
Jane
Pleasant View Cemetery
Albert A. Cox
William Rust
Standing Guard Over Treasure Bennett Raper Writes
Bennett Raper, head of the U S S Warrington commissary, writes from Mohegan Island Maine dated August 12 about leaving Newport for Captain John Smith celebration, guarding the Kronprincen Cecile with riches aboard, a diphtheria case, mandatory fumigation, and high prices ashore.
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Bennett Raper
U. S. S. Warrington
Elizabeth Raper
Newport
John Smith
Mohegan Island
Maine
Bar Harbor
Everyyone
Kronprincen
Cecile
Board of Health
New York
Home Project Linking School and Farm Training
Purdue educator Z M Smith explains the home project as a vital link between home life and school agriculture. A state bulletin urges hands on provocation in Indiana schools with soil testing, grain grading, chicken coops, and home plots to emphasize doing over reading.
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Z. M. Smith
Purdue University
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Public
Indiana
Smith
Purdue Univeristy
Tobacco prices to rise amid ongoing European war
A major tobacco company predicts higher costs for U S and international consumers if the war persists. Packaging may shrink or prices rise as dealers face shortages, affecting both American and German markets where large shipments previously flowed.
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Germany
America
Former Lebanon minister to lead First Christian in Danville
Rev. John A. Stover of Frankfort has accepted the call from the First Christian church at Danville and will begin about September 1, succeeding Rev. H. G. Howe who has resigned to take a state field office. Stover is described as having a splendid personality.
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John A. Stover
Frankfort
Land
First Christian Church
Danville
H. G. Howe
Howe
Christian Church
Stover
McReynolds Named to Supreme Court by Wilson
Washington reports President Wilson nominated Attorney General McReynolds to the Supreme Court bench. Assistant Attorney General Gregory would succeed him as attorney general, pending Senate confirmation.
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Washington
McReynolds
Supreme Court
Wilson
Gregory
Kaiser Wilhelm Leads Frontline Command In Wartime Map View
The Kaiser surveys a war map with General von Moltke, signaling his personal command of armies at the front as world tensions rise. The scene emphasizes leadership and strategic oversight by the monarch and chief military figure in this tense period.
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Kaiser
Wilhelm
Von
Moltke
oThe Kaiser
Boone County Fair Report Shows Surplus Near Thousand
Officials report the Boone county fair will likely post a surplus around $1,000 after premiums and expenses. Premiums paid amount to $1,870, about $400 above usual, with many classes filled for the first time and several additions to the premium list. Officials express strong satisfaction with this year’s fair outcomes.
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Boone County
Local trustees to be elected at Central U H church meeting
Rev J E Shannon superintendent of the White River conference has appointed Rev R B VanaAllen to hold a meeting at the Central U 4 H church Thursday evening at 7 20 p m to elect local trustees All members urged to attend
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J. E. Shannon
White River
R. B. VanaAllen
U. 4 H. Church
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France
Joffre
North Carolina
Oakborough High
U.S
Warrington
Mr. Smith
United States
J. A. Stover
Danville, Ill
Illinois City
Quality Procerses
J. W. Davidson
The
Electric Light Company
Interstate Public Service Company
Masters and
Mitchell
White
Dodson
Joss
Skeeter Oil
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