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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
4
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A wartime feature explains how nations organize salvage on battlefields collecting metal, clothing, leather, and even tiny scraps. The French depot at Le Mans processes ten to fifteen train loads daily, sorting and redistributing items from uniforms to small leather pieces, illustrating the vast scale of material needs and urging civilian participation in waste reduction.
A Philadelphia reformer writes his resignation, arguing reform movements begin with idealists and are often captured by practical leaders. He urges perseverance, notes resilient leaders remain, and warns that professional politicians will face harder sledding as sincerity and discretion rise this year.
The piece argues upcoming loyalty tests will scrutinize all candidates. Voters will reject mere rhetoric and demand proof of wartime action. It warns that earlier disloyal remarks to sway voters will be weighed against the speaker’s wartime contributions.
Irving Bachellor argues in the American Magazine that the nation has a universal secret service. Every citizen acts as a watcher, recording traits and thoughts. People believe they hide from others, yet associates know us as we are, reflecting ancient wisdom.
A wartime poem where the narrator professes patriotism during WWI and recalls restraint on meat and bread as Hoover bars. He laments Pullman fare and wheat substitutes, calling Pullman rolls tough while affirming willingness to endure rationing and avoid complaint. The piece ends with a resolute note on sharing scarce resources.
Twenty years ago today in Cambridge a Cambridge high school commencement is scheduled for Thursday evening. Various locals were mentioned traveling or visiting relatives, with several residents including elders to be ordained after the morning sermon at the Cambridge U P church.
Ohio announces a May 1 to Sept 10 contest awarding twenty five capital prizes to students selling the most War Savings Stamps. Top prize is 1000 in War Savings stamps donated by The Midland Mutual Life. Other prizes include an Overland touring car and an A B Chase piano. Winners will be invited to Columbus for a public presentation near Oct. 1, 1918.
The writer urges readers to see War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps as small sacrifices beside the boys enduring mud, hunger, damp holes, gas masks, and icy water at the front. The call is to take the trouble to support the heroes of sacrifice over there.
The Ohio War Savings Committee urges a Smokeless Day once a week to promote buying War Savings and Thrift Stamps. The plan targets hundreds of thousands in the state to save money from tobacco abstinence and invest it in stamps. Akron Kiwanis Club members spearhead the effort and enlist supporters to observe the day rigidly.
The slogan explains that WSS stands for We Shall Sacrifice needless luxuries to help win the war by buying War Saving Stamps, urging households to support the effort through savings.
Chillicothe Ohio special report notes Col Ro Enderlin will present 50 in War Savings Stamps to every boy or girl who passes into the eighth grade by year end. With over 180 children advancing, the offer may cost the donor around 9,000.
The message urges citizens to back the war by purchasing War Savings Stamps. It frames the effort as a national duty, linking civilian participation to military success and the overall war enterprise.
The Ohio Labor Press Association meeting in Columbus urged workers to systematically purchase War Savings Stamps to aid the government and build a safety fund for non productive periods. Henry Raise of Cleveland is president with W E Meyers and William Rohr of Cincinnati as officers.
A village driver asks a farmer for gasoline to clean his wife's gloves for a wedding. A sergeant tests recruits on multiple ranges with no hits and orders a bayonet charge. A mountaineer jokes about his son’s education, calling it triggernometry, highlighting a poor shot in the family.
Scientists and business analysts project large savings from daylight saving laws including 40 million dollars in coal bills and 100 million in light bills annually. They foresee 2 million war gardens, 500 million in extra food value, and one more hour of work daily for 20 million workers. An Akron rubber firm notes workers earned 1.90 dollars per hour on war gardens, with 243 hours weekly, and a local garden project earned 11 182.60 dollars profit after seed and care costs.
Mrs M L Sherrard returned Saturday from a visit with husband in Moundsville West Virginia. Richard Deal returned Monday after a weekend visit with relatives in Quaker City. Miss Elizabeth DeGolier, student in the Columbus school for girls, has returned to her studies after a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs F DeGolier of North Eighth Street.
Society notes recount a golden wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Jerry Miley at their Hartford area home. Fifty years of marriage are celebrated with a dinner, gifts of leather rockers, and a letter from relatives. Dozens of friends and family attend from multiple towns and counties.
Marion Ridgeway a railroad brakeman from Brown Heights Pennsylvania was moved from Cambridge hospital to his home Sunday after a serious work accident six weeks earlier near Caldwell He is reported as recovering at home.
Daniel Moss of South Eighth street Pennsylvania who was hurt by a fall from a box car at the railroad shops was discharged from Cambridge hospital and sent home Sunday afternoon. He is recovering.
Ellsworth Brown of Crooksville escaped injury when the steering gear failed on his Ford and crashed into a embankment near Cassels Station. The front of the car was badly damaged. Silas Conner of Byesville was in the city on Monday on business.
A flat car derailed near Sonora on Sunday, blocking the Baltimore & Ohio line for about two hours. A Newark wreck crew used a large crane to lift the car and place it in a nearby field, delaying Westbound train No. 33 by two hours.
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