Reserve Corps to Be Organized by Chicago Aviation Club
Chicago announces plans to send 1,000 airmen to France to fight the Huns. The Chicago reserve flying corps will be organized trained equipped and offered to the U S government by the Aviation club of Chicago. Ira J Malley, chairman of the club war committee, says a flying fleet will be maintained near Kilgo this summer for maneuvers attacks and war practice.
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Windy City
Chicago
France
Chicago Reserve Flying Corp
United States
Aviation Club of Ciicage
Ira J.malley
Kiengo
School Opens for Draft Recruits in Sheridan
In Sheridan Wyoming on Saturday night the government school for drafted men opened in the west jury room of the court house at 7 30 pm. The idea originated with the Loyalty league after a February 14 meeting at the Commercial club rooms in the city hall. George Aie forth was named instructor in wireless telegraphy with six pupils enrolled initially and a goal of about thirty students.
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J. J. Early
Sheridahy
George A.ieforth
Western Union Telegraph Company
Skilled telegraph instructor aids government work
Mr. Goforth, an efficient operator in wireless and plain telegraphy, is praised as an ideal instructor. His services are available to the United States government every night, ensuring readiness as enrollment nears completion.
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Goforth
United States
America's Foremost Garden Expert on Home Food Production
Professor L. H. Bailey urges Americans to grow food at home highlighting practical methods to increase household harvests. He emphasizes edible gardens as essential for resilience and nutrition, urging readers to start small, plan crops, and invest in reliable kitchen plots.
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America
Must Grow More Food and Save Labor in War Time
The article argues for expanding food production while conserving labor. It calls for reducing nonessentials, simplifying households, and boosting farm and home garden efforts without diverting essential labor from factories and transport. It emphasizes self help, municipal gardens only to mobilize idle workers, and accepting some failures as part of wartime aims.
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Creat Secontie
State Leader Garden Service to Publish War Garden Lessons
Beginning March 24 The State Leader will publish illustrated war garden lessons to help households grow food for the war effort. The editor urges citizens to provide vacant yards or plots, improve soil, and learn planting methods to boost home gardens and ease staple shortages for victory in 1918.
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Uncle Sam
America
Lieutenant Killed In Kelly Field Flight
First Lieut. Walter J. Johnson of Jersey City was killed when his aircraft plunged 1,500 feet at Kelly Field San Antonio during a cross country training flight. He was an instructor and highly skilled pilot, and the crash followed an apparent engine failure.
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San Antonio
Tex
Kelly Field
Walter J. Johnson
Jersey City
Johnson
Drafted Army in Camp Lewis Embraces Uniformed Unity
In Tacoma Washington March 21 a large cross section of society gathers at Camp Lewis to form a ready American army. Drafted men from factories offices farms and professions unite to train for democracy and liberty. Morale is high and visitors note the eager fighting spirit and lack of class divisions amid preparation for deployment.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
Mar
Congress
United States
National Army
Ell A. Helmick
Inspector General's Department
Washington
Ces
Convalescent Home Furnishings Led by Mountain School Children
School children of Colorado Utah Wyoming and New Mexico will furnish the Red Cross convalescent home at Camp Cody New Mexico as part of a nationwide effort. Manual training classes craft furniture while domestic art classes sew curtains dresser covers bed linen and pillows for the home. Older girls sew while younger pupils run errands and pull bastings.
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Denver
Colo
Mountain Division
The
Red Cross
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
New Mexico
Camp Cody
N. M
Harness repaired at Morris Harness Shop
Harness repaired at Morris Harness Shop located at 420 West 16th Street across from Bon Ton livery. Advertising claims reasonable prices and prompt service.
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Morris Harness Shop
West 16Th St
Bon Ton
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