Out of the Ordinary and Other Cantankerous Tidbits
A Tulsa workman fell from a fourth floor window after losing balance but landed on his feet, injuring an arm and a flower pot. The report also notes numerous war family ties in Brockton and Birmingham, plus a very old man in Texas who claimed 150 years. A Union City runaway freight car was stopped by a driver, and a Lometa Texas doctor recovers a gun from a large catfish. A Bristol Tennessee physician relates a crude stereotype about a large Nigerian family and a group of sleeping children around a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Skoog
Tulsa
Okla
Billie Routt
United States
Billie
Brenham
Texas
Routt
Mississippi
Altho
Union Traction
Union City
Ind
Ohio
Dayton
Lometa
Santa Fe
Bristol
Tenn
Willing Workers of Friends church plan Friday sewing
The Willing Workers of the Friends church will meet Friday afternoon June 14 at one o'clock with Mrs Bernice Garrison to sew. Several social notes follow including visits and showers, plus war effort guidance and a soldier letter from France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends Church
Bernice Garrison
War Hints and War Helps from Indiana Council of Defense
George Ade summarizes wartime guidance from Indiana's council on home front duties. The food administrator warns against wheat waste and urges surplus storage to avert starvation. Purdue's Mary Matthews leads June 17–22 sessions on canning, drying, preserving, and thrifty cooking. Eight dollars covers room, board, and incidentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Council of Defense
George Ade
Purdue
Mary Matthews
Letters From Soldier Boys May 15 1918
A soldier writes from the front to Joe and Mabel about receiving candy from home, Mother's Day celebrations at the Y hut, and French kindness. He reflects on history lessons and medieval figures, noting how French culture and war memories intermingle with daily life and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Mabel
Mom
Paris
Pir
Robinson Crusoe
Ben Gunn
Jim Hawkins
Pepin the Short
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Cluizot
France
How To Can Strawberry Recipes And Uses
June notes advise canning wild or cultivated strawberries to extend their season. Steps cover canning berries in syrup, strawberry jelly, shortcake batter with berries, and a strawberry sherbet recipe, detailing ingredients, ratios, and process like sterilizing jars and freezing methods.
Silo and the Sheepman Boosts Profits for Farmers
Purdue extension bulletin extols silage value in sheep business. Corn silage improves lambing performance and feed efficiency, lowers cost per 100 pounds gained, and increases birthweights. Experiments show higher output for breeders and feeders with silage. benefits extend to winter carrying costs. Mr. Davidson is noted for war work services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Department
Purdue University
Indiana
Purdue Experiment Station
Y M C A Overseas Service Applicant
Mr Joe Davidson of this place taught at Fullmore high school for years. He traveled to Indianapolis Monday to seek work in the Y M C A overseas service and was accepted. He will depart when arrangements are completed with Mrs Davidson likely remaining in Coatesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Davidson
Fullmore High School
Indianapolis
Davidson
Coatesville
Editing a Paper A day in the life of a wartime editor
A veteran editor recalls a busy day of wartime printing. He details endless mail demanding free advertising space, from Treasury and Red Cross appeals to prohibition debates, plus price pressure from paper shortages and local distrust of big-city printers. The piece ends noting the editor’s weary doubt about the profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Liberty Loan
Davison
Morgan
Red Cross
Herbert C. Hoover
National Liquor Dealers’ Association
Minnesota Agricultural School
Minnesota Commission On Public Safety
Minnesota
United States
Tom
Harry
Federal Trade Commission
Paper Trust
Belinda
Property transfers in Pittsboro and Maplewood area
Lizzie Watts and others transfer to Irvin J. Sparks for 16 dollars in Pittsboro Osborne’s addition. Irwin J. Sparks and wife to Chas de Edohat for 14 006 dollars in Pittsboro Osborne’s addition. William Etta Davis and husband to May Stewart for 10 21 in Plaidfield Carter’s addition fourth. Rosa B. Williamson and husband to Lewis M. Leathers for 81 00 part 6 7 Maplewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Watts
Irvin J. Sparks
Pittsboro Osborne
Irwin J. Sparks
Chas
Pittsboro
Osborne
William Etta Davis
May Stewart
Plaidfield Carter
Rosa B. Williamson
Lewis M. Leathers
Maplewood
Also Mentioned on This Page
James C. Barry
Brockton
Mass
United States Navy
Barry
George Reading
Tia Royal Engineers
Birmingham
England
Amo
EB. M. Strauss
Grace Hamilton
Hackett
C. E Ellis
Miss Valley McCloud
Aline Wallace
Stilesville
Avoos Edwards
Hadley
Ed Soots
Tom Dyer
Casey, Inl
C. C. Orrell
Jake Page
North Salem
B.D. Thomson and
George Christie
I. N. Jones
Mooresville
Dorris Hurst
Frank Dorsett
Daisy
Mrs. Reason Larkin
Belle Union
Bernice Sadley
Clarence Edmondson
Clayton
Kay Rushton
Hazelwood
Voss Bray
Leland Benbow
Vincent’s Hospital
Leland West
M. E. Church
J. W. Wright
New York
The
Baptist Church
Council of National Defense
America
W.S. S
Sower
Germany
University of Montreal
States
Frank
War
George Harney
Protection Committee of the State Council
Uncle Sam
Isaac J. Strauss
State House
Silo
Husband
Mr. Davidson
Ford Motor Co
Ford
C. A. Edmonson
Clayton, Ind
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