Learn to Look in the Telephone Book First
A brief note from a local column encouraging readers to check the Telephone Book first for information and to only use the current site as a last resort if what they need is not found.
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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1918
Page
4
A brief note from a local column encouraging readers to check the Telephone Book first for information and to only use the current site as a last resort if what they need is not found.
An observer praises American fashion of 1918 focusing on modest dresses, capes, and practical house dresses. It highlights Georgette gowns, cape styles, and the shift toward comfortable, patriotic attire for the home and summer wear, stressing the psychology of well dressed women and civic virtue.
A wounded soldier recounts a raid in No Man's Land, a night of bombs and peril, and the immediate rescue by six stretcher bearers who defy fire to pull him and fallen comrades to safety. In the hospital he finds Jane, a Red Cross volunteer, awaiting him with the ring he gave her, promising a future together despite injury.
In a candid office exchange Smith declares his aim to join Red Cross Home Service. The piece details Home Service efforts aiding a soldier’s family in condemned lodging, arranging medical care, clothing, and furniture, and assisting a discharged tubercular veteran. It ends with Pershing’s call for morale and Smith’s resolve to begin frontline service.
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