Wartime ration notes and farm payments summary
Wartime ration updates include fuel oil and sugar stamps, shoes, stoves, meat, and processed foods with new validity dates. Agricultural payment rates are revised for cotton, corn, and wheat. Drafts for fathers with children and war ballots for Army personnel are detailed, alongside bus repairs, WAC benefits, price changes, and vehicle part supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WFA
Selective Service Bureau
WMC
Marvin Jones
War Food
Army
War Department
ODT
Leci Odt
WAC
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Women’s Army Corps
Frances Perkins
OPA
America
WPB
U. S
WEA
Public Roads Administration
Ridgely births and local notices highlight community life
Births announced in Ridgely the Melvin and Thomas families welcomed a daughter and a son respectively in August. Local events include hospital news, school appointments, Scout camp plans, visits from relatives, property purchases, and community gatherings across Ridgely and nearby towns, with multiple residents traveling, returning, or reuniting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifer Hospital
Morris Melvin
Goldsboro
Izane Thomas
Marvdel
Toxsil
Louise Wyatt
Millington
Grege Willoughby
Cordova
Joan Turner
Greensboro
Janet Collison
Harrington
Del
Russell Coursey
Paul Wright
Henderson
Thomas Dean
Ridwell
Barbara
Frances Ford
Chester
Charles Davison
Asilton
Caroline High School
Denton
Ridgely Boy Scouts
James Lynch
Clinton Guthrie
Francis Kibler
Lofton Slaughter
William Marvel Jr
Vernon Blades
John Griffin
Daniel C. Saulsbury
Hope Saulsbury Draper
Wm. Bateman Draper
M.C
Memorial Hospital
Easton
John Hardtke
Baltimore
California
Lieut
Brittain Usnr
J. William Zehring
Thomas W. Jones
Railroad Avenue
Syracuse
N. Y
Ridgely
Leelan Jackson
Gillis
Salisbury
Albert W. Saulsbury
Bert
San Pedro
Samuel Bear
W. L. McClintock
C. C. Covington
James Stack
Gems of Thought Order Is Heaven's First Law Quote
The poet's line Order is heaven's first law is presented as a timeless truth. Mary Baker Eddy calls it axiomatic, widespread across religion and scholarship, with echoes in astronomy and mathematics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Saulsbury
Beatrice Bowers
Frank Seward
George Walls
1St Avenue
Wes
1St Street
Frances Green
Patricia A. Saulsbury
Wilmington
Arthur Greene
Cook
Second Avenue
East
Hicks
Irvin T. Saulsbury Sr
Red Cross
Clinton Dorman
Stanley Mathers
Andover
N. Y
William Cooper
Ann Towers
James Lynch
Carol Ann
Dorothy Lord
Rehoboth
Del
Vergie Sparks
Strite
Margaret Sparks
Philadelphia
Mary Wharton
Wesley Hong
Frank Schmitt
Easton Hospital
Mary Baker Eddy
Mr John Q Public Faces Wartime Rules Dilemma
A civilian struggles with conflicting wartime rules and regulations, feeling mental strain from trying to obey complex dos and donts. The August 22 issue reports his plight and the broader impact on individuals navigating homefront restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Q. Public
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carlton Marvel Jr
Drexel Institute
Carlton Marvel Sr
Robert H. Bunney Jr
Seaman
U.S.N
Burton M. Wilkinson
St. Pauls Reformed Church
Richard Blackburn
Memorial Havital
Frank Samis
Fred Voshell
Lewis
Federalsburg
Frank Richards
O’conner
Mitchell
Maple Avenue
Anderson Redden
Doris Lee Dill
Woodrow Todd
Earl Sparks
Peggy Binebrink
Inez Richardson
Harry Lane
Kenneth Strannahan
Alice Wilson
Winstead
Marylands
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
Matapeaks
la. Anne
Ilem
Howe
Cahors
Richmond
Williamsburg
Yorktown
James Lows
Washington
State Roads Commission
F. P. Leithiser
Chesapeake Bay Ferry System
Lexington
Baltimore, Md
Sie Ad Ee
Fred J. Wright
Alton Billmeier
C. Elsie Billmeier
Optometrists
the National Brewing CO
Baltimore, Maryland
R. B. Baker & Son
Grasonville, Md
Queenstown
Baltimore Sunday American
Gertudes Beauty Shoppe
Second Street
Tel
Honolulu
Hartford
Hawaii
Globe
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Easton Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc
C-C Co
Coke
C. H. S. Ball Park
Denton, Maryland
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
Ft. Miles
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