Pershing lauds Y M C A aid in war effort
General Pershing lauds the Y M C A for aiding American forces, noting its post exchange work relieved troops of duties. Carter and Pershing discuss shifting post exchange management back to the army as conditions change after the armistice.
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Surveyors’ Customs Welfare drive aids Salvation Army holiday fund
Nearly two miles of cents were raised by the office force of Thomas Is. Rush, surveyor of the port of New York, as the Surveyors’ Customs Welfare association contributed toward holiday relief for the poor. A mile of funds remains uncounted in the fragment.
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Salvation Army
Roosevelt and Jiu Jitsu as Told by Yamashita
Jiu jitsu master Yamashita recalls teaching the art to President Roosevelt in Washington three times weekly for three years. He says the president was his best pupil and a dangerous fighter who attacked relentlessly, leaving bruises and worry, yet the master refused to hurt or kill him, honoring a code of restraint.
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New York Evening Post
Wars as Milestones and the Fate of Nations
The Brooklyn Eagle quotes Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis linking historic wars to political progress. It cites Marston Moor, the French Revolution, 1776, 1861, and 1914 as turning points toward democracy, international law, and the end of militarism and oppression. It condemns autocracy and calls for a future where disputes are settled by an international court.
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Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn Eagle
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Belgium
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Head Work and Logistics Behind St Mihiel Victory
In a Boys' Life essay Duke Bolivar describes the St Mihiel operation as a model of planning and support. One hundred thousand maps and 80 000 photographs guided troops while 5 000 miles of telephone wire and 6 000 devices linked artillery and infantry. Thousands of carrier pigeons aided signaling and 4 800 trucks and extensive railroad use sustained the campaign.
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St. Mihlel
Signal Corps
Prepared for the Future at Bargain Store
Mrs Blank and Mrs Brown meet at a discount shop and decide to join a new Woman's league pledging not to buy hats or garments above certain prices. They each buy a dress marked down from eighty to forty eight and items costing over sixty, leaving confident in their pledge.
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Dame Agnes Weston and the jam tart tract mischief
A London anecdote recalls Dame Agnes Weston the sailors friend advising a better method for tract distribution at a sailors rest. Tracts were piled with a Please take one card but sailors tipped the balance by taking jam tarts instead leaving the tract pile unchanged.
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Daily Chronicle of London
Agnes Weston
Miss Weston
Christian Science Monitor
Spain Fights Malaria Through Reforestation and Herbs
Spain reduces malaria by reclaiming marshlands and growing medicinal herbs as preventive and curative measures. The chief malarial area is about 741,830 acres with ongoing work to reclaim more. In 1913 malaria caused 233,404 cases, 3,515,595 lost work days, and an estimated $26 loss in money.
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