County Superintendent notes on schools and War Savings
The county reports most schools in session with time lost to influenza made up and Christmas holidays converted to term time. It lists Emmons county standardized schools and state aid amounts, notes on Construction permits and urges buying War Savings Stamps with patriotic appeals from Geo Hollister and a McAdoo Treasury statement about Series 1919 certificates to be issued in 1924.
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Red Cross
Emmons County
State Board of Education
Cherry Grove
Kintyre
Danbury
Logan
PRPRL
Fossey
Che
Highland
State Council of Defense
New War Savings Stamp Series Planned for 1919
A new five dollar War Savings Stamp featuring Benjamin Franklin will be issued early in 1919. Thrift stamps and thrift cards will continue in 1919 and be exchangeable into the 1919 War Savings Stamps payable January 1, 1924, in the same manner as 1918 exchanges.
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Benjamin Franklin
High School Review Notes Student Classes and Programs
Ray Triggs enters third grade this week. Hattie McCulley in pedagogy class practiced in Miss Stewart's room last Thursday. Miss Drew ill Monday. pedagogy class substitutes. Fourth grade starts a new reader after finishing current one. Eighth graders memorize Thanatopsis. Sophomore to Senior classes prepare a Newspaper with slams for Friday program. Exams loom as vacation rumors circulate. Fifth grade gains new students. transfers adjust Stewart division. Miss Macnider delivers impromptu on Friday programs. Mrs Briggle on building the new schoolhouse. Galin's enthusiasm wanes. Skaters hope for better weather, but snow arrives Monday. December 5, 1918 program details include impromptu, song, current events, and selections by students.
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Ray Triggs
Hattie McCulley
Miss Macnnder
War Savings Stamps Best of Them All
The piece highlights War Savings Stamps with praise for donors of all means and quotes Secretary McAdoo urging full year-end pledges. It calls for continued support to fund wartime expenditures and to sustain troops until victory and return home. A. N. Junge is noted as County Director, War Savings.
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Treasury Department
A. N. Junge
War Savings
School Presentation Highlights Local Talent
Clara Schweitzer and Opal Hageman perform piano solos while Aurelia Reade reads. Lydia Jahnie delivers solos with Matei and Stace Bete, Zona Smith impromptu. Mrs Briggle sings as Francis Chesrown Arnold Reade Frances Meier and Violet Fogle appear. Maud Carley is Ruby Lips school editor.
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Clara Schweitzer
Opal Hageman
Aurelia Reade
Lydia Jahnie
Matei
Stace Bete
Zona Smith
Mrs. Briggle
Francis Chesrown
Arnold Reade
Frances Meier
Violet
Fogle Ee
Maud Carley
Ruby Lips
Red Cross Roll Call Promotes Christmas Membership Drive
A 1928 Red Cross appeal urges 22 million adults and 8 million children to renew or join, framing gifts of heart and dollar as support for war and postwar relief. President Wilson calls Americans to comradeship in the effort.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
America
Wilson
Captain Urges Public Backing For War Effort After Chateau Thierry
A wartime captain appeals to Americans to support the troops after Chateau-Thierry, saying citizens would back them with their last dollars and lives if needed. The plea emphasizes public morale and sacrifice during the war.
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America
Chateau-Thierry
America’s pledge of food spurred allies in darkest hour
A wartime report recalls the pledge to the interallied food council and credits American actions with lifting Allied morale. It notes farm enterprise, increased corn and pork, food conservation, and exports rising as shipments doubled.
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America
Interallied Food Council
American Food Army
Faith and Economy Speech by Hoover in 1917
A fragmented quotation from Herbert Hoover dated August 10 1917 asserts faith in American business sense to restore economic balance after wartime strains. The remark argues against drastic force and highlights reliance on business leadership to remedy postwar evils.
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Herbert Hoover
Export drive to Europe and liberated nations urged
The article argues the United States must raise food exports to 20 million tons to feed liberated Europe and prevent famine and anarchy. It notes last year’s 11.82 million tons, a plan for 17.5 million, and the critical need to ship bread grains, fats, and sugar while preserving U.S. home supplies.
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Europe
United States
Australia
Argentine
North America
West Indies
North
Russia
Scouts Grow Rapidly As Membership Surges Since 1910
The Boy Scouts of America report 287,257 registered scouts in good standing on December 21, up from 100,844 the prior year. Troops in good standing total 13,418 vs 9,788. Volunteer officials number 76,057, including 12,204 scoutmasters and 13,073 assistant scoutmasters, with 50,816 in committees or local councils. The overall group totals 364,214 men and boys, with fewer than 800 professionals. The organization was incorporated February 8, 1910, and chartered by Congress June 15, 1916.
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Boy Scouts of America
Congress
Help to Extend Scouting Across Cities Trains Leaders
Two officers of the national Boy Scouts of America visited Chicago and Boston to boost local scouting campaigns. Treasurer George D. Pratt, vice president of the Brooklyn Borough Scout council, has long supported coastal development and helped inaugurate Chicago’s financial drive. Mortimer L. Schiff traveled to Boston and has aided campaigns in other cities, while remaining active with Troop 121 and New York scouting efforts.
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National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Chicago
Boston
George D. Pratt
Brooklyn
Pacific Coast
Mortimer L. Schiff
Mr. Schiff
New York City
Pioneer Scouts Offer Membership to Remote Boys
The Boy Scouts of America allows backwoods and rural boys unable to join troops to enroll as Pioneer Scouts. Candidates apply in writing, meet the same obligations as active scouts, and receive a certificate of membership just like regular troop members.
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Maine
California
Everglades
Florida
Great Northwest
Boy Scouts of America
Pioneer Scouts
National Council
Scouts Aid The Postmen In Parcel Delivery
Wheeling boy scouts helped Uncle Sam during Christmas by riding on mail trucks to aid in parcel post delivery. Their work prevented past congestion, and officials praised the scouts for honesty and diligence in assisting the mail distribution effort.
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Wheeling
Uncle Sam
Boy Scouts Build 800 House in Nebraska Sod Mission
The He bron Nebraska Troop No 1 clubhouse, crafted under a sod-house pioneer, features sixteen inch thick sod walls. Willow brush, grass, and sod roof provide rainproof, cool summers, and warm winters with a sand floor one foot below ground. It has attracted much attention.
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Hebron
Neb
Rotarians Adopt Boy Scouts in Camden Fund Drive
The Rotary club of Camden plans a $10,000 fundraising effort to support the boy scout movement. The boys have been adopted by the club and Rotarians will ensure their needs are met, viewing themselves as senior scouts serving the same cause.
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Rotary Club of
Camden
Boy Scout Movement
Rotarians
Scouts Help Promote Water System In Texas
Boy scouts in Sibilene Texas assisted the chamber of commerce by aiding promotion of a municipal water system and locating a mechanical and agricultural college. The Woman's Patriotic association of Butte Montana ships old clothing to France for needy men women and children and babies, with scouts delivering items to the association's headquarters.
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Sbilene
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Woman's Patriotic Association
Butte
Mont
France
Patriotic Association
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W.S. S
Geo. H. Hollister
W. S. Com
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Secreary of the Treasury
High School Review
Liberty
McAdoo
Petar Food Piedge Tee Ae Toye Tons
Germany
Edoye Sgouts Beouts
BOY Scouts
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