Million Letters In the Mails Today Bearing Magic Words
On Hempstead Plain Long Island rainbow division camps for France last night, 97000 men under damp canvas with seven bright tents. Across 27 states, millions of letters travel from home to service, with notepaper sheets spreading love from Uncle Sam to fleets, yards, arsenals, and camps, binding soldiers to loved ones.
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Hempstead Plain
Long Island
Rainbow
France
Uncle Sam
Navy
High Seas
America
Soldiers at a YMCA tent find home away from home
Soldiers flock to a YMCA tent near Des Moines where they read, write letters, buy stamps, and receive books and magazines. A recruit recalls loneliness replaced by YMCA fellowship, praising the organization as the soldiers best friend. The piece extols YMCA efforts to provide religious meetings, classes, athletics, concerts, and guidance as troops move toward the front.
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Wales
Fai
YMCA Work With Soldiers In France And London
The YMCA runs hostels in France and a London clubhouse for soldiers, supplying beds and meals at low cost. It operates dugouts behind trenches with hot drinks and meals, transports wounded to care, and supports 50,000 soldiers on leave weekly in London. It maintains a 22 week entertainment circuit across camps, with 16 companies and ten secretaries per camp, plus a singing director to train martial airs.
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France
London
Camp Dix
Harry Lander
United States
Association
Overcoats Reduced to Ten Dollars at Venturino Store
John B. Venturino of Eureka Nevada announces a clearance sale of all coats priced at ten dollars each. The offer covers every style from heavy to light as winter approaches, promising bargains and comfort against the upcoming snow.
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John B. Venturino
Eureka
Nevada
Dentist Dr Mabel Young Returns to Eurela for Dental Work
Dentist Dr Mabel K Young and assistant Mrs Alina Woods are in Eurela for a short time offering all kinds of dental work. They advise patients to come early. All work guaranteed. Office on Spring Street. Subscribe for the Sentinel.
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Mabel K. Young
Alina Woods
Eurela
Spring Street
Do Your Bit With a Tenner Y M C A War Fund Drive
A wartime appeal urges citizens to donate ten dollars to the YMCA campaign aiding soldiers and allies. It notes 85 million needed through next July, with 35 million for troops, asks readers to send checks or money orders to treasurer Cleveland H. Dodge in New York, and stresses mass sacrificial giving as essential to sustain the war effort.
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France
YMCA
Uncle Sam
Cleveland H. Dodge
East Twenty-eighth Street
New York City
Mars
Mining Tax Notice for Eureka County September 1917
Notice of taxes on mine proceeds for Eureka County for the quarter ending September 30 1917 due and payable. Tax enforcement will be strict. W J Hooper Assessor Eureka County Nevada.
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Eureka County
Eurka
Eame
W. J. Hooper
Nevada
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Y.M.C.A
Iowa
Des Moines
City Street
Theos
Huma
Mo G. A
The
Sentinel
Washoe County
Reno
OLD Pioneer Banking House
F. E Humphrey
F. M. Rowland
J.r.van Nagell
G. H. Taylor
F. Stadtmuller
C. W. Mapes
Rudolph Herz
Commercial Investment Exchange Foreign Collection
Henderson Banking Company
Elko, Nevada
Joan Henperson
L. C. Hexperson
Haynes Henperson
Lauent Hexperson
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