A Bit of Home Within the Camp by YWCA Hosts
A long low frame building with verandas houses a YWCA hostess room near a military camp. A young mother visits with her baby and meets her partner, John, on furlough as a hostess arranges a brief surprise reunion. The article highlights 92 YWCA hostess houses aiding soldiers and families, offering fireside rooms, friendly staff, and democratic access to safe space near camps. it also notes the Paris Hotel Pereire as a transit center and France recreation foyers for workers and troops.
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Visive
Bre
Brest
John
Baby
Ther
Jon
Y. W. GC
France
Y. W. C. A. Chiess
War Department
Los
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Kirtie
Inniia
Finn
Aees
Peregre
Paris
Signal Corps
Miss Mary Wiborg Acknowledged for WWI Nursing Service
The emmerageous work by Miss Mary Kvyt Wiborg behind the fighting lines in France aiding wounded soldiers has drawn public notice. During the Marne battle she served with the YMCA and helped treat several hundred men. She is daughter of Mrs. Frank Wiborg of New York and Newport.
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Mary Kvyt Wiberg
France
Marne
Miss Wiborg
Frank Wiborg
New York
Newport
The Blue Triangle On Babel's Tower Passage
Lucia, from the old country, clings to a paper revealing her home as war drafts sweep through New York. The YWCA.Student helper program aids foreign born women by speaking their languages and teaching English, sewing, cooking, and baby care at the International Institute for Young Women.
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Lucia
Tony
New York
Ellis Island
Pottery Park
W. C. A. National Board
International Institute For Young Women
Luela
Camp Y. W. GC. A. Hostem
For Sale Local Home Near School on Corner Lot
A ten room modern home at 6018 4th St on a fine corner 75 by 132 foot lot in a good neighborhood one block from school. Reasonable price and good terms if sold soon. A. C. Fisher 219-14.
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4Th St
A. C. Fisher
War Council of the YMC A aids foreign families in war effort
The Home Information Service assists wives and mothers left behind to learn where their men serve, how they are treated, and how to send comforts. Food bulletins reach 18 languages as interpreters aid non English speaking workers in factories. The Y M C A trains women for social service and rehabilitation of immigrants and servicemen families.
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Home Information Service
International Institute
For Rent: Four Room House Near Malleable Iron Plant
Rental notices list several homes for small families and workers. One offers four rooms near the Malleable Iron plant with contact Dr. De Marsh or phone 1379, others include a seven room house with barn and utilities, cottage near West Van Buren Street, and multiple contacts such as Sam Culler and local addresses.
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de Marsh
Square
Sam Culler
West
van Buren St
Hempstead St
Wanted notices cluster in Fairfield area and Buffalo listing
Classified items include a used writing desk wanted near Fairfield address Lock Box 143. a 217 ladies opportunity offering 15 dollars weekly for at home circular mailing with 50 cent sample outfit request. a Fairfield Steam Laundry hiring a man. a farm housework position for a family of three. a middle aged lady seeking work with elderly or small family. and a government clerk exam information notice by J. C. Leonard inviting applications for civil service positions in Washington with October exams and salary 1200 dollars.
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Fairfield
Town
Buffalo Music Pubishing Co
Brisbane
Buffalo
New York
W. Kirkwood
H. F. Keitner
J. C. Leonard
Civil Service
Kenois Building
Washington
Lost items and estrays from local area notices
Lost and found notices recount a handbag with handkerchief glasses and purse, three black shirts from A I yards, a Jersey red sow pig from W A Stallman pasture, and a garnet pin engraved M M R dated December 26 1890. Call or return to listed contacts.
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Journal Office
A. I
Harry Ball
W. A. Stallman
Jersey
H. C. Rainey
Salesmen Wanted for Farm Remedy, Chicago 1864
Three or four energetic salesmen sought to travel selling the farmer. Good position with salary commission and expenses paid. Apply National Live Stock Remedy Co at 615 W 80th St Chicago Illinois.
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National Live Stock Remedy Co
80Th St
Chicago
Illinois
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Ed Bees
Mary Hoyt Wiborg
Babel’s
People's Column
Madison St
A_ Riverside cook
W. Grimes
West Wash
J. O. Danielson
Formu
Brassieres
W.B
W. B
W.B. Forma
W. B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
Jefferson County Livestock and Farm Products Association
Jefferson County
Fair Grounds
Iowa
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