Lessons of the war year urged in patriotic drive
Gelett Burgess appeals to readers to fund the war effort via Red Cross and government drives. He warns of pro-German influence at home, urges unity, economy, and vigorous support, and stresses that dollars are soldiers in the fight for democracy. He calls for vigilance, enlistment of every citizen, and decisive action by Congress and the public.
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Gelett Burgess
The
Vigilantes
Germany
Belgium
Russia
Geran
Bition
Kaiser
Naion
Red Cross
Maillion
Owe
The Little Lad By Agnes Lee of the Vigilantes
A poem narrates a young figure nicknamed The Little Lad, brave in war, gaining the Croix de Guerre. He is described as speaking little, stealing from a shadowed room, and facing Teutons, sharing bonds with French troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Lee
Vigilantes
Was He Enemy Alien No Needed A Shave
Portland man Bekke escaped internment as an enemy alien by a close shave. Federal officers picked him up after leaving a logging camp largely for his bolsheviki whiskers. In county jail he borrowed a razor and emerged as an eighteen year old youth.
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Portland
Ore
Mans Bekke
Seeks Job as Shipbuilder in St Louis
Mrs Minnella Slay of St Louis Missouri offers volunteer shipbuilding services to Uncle Sam. An expert with carpenter tools she can build from toys to ships and seeks work in the shipyard rather than remaining idle.
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St. Louis
Minnella Slayback
Uncle Sam
Seaplane Sinks Submarine Under Heavy Enemy Fire
A British seaplane, during dawn patrol, attacked a surfaced U-boat as three German submarines and three destroyers closed in. After a direct bomb hit and a second successful strike, the submarine sank, while the aircraft later helped destroy two more subs.
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London
Aix
Fortune Waits for Burns in Unclaimed Lincoln War Fund
In New York a large sum of money sits unclaimed from Civil War era earnings. David Burns, once living at 125 East Twenty First Street, left for battle with no relatives notified, leaving a bank account to accrue interest. TI. M. Sacklin searches for Burns’s heirs to claim the fortune.
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New York
Burns
David Burns
Burne
Red Cross deploys rolling canteens to Italian front
The Red Cross announces two rolling canteens, or kitchens on wheels, sent to the front in Italy to provide food for soldiers. The move highlights the aid organization’s expanding efforts in European conflict zones and underscores the humanitarian role of these mobile kitchens in sustaining troops.
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Washington, D. C
The
Red Cross
Italy
Indiana Brevities Highlights From Wartime Indiana News
Crawfordsville records show 167 C H S boys in service and thrift stamps ownership. girls assist Red Cross. Evansville notes bee keeping drive and market concerns. Indianapolis covers garden rentals, suffrage council plans, education teacher shortages, coal production worries, and pension grants. Fort Wayne and Winona excerpted local outlooks on farming and Purdue soil station offer.
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Crawfordsville
Army Y. M. C. A
Red Cross
Evansville
Indiana
Baldwin
Purdue University
Vanderburg County
Knox County
Indianapolis
G. T. Christie
Food Production and Conservation Committee
State Council of Defense
Christie
National American Suffrage Association
Carrie Chapman Catt
the Nations Organisation
Senate
Wuntington
Isinthe
Oliver Kine
Woo. Taylor
Tuifferate
George W. Pragier
F. Youse
Harley Rutgers
Republiqn
Jeffersonville
Davide Peyton
Tadiana Reformatory
Tony Staten
Collinsville
A. G. Philips
Poultry Husbandry
Hattiesburg
Miss
Canp
Shelby
William P. Carpenter
Tadianapolis
A. Tackson
Fofantry Brigade
South Bend
Wool Scrim and Etamine in Spring Frocks
A compact note on wool scrim, the etamine fabric used for semitailored street frocks. It describes etamine as a lightweight, loosely woven wool material with recurring popularity, and notes manufacturers have not introduced new weaves or renamed fabrics this year.
Dotted Swiss Hats Featured For Young Girls
Hat styles for san mer include white and colored dotted Swiss designs in large sizes with colored facings of India ink and matching embellishments on the brim. Some hats feature bold trim and decorative bands as described in the listing.
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India
Regia
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Providence Woman
Providence resident Adeline B reports relief from backache nervousness and headaches after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes longstanding ailments and weight gain and urges other women to seek help early to prevent serious illness.
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Providence, R. L
Lydia
Pinkham
Adeline
Plain St
Providence
R.I
Nature
Lydia E. Vikham
Cheap Late Chinese Doctor Visits and Bitter Drugs
A historical note claims Chinese doctors charge five to ten cents for visits but are avoided due to horrid medicines. It suggests Mongolian practitioners use beetles and grasshoppers, driving patients away. The piece argues doctors endure poverty to avoid constant travel and sleeplessness.
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China
Woman Seeks Carl In City Directory At Chicago Station
A young woman bursts into Fulmore Street police station asking for a city directory to find a man named Carl. Sergt John Ryan assists as librarian but refuses to let her borrow the book for a few days. She departs peeved and hints at secrets and rivals.
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Chicago
Fulmore Street
John Ryan
Carl
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Moomingtton
Indianapolis Presbyterian Missionary Society
Sollows
A. G. Brow
J. E. Holliday
William H. Hubbard
Charles H. Springer
Bloomington
Lucy Mayo
H. C. Robinson
Martinsville
H. W. Grossman
B. G. Goughlen
William Griffiths
Esther Aiken
Franklin
Horace Ellis
Publi Instruction
Tindiana
Eilis
William Greene
Twhsted Mine Workers of America
J. Lewis
Bridget Kingsley
Tnndanapolis
Charlotte Hinds
Elwand
Bertha A. Frakes
Laconia
Mary A. Kmahiser
Akron
National Fuel Administration
Tadianapotia
Toens
Dettersonvilles
Indiana Reformatory
Indiana State
Michigan City
Board of Trustees
Goodrich
H. J. Schneider Tna
Benjamin Boarse
Schneider
Winchester
Minnesota
Fort Wasne
Boand
A. T. Wiancko
Purdue
Wiancko
Mrs. Lynch
He al Liem
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