Symbolic Flag Message and Early Wheat Breakthrough
A young American explains the flag’s meaning to a pro German emphasizing wartime symbolism and consequences for disobedience. The piece mentions Miss Ela Yageshc traveling to Manon, a new 14 percent gluten wheat by Luther Burband from California able to grow from Hudson Bay to Patagonia, plus a newborn son for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Franks.
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Luther Burband
California
Santa Rosa
Cal
Hudson Bay
Patagonia
Red Cross nurse bandages wounded houses rebuilding war villages
A narrator recounts Red Cross workers rebuilding a war torn village site once a sugar beet center. Carpenters, lumber and nails restore homes as the army of volunteers moves from one village to the next to revive fields and crops for future sustenance and wartime resilience.
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United States
Nance
American Red Cross
Red Cross
White Plague Spearheads Red Cross Relief in France
The piece notes tuberculosis kills more than bullets and gas, prompting Red Cross aid in France after World War I. It cites French acceptance of Red Cross tuberculosis work, relocation of hospitals, and 300 dispensaries to be opened with doctors and nurses aiding the fight.
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Red Cross
America
American Red Cross
France
State Prison Produces Large Binder Twine Supply
The Michigan City state prison operates a twine factory that will output about 15 million pounds of sisal binder twine for Indiana’s 1918 wheat harvest. The crop needs about 9 million pounds, with strong demand from other states. Warden Fogarty collects daily checks totaling 15 000 to 20 000 for twine orders as prison price data show 19 ½ cents per pound paid for sisal and twine selling around 23 cents per pound. Waste is minimized with remnants reused as rope or fuel and workers include men transferred from Jeffersonville reform school.
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Indiana
Michigan City
E. J. Fogarty
Funeral for Lydia Welte Booh er Near Monon
Lydia E Welte Booh er died of tuberculosis at age 20 near Monon. Funeral held at Monon Chapel with burial in Bedford Cemetery. Born March 13 1898 in White County she married Wilford Booh er May 29 1915 and left a husband two children two sisters and two brothers and her parents.
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Wilford Booher
Monon
Monon Chapel
Bedford Cemetery
Lydia E. Welte
White County
Wilford Booker
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Uncle Saul
Uncle Sam
Ela Yageshc
Manon
Edward Franks
Toledo
M. M. Maxwell
Bess Carpenter
Ohio
State
State Reformatory
Jeffersonville
G. M. Haring
Francesville
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