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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1918
Page
7
During a police strike in Cincinnati civic groups, including the Boy Scouts of America, assisted with traffic duties at downtown intersections. The editorial praises their orderly conduct at the 1xth and Walnut corner and urges respect for their radio guided traffic control.
The Boy Scouts of America report a 42 percent rise in scout officials and 66 percent more scouts since the war began. Current totals show 440,890 members versus 272,051 in 1917, with projections of 714,000 within a year if growth continues.
A verse extols a ready steady heady boy scout who works hard, digs in, loves the flag, and follows duty. The piece praises his character as he grows into a fine young man in Youths Companion.
On a Saturday the mayor city officials and all members of the Stour City commission turned over control to eight boy scouts for ninety minutes They held a regular council session and debated an ordinance to create a city planning commission for Sioux City The boys passed the ordinance and then surrendered the authority back to the city commissioners
The Roselle Park scouts are placed in charge of the boroughs entire electric fire alarm system including bells alarms zones wire alarm boxes storage batteries and other equipment. They receive a salary of 50 pounds per year added to the troop treasury. For two years the troop has cared for 42 fire hydrants and three flags.
Scout Troop No. 1 from Mullan created a tourist camp at Pottsville four miles east of Mullan along the Yellowstone trail with food donated by Shoshone County Good Roads and equipment from the U S government. Troop No. 1 from Kellogg added a camp four miles west of Kellogg, clearing underbrush and dead trees, leveling ground, building tables and seats, making a bridge and fixing a spring.
A romance set amid World War I battlefield life follows a bride awaiting her husband in France and the trials of service members in the trenches. The narrative intertwines love, duty, and sacrifice among American troops overseas.
Lieutenant Wallace, wounded at Santiago, returns to duty in Washington to help Major Howard and Kellerman manage a covert mobilization plan. Aboard the uneasy reunion, he confronts Kellerman’s charm over Eleanor, the ward he once rescued, while guarding a nest of espionage and personal loyalties.
A nervous husband narrates a Christmas race of crafting and gifting. His wife, amid December’s rush, threads needles, crochets, and packs countless presents that arrive just in time. The humorous monologue frames Christmas as a relentless endurance race with a wrapping victory.
Posted by Colonel Howard, he gained audience respect for his army work in distant outposts. Surprised by his fame, he received invitations and dinners while awaiting the day his Massachusetts circle home would open featuring the princess of his imagination, the hillside child grown into a schoolgirl.
A collection of humorous and pointed lines about Christmas gifts, Santa Claus, prices, and relationships. The verses mix wit on shopping, generosity, and the woes of holiday cheer with playful jabs at gift giving and expectations.
Wallace pursues the man believed to haunt El eanor and discovers Kellerman at a hidden house. The confrontation promises crucial twists in the next installment as the tale ends with a definitive tease.
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