Wauseon Village Council Fetes Founding Anniversary
A brief council note recalls the founding of the Wauseon lodge and the Knights of Pythias in a short session. It mentions a commemorative scroll for members in military service, to be hung in Cantle Hall, and notes a special meeting planned for February 19 to celebrate the anniversary and dedicate a wall display.
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Wauseon Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Gene Knights of
Pythias
Department of Supreme
United
Rane
Ipane
Learning to Save A Should-Set Savings Plan For Rainy Day
The article argues that self saving fails for many men who struggle to save weekly or monthly. It suggests making savings involuntary by having the employer deduct a fixed amount from every paycheck for a year. The piece claims this builds a bank account and earns employer approval, citing Liberty Bonds and savings instruments as incentives for thrift and fiscal discipline.
Wauseon Pythians Roll Of Honor Program Preview
An invitation to a Wauseon Pythian Sisters event features a program with addresses and a cane coat display. Notables include Newton Smith Fohn Fohn and Walter Dangler among listed attendees. The Knighthood of Pythias is praised as a premier national organization with lines of true brotherhood and energetic service.
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Waaneon Temple
Pythias
Thrift stamps boost US war effort amid council frost
The piece highlights Thrift Stamps as a patriotic savings tool for supporters who cannot buy Liberty Bonds, urging thrift to fund democracy. It also notes a frigid village council meeting where discussions on town issues were hindered by cold, referencing school prize contests to promote savings among students.
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Sage
of Wauseon Public Schools
CON- Path Hardesty
Iva Hoag
Vention
Columbus
Ralph Geer
Theo- Frank Banekes
Chicago
Dore Taxin
Zella Rutledge
Horton
Anaes
Carl Freppel
Margaret Trimpany
Ohio Hardware Association
Robert Hoag
Allen Cearia Convent
Jumbus
Baackes
Harold Roos
Orbin
Jeannette Snider
Ida Best
Dollie da
Hugh Williams
Henry 1
Sten Galllagher
Grace Dinions
Memorial Hall
Deshler
J. B. Carson
State Association
There Are Reasons Reasons for Purchasing Thrift Stamps as Formulated By Pupils of Grade Schools of Wauseon
Grade school pupils in Wauseon present selected reasons for buying thrift stamps. The compilation reflects student crafted explanations aimed at encouraging saving and patriotism through a school project.
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Wauseon
War Savings Stamps urged for all to support the war effort
A seventh and eighth grade plea urges students and families to buy Thrift Stamps to fund the war effort. It frames saving money as a duty, linking purchases to feeding, arming, and equipping soldiers, and stresses unity and security under the U S government. The message notes early campaign momentum and promises future continuation.
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United States
Bill Kaiser
Uncle Sam
Fifth Annual Farmers Week at Ohio State University
About 5,000 people attended the Fifth Annual Farmers' Week at Ohio State University Columbus. The event highlighted farm labor shortages with names including Dewert Metamora Dodray Lagally, Emmit Lagally, and several others from Delta Wauseon and nearby towns.
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Fulton Mic
Columbus
Ohio State University
Columbias
L. MN. Dewert
Metamora
Frank Dodray
Pene
Emmit Lagally
du Smout
Delta
Carl * Delta
Walde
Wauseon
Webber
Wausaun
First Wauseon Boy Dies in France in World War I
Robert D. Wager, once a Wauseon resident, died in France on January 23 while serving in the Naval Air Service. Born October 14, 1893, he left his native Ohio for military service in 1917 after working with Willard Storage Battery. He was praised for his Christian character and courage.
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Robert D. Wager
Moutchie
France
Naval Air Service
Pensacola
Florida
Clyde Wager
Harriett V. Wager
Cleveland
Bureau of Navigation
Washington D. C
Naval Air Station
Montchie
Wauseon
Robert Wager
Naval Agro Service
Willard Storage Battery Company
Atlanta
Huntsville
Ala
1 Naval Aero Service
Fla
Armin France
Paris
Hi Country
Presbyterian Church
Huntseville
Robert
Wager Son Dies in France During Duty
The message to his mother says God willed it and he died in Dispensary on January 23 in Montehie France while serving his country. French military law delays body removal until hostilities cease.
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Robert D. Wager
Montehie
France
Keep Them Smiling Plan For Soldier Entertainment
A nationwide program to provide wholesome entertainment for soldiers in camps and cantonments at public cost. Liberty theaters and chautauqua venues will stage acts with admission five to twenty five cents via Smileage coupons. Booklets cost one or five dollars containing twenty or one hundred coupons. Proceeds support the entertainment, with committees organizing 17 000 communities to pro rate Smileage. The effort is led by the Military Entertainment Council of the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities, stressing morale through sanctioned, non profit shows. Early poultry crop urged to meet 1918 needs, hatch starting February in the South and March in the North to finish by May.
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United States
Liberty
Military Entertainment Council
War Department Commission
Fulton County Food Administration
Washington
Food Administration
The
Colam
Pittsburgh
U. S. Food Administration
Haven
Conn
Shreveport
Newport News
State Food Administration
France
Germany
Wauseon
Ohio
American Commission
England
Sante Eee
Mirplane program prompts limits on U S aircraft output
United States production of aircraft will be restricted by transportation facilities with estimates suggesting that 100000 aircraft would require an army of 400000000 men to maintain. The assertion highlights the scale of logistics and manpower challenges faced in wartime production and distribution efforts.
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United States
Public Records and War Relief Notes in Fulton County
Probate Court and common pleas cases list new estates marriages and real estate transfers. War relief fund progress and Red Cross activity highlighted with totals, pledges, and district reports across Fulton County Ohio readers.
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Treasury
Common Pleas
Lyons
Emma Willey
Soldier's Relief
Peoples State Bank
Clinton
Red Cross
First Nat'l Bank
Wau
Sean
Fulton County Chap- France Slag Co
Wanscan
Acker & Farst
Clyde Onweller
Hopf
Same
Wf. Partridge
Chesterfield
P. A. Weller
Gorham
M. J. Linehan
Fulton
Lucinda Haughton
Phoebe M. Bayes
A. S. van Nortwick
Adaline Free
Fink & Haumesser
Court House
E. H. Hill
Fulton County
Ohio
Peter Fey
Chas. Nash
Wim. Hyper
Zoe Kyper
War Time Recipes for a Five Person Family
Department of Agriculture prepared cooking guidance for a five person household. Includes Milk Vegetable Soup using skim milk optional and assorted vegetables, thickening with flour and fat, and Rice Pudding with rice milk sugar raisins salt nutmeg or cinnamon. Offers substitutions like other cereals and stove or slow oven methods.
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Department of Agriculture
Red Cross Work Fulton County Chapter Headquarters Move
Fulton County Chapter headquarters relocated to the courthouse as workers report January work by the Lake Division. Members note progress on projects, with Lake Division crews detailing tasks completed and upcoming goals for the county chapter.
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Lake Division
Cleveland
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Washington
France
United States
Fulton County
Court House
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Ohio Wesleyan
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