Balloon Workers Aid War Effort and Mass Labor Mobilization
Balloon fleets and aerial units are repurposed for army use with parachute jumpers and observers. A vast mobilization follows, including 1000s of volunteers, new gun plants on Neville Island, rapid rifle and pistol production, and emergency ration programs for troops in France and England. Public notices urge war-related labor organization and supply efforts under the Quartermaster Corps and Red Cross distributions.
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Old Mile Chow
Belug
Mirren
Wiehelmtiogs
Wil Erie
O. K. Mangyonret
Bie Cooke
Wetnith
Slur
Neville Island
Dotted States Steel Corparatlub
Tees
Elie
Newt
Pluelargh
Volted
Iband
Quarteraenmer Corps
Te Amwrinas Red Cross
France
Switzerlans
Dewick
Red Cross
Fab Dinkis
Turelaaies
Quartermaster Corps of Fondstuffs
England
Neil Fe
Eyes of the U S Army Dream On A Boy at Work
A factory story describes a boy who never looks away from his task and earns a raise after the foreman finally asks what he is worth. The fellow staff notes the boy’s vigilance, and the dialogue reveals his modest request of ten shillings a week rising to fifty after consideration.
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Generel Ceeiler
Reynesterdt
Brittat
Arthur Morehouse
Toledo
Morehouse
Governor Cox
Samuel Brandenburg
Miami University
Columbus
Ohio
National Council of Defense
Charles B. Rowe
L. N. Fellows
Dayton
Fullington
Republican State Central Committee
Newton AM. Miller
Charles E. Hard
Eli M. West
Carl D. Hyre
Welfare Department
Cleveland Railway Company
Department of Labor
Berg
State Industrial Commission
Emile Watson
George Rind
George Rind, 20, Secretary of the Miners’ Miusion
Bradley
Jefferson County
Alex Fergen
Fulton
Supreme Court
Dent
West
Henry Y. Chambers
Larue
Marion County
France
J E Monger
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
United States Bureau of Crop
Ohio Food Administration
Federal Employment Service
Nargest
Columbes
Gio Jaws
United War Work
Charles Kinney
Scioto County
Rents Rise in Holland Amid War Period Housing Strain
The Hague reports higher rents in the larger Dutch cities as war-induced population shifts and prisoner arrivals boost demand. Temporary barracks have been erected, but many foreign officers seek housing, pushing rents upward Despite new buildings, living space remains tight. A miscellany of domestic maxims and jokes accompany the note, reflecting a periodical blend of policy and light verse.
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Renta
Holland
Hague
Tultet
Guam A. CG
Nelson
Ang‘ld
Patented shoe with battery powered ankle current benke
A Chienge woman patented a shoe concealing a battery in the heel to supply a mild current to the wearer’s ankle as a benke. The article also notes varied world tech and wartime feats, including painting material limits and a police camera record system in New York.
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New York City
Mexico
United States
California
Ohio War Era Roundup And Local Incidents
Ohio reports a variety of wartime and criminal items including a 62 year old Xenia woman killed by a car, arrests in Elyria, a Camp Sherman community house groundbreaking, and a ministerial association elected leaders. Also notes volunteers for apple crop, police strikes, train derailments, and political shifts as Ohio mobilizes war effort.
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Orillia Voris
Xenia
Columbus
Elyria
Camp Sherman
Elks
Buccyrnts Ministerial Association
L. Buerkle
W. H. Miller
Cincinnati
Payton
A. Lifford
James Hall
Mr Reed
Tinster Brothres
Finamdaleness Affairs
Camp
Sherman
Federal Food Administration
Croxtom
William J. Conrad
Union County
Dagnty
Frank Gilchrist
Conrad
Henry County
Xandec
McAdoo
Cleve Teond
Memorial Hospital
Alyria
Juve
Woodrow Foch
L. A. J. Kroner
Cleveland
Ohio Saw Association of
Prohibition Party
Wilbur Boyd
Marion
Pershing
Tracy Thompson
Delaware
Ralph
Lawrence
George
Springfield
Martha 4
Wilson
Bayliss
Hersomm
Law
Toledo Terminal Railroad Company
Toledo
Charles H. Baker
Columus
J. B. Reemtsa
Findlay
Astville
Pickawey County
Sebring
Suzor
Benson W. Hough
166Th Regiment
Old Fourth Chin
France
Jowell E
Angelus Bell
St. Mary's Catholic Ghareh
America
Youngstoun
Stanley
Grimes
Joseph Walsh
Margaret AlcPadden
Hila McFaddan
AL Cleveland
Ags
Ethel Hier
Elmer Hupp
Charles Joyce
Baron Kapitan Nierde Barry
Dergat
Spring Geld
Austria-Hungary
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Lewis Newland
Washington D. H
Dwight
England
W. C. Thompson
Ohio State University
Italy
Department of
A¢Rieriture
Simeon D Fess
Republican Nations Congressional Campaign Committee
Ohio
Portsmouth
Mack Hibbs
Rarden
Samuel Curtis
Dorris Weaver
Oscar Moore
Youngstown
C. L. Lake
Cox
George W. Baker
Paotne Patattou
Supreme Court
Gibson
Elizabeth Gowe
Norwalk
Givan Tome
Yeeemen
Gallpolis
Newark
Otto Steinmeier
Frank Wagner
Robert M. Lea
Danville
National Rtifle Association
Camp Perry
Major Lea
William Wright
William J. O’rourke
State Mill Price Commission
Fragmented Ohio court oath and odd clippings mix
Ohio Toledo city archive snippet shows Frank J. Cheney swearing as junior partner of F. J. Cheney Co. plus miscellaneous humor items and ad snippets. Includes a December oath line, home party anecdote about Dorothy, and a Cuticura soap promotion.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Tascant County
Frank J. Cheney
Yonior
F. J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Ofia
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