No One In Division Without Insurance Camp Sevier Report
Camp Sevier Greenville S C Feb 15 Major George E Hoppe reports the 36th division unprecedented life insurance coverage under war risk policies. Total division insurance surpasses 216 million while individual outfits show near full participation including the 119th infantry with 30.5 million and the 117th 120th and 118th infantry carrying 24 23 and 22 million respectively. The record highlights high protection across regiments and support units amid Liberty Loan mobilization.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
S.C
George E. Hoppe
115Th Field Artillery
Soldiers’ On Sailors’ Campaign Council
119Th Infantry
Second North Carolina
117Th Infantry
120Th Infantry
118Th Infantry
How to Boil Water and Save Gas for the War Effort
A wartime kitchen guide urges careful gas use. It explains proper boiling methods, including choosing a dish with a bottom that projects over the flame, covering tightly, and lowering flame after reaching boil. It warns against wasteful practices that waste coal needed for ships and soldiers in France.
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France
Interurban Schedule Between High Point Winston Greensboro
The schedule lists departures from High Point to Winston at 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. from the Elwood Hotel and from Winston to High Point at 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Also the High Point Greensboro line runs from High Point Elwood Hotel to Greensboro at 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and from Greensboro Guilford Hotel at 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
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High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Elwood Hotel
Winston
Winston, Zinzendorf Hotel
Guilford Hotel
Foley's Honey and Tar Praised by Reader in Cowichan
Mrs. E J Bedard of Cowich, Washington says Foley's Honey and Tar is the best medicine for children and for coughs and colds. The ad notes quick relief for raw surfaces, hoarseness, and breathing, while praising government advertising for promoting the draft and liberty loan campaigns.
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E. J. Bedard
Cowich
Foley
Mann Wrug Co
Prater’s Ink
Army unit fund totals for several divisions listed
The record shows funding figures for multiple units including the 115th Field artillery at 12,577,500 dollars the 118th Field artillery at 11,425,500 dollars the 114th Field artillery at 11,370,000 dollars the 105th engineers and train at 10,491,000 dollars the Sanitary train at 6,641,000 dollars and the Ammunition train at 6,417,000 dollars.
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115Th Field Artillery
118Th Field Artilery
114Th Field Artillery
105Th Engineers
Schoolboy Delivery Offer for Curtis Publications
A notice promises $1.00 to each clean ambitious schoolboy who delivers Curtis publications to customers. The pay is in addition to profits and other advantages. Apply to Paul A. Stamey, 213 FE. Washington Street, High Point, North Carolina. Printer's ink is an investment not an expenditure.
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Curtis
Paul A. Stamey
Washington Street
High Point
N. C
Calotabs Best Remedy for Cold Says Doctors
Doctors tout Calotabs as the best and only dependable remedy to break up a cold overnight and ease sore throat or cough. One tab at bedtime with water purifies the system, with no nausea or diet interference, and next morning the cold vanishes. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents. druggists guarantee satisfaction.
Americans Make Warm Mittens From Overcoat Bottoms In France
American Army truck drivers in France cut the cloth from the bottoms of regulation overcoats to make mittens. The practice began as coats were trimmed to knee length to avoid mud and cold. drivers then stitched four pieces into mittens that fit over knitted gloves, keeping hands warm during long hours on trucks. Overcoat remnants and three-layer underclothes help drivers endure harsh conditions.
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France
United States
American Police Department
Efird's to Sell Sugar at 74 Cents a Pound
Efird Department Store received 1000 pounds of fine granulated sugar to be placed on sale tomorrow morning at 74 cents per pound. Limit two pounds per family. Also contains an unverified testimonial for Foley Kidney Pills from Louis Buckner of Somerset Virginia noting relief from backache and other pains.
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Efird Dept
Louis Buckner
Somerset
Foley
Mann
Eat Less and Take Salts for Kidneys
An old health advisory urges Americans to reduce rich foods to protect kidney function. It promotes Jad Salts or similar preparations made from grape acid and lithia, claiming it flushes clogged kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, and prevents bladder disorders with a daily tablespoon of four ounces in water.
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Edith M. Whitmore
Motor Lines (Incorporated
Piedmont Building & Loan Association
Hart Drug Company
Utes
Efird’s
Gilmer Bros. Company
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