Calendar notes for lodge and music club events
January 25 a social night at the Rebekah Lodge with Odds Fellow Lodge at 8 PM. January 26 the Friday Music Club meets at 7 30 PM hosted by Mrs. Tom Purvis at 315 North Pine Street with Miss Huffaker and Miss Mitchell in charge. Mrs Hendrix Spraggins hosts a tea for past presidents with nanidina berries decor and plans for spring club work.
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Tom Purvis
J M. Houston
North Pine Street
Jaen Huffaker
Mary Mitcheller
Hendrix Spraggins
Private Emerson Willis Awarded Combat Infantryman Badge
Private Emerson Willis of Route Hope Arkansas received the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in combat with the Third Infantry Division of the Seventh Army in France.
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Emerson Willis
Route Hope, Ark
Third Infantry Division
Seventh Army
France
Birth of Janet McRae Ellis at Julia Chester Hospital
Flight Officer and Mrs. Fred O. Ellis announce the birth of Janet McRae Ellis born Wednesday January 24 at Julia Chester hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred O. Ellis
Janet McRae Ellis
Julia Chester Hospital
Mary Francis Irvin Recovers At Home After Surgery
Friends announce Miss Mary Francis Irvin has been moved to her home at 517 South Main Street after undergoing an operation at Julia Chester hospital.
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Mary Francis Irvin
South Main Steel
Julia Chester Hospital
Apple Charlotte and Golden Custard Dessert Series
Stalar Nita recommends using eggs in desserts when meat and fowl are scarce to sustain protein intake. The recipe outlines Apple Charlotte with Golden Custard, detailing gelatine, applesauce, egg whites, and cinnamon, plus Golden Custard with egg yolks and milk, sugar, flour, and vanilla. Tomorrow’s breakfast menu includes orange juice cereal cornbread butter margarine and honey.
Bible Study to Begin at Unity Baptist Church
Unity Missionary Baptist church on South Elm street announces daily Bible study and evangelistic services starting Monday January 29. Devotional sessions run 2 to 3 30 PM with an 7 PM evening service. An 8 PM Bible lecture and evangelistic message will be given by Rev E C Gillentine of Texarkana Texas. The pastor Rev Doyle M Ingram invites the public and asks Sunday school teachers ministers and Christian workers to attend with Bible notebook and pencil.
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E. C. Gillentine
Texarkana
Texas
Doyle M. Ingram
Spring Hill Senior Play Set for Friday Night
The Spring Hill High School senior class presents Always in Trouble at 8 p m Friday January 26 in the school auditorium Admission is 25 cents The cast includes Durward Anderson Orvil Aaron Dale Bukter Frank Livingston Harold Bobo Doris Jaen Lafferty Viola Burns Martin Dorothy Lee Shepherd Lavern Yocum
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Spring Hill High School
Durward Anderson
Orvil Aaron
Dale Bukter
Frank Livingston
Harold Bobo
Doris Jaen Lafferty
Viola Burns Martin
Dorothy Lee Shephard
Lavern Yocum
Q and A Quiz on War Facts and Historical Figures
A question and answer excerpt covers air battles with Gen Baker naming Ploesti as the bloodiest, oil production losses, Franco American bridge destruction counts, a Russian LAGG fighter, the paddle wheel boat’s invention around 527 in Justinian's Rome, and US college enrollments rising from 266,000 in 1911 to 1,493,009 in 1940.
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Baker
Ploesti
United States
Luncheon and Dinner Menu Items Noted
The listing describes a luncheon menu of lentils with carrots rice a green salad rye bread butter or fortified margarine fresh fruit cup tea milk and a dinner including broiled mackerel parsley boiled potatoes tomatoes onions and green peppers raw carrot sticks enriched bread butter or fortified margarine custard coffee and milk.
Gentle homecoming care for a newborn during wartime
A young mother, cautious about infection, keeps her baby away from crowds after hospital discharge. Early weeks focus on gentle exposure, strict hygiene, separate utensils, and close guidance to relatives to maintain a stable routine, ensuring the infant stays safe and secure.
We the Women We the Women by Ruth Milkett
The Arab Women's Congress aims to limit polygamy to wealthy men, a move Milkett says would align Arab practice with American reality where successful men take multiple wives. She argues alimony cushions these shifts and notes Americans often discard first wives for new ones, a pattern she sees mirrored in a harem’s room for many wives.
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Ruth Milkett
Arab Women’s Congress
Arabia
America
Pioneer caravan to California 1849 diary notes and camp life
A San Jose era diary recounts the Birasall expedition of 61 people leaving St. Joseph on April 30 1849 with 14 wagons. It describes leadership by John Peter Cullen chosen by all, daily tasks of cooking and ox driving, scarcity of wood, prairies like a sea, and rough travel through the Humbolt desert. The entry notes encounters with returning parties, cholera deaths, Indian cautions, the Oh Susanna tune, and high stakes gambling.
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Birasall
St. Joseph
Anna Gowdy
Andrew Gordon
Tommy
Jake
St. Joe
John Peter Cullen
Cullen
Susannah
Alabama
California
Buying War Bonds is a Soldiers’ Duty Quote
Lt Gen Ben Lear states that buying war bonds is no sacrifice but a solemn obligation that must be kept until the soldiers complete their mission and the war ends.
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Ben Lear
Ground Forces commander on war and air support
The remarks include a call for no half measures against racism and a veteran note on fighting in icy conditions with S/Sgt. Alfred Bresser and his German Shepherd Laddie. Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley emphasizes the growing reliance on air power alongside ground operations. A Cleveland veteran, Lt. Thomas B. Friedman, reflects on China service.
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Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army
France
Husband of Former Hope Girl Missing in Belgium Action
Pvt. Jack A. Johnson of Oak Grove Mississippi has been reported missing in Belgium since January 4. He is married to Pauline Jones, formerly of this city.
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Hope Girl
Belgium
Jack A. Johnson
Oak Grove
Miss
Pauline Jones
Students Fall Short on History in Scotland Quiz Findings
H P Wolstencroft of Moray House Training College said Scottish schools fail to give pupils a clear outline map of history after reviewing a history quiz responses. He spoke in moderate terms about the lack of understanding among students.
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Edinburgh
H. P. Wolstencroft
Moray House Training College
Notable misquotes attributed to wartime figures
Fragmentary OCR quotes assign grandiose labels to Clemenceau Bismarck Garibaldi Woodrow Wilson and Hindenburg. The phrases label Clemenceau as a medieval saint and Garibaldi as a Mussolini general, while describing Wilson as a British MP and Hindenburg as an American in exile eager to join the war.
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Clemenceau
Bismarck
Germany
Garibaldi
Woodrow Wilson
Hindenburg
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Rebekah
C. C. McNeil
Henry Haynes
W. E. White
J. C. Carelton
Dick Watkins
B. W. Edwards
Rialto
Molly
Gene Autry
eRanger
John Wayne
Tage
Ladies’pecialty Shop
Stalar Nita
Gaynor Maddox
NEA
Vicki VapoRub
VapoRub
Vaporus
Ladies’ Specialty Shop
Unity Baptist
Spring Hill
Russia
Justiniar
Rome
Poznan
Poland
Posen
Wilson Park
Ratusz
Warsaw
Berlin
Breslau
Torun
Wome
Baby
Lona L. Trout
Woodward
TVEMN
NEA Service, Inc
Promised Land
Humbolt Desert
Ilya Ehrenburg
Laddie
Smee
Alfred Bresser
Ogdensburg, N. Y
Shepard Laddie On Leyer
Japan
Ohio
Thomas B. Friedman
Cleveland, O
China
Scotland
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