14 Aug 1917
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1917
Page
1
Classified ads list one cent per word for wants and display rates on request. The page reports letters and social notes from Indiana and surrounding towns, naming visitors, residents, and their movements between Pittsburgh, Warren, Youngstown, and local hotels. several visits and travels are described with names and places throughout the region.
A War Department issued course of thirty lessons guides men chosen for National Army service. It stresses loyalty obedience and physical fitness as core soldierly qualities and explains military discipline, rank, and opportunities for advancement within a democratic, egalitarian army. Tomorrow’s lesson promises Nine Soldierly Qualities.
Reports from Blairsville Public Schools supervisors on teaching history and school plant improvements. Afternoon program opens with a song at 1:30 led by Prof. Ankeny of Saltsburg, followed by remarks to Supt. Bentz as teachers discuss “School Plant Improvement Day.”
Joln Ellison, third generation Irish revolutionary descent, emigrates to Britain and serves in the Great War. Longstanding rivalry with Elmer Trent and Ment Wrestlegetti frames his wartime decisions. Articulation of patriotism and family ties collide as Johnny joins the Royal Flying Corps and confronts past loyalties amid mounting danger.
The War Department issued orders allowing clerks and similar personnel to wear army uniforms with distinguishing marks, and specified uniforms for motor drivers and messengers. Non combatants will wear white armbands. regular olive drab with expeditionary forces. Neutral states protest foreign service drafting of first naturalized aliens. Local exemption boards work to clear claims in three days, then call more eligibles to meet increased quotas. The Gazette will publish accepted and emped names with reasons.
Val White of Craylands has mapped to Pana Illinois to stay several weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs A W Meeker and their children Arthur Jr and Jane. Mr and Mrs Paul Qualtrouph and their children Madaline and Paul Jr drove to Indiana to visit their mother Mrs Martha J Orr of West Philadelphia Street for the week.
Fragmented prose recalls Goethals on duty as essential to service and action and a Lamb cigarette quip about usefulness of observations. It links to South African war mindset, then shifts to an experiment with a candle, water, and an unseen object, and ends with advice on cleaning spectacles to protect eyesight and avoid discomfort.
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