Engagement Rings and the War
The article explains platinum’s critical role in war production and why demand soars. It describes uses across weaponry, signaling gear, electronics, medical tools, and acid manufacture, noting supply shifts from Russia to Columbia and government commandeering. A campaign by the Women’s National League urges conserving platinum for oorlog work and securing liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Columbia
War Industries Board
Women's National League For the Conservation
Envins
Our War Intentions Hint at Founding Principles
Fragmentary statement reflecting American war aims tied to the nation’s founding ideals. Mentions forefathers and the Republic, claiming continuity of dedication to inestimable privileges for all nations and peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inded
America
BIDS WANTED FOR COAL AT INDIANA SCHOOLS
The School Board of Indiana Pa invites sealed proposals to furnish coal for the Second and Third Ward School buildings for winter 1918 1919. Bids due by Tuesday evening July 2. Coal to be delivered to basements at once. Secretary Oliver Fry notes the board may reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Board of
Indiana
Oliver Fry
H. H. Steving & Co Night Calls Advertising
H H Steving and Company offers night call service with prompt attention. Office located at 574 Phila Street and both phones listed for contact. They provide automobile hearses and auto cars for service.
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Phila. St
Needed Invention Prompts Typewriter Push in Schools
A Chicago professor urges typewriters for public school children but notes no one has yet invented a device with correct grammar. Mrs. W. H. Mitchell and her three children left for Ashtabula Ohio to visit her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USA
WH. E. Mitchell
Ashtubia, O
Me Mitchell
Short Change Man Beams on Girl Cashier in Old Game
A smooth young man entered a KANKANKER Illinois store, asked for change for a $100 bill, received $30 in small bills, claimed another $40 in change, then kept one $50 bill and vanished. The cashier was left with $50 short after counting the cash at night. police search failed to locate the con artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankanker
Ill
Dryyoods
Ior
Hut
Personal Effort Urged to Boost Coal Output
The report details a meeting where Mr. Peale urged operators to personally appeal to miners to work to the limit. Plans rely on one-to-one contact via interpreters and printed materials to stir patriotism and loyalty, stressing the war effort and need for increased coal production. Morrow praised the mood and urged operators to make coal production their business.
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Peale
Confields
Neale
Morrow
Iselin Pledge Ceremony Noted By Local Figures
The Iselin pledge was taken amid cheers as lamps swung and flags honored. Attendees included Supt W. B. Wardrop and Thos Donnelly, with visitors from Indiana such as I Pritchman Harold Fritchman L W Robinson Jr Frederick Palmer and Misses Mildred and Helen Palmer.
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WU. S. A
W. B. Wardrop
Thos. Donnelly
Iselin
Indiana
I’. M. Fritchman
Harold Fritchman
L. W. Robinson, Jr
Frederick Palmer
Mildred
Helen Palmer
War Talk for Clarksburg Preacher Visits Front Lines
The Rev W M Woodfin Pennsylvanian Presbyterian minister fresh from the trenches will speak at Clarksburg Presbyterian church Monday July 22 to explain real conditions in France. He aims to correct a false view about American soldiers morals and share experiences from his front line tour including trenches red cross work and bombardments.
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Clarksburg
France
W. M. Woodfin
Clarksburg Presbyterian Church
Woodfin
Red Cross
Sharpe
Tie
Ypres
Messines Ridge
Paris
London
Norman Ross Seeks New Honors In Diving
Norman Ross the national swimming champion and world record holder, now in the Aviation Corps, pursues divers’ honors alongside his aquatic feats. West reports say he is rapidly developing as a diver and aims to challenge Duke Kahanamoku of Honolulu, touring to aid the Red Cross. Boxing in New Jersey thrives despite eight-round, eight-ounce bouts under the state law, with recent shows in Newark and Jersey City drawing crowds.
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New York
Norman Ross
Frisco Pah
Aviation Corps
Ross
Duke Kahanamo‘ku
Tlonoluli
Tthe Red Cross
New Jersey
Newark
Jersey City
Jersey
Community notes from Cherry Tree and nearby towns
Mrs. W B Caldwell and children Dorothy and Jessie return from a week in Johnstown and Nanty-Glo. Martha Miller undergoes appendicitis surgery on Wednesday evening at Dixonville Hospital. W Delmont Notley of Mahaffey visits sister Mrs Ord Tonkin. P H Rheinoehl family leave Thursday for extended trip through Pennsylvania and Ohio in their new car. Mrs James Long and children of Culver visit Mrs Ida Baker. Helen McFarland hosts a gathering with Louise and Winifred Stiffler Esther and Martha Grumbling Gertrude Pearson Zelda Frye Anna Wissinger Milton Schoen Lee Schedane Jamey Brice Chester Irwin Harold Stiffler Seymour Buck Howard McFarland Ben Thurstim of Barnesboro attend. Zelda Frye hosts Sunday School class at Mrs R W Kinsports. Dr D L Yingling and family of Johnstown spend weeks at summer home at Big Place. Dr W A Prideaux W C Smith and Charles Weils of Twin Rocks visit town. Lottie Bennett of Burnside visits sister Mrs Gilford Cameron. Mr Dougherty of Emreigh visits town. W B Caldwell buys a new Ford Sedan.
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W. Delmont Notley
Mahaffey
Ord Tonkin
P. H. Rheinoehl
Pennsylvania
Ohio
James Long
Culver
Ida Baker
Helen McFarland
Louise
Winifred Stiffler
Esther
Martha Grumbling
Gertrude Pearson
Big Place
W. A. Prideaux
W. C. Smith
Charles Weils
Twin Rocks
G. C. Yingling
Westover
Lottie Bennett
Burnside
Gilford Cameron
Mr. Dougherty
Emreigh
W. B. Caldwell
Christian college defines true culture in business and technical study
The exchange remarks that real culture comes from the Christian college providing the complete, sound equipment for balanced, thorough education across mercantile, science, and technical pursuits. It emphasizes holistic formation as the core of culture.
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Business College
Oriy
Falsehood Arises More From Carelessness Than Suborned Design
A quotation attributed to Johnson notes that falsehood in works stems more from carelessness about the truth than from intentional tampering, suggesting critique of lax accuracy in communication.
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Fohnson
Nurses Tell of Hun Attacks on Canadian Hospitals
McElhoes of Kellysburg and Miss Martha McElhoes recount a nurse abroad’s view of German raids in France. She describes night bombings on field hospitals, losses of two Canadian nurses and a physician, many injuries, and the flares that lit hospitals for targeting. She notes Germans’ hatred toward Canadians among pilots and wounded care.
Use Nothing German Club Formed by Chicago Women
Chicago women form a club named Use Nothing German to reject German products and culture. They vow to keep Germany out of American life and say their message will spread across the United States to prevent the Kaiser from recovering from the war.
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United States
Hudson River
North Germany
Lloyd
Hamburg
Chicago
Germany
To Enlarge Gas Bomb Plant Sharks in Western Waters
Hastings on Hudson July 1 A hips extension of the Zinsser Chemical Works to manufacture gas bombs and gas defense equipment has been started here.
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Hastings-On-Sludson
N. Y
Zinsser Chemical Works
Barracks to Rise for Soldier Guards Near Atlantic Coast
Barracks for numerous soldier guards will be built. This may mean the establishment of a five mile dry zone which would close the saloons of Hastings and Dobba Perry. It is expected the plant will be made one of the biggest munitions factories near the Atlantic coast.
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Hastings
Dobba Perry
Atlantic Coast
Sharks Invade Washington Coast Shores As Fishermen Report
Sharks fifteen feet long have invaded waters off Cape Flattery and Grays Harbor. Captains of fishing schooners arriving in port report the sharks are destroying large numbers of fish threatening local fisheries and prompting concern among coastal communities.
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Stiarks
Wash
Washington Coast
Cape Flattery
Grays Harbor
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Philip Evans
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R. W. Jenkins
Chambersville, Pa
W. F. Frederick Piano CO
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Armagh
Indiana Beef & Provision Company
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Care Gazette
Indiana Candy Works
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Rose Building
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Marshall Building
Guilfrey Marshal
H. H. Steving & Co
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Cherry ‘Tree Wachine CO
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New Strand Theatre
June Elvidge and
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