Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund Benefit
A parish fund drive at St Barnabas House February 20 features Dr H Kumm lecturing on The Future of Africa with proceeds aiding the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund. Local donors listed include Dorothy Borg Miss Dorothy Be Murtha M Morrell Anna Morgan Mrs Fraser and many others contributing weekly toward support for servicemen, with total reported 188.95 and growing as part of a war relief effort. Bishop Beecher to preach next Sunday at St Barnabas in the morning service at 11 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. W. Kumm
St the ‘Royal
America
France
Las Dorothy Borg
Dorothy
Murtha
Ooi
Morrell
Anna G. Morgan
C.D
Fraser
Robert Dashwood
Cannon
Joseph Denault
Fawin B. Katte
Mia
John B. Calvert
Emily Skeel
Virginia Orton
H. Fallon
Allison Weir
A. J. Menzies
Ethel C
Morel
F. H. Morrell, Jr
Mary M. Teweys
Cccac
Jermiah H. Tewey
Essiceese
Irvington Carpenters
Michael J. Touhey
Alex. Smith
Tellind Oo Hofman & Becker
John Gates
Lawrence McCoy
Sestessee
I. W. Traver
John, Hunter
Charles M. Pateman, Jr
William Pateman
Leopold W. Beck, Jr
Conger
Margaret Elsie Littie
M. B, Becker
George B, Dickinson
Roswell Sheol
Drw
A. L
Gazette
Tobacco Fund
West 4Ath Street
New York
Bishop Beecher
ST. Barnabas
Frederick A. Beecher
Western
Nebraska
St. Barnabas Church
Woman's Club Plans Parish House Rehearsal and Meetings
A rehearsal for a pageant will be held at the Parish House Monday evening with all participants to attend. Mrs Parsons, president, announced Tuesday night that regular meetings continue through the season and singers or musicians should bring their pieces. All members are welcome to bring knitting and sewing to the sessions, and the Red Cross work-room remains open daily.
Library Ends Heatless Mondays and Washington Birthday Closure
The Guiteau Library will discontinue heatless Mondays by order of the Fuel Administration and will stay open on Mondays until February 18, then closed all day on Washington's Birthday. Albany notes report motor vehicle law enforcement yielded $46,018.39 in fines and inspectors collected $83,982.40, boosting state revenue and improving compliance, with state troopers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiteau
The
Fuel Administration
Washington
Albany
New York State
Hugo
John J. Curren
Offles
Thrift Notes and Food Ration Rules With Slacker Warning
The bulletin outlines revised Food Administration rules for New York retailers and consumers pairing cereal substitutes with wheat flour from February to March. It discusses permitted substitutes, mandatory minimums, and penalties for hoarding and profiteering, plus editorial commentary on the word slacker and wartime moral framing. The piece also notes enforcement actions against unlicensed traders and a domestic example of storage hoarding, ending with a brief reference to evaporated milk cocoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrift Service Bulletin
Federal Food Board
New York
Food Administration
Tax Return Extension Granted for War Taxes in 1917–18
Tax filing deadlines extended to April 1 1918 due to delays in forms and regulations for War Excess Profits and War Income taxes. Roscoe Irwin, collector of Albany district, stated extension to April 1 would be granted and efforts ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
Roscoe Irwin
Toscoe Irwin
Albany
Free Citizenship Lectures At Washington Irving High
A series of lectures on citizenship will begin at Washington Irving High School in Tarrytown on Thursday evening at six thirty. Speakers from Columbia University and local officials will discuss topics from naturalization to voter duties and party organization with questions allowed after each talk. The committee of local women’s organizations guarantees broad public interest and invites all women voters to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Irving High School
Tarrytown
Vite
Mes Winfaid. Morse
Robert Dashwood
Ure
Robert Atten Jena
Neaterre
L. I. Snider
Yonkers
Calvin Derrick
Westchester Penitentary
North Tarrytown
Irvington Liberty Loan Drive Booms on Donations
Donations this week push Irvington and vicinity toward a strong Liberty Loan total. Mrs. M D Becker, Hon George E Dickinson, Emily Skeel, A L Barney, and Walter N Walker are named major contributors. Dr Carroll Dunham travels to Washington to support the effort as Thrift Chiefs receive attention. Mrs K B Conger is named chair of the Women’s Liberty Loan Committee for the area by Mrs John T Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Boys
France
M.D. Becker
George E. Dickinson
Emily Skeel
A. L. Barney
Walter N. Walker
Carroll Dunham
Irvington
K. B. Conger
Barney Park
Women's Liberty Loan Committee
Irvington and
Vicinity
John T. Pratt
Second Federal Reserve
Red Cross Meeting Hears On Corn Oil And Olives
Miss Margaret Suydam chairs a Red Cross gathering discussing corn oil facts. A speaker notes corn oil yields about one and a half pounds per ear and its germ contains oil used to separate starch. War shortages push corn oil use for salad and cooking, as olive oil prices rise and soap production decreased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Monday Closing Order Rescinded By County Fuel Official
County Fuel Administrator advised local officials that the Monday closing order is rescinded and former restrictions will return, pleasing many businesses that complied. Reports cover newspapers in Italy and France limiting size and posters, Girl Scout activities raising donations, Navy appeals for optics, and Treasury note on Liberty Loan bonds not payable for taxes. Water main break in Broadway described with ongoing repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taly
France
Italy
W. 8. S. Girl Scouts
Bridge Party Ends With Prizes At Mrs Parsons Home
A bridge party series for the Red Cross concluded Tuesday with prize awards at Mrs Parson’s home. First prize went to Mrs Yemington and second to Mrs Conger. A new five‑afternoon series starts next Tuesday at Mrs Thomas Lake’s home in Jairytow.
Gas Attacks Rule as Democrats Carve Blame at Legislature
The Watertown Times notes Democratic papers weaponize gas attacks to fault the Republican Legislature. It argues the 1913 laws cost far less and cites Chapter 212 and the Sulzer impeachment as costly missteps. It praises GOP restraint and calls for wartime coordinación and aid to the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of
Sulzer
Democratic Party
Secur
Senate
Chamberlain
Oregon
iMheheoek
Kansas
Acta
Wadforth
New York
Senate Military Committee
Publc
United States
Wadeworth
Watertown
Dashwood to Speak at Washington Irving High School
Town Clerk Dashwood is set to address an audience at Washington Irving High School in Tarrytown on March X. He will discuss the structure of town government and his efforts in Greenburgh to elevate the office, with other speakers to cover village and county affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Oxford
Whitey Feather
Engand
America
Washington Irving High School
Tarrytown
Dashewood
Tegime
Greenburgh
Vonty
Dashwood
Vilage
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lec
Ture
DR. Kumm
Barnabas Parish House
Woman's Club
the Library
Dani
McKee
Tes
Wsa
Thrift Notes
Thrift Baker
WB. S
Women's Liberty Loan Com
Miss Suydam
Margaret Suydam
Ana
Ran Rees
Iran
Jene
Girl Scouts
Miss Knodel
Army
Navy
Parsons
Red Cross
Duntam
Georgiana Lushman
Madge Hodder
Kathrynen
Lillian ‘McFadden
Margaret Anisch
Constance Stockwell
la Tourrelle Stockwell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Roscoe
Rwin
A. L. Barney III
Broadway
Winnie
Saya
Broadway Main
Bridge Party
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