Delia Thorne Brings Home Life To War Service
Delia Thorne, a self described useless in London society, joins the Women’s Emergency Corps. She is placed in charge of the untidy Mershon home, transforming it into a true home for Jack Mershon and Diana, steadying their war service duties. Delia finds purpose and happiness in organizing domestic life and embracing her one talent.
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McCluren Syndicate
Delia
England
London
Delia Thorne
War Service
Women’s Emergency Corps
Diana Mershon
Jack Mershon
Jack
Diana
Corps
Miss Mershon
Della
War Services Corps
Mershon House
George Craven
America
United States
Pennsylvania
Washington
Daddy
North Side Iceboxes Left Empty as Thieves Strike
City Treasurer George Young and three neighbors woke Sunday to iceboxes stripped of edible contents. Mrs. A Rice at 321 Mill Street, Young at 2206 Mill Street, Mary Fay at 718 Rose Street, and Albert A Muetzel at 713 Avon Street reported thefts with no food left inside. Local residents described the burglars taking all they could see.
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North Side
George Young
Mother Hubbard
Mrs. A. Rice
Mill Street
Mary Fay
Rose Street
Albert A. Muetzel
Avon Street
Mr. Rice
Gypsies Suspected in Porch Looting Spree
Homes were hit with boxes left on porches and residents suspect wandering gypsies. No definite group or gang has been identified to date, though the depredations are tied to a mobile band.
North Side Briefs and Local Social Notes
North Side residents share visits and returns from Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Social events include an ice cream social by Bethel Lutheran youth and a German Methodist church picnic at Myrick park. The Greyhound launch resumes operation after repairs following a Rice Lake sinking.
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Young People’s Society of
The
Bethel Lutheran Church
Elizabeth Powell
North Side
Savanna
Ida Lange
Sparta
Arthur McKenzie
Avon Street
Black River Falls
German Methodist Church
Avon
Clinton Streets
Myrick Park
L. B. Sullivan
Mill Street
Minneapolis
M. Lauman
Wall Street
Percy Drake
Milwaukee
Alene Grenner
West Salem
A. Caswell
Whitehall
S. Pierce
Berlin Street
Frank Schini
Missoula
Mont
Dr. Flynn
Caledonia
Andrew Hankinson
Westby
Olaf Olson
Mont Nelson
Oscar Larson
Adolph Knuteson
la Crescent
Greyhound
Carl Freng
Rice Lake
Mr. Freng
Rice E
Onalaska Defeats Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen 8 to 2
Onalaska baseball team defeated the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Sunday afternoon at Onalaska by 8 to 2. Ritter pitched for the Trainmen and retired in the seventh due to a cramp. Onalaska batters included Christopherson and Comeau. Trainmen batters were Ritter Freehoff E Davis R Davis and Johnson.
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Onalaska
Brotherhood of Railway
Ritter
Christopherson
Comeau
R. T
Freehoff
E. Davis
R. Davis
Johnson
Borden Sets Course for England Conference
Montreal reports Sir Robert Borden premier of Canada left for New York with General Hughes minister of militia en route to England for a Wednesday conference with British government officials.
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Montreal
Sir Robert Borden
Canada
New York
Hughes
England
Not every beach costume is a bathing suit
A short fashion note challenges beachwear norms by highlighting that many outfits worn on the shore function as costumes rather than swimsuits. It underscores varied styles and the evolving definition of beach attire for summer days.
Eating What You Want Without Digestive Discomfort
The ad states that not all foods suit everyone and suggests building up blood to restore stomach tone. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a direct nerve and blood tonic aiding digestion and nervous stomach issues, with a free diet book offered by request to the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
Errors Doom North Side As Diamonds Top Them 4 to 3
At Copeland Park on Sunday the north side team lost to the Diamonds a south side aggregation 4 to 3. The game swung in the eighth inning when the Diamonds scored four runs aided by North Side errors. Pitcher McGuire struck out ten and held the Diamonds to three hits with La Fleur catching for the North Side and Grabinski and Stang behind the Diamonds.
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Copeland Park
Diamonds
South Siders
McGuire
la Fleur
Grabinski and Stang
North Church to Join Open Meetings
North Presbyterian church sessions decide to unite July and August with union services on North Fifth Street. Morning services continue until the first Sunday in August. The last four Sundays of August will be omitted for the pastor's annual vacation.
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North Presbyterian Church
North Fifth Street
Cost of living high say Carmen
Chicago June 28 A street car workers union official says a motorman or conductor cannot live decently in Chicago on less than 1200 a year. President Mahon spoke as arbitration to settle disputes between 14 000 traction employees and magnates opened by the mayor acting as umpire.
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Chicago
W. D. Mahon
Street Car Men's Union
Mahon
Indrani Sunk After Torpedo in St George Channel
The British steamer Indrani, oldest in the Donaldson liner fleet, was torpedoed and sunk in the St George's Channel yesterday. Her crew have been landed, according to dispatches to shipping circles today.
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London
St. George's Channel
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From La Crosse Citizen
Local resident E. E. Burrows of 421 Vine St in La Crosse testifies to back ache and kidney relief from Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad urges readers to buy the Buffalo company product at 50 cents from dealers, noting the endorsement is home based.
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la Crosse
E. E. Burrows
Vine St
Doan
Mr. Burrows
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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