Government Calls 25000 Lynden Girls to Train as Nurses
Government appeals to Lynden women aged nineteen to thirty five to enroll in the United States Student Nurse Reserve. Training spans two to three years with options to serve at front, in civilian schools, or Army Nursing Schools. Enrollees receive board and tuition, with pay scales after graduation and during training. The program aims to fill hospital needs at home and abroad.
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United Tes
Lynden
Tribune
United States
Army Nursing School
War Department
Sta
Want berries to use for soldier boys
The Linden chapter of the National League for Women’s Service seeks raspberries currants and small fruits to make juice and provide dried fruit for soldiers in camps and hospitals. Donors should contact Mrs Will Lauckhart Mrs H H Jamieson or Mrs S H Lewis. Pails with covers are also needed to pack dried fruit.
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Lynden
National League For Women’s Service
League
Will Lauckhart
H. H. Jamieson
S. H. Lewis
Lynden Residents Free to Travel to Canada Under Rules
Senator G D Robertson head of the Canada Registration Board declares rumors false asserting that U S visitors to Canada must register at post offices or carry passports. He notes the act covers only permanent Canadian residents and imposes no entry or travel restrictions on Americans or allied aliens.
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Canada
United States
Lynden Stores Prohibited from Selling Sugar for Jam
Washington food administrator Charles Hebberd announces strict Lynden sugar rules limiting canning use to 25 pounds per customer with permit, banning jams and jellies sales, and requiring duplicate two and five pound sale lists. Retailers must cap three pounds per person monthly and report weekly to county officials as conservation measures hinge on cargo ships and domestic crops.
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Charles Hebberd
Washington
Lynden
Ounty Food Administrators
Food Administration
Lynden Drives Glove Drive for Aviator Vests
Citizens are urged to bring old kid gloves to Lynden Department Store for a coat project aiding aviators. A barrel stands downtown this week for donations. Dick Omta is visiting Camp Lewis this week.
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Lynden Department Store
Dick Omta
Camp Lewis
Lynden Fruit Growers See Record Year in 1918
Lynden fruit men report 1918 as the most prosperous season, with berry prices about double 1916. The Lynden Cannery plans to handle $25,000 worth of raspberries and paid out over $7,500 for cherries, while growers anticipate large contracts and returns. The cannery maintains an employment agency in Seattle to supply pickers as the season approaches.
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Lynden
Lynden Cannery
Seattle
Creamer
Cannery
Lynden Women Prepare Surgical Dressings in Four Day Push
Lynden chapter volunteers finish surgical dressing allotment by working in the Williams Building on Front Street. The rooms open Tuesday to Saturday afternoons and Tuesday to Friday evenings, inviting workers to come regularly on one or more days.
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Lynden
Williams
Front Street
Lynden Women Asked to Sew for War Children
Lynden residents are urged to sew garments for children in Belgium France and other war torn lands. The National League for Women's Service seeks Lynden help regardless of material condition. Contact Mrs S H Lewis or Mrs Woodard for details and participation.
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Lynden
Belgium
France
National League For Women’s Service
S. H. Lewis
Sugar Saving Tips In War Time Rationing
A wartime note from the Food Administration urges saving sugar by using syrups and honey. It recommends a pitcher full of molasses as a tasty substitute and a method to stretch wheat flour, promoting thrifty cooking during sugar restrictions.
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U. S
Lynden Women Asked to Support Furlough Homes for Soldiers
Lynden women's clubs were urged to donate one dollar each to fund furlough homes for American soldiers abroad. Federated Women's Clubs of America and State Victory Commission Chairwoman McCready spoke at the surgical dressings quarters, stressing the need for comfortable residences in France or Scotland for visiting troops. Local clubs including W C T U Kensington Klatawa Amphyction and church ladies aid groups were asked to consider contributions.
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Women’s Clubs
Lynden
Federated Women’s Clubs of America
McCready
Women’s Victory Commission of
France
Scotland
Kensington Club
Klatawa Club
Amphyction Club
Five New Rice Flour Recipes Offered to Lynden Women
Lynden residents gain five new tested rice flour recipes from the University of Washington home economics program. Recipes include Rice Barley Biscuit, Rice Barley Muffins, Rice Chocolate Cake, Rice Sponge Cake, and Rice Corn Griddle Cakes, with notes on substitutions and measurements. Local items mention Cleve Schuyler returning to Lynden from Astoria and Dug Ogle selling his meat market stake to George Scovill with plans to move to California.
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Lynden
University of Washington
Dug Ogle
George Scovill
California
Lynden Boy Reported for Croix de Guerre
Sergeant Eylar Staight of Lynden who fought with U S Marines near Paris has been recommended for the Croix de Guerre for heroism. A censor's notation on his letter to his mother confirms the honor and recounts his two close calls and two over the top advances.
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Eylar Staight
Lynden
United States Marines
Paris
Staight
C. H. Fraser
Lieuteant Fraser
Army
Kamerad
Father
Storrey Sells Farm to Lewiston Man in Idaho
T. J. Storrey sold his house and five acre farm with stock and tools to L. J. Swank of Lewiston Idaho. The property is described as one of the best near the city and the deal passed through Taylor and Riddle. The Maratta property sale on West Main Street was postponed to August 3.
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John Storrey
Idaho
T. J. Storrey
L. J. Swank
Lewiston
Storrey Place
Taylor and Riddle
Maratta
West Main Street
Mrs Van Well undergoes operation for appendicitis in Juneau
Mrs William Van Well had an appendectomy in Juneau this month and is recovering rapidly. Mr and Mrs Clarence Vander Griend welcomed a baby boy born Monday.
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William van Well
Juneau
Clarence Vander Griend
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U. 8
National League For Women's Service
Aviator
Lynden Fruit
RED Cross
Victory Commission
Cleve Schuyler
Astoria
South Bellingham
J. C. Beach
Lynden Boy
Charles Abercrombie
Lewis
Russell Gries
Chicago
Abercrombie
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