Farmers Institute Meeting in Marshall to Feature Lectures
The Farmers Institute gathers January 16 at the Marshall courthouse with morning address by Prof W B Smith on live stock and afternoon talk by Frank L Mann. The Girls Glee Club of Marshall Township High School will provide music and entertainment.
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Farmers’ Institute
Marshall
Court House
Frank L Mann
Ilinois
W B. Smith
Girls’ Glee Club
Marshall Townahip High School
Taggart
J. B. Rice
Ruffner
L. S. Reiner
Frank I. Mann
State Council of Defense
State Fair School
West Union and
Chicago Boys Shine in Farm Aid Effort
Dudley G. Hays of the Chicago Board of Education spoke before the Indiana War Conference committee about city youths joining a farm program. He reported hundreds of Chicago boys engaged, averaging about ninety days of work with earnings near three dollars per day.
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U.S. Boys' Working Reserve
Indiana War Conference
Dudley G. Hays
Chicago Board of Education
Hand-picked boys aid farmers in season long program
Earnings exceeded 43000 as the program placed boys with farmers aided by bankers mayors and county agents. Hays urged selecting strong boys not cigarette smokers to avoid risk. aims include social integration and repeated placements as a test of patriotism and perseverance.
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Hays
Farorers
Red Triangle in Palestine Aides Soldiers With YMCA Service
Henry Newell highlights the Red Triangle YMCA effort in Egypt Mesopotamia and Palestine. American and British secretaries risk danger to run dugout huts near Gaza aiding troops with canteens cocoa and letters home. Billy Boyd of Philadelphia stands out for his dedication and cheer in the desert front lines.
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Saldiers
Cedhar
Orient
Sinai
Suez Canal
Palestine
YMCA
Joseph
Mount Simal
Moses
Abraham
Idea
Surz
Mark
Tommy
Egypt
Mesopotamia
East
Africa
Red Triangle
Y. M C A
Gaza
East Africa
Billy Boyd
Philadelphia
Suez
Desert
Evra Lin
Henry Newell
St Louis
Plan for six day school week in state high schools
A proposal to require six days of instruction per week in all state high schools aims to drop Saturday vacations. It would finish the course earlier, letting schools close sooner. Teachers and school officials show favorable sentiment, noting many students are farmers whose work on the farm may intensify next year. Early dismissal would release them during the busy farming season.
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America
Secretary of Agriculture
Departments of Agriculture and Labor
War Department
Bor
St. Louis
Tom Sve Wong
McAdoo
Germany
Sters
Touwal’ Jackson
Jackson
Paris
Resolutions of Respect for Neighbor James H. Davison
The Allright Camp No 8622 M W of A resolves in memory of Neighbor James H Davison who died December 20 1917. The camp drapes its charter for thirty days and extends sympathy to the bereaved family. A copy of the resolutions will be spread kept and mailed to the family.
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James H. Davison
Allright
M. W
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