Travel 10 Innings to a 0-0 Tie in Rain-Shortened Game
In a feature clash between Marshfield and Grand Rapids last Sunday the teams battled 10 innings with no runs scored. Both pitchers Joahason and Palmer Kovh pitched brilliantly, as Grand Rapids managed only three singles while Marshfield logged four. Rain halted play after ten frames, ending a tight defensive duel watched by local fans. Lieut. Fred Braem, a former city team member, worked the bases as umpire.
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Marshfield
Grand Rapids
Palmer Kovh
Johnson
Palmer
Mack
Fred Braem
Difference in Appointments at Fort Sheridan
The War Department explains the Fort Sheridan appointments as officials note some are officers of the national army while others join the officers' reserve corps. Graduates from the training camps become officers in the reserve corps to enable postwar recall to service after the current conflict.
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Fort Sheridan
National Army
Reserve Corps
Port Sheridan
War Department
Age limits for officer reserve corps and national army
The War Department outlines how officers are allocated between the national army and reserve corps after hostilities. Appointments from training camps will be mustered out postwar, not automatically available for future needs. Maximum ages: major 45, captain 40, first lieutenant 36, second lieutenant 52, with no age limit for national army appointments.
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National Army
Regular Army
War Department
Officers Reserve Corps
Wisconsin School for the Deaf Opens Term at Delavan
The Wisconsin state school for the deaf at Delavan opens its next term on September 12. Education here is free for Wisconsin deaf students and covers academics, high school preparation, domestic science, manual training, speech and lip reading, morals, health, and board. Contact superintendent H C Buell for details.
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Wisconsin State School For the Deaf
Delavan
Wis
Wisconsin
H.C. Buell
Care of Plano Keys and Piano Ivory Whitening Tips
This excerpt gives advice on whitening piano keys using alcohol dampened muglin, colorite water, and cotton flannel. It mentions repeated acids restoring whiteness and cautions avoiding contact with colored surfaces. It notes old ivory may be rein vented and warns against improper application.
Detailed Plan of Bond Publicity Proposed for Liberty Loan
Washington details a national plan to advertise the next Liberty Loan issue with a government funded budget of 1 000 000 to 2 000 000. The advisory board recommends 1 006 000 for newspapers farm papers small towns posters and printing with broad media including foreign language papers magazines and billboards.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Sec
McAdoo
National Advertising Advisory Board
Troops May Enter Firing Line By August 27
Washington reports the War Department will start a casualty column in the official bulletin on August 27 though this does not confirm immediate American participation. The no casualties mark will appear on days with no listings. When heavy, only names and organizations will be shown. A special bureau under Adjt Gen McCain will track casualties and serve inquiring relatives with an expanded telegraph staff.
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Washington
America
War Department
Bulletin
Adjt
McCain
He's a United States Marine
New York, August 21. A group of youngsters on Riverside Drive watched a military man in khaki approach with a young lady. A boy declared the man a United States Marine, noting an eagle globe and anchor ornament on his hat and absence of a hat cord. The scene highlights how quickly people identify military branches by insignia.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Nudon
Werte
Ziges
U. S
How to Remember Things From a Magazine Piece
A September American Magazine piece shares memory training tips by Horgan. It urges quick visual scans of store windows and streetcar passengers, then recalling details to sharpen facial memory. It recommends meeting people, noting names, and testing recall nightly.
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Horgan
To the Boys Drafted
A wartime letter from Hapsburg Liebe of the Vigilantes advising drafted American boys. He urges rock‑firm resolve to whip Germany, strict obedience to orders, and promotion through merit. He emphasizes service to country, duty over personal gain, and hopes for safe return home.
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Germany
Atlantic
Public health theorist cites salary as incentive for work
A speaker argues that financial support is crucial for a scholar proving public health theories. He warns that after five years, if his salary remains unchanged or his work remains unrecognized, the $1200 grant would not be viewed as valuable, highlighting the dilemma between funding and recognition.
Crowder Sets Entrainment Dates for 687,000 Troops
Washington reports Provost Marshal Gen Crowder again split the entrainment schedule for the national army. About 30 percent will depart on September 30, another 30 percent on October 19, and 30 percent on October 3, with the final 10 percent leaving later in October. Orders were issued Friday. The piece also includes a humorous exchange about a monument inscription between a husband and wife.
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Washington
I Crowder
National Army
Success at twenty five and fifty in the essay
A September Ameri can Magazine writer notes that success at twenty five and at fifty bring different demands. The narrator plans to marry a sanitary engineer with a twelve hundred dollar annual salary. He has three degrees and was chosen for his work, signaling the start of success for them.
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State Board of Health
What They Do At Camp Douglas Schedule
A rough list of camp routines from Camp Douglas includes Reveille at five, various calls for mess, sick call, drill, assembly, first sergeant and adjutant duties, guard mount, retreat, and other numbered entries. The text resembles a wartime camp timetable with repeated daily actions and times, noting calls such as mess, drill, and retreat.
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Camp Douglas
Reveille
Sense Tao Assembly
Pees OS
Wee
Fir
Tads Sieeve Ieeeete Cpesaeevese
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Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle
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