Reorganize Guard in 90 Days in Wisconsin
Madison reports rapid national guard reorganization under Adjt. Gen. Holway with 40 cities applying for unit reinstatements. By ninety days 8,000 to 10,400 troops expected, enlisting for one or three years, combining veterans and new enlistees for European service experience. Holway visits locals to muster new companies. first unit at Phillips with 80 men.
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Madison
Wis
National Guard
Adjt. Cen
Holway
Becaus
Phillips
Superior
Ashland
Washburn
Spooner
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls
Ladysmith
Neillsville
la Crosse
Wausau
Merrill
Tomahawk
Crandon
Clintonville
Oconto
For Rent A Furnished Room In City
A. H. Bulmer advertises a furnished room at 314 West Fifth Street City. Also for sale a 12 H. P. gasoline engine on trucks in good running order from H. J. Cornelius Auto Co Curtiss Wis.
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A. H
Bulmer
West Fifth St
H. J. Cornelius Auto Co
Curtiss, Wis
Wanted Wash Woman to Do Wash at Home
Wanted a wash woman to do washing at home. Inquire at 106 & Magee Street or telephone 611.
Lame Shoulder Ailment Treated By Rest and Liniment
A brief note explains lame shoulder as rheumatic muscle pain treated with absolute rest and Chamberlain's Lini mont applications. The remedy is suggested as the simple, effective cure.
Thrift as national duty in wartime and beyond
Household thrift helped win the war and will fortify the peace by making America powerful, prosperous, and homey. Thrift means steady earning, wise spending, sane saving, careful investing, and avoiding waste, with each family contributing to the nation’s wealth and supporting government loans and securities.
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America
League of Nations Covenant Summary and Key Provisions
The League of Nations covenant aims to secure world peace by requiring armament reductions, banning munition manufacture, sharing military information, submitting disputes to inquiry, and creating an international arbitration court. It establishes assemblies and councils, notes 32 nations and colonies involved with 13 invited, and sets entry into operation at the first Washington meeting if US Senate allows. It preserves territorial integrity, allows withdrawal after two years, and explicitly recognizes the Monroe Doctrine.
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League
International Court of Arbitration
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Geneva
Washington
United States Senate
Ireland
Build Now Put Your Money to Work on Homes
Set your money to work on building a home of your own. This readjustment period makes idle dollars harmful to national welfare. Building is a basic industry that supports labor and creates demand for stone bricks lumber and paint, aiding the transition from war to peacetime and boosting both personal prosperity and national reconstruction.
The Newspaper Wields The Great Public Force
Professor Willard G Bleyer argues newspapers shape American public opinion and democracy. He urges every citizen to read a good paper daily to form informed opinions on political economic and social issues, especially as the US engages with Europe.
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Willard G. Bleyer
University of Wisconsin
United States
Europe
Gas outage splits Racine as city contemplates plant takeover
Racine endured a gasless weekend after Wisconsin Gas and Electric workers struck at the plant. About five thousand residents were out of work with Sunday dinners cooked over bricks or bonfires. Restaurants closed, and officials consider city seizure of the gas plant to restore service.
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Racine
Wisconsin Gas & Electric Company
Permanent Colors in Ancient Egyptian Pigments
Ancient Egyptians possessed advanced pigment knowledge. They prepared outlines in stampblack used clay for white and ferruginous earths for red. Ochres yielded yellows while greens came from green jasper or copper carbonate mixtures with ochre making permanent colors.
School Board defends naming of new Marshfield school
The Marshfield School Board and the Marshfield Times publish a corrected account of how the name Garfield was set aside and Franklin chosen for the new Junior High and Vocational School Building. The board states the name was decided at the annual school district meeting, not by the board, and defends the process against claims linking Purdy to favoritism. It notes support for Franklin honors a patriot and educator and denounces accusations about Mrs. Purdy as unfounded. Signers include E. E. Finney and trustees Mason Kraus Poat Edwards Andrews.
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General Electric Co
Fluffy Raffles
Higeon
Marshfield Times
Times
Garfield
Sergt
Willard Purdy
Purdy
Sergt. Purdy
Sergt, Purday
Marshfield
Franklin
E. E. Finney
Victor A. Mason
J. Kraus
W. T. Poad
Ross E. Andrews
Amos Roll
B. Edwards
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Milwaukee
THOR
Good Housekeeping Institute
Johnson’s Electric Shop
S. Central Ave
A.B. C
THE
League OF Nations
Paramount
New World
Louise Huff
Universal Special
Mary Maclaren
Wife
Francis Ford
RED Arrow Orchestra
Les Terribles
Harold “Peat
Hell
Sennet Comedy
Charley Murray
Hearst
Tad
Henry Walthall
Bobby
Marshfield State Bank
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