Loyalty Legion film show at Adler Theater Friday
MarshfieldWisconsin Loyalty Legion members will screen three war education reels from the Committee on Public Information at the Adler theater Friday June 14 starting 8 15 pm. Reels depict torpedo boat, submarine voyage, life aboard jackies, Wyomin g battleship construction, and a realistic mock battle. Admission is free for Loyalty Legion members and their families. The meeting will also establish the Next of Kin organization.
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Marshfield
Wisconsin Loyalty Legion
Committee On Public Information
Wyoming
Loyalty Legion
Adler
Next of Kin
Elks Converge at Fond du Lac For State Convention
Elks advance guard to Fond du Lac arrives June 13 with a week of events leading to the big parade on Saturday, June 15. Business sessions run June 13 to 14, followed by a public automobile parade and patriotic exercises. Delegates from Milwaukee, Madison, Oshkosh and Appleton join a nationwide drum corps in the state gathering.
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Mond du Lac
Biks
The
Elks
Big Elks
Milwaukee
Madison
Oshkosh
Appleton
Sixty nine Men Register Wednesday in Marshfield
Sixty nine young men from Marshfield and nearby towns registered at city hall on Wednesday in response to the government call. All are 21 or older and ready for military service, but cannot volunteer until classified and drawn a draft number. Board members were Dr. W. G. Sexton, R. J. Strauss, and Alva Reily. County total near 254.
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Marshfield
Uncle Sam
W. G. Sexton
R. J. Strauss
Alva Reily
Board of Registry
Wisconsin Tenth Regiment chooses Dana band as official unit
Colonel Marshall Cousins of Hall Claire recommends Frank G. Danas band of Wausau as the official Tenth Regiment band. The group, formed only months ago, is praised as a fine musical organization and may expand its roster. Dana formerly led the Third Regiment band noted as highly proficient in state service.
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Marshall Cousins
Hall Claire
Wisconsin State Guard
Frank G. Dana
Wausau
Dana
The American's Duty to Help War Effort
The noncombatant American duty is to boost production and save resources, economize consumption, lend savings to the government, and hold Liberty bonds to support the war effort.
Meaning You Swat the Fly and Shoot the Spy
Quoted lines urge personal reform and skepticism of impossible ideals as a playful jab at American resilience. The verse fragment blends self help tone with wartime style bravado, encouraging a can do attitude and commitment to change despite doubt.
Mrs Oscar Swanson Dies at 28 in Stratford
Mrs. Oscar Swanson aged 28 died at Stratford Sunday from Brights disease. Funeral will be held today at Stratford.
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Oscar Swanson
Stratford
Bright
Local War Savings Notes and Community News
Local notices mention War Savings Stamps and national observances, plus community updates. Names include Miss Thelma Johnson, Miss Joyce Batson, Miss Marguerite Kraus, Melvin R. Laird, and V. D. Connor relations. events refer to parochial school, eighth grade commencement, and a planned auto race in town.
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W. T. Pond
Woolworth
Menominee
National War Savings
Army
Navy
Carlsen Roy
Cady Ber A
Forest
Miss Lill
Kremer Bros
Linewander Emil
O’reiley Mike
Stueber Louis
Fred Vogel
Milwaukee
Oakland
Wisconsin Motor and Machinery Company
Melvin R. Laird
First Presbyterian Church
Lincoln College
Lincoln
Laird
W. D. Connor
St. John’s
Norma Kleinheinz
Whitewater Normal School
Phillips High School
Kleinheing
Whitewater
Chauncey Whitney
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
George
Edwin May
Edward Culver
Supt
Don S. Miller
Max Friedman
Knights of Columbus
Marshfield
Mosinee
Friedman
Men Who Leave Country to Evade Service Watched
The department of justice says men of selective service age who flee the United States to dodge military duty will face trial on selective service act violations upon their return, even if after the war ends. DOJ has information enabling full lists of those who left to avoid service.
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United States
Department of Justice
Department
Eclipse Fails to Show in City Due to Clouds
The Saturday eclipse was not visible here as cloudy skies obscured the sun, though a noticeable darkness occurred between 5 and 5 15 o clock with about two thirds eclipse.
War Industrial Training School plans Marshfield meeting
The Marshfield Chamber of Commerce and Prof. R J Carver announce a War Industrial Training School for men in classes one and two. A meeting at Hayles club rooms on Sunday June 16 at 3 pm will be addressed by the state organizer. Attendance invites all in classes one and two. The program offers free instruction and potential higher civil service and army roles. The Food Administration suggests a 2c per pound cash margin and 2 1/2 percent on time with freight, above factory price. Farmers are urged to order binder twine soon for harvest needs.
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Marshfield
The
Food Administration
Binder Twine For 1918 Hoped For Retail Dealers
Hoped for 1918 binder twine sales through retail dealers. The article notes expectations that shopkeepers will stock and promote the product to farmers and ranchers as part of the wartime logistics and agricultural supply efforts.
Four Wisconsin express firms plan merger approved
Madison reports the Adams Wells Fargo American and Western express companies will merge in Wisconsin to cut costs and improve service. In cities with multiple firms, operations will consolidate in one office. State headquarters will be set up here as the railroad commission approves the plan to eliminate duplication of service.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Adams, Wells-Fargo
American and Western
Railroad Commission
Draft classes must be revised class one too low
Washington reports a broad push to overhaul selective service classifications. Provost Marshal General Crowder ordered governors to investigate why class one registrants lag nationally and in Wisconsin, with many boards showing 28.7 percent or less. The plan moves more than 500,000 men into class one or two and delays navy inductions until numbers are assigned.
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Washington, D. C
Crowder
Navy
Marine Corps
Madison
Philipp
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Difference Between Slow and Sure and Merely Slow
A concise reflection contrasts patient, deliberate work with stagnation or inertia. It suggests progress requires purposeful pace and steady method, not mere sluggishness. The point emphasizes thoughtful cadence over unproductive delay.
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Fond DU Lac
Hart Schaffner & Marx
France
America
Hart-Schaffner & Marx
Hasselbalch
Mack
Kaiser
William Fox
Dustin Farnum
the Spy
George Bronson-Howard
Berlin & Potsdama
Richard Stanton
Adler Theatre
Mar Snas
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