Tribute to the 42nd Division Citation Message
A citation from Mechanic Frank X Schuh honors the 42nd Division in Marshfield. It recalls Lorraine combat from February to June, Champagne and Ourcq actions, Hill 212 and several captures, plus General Gouraud’s thanks and a call for continued vigilance and honor in upcoming battles. Major General Charles T Mencher signs the message.
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Frank X. Schuh
168Th Int
Marshfield Bays
Lorraine
Champagne
Gouraud
Reims
Marne
Chalons
Germany
Qureq
Sergy
Meurey Ferme
Seriiges
Vesle
Worpa
Ourcq
1St Army
France
Charles.t. Mencher
U. S. Army
Reducing Fever Heat for a Stronger Nation
An editorial urges limited home and workshop heating to 68 degrees this winter, linking reduced fuel use to better health. It contrasts past excess heating with a push to cut warmth, improve air, and adapt dress codes, arguing fewer illnesses and stronger vigor will result for all, especially the poor.
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Fuel Administration
Europe
Amusements at the Adler Tonight and This Weekend
The Passing of the Third Floor Back screens tonight at Adler, praised as a top film of recent months. Thursday and Friday feature William Hart in Between Men with Hart noted as a leading Western actor, Bob White in the title role. Saturday brings a Vitagraph Blue Ribbon with Alice Joyce in Find the Woman. Sunday offers Flora DeVoss company performing a new play with matinee and evening shows, plus Bringing Up Father Sunday afternoon and The American Pace Sunday night.
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Adler
William
Hart
My. Hart
Bob White
Vitagraph Blue Ribbon
Alice Joyce
Flora DeVosg Company
Beekeeping Meeting Touts Winter Prep in Wisconsin
H L McMurry of the U S department of Bee Culture lecturing in Wisconsin and Minnesota on preparing bees for winter both outdoors and in cellars and manipulating bees in spring for honey flow. Meetings set for October 8 at Grand Rapids Wood County Normal and Agricultural School at 10 am and 2 pm.
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H. L. McMurry
U. S. Department of Bee Culture
Wisconsin
Minnesota
McMurry
Grand Rapids
Wood County Normal and Agricultural School
HF. Wilson
A Yank's Plea by G Elanette Sollitt
War era plea letter urges civilians to buy bonds to fund soldiers overseas. The author appeals for financial support to equip troops against Kaiser Germany, framing it as a patriotic duty and a safe investment. Ends with a personal sign off from a son writing home.
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Fritzie
Monthly Statement From Bal District No. 1 Treasury
The August statement shows on hand balance of nine thousand four hundred fourty four dollars and eighty five cents with numerous local disbursements for repairs salaries janitors and supplies. Payments include insurance wages printing freight fuel and express charges to firms and individuals named in the list, ending with a final balance of four thousand six hundred seventy four dollars and eighty seven cents.
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Marshfield
Excige
Walter Miner
O. Johnson
Tel. Exchge
Mfid
Tel. Exedge
Renta
Tolls
Noll Howe. Co
It. C
Cceery Eevesnoo
D. S. Miller
American Ry. Exp. Co
Leah F. Laemle
H. Allyn & Bacon
Eau Claire Bk
Sta. Co
Pogae
E. Merrill Go
Appleton & Go
Houghton Mifflin Co
American Book Co
N. W. Blaugas Co
Adwe, & Auto Co
J. Lange
Pardeate
Upham Mfg. Co
John Seubert
Edwin Jhahn
Nell Holwe, Co
Rand McNally & Co
Central Sei. Co
Twin City Supply Co
Mips
Ginn & Co
Gillan & Co
John & Ollier Eng. Co
Sellers
Scott, Foresman & Co
Pup
Wisconsin Weather and Crop Report for Week Ending Sept 24
Cool week with limited sunshine and two to three days of light scattered showers. Heavy frosts affected northern Wisconsin, expanding previous damage. late potatoes suffered most while digging was general. Truck crops and gardens, especially low lands, showed damage but not severe overall. corn matured slowly. seed corn will be plentiful. Winter wheat and rye seeding advanced. some areas report increased acreages. Tobacco and sugar beets largely escaped frost. only about 10 percent of tobacco remains unharvested.
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Wisconsin
Soldier Appreciation and a Tiny Recruit in Wartime
A well known Amarican woman visiting a hospital sheds tears at wounded soldiers. A young ambulance driver replies that if a single one of her fears kept him from fighting he would feel his life wasted. John T. Swanson, a 92 pound entrant, seeks Marines but is advised to join the Signal Corps as a carrier pigeon.
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Amarics
The
Red Cross Magazine
Omaha
Neb
Gas
Kansas
John T. Swangon
Swanson
Lee Carpenter
Signal Corps
French war hero stars in Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature
Henry Houri, a French sector director recently discharged from the army due to wounds, has a key role in Find the Woman, the Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature at the Adler theater on Saturday October 6. Houri, long at the Brooklyn studio, plans to return to Paris in an executive Vitagraph post. Pinch the Woman, a love drama by Stanley Olmstead from Henry Olmstead's notes, features Alice Toyce in a strong role.
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Vitagraph
Adler Theater
Houri
Brooklyn
Paris
Stanley Olmstead
Henry
Chercha Ia Femme
Alice Toyce
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the 42Nd
Adler Theatre
Charles Breckenridge Stock Co
Liese
G. Elanette Sollitt
Bal
Town of
Mason
Auburnbala
Hank
Joan
C. E. Blodgett & Sona Cor
P. J, Kraus
House OF Quality
Herbert Brenon
Sir Jonston Forbes Robertson
WM. S. Hart
Iooe
O. Henry
Flora DeVoiss Co
Breckenridge Stock CO
Henry Houri
Lowey
J. B. Robour
Flora DeVoss Company
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