Women and Girls Lead Thrift Drive for War Fund
The Barn and Give club linked with the Young Women's Christian Association urges younger girls to convert thrift lessons into donations for the wartime fund. Students are urged to earn or save money, with plans to raise five dollars per girl to support national charities and war needs.
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America
Mary
Jane
Ter
France
Uncle Sam
Young Worens Christian Association
United Wart Fund
Imean
Ita
New Yow City
Guo
Barn
Give
Patriotic Leaguers Learn Thrift To Aid War Effort
A New York settlement house leads a campaign where girls and working teens join the Earn and Give club to save and donate for the war. They practice thrift by canning, pickling, collecting tin, and sending funds to the Allied relief, with pockets of effort spanning India to Europe as they fund the American soldiers and aid Belgium and Armenians.
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W. C. & War Fund
Earn
Anna
New York
East Side
France
Belgium
Red Cross
India
Kate
Armertca
United War Fund Guropiloters
We'll All Go Broke If We Have To But There's No One Busted Yet
Poem style piece by William Herschell urging support for soldiers with stirring lines about sacrifice and war effort. The author invokes images of Belgian civilians, Teuton greed, and hunger to rally readers to do their part and avoid financial ruin, underscoring collective duty amid wartime strain.
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William Herschell
Jane
Ferot
Austria Rejects Peace Terms and Demands Autonomy
President Wilson rejects Austria-Hungary’s plea to end the war and notes that only autonomy for Austrian subjects is not enough. The Austrian note cites Wilson’s fourteen points on autonomous development and urges recognition of Czechoslovaks and Jugoslav aspirations. Secretary Lansing and the Swedish minister in Washington publish the full Austro-Hungarian reply and US counterstatement.
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Woshington
Wosen
Tansing
Washington
Wilson
Austria
Brngacy
United States
Nationail Council
Jugo-Bluvs
Congress of the
Czechoslovak National Councila
Austria-Hungreatril
America
Yhien
Ohal
United Bexies
Congress
Ag x Foundation
Wigan
Ww. Oa. PF
Ekrygren
Robert Lanssing
Food Administration Sets Local Retail Limits and Substitutes
Wood County Food Administration outlines maximum consumer prices for staples and delivery charges. Sugar limits apply to city and country buyers, with monthly per-person caps. wheat flour purchases require specific substitution rules. Legal notice appendages name defendants and describe land title action in Marshfield, Wisconsin, with a summons to answer within twenty days.
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State OF
Wisconsin
Food Administration
Marshfield
Wis
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Vinol Restores Health for Alice Record after Sickness
New Castle Indiana resident Alice Record describes severe measles and lung cold leaving her weak with no appetite and poor sleep. After six bottles of Vinol cod liver and iron tonic her health returned enabling her to resume housework including washing. The ad guarantees Vinol for weak run down nervous conditions.
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New Castle
Ind
Alice
11Th St
Marshfield property description in Wilhelm’s Addition
Property description on the easterly line of Central Avenue with a measurement to the beginning, identifying Lots Thirteen and Fourteen in Wilhelm's Addition to Marshfield, Wood County Wisconsin. Court filing references CG B Edwards as plaintiff's attorney and notes a notice style inclusion from time period ads.
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C. B. Edwards
Marshfield
Wood County
Wisconsin
State of
Wilhelm
City of
Tough to Be Fat Man Pursues Marines Sacrifice
Jack Charles Read of San Francisco pledges to shed 18 pounds in 15 days by a physician prescribed course to qualify for the United States Marines after being told he was 15 pounds overweight. He quips about Shylock while vowing the strenuous plan and jokes about the difficulty.
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Jack Charles Read
San Frameisco
Read
United States
Marine Corps
Shylock
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Hannah, Rhodes
Alvin W. Rhodes
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J. S. Food Administration
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George Bauer
Margaret Kramer
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