Government Preference for Telephone Workers in War Effort
Telephone workers in this territory are ordered to give military messages priority over all calls and to install equipment for military use ahead of private needs. About six hundred volunteers were offered, with 200 to be selected for Signal Corps service, focusing on building and maintaining field lines. Volunteers will keep current pay for a year, retain disability and death benefits, and be reemployed on return.
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Red Cross
Signal Corps
Signal Service
Telephone Company
Make Your Wants Known Through The Tribune Columns
A brief note encourages readers to express desires and needs via the Tribune letters and columns, inviting community input and personal notices. Readers are urged to share requests, announcements, and opinions to engage the local public discourse.
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The
Tribune
War era musings on home food and duty
A collection of satirical quips touches on efficiency, wartime rationing, and citizen duties. It warns against complacency, urges backyard gardens to boost food supply, notes inflation worries, and mocks fashion shifts while praising civilian support for the war effort. Names and precise details are sparse.
Joys of the Attic Dweller
Excerpt explores Emile Souvestre on Attic Philosopher in Paris noting the vivid view from upper floors. It contrasts first floor life with tile rooftops, gutter valleys, and the flora of urban terraces, describing the varied light, inhabitants, and hidden scenes seen from above.
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Emile Souvestre
Paris
Attle Gardens
Alps
Aivny
They Say Danger Signal Warning Against Rumor
A cautionary piece warns that words like they say and I heard fuel evil gossip. It notes rumors harm reputations and happiness, urging careful judgment, silence on unverified claims, and restraint in spreading untrue reports.
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Milwaukee Journal
The Agnostic's Religion Explored in Moral Terms
A London Times commentary argues that the agnostic cannot claim superior moral values while denying any hierarchy of values. It notes the paradox of universal skepticism yet a will to believe in morality, accusing Nietzsche and others of inconsistency and social indifference.
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Newostie
London Times
Nietzsche
Royal Marriages and the Chapel Royal Register
The marriage register is kept not by the general registrar but by the clerk of the closet. The king is not bound to register marriages or deaths like ordinary people. The Chapel Royal is a Loyal Peculia and its register records only royal family events and those granted use of the Chapel for ceremonies.
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Witys Lonelon
Loyal Carpenter
The Farm and the City Idea in Harmony
The article argues that farmers thrive when city fortunes rise and suffer when urban demand falters. It emphasizes a shared economic fate between agriculture and urban buyers, noting labor and consumer activity link farm profitability to city markets. The piece envisions mutual prosperity through coordinated policy.
State versus Berkley and McIntire insanity cases heard
The record lists several insanity proceedings including Edith Belle Berkley and Misa May McIntire. Officials Walter Brown and L. Hester appear in related petitions alongside care at Clarinda State Hospital and Independence State care orders. The entries reflect court actions, guardianship, and hospital commitments.
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Sion
Elsa May McIntire
BE. L. Foster
Insane Commission
Misa May McIntire
Independence State
Clarinda State Hospital
Walter
Brown
Edith Belle Berkley
W. S. Lewis
Edith Elle Berkley
L. Hester
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Mills County Tribune
F. Bill Earle A. Davis
Advertisia
Hurge
Army
Navy
Imarine Corps
Curbstone
Natine
Plains
Wilson
United States
Germany
Trarvard
Mini Fate
Young
Paris Philosoper
Alphi and Omega
Mills County National Bank
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Glenwood State Bank
Wm. M. Lamb’s Bank
Proceedings OF County Board
Glenwood Armory Co
Ella Huntsman
Glenwood
Ij. H. Shere
Malvern City
John King
Oak
W. C. DeLasumutt
Pony Creek Ditch
Eliza Askins
J. B. Taylor
Anita
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