Snagtown Torchlight Reveals Townsfolk and Quirks
A humorous Torchlight column from Snagtown chronicles local characters. Notes include Judge Cross’s trip, Miss Bertha Brown’s sock mail, old diary habits, Billy Jacobs opening a coal yard, Walter Little as City Marshall, Willie Howe with a pet lizard, and various quips about residents and local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Billy Jacobs
Plunkville
Snagtown
Billy
Walter Little
Little
Willie Howe
Zettwald
Ford
Breedlove
France Thanks YWCA Foyers for Munitionettes Welfare
The French government expresses great satisfaction and gratitude for YWCA foyers des Allees in munition factories. They improved workers physical and moral conditions and provided social education. The minister of arms and munitions urges ongoing YWCA work to sustain social solidarity beyond the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W. C. A. Foyers Des Allees
Y. W
M. Loucher
Nurses Stage Wild West Picture Show in France
Nurses at a Base Hospital in France produced a living picture show without film or props. The rural Western plot featured bucking bronchos and broom horse rides with improvised scenery. Countess Vacarescu of Roumania attended and praised the unusual entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Vacarescu
Roumania
YWCA Work Opens Hostess House Behind Archangel Front
Insignia made from skirts and curtains turned into window coverings supply a wartime hostess house for American troops in Archangel Russia. The Archangel center follows Petrograd Moscow and Samara in establishing YWCA work, with Miss Elizabeth Boies departing Russia to recruit more workers.
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Y. W
Archangel
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Samara
Elizabeth Boies
America
England
Second Y W C A Hostess House to Open at Castner Camp
A second Y W C A Hostess House will open at Castner Camp on Oahu to assist wives and children of soldiers. The first house already served many visitors during a 15 day November period, hosting 2,152 people from multiple nationalities including Philippine Haitian Portuguese Spanish Russian Porto Rican Korean Japanese and American.
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Castner
Oahu
Hawaiian Island
Foyers in France open for labor ministry girls
Lieutenant Poncet of the Ministry of Labor urged a YWCA project for girls in its offices after noting social centers established by the Ministry of War. Sixteen centers operate in six French cities with three in Paris, including the Foyers des Allices near the Eiffel Tower. The Paris rooms are bright with chintz, cushions, reading and writing tables, a fireplace, and a kitchen for self prepared meals. Girls use the foyer for a two hour lunch period social evenings and English classes.
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Poncet
Ministry of Labor
Y. W
Ministry of War
France
Paris
Y W C A Hostess House Serves 400000 In One Year At Camp Lewis
At Camp Lewis American Lake Washington the Y W C A Hostess House served more than 400000 diners in a year. Most were visiting soldiers' families while others were soldiers on leave. Nursery care aided 25000 children. rest room aided 70000 mothers and wives. Information desk handled 97000 queries including travel connections and soldiers’ insurance details. Eleven thousand calls required direct coordination with company commanders to locate visiting parents.
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Camp Lewis
American Lake
Wash
France
First YWCA Cafeteria Opens on Porto Rico Island
Porto Rico hosts its first YWCA cafeteria at Camp Las Casas in the Hostess House. Local residents crowd in for American dishes and a San Juan women’s group volunteers weekly to mend socks and sew buttons for soldiers, marking swift community support.
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Porto Rico
Camp Las Casas
San Juan
Russian princesses learn to trim hats in Moscow cooperative
The first Women's Co operative Association in Moscow unites princesses, wives of officials, and peasant women to make dresses and trim hats. Profits support self sufficiency for noble and common families, balancing need across Russia's war impacted population.
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Russia
Moscow
Association
Dancing master confined by baby as town hints at riders
Professor Jack Flynn father of a bouncing boy begins another confinement at home amid talk of night riders planning a winter and spring campaign. Judge Fatty Rawson, famed for disguising handwriting, is to be secretary and issue anonymous letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
the Torchlight
J. F. Cross
Lone Jack
Ark
Phoenix
Arkansas
Coon Holler Index
Webster
Professor Jack Flynn
Fatty” Rawson
Mt Sterling Woman Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs Jace Trimble of Mt Sterling says Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her back pains dizziness and fatigue from kidney trouble. She recommends the remedy and notes the price of 60 cents at dealers with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as the distributor.
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Mt. Sterling
Jace Trimble
Jamison Sr
Dean
Doan
Trimble
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
If It Weren’t For Public Opinion Fear of Vice Cited
A wry remark notes that fear of public opinion keeps many men from vice by day while suggesting moral restraint would fade without social scrutiny.
Duty and Desire Walk Hand in Hand Through Every Life
A reflective line envisions a world where duty and desire coexist, ending conflict and guiding humanity toward lasting peace and harmony.
Extracting Gold and Silver From Mining Stocks
The text discusses replacing mineral extraction from ore with methods to profit directly from mining stock positions. It critiques current mining processes and explores financial techniques to capture precious metals exposure via equity ownership.
Man reflects on aging and wit in a wry thought
A man notices his age dulls youth and leans on greater sense. He muses that imagination remains vivid and comforting as time passes.
Reliable investors chase returns after losses
A remark notes that many people still trust putting money into ventures that have already failed, demonstrating a tendency to gamble on recovery rather than accept losses. It highlights a belief in eventual turnaround and the allure of recouping sunk costs.
Dave Anselberg Becomes Noted Artist At Last
A photographer learns praise can elevate status and ultimately becomes an artist, marking a notable career shift for Dave Anselberg.
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Dave Anselberg
Preference for the prudent man over the rainy day dreamer
The speaker contrasts a man who saves for a rainy day with one who expects rain endlessly. They assert that a good man feels lonely, noting angels are distant and cannot keep him company.
Farmer Ponders Vet Costs Compared To Old Horse Doctor
A farmer compares the price gap between traditional horse doctors and modern veterinary surgeons, estimating about a dollar and a half per visit as the difference.
Nearsighted and near blinded crowds observed
The text notes many people are near sighted and a large number are near blinded, highlighting widespread visual impairment among the crowd.
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Bertha Brown
Red Cross
P. P. Wood
Swamp Valley Township
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Sol Batavia
Panther ‘Creek
Old Jack May
Charley Ewell
Plankville
Leonard Boulton
Benton
Bill Holmes
Old St Snodgrass
J .M. McCarty
J. W. Stephens
East High Street
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Nurses
Foyers
J. D.mazelrigg & Son
Kelly
Buick
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