Liberty Loan Looms as Small Investors Pay the Way
Laela Sam ia relies on the $50 and $100 buyers to push the Liberty Loan of 1917 past the two billion mark. Officials say the response hinges on rank and file citizens, not bankers, with two days left to meet subscriptions. Philadelphia mayor will ring the Liberty Bell at noon as bells and factory whistles across the nation join the call to invest.
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International Sewa Service
Washington
Laela Sam Ia
Honda
Cless
Inventora
Treasury
United States
Treneury
Strees
Belog Haile
Philadelphia
Smith
Resignation of Principal Thalman Stalls Board Action
Board of education members remained silent as J L Thalman presented his resignation from the third school. The resignation was neither accepted nor rejected and would be filed with the body’s papers. Thalman cited a Chicago principalship offer and asked to be released from his three year contract, noting he signed for three more years but may pursue higher pay and advancement. The board’s inaction leaves the matter pending while Thalman’s potential teaching status remains unsettled within Pennsylvania’s public schools.
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Board of Education
J. L. Thalman
Thalman
Hugh Marquis
George B. Zahmiser
Mr. Zabniser
Sir. Zahniser
Vie
Fhalman
Femains
Chicago
Messrs. Brown
Burchfield
Hoyland
Smith
Taggart
Yates
Dr. Worner
Guiet
Pennsylvania
Rookies Feature About Low Rejection Rate in Recruitment
A remarkable note describes only ten percent of applicants being rejected. Colin Campbell, an actor, was informed he was over age in Hersted while deciding to contribute by becoming a clerk in the recruiting office.
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Colin Campbell
Board Minutes Record Seniors Graduating and Certificates
The school board decided at last night’s meeting to graduate the 96 high school seniors who will complete credits and spread their names on the minutes. It also approved 13 commercial pupils to receive certificates and have their names recorded. The senior class may use the high school building, and Supt. Dickson was instructed to hire a full time continuation instructor at 85 dollars monthly. The board plans to house 100 continuation pupils next year, up from 35 this term, and raise the manual training teacher’s salary to a minimum 100 and maximum 420. Benjamin Van Why’s resignation as manual training inspector was accepted. Paul J. Swenner will fill the post.
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Coursa
G. A
Ev Dickson
Board of Education Eiing
Wilam Horner
Dickson
Benjamin Vanwhy
Uncoln
Garfield
Vai Why
Paul J. Swenner
Darktown Fire Brigade At Work
Firemen responded to a blaze at Mrs Les Holden s residence on JOL Bridge Street Tuesday afternoon. The Darktown Fire Brigade organized a bucket line and fought the fire on the roof until extinguished. Damage was estimated at 75 to 100 dollars by Fire Chief Connery. At a school board meeting Ed L Davenport was elected to inspect the district electrical apparatus for 75 cents per hour.
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Les Holden
Jol Bridge Street
Darktown
Connery
Ed. L. Davenport
Alkali in Soap Bad for the Hair Explained
Soap should be used carefully to protect hair. Most soaps and shampoos have excess alkali that dries the scalp and hair. Pure refined coconut oil soap is recommended as a gentler option, producing a rich lather and leaving hair soft, glossy, and manageable. Multified coconut soap is inexpensive and widely available.
British Recruiting Boom in New York City
American recruiters shattered records as a new British station on lower Broadway enrolled 250 men in a day. Loyal British supporters swirled around offices while US army officers nearby watched enviously. Recruits said they previously lacked funds to reach Canada or Britain. Editors, actors, butlers and others were prominent among the applicants.
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New York
Lower Broadway
United States Army
Canada
Great Britain
Butler
Saters
Lieut Robinson Heads to Oakmont Training Camp
William Robinson, former Hospital Corps member of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, recently commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the U S Army, departed this morning for Oakmont training camp upon orders to report there.
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William Robinson
First Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
Iertenant
United States Army
Oakmont
Firm gives $50 Liberty bonds to all employees
The B. McMannus Company has purchased and presented to each employee a $50 Liberty bond as a reward for efficient service and loyalty, described by the Crim.-Youngstown Vindicator as a generous patriotic gesture.
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B. McMannus Company
Youngstown
Children Start Fire At Straw Stack On Liberty Street
Children set fire to a straw stack at the rear of M. J. Scanton’s property at 215 Liberty Street on Tuesday. Four fire company calls summoned city firemen, who extinguished the blaze with very slight damage reported.
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M. J. Scanton
Liberty Street
Tusday
Clerks Organize Union in Beaver Valley
Beaver Falls reporters say 125 clerks and sales staff from Beaver Valley stores met at the Carnegie library auditorium to seek an AFL charter. Calvin Wyatt of Pittsburgh urged unionization after address. An electric steel furnace in Duquesne has operated since last November, producing 20 tons of steel per heat, claimed to be the world’s largest electric furnace.
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Beaver
Beaver Valley
Carnegie Library
Beaver Falls
American Federation of Labor
Calvin Wyatt
Pittsburg
A.fl of L
Duquesne
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