Turn the Boys Thoughts Homeward Says Fosdick
Washington special reports Raymond B. Fosdick urges demobilized troops to receive home letters and family support to ease morale after war. He stresses cooperation of families and communities to counter loneliness and boredom as millions return from overseas service. He cites the United War Work drive and urges mothers to write to returning soldiers, guiding behavior and restoring home life.
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Washington
France
United War
Raymond B. Fosdick
Commission On Trains
Light Costs Through the Century in American Homes
An editorial notes that modern American households spend about $24 a year for light, yet receive vastly more illumination. It traces lighting costs from 1815 candles to 1900s electric light, highlighting kerosene gas and electricity price drops and the role of inventors and engineers in expanding candle-power hours.
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Chicago
Walton Clark
Franklin Institute
Welsbach
Mazda
Clark
Real Estate Transfers Record From Newberg Area
First National Bank of Newberg transfers to Levi Dobbins and wife 22 Hurley & Sarges add Newberg 10 dollars. Various deeds record transfers of farmland and lots among local residents and firms including Broadmead Farm Co to Geo A and Hattie Withee 20 acres, Edward Lange to Adolf Lange 10 acres, and multiple other property exchanges with prices like 4000, 575, and 5000 dollars.
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First National Bank
Newberg
Levi Dobbins
Hurley & Sarges
Ella Bray
Husb
Edward A Wright
City Park
Broadmead Farm Co
Geo A
Hattie Withee
Ac T R Harrison
Wm Culbertson
First National Bank of Newberg
Hurley & Large
L J Eddens
R A Olmstead
Letters-from-home week urged by War Department plan
The War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities promotes Letters-from-home as a new morale aid. It appeals to mothers fathers sisters and sweethearts to write home during the week of December 15 to lift servicemen during the tough period of their service.
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Washington
War Department Commission On
War Department
Pregs
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