Life of war worker in France presented in chapel talk
Judge Kimbrough recounts his World War I Y M C A service in France. He discusses front experiences near Paris, supply challenges, and the bravery of Y workers amid shelling and gas masks. He praises the Y M C A and notes encounters with friends turned superiors as the war moved toward its end.
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France
Chapel Asse Anled
Kimbrough
H Is
New York
Paris
America
Public discussion on government bonds and national solvency
In a debated address a speaker argues that the nation must be solvent before business can recover. He describes two bond disposal options, emphasizes credit flow, and urges placing bonds with the public to support investment, jobs, and steady government payments.
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Het
Illinois Takes Series At Mississippi In Narrow Wins
Illinois won two of three games on the Mississippi campus. Ole Miss took game one 7 to 4, while the closers saw Illinois win 8 to 7 and 1 to 0. Wrobke and Carney pitched for Illinois and Ole Miss respectively.
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Ole Miss
Illinois
Ryan
Carney
Grnssmith
Doss
McNease
O’mara
Wilson
Balt
University of Illinois
University of Mississippi
Wrobke
Victory Bond Campaign Rally Anthem
Wartime appeal urges Americans to buy Victory bonds to fund troops overseas and support the war effort. It calls readers to invest today, show Yankee pride, and back the boys fighting abroad with financial backing.
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America
What Our Boys Had to Do
The piece honors sacrifice and asserts that readers need not give their lives or money. It describes the government's borrowing offer as safest and highly profitable, framing it as a national duty and prudent investment.
Regular preaching day and town notes from Kern area
Sunday is regular preaching day here. We have two more weeks of school. Residents and visitors listed include Mr E S Hale and family in Kern. Mrs Nunnally and family in Oxley. Miss Bessie Bounds teaching at Union Grove. and many others visiting relatives or traveling to Memphis, Senatobia, or Oxford. Rev Royal preached, Miss Irene Walker visited home folks, and Dillard's club hosted a gathering.
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Prince Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
Wis
Aawalilla Parks
Ol Uy
Valpuler
Wits
Baker
Oic
Nunnally
Ox Jury
Ius Selver
Callie Nunnally
Bessie Bounds
Union Grove
Mary Bounds
Wiz
Joe Nunnally
Colorado
Ona
Mae Johnston
Bessie
Mattie Lou Bounds
Toccopola
Davie Prichard Pent
Kern
Nannie Hyde
Texas
G. H. Adams
Dillard
Ella Pegues
April Day Echoes in a Spring of Happiness
A reflective piece celebrates April as a rare, bright day of spring melodies. It evokes renewal, forgetting winter, and envisioning happiness and a brighter future, portraying the world as a beautiful place to live.
Ole Miss Baseball Crowds Watch Illinois Series
Clyde Hester visits Water Valley as Ole Miss inspires old time pep with Hind man Doxey and Russel Pigford. Large crowds attend Ole Miss versus Illinois games on Thursday Friday and Saturday. Judge H H Creekmore and son Wade travel to see Alinea Ole Miss games.
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Clyde Hester
Water Valley
Ole Miss
Hindman Doxey
Russel Pigford
University of Illinois
H. H. Creekmore
Wade
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W. T. Major
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the Victory
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Swift & Company
Protea
ToStock
Swift & Company Union Stock Yards
Chicago
U.S. A
Philadelihiaa
E. S. Hale
Valvaie James Kugcore
Camp Jessup
J. Roistl
Gore
Messrs. J. R. Mayrfield
F. T Ioosnee
Senatobia
J. E. Bounds
Memphis
Jamsey
Royal
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