Y M C A Oversea Service Adjusts Recruiting Post Pershing Offer
Janta Ga Jan The offer of General Pershing to release officers and men from the A E F for Y M C A work reduced overseas recruitment. The Y M C A had planned to send many workers abroad but could not, as meat was secured locally by Pershing and the need lessened. The organization will still send qualified men to France, though in smaller numbers. Dr W W Alexander notes the gesture shows high esteem for the Y M C A from the U S government and the A E F leader.
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Janta
Ral Pershing
United States
Eas
Per
France
W. W. Alexander
Southeastern Department
General Pershing
American Expeditionary Forces
Chocolate Arrived Under Fire for 109th at Vesle Front
Y M C A worker Howard R. Kels of Dunnellon recalls delivering sweet chocolate to Company D, 109th Machine Gun Battalion, 28th Division, stranded under heavy fire near the Vesle river at Fismes after shortages at the front. The supply line crossed a fire-wracked area as American troops held a narrow verge against German counterattacks.
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Ince
Pany D
Bat
Howard R. Kelsa
Dunnellon
Y. M
Veele Rivis
Parson Receives War Cross for Daring Rescue
John H. Clifford a YMCA worker and Baptist preacher from Oxford England earned the Croix de Guerre for extraordinary valor in battlefield rescue work. He and two companions braved heavy shell fire to save Col. Albertus W. Catlin of the Sixth Marines, carrying him to safety on a stretcher after repeatedly risking death. Clifford, fifty one, had previously entered the fighting top to top and has preached across the world. He joined the YMCA unit believing in service was a duty he could not decline.
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W York
Jan
John H. Clifford
Baptist
Nm Clifford
Col
Albertus W. Catlin
Sixth Region Marines
Clifford
Oxford
Engand
Pershing Acknowledges Y M C A Service To Soldiers
Dec 26 report notes General Pershing commending the Y M C A for soldiers in AEF and thanking Dr Mott head of the National Y M C A for the organization’s moral and physical support, sending New Year wishes.
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American Expeditionary Forces
Mott
National Ark Council
Christ
Enormous Y M C A Supplies Sent to France
New York reports nearly 4 million dollars in supplies sent by the Army and Navy Y M C A to the American Expeditionary Forces in France during November. Tobacco products dominate, with 1.35 million dollars spent on cigarettes cigars and tobacco totaling hundreds of thousands of pounds and millions of packs. Confectionery, jams and sugar also shipped, with 6.1 million gum packages noted as well.
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New York
France
Army
Navy
National War Council
United States
Y M C A Secretary Honored With Croix de Guerre
Paris reports Stanley Modra of Brooklyn a Y M C A secretary awarded the Croix de Guerre by General Haller for brave un tiring service under fire with Polish forces in France. He led supply runs from a hut near trenches and continued morale boosting coffee, cake and cigarettes to troops despite heavy fire.
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Brooklyn
Paris
Stanley Medra
Caton Avenue
Haller
M. C
Modra
France
Dr Richard Orme Flinn Y worker to serve with YMCA
Dr Richard Orme Flinn pastor of North Avenue Presbyterian Church in Atlanta is headed to France to work with the YMCA. He is a well known Southeast minister with many friends and will engage in special educational work overseas for an extended period.
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Atlanta
Richard Orme Flinn
North Avenue Presbyterian Church
France
Flinn
Roosevelt Life Insurance Payout Reported in Weekly Underwriter
The Weekly Underwriter reports Col Theodore Roosevelt, serving as a white ace, carried $25,000 life insurance. The policy amount was split among four companies, which waived proof of death and sent checks immediately.
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Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Tennessee bill requires railroad passes for state officials
Nashville January 21 Representative Bond of Haywood introduced a bill at the legislature detailing that railroads in Tennessee must furnish passes to all state officials. The measure argues officials deserve passes since railroads are not private corporations under control, reducing concerns of corrupt influence.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bond
Haywood
Tennessee
Coleman Drainage District meeting notice 1919
The Coleman Drainage District of Lafayette County Mississippi reports costs benefits and damages and the County Board of Drainage Commissioners will meet January 27 1919 at 1 00 P M in the Oxford Court House to hear objections. W M Woodward Chancery Clerk and Ex Officio Clerk of the Drainage Board, by J E Woodward PD C E. Jan 9-16-23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman
County Board of Drainage Commissioners
Oxford
Mississippi
W. M. Woodward
the Drainage Board
J. E. Woodward
PD. C. E
Notice of Foreclosure Sale by Trustee in Lafayette County
Public sale of real and personal property under a deed of trust by Frank Kimmons and Mat Kimmons to Laura Eades to satisfy debt. Held at the South door of the Oxford Court House Mississippi on February 3 1919. Property includes about 185 acres North of a ditch in Section 18 Township 8 Range 1 West with specific boundary descriptions. Substitute Trustee J B Roach signs January 9 1919.
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Frank Kimmons
Mat Kimmons
Laura Eades
Theouny
Lafayette
Mississippi
Court House
Oxford
Miss
J. B. Roach
Lafayette County seeks bids for 1919 county funds custody
Notice from Lafayette County Mississippi Clerk of the Board invites sealed bids and proposals for keeping all county and district funds for 1919. Bids due by 12:00 noon February 4 1919. Bond required. Board may reject any bid. Issued January 1919 by W M Woodward Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Borg Board
W. M. Woodward
J. E. Woodward
Half Your Living Without Money Cost
A 1919 farm advisory urges farmers to grow more own food and grain to cut expenses as cotton prices stay high. It champions a well tended garden and seed book by Hastings of Atlanta to guide profitable, self sufficient farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M G Hastings
Atlanta, Ga
New Sewing Machine Shipment At Local Market
Advertisement notes a new sewing machine shipment at a local market on the southwest corner of Square in Oxford Mississippi. Mentions reasonable prices and a contact phone. Also promotes BROZONE antiseptic healing agent for humans and animals and references first aid and infection prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roeal Market
Square
Oxford
Miss
A. H. Kendel
Start the New Year Right by Subbing for the Oxford Eagle
Advertisement offers a subscription deal for the Oxford Eagle at $1.50 per year in advance as part of a New Year promotion.
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Bing
Oxford Eagle
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R. R
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Oxford Furniture Company
J. H. Morris
D. M. Meeks
Tomlinson’s Jewelry Store
L. E. Oldham
Attorney-at- Law
Rowland Drug Co
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Wewsdealers
Tole
Canada
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Michigan
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