French Schoolgirl Letter Pictures War Spirit For Finley
A France to America message shared by John H. Finley depicts a Lycee Victor Duray pupil in Paris sending a vivid account of wartime bonds. The letter recalls the Yser river crossing and the closeness of American and French resolve amid trench warfare.
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John H. Finley
France
Education
University of the State of New York
Lycee Victor Duray
Paris
America
The Great American Dollar Enlists for the Red Cross
A wartime monologue extols the Great American Dollar forged by toil and thrift, transformed into instruments of aid behind the lines. It urges enlistment of dollars to fund the Red Cross army that comforts the wounded and sustains the fight for peace and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Red Cross
Lux
Red Cross
Make Your Old Roof New with Asbestos Liquid Fibre
An advertisement touts Homeblende Asbestos Liquid Fibre Roofing Cement promising to renew old roofs at low cost. It requires no felt, heating, or painting, seals cracks, is fire resistant, and claims no tar or creosote. Each barrel covers 150 sq ft per gallon and carries a 10 year guarantee.
Roof cement praised by farmers warehouse for roofing use
Bramblett and Sons endorse North American Fibre Products Co roof cement as the best seen, urging others to try it. The Farmers Warehouse Co applies the cement to all roofs, reflecting strong confidence in the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Fibre Products Co
Bramlett & Sons
T. E. Avent
Mgr
Lafayette County to Send Delegates to War Conference
On July 9 to 11 a War Conference will be held in Gulfport Mississippi with Lafayette County to send ten delegates. The event unites the Mississippi Sociological Congress State Council of Defense State Extension Service and local officials. County Superintendent C McLarty is tasked to organize the county quota aided by the County Council of Defense the county Agent clergy teachers Medical Associations Women’s Clubs and others. Each organization to nominate a member to return with the message to its group. Taylre Robinson presented two talks on developed cotton. For sale items include tin cages and a player piano trade offers listed.
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Gulfport Miss
Lafayette County
Mississippi Sociological Congress
State Council of Defense
Grenada
C. McLarty
Southern Sociological Congress
County Council of Defense
Women's Clubs
Annie Fulton Bryan Dies in New York City
The obituary reports the death of Mrs. Annie Fulton Bryan at her New York City home at six this morning. A son was born to her and she died twenty four hours later. She was the daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Alfred Hume and wife of Lieut. Harry M. Bryan. Remains expected to reach this city Sunday.
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Annie Fulton Bryan
New York City
Alfred Hume
University
Harry M. Bryan
Lafayette County Board of Supervisors Handles Routine War Time Policy
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors met at the courthouse this week to address routine matters. It adhered to a policy against large expenditures during wartime unless necessary.
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Lafayette County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Senate Deadlock Maintains Wheat Price Fight
Washington date July 1 another bid to drop the senate position on raising the minimum wheat price to 2.50 failed and left the agricultural appropriation bill unresolved as the dispute over the provision persisted.
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Washington
Senate
Lafayette County Council of Defense Names List
The article lists numerous members of the Lafayette County Council of Defense with both hometowns and routes or districts. Names include Hargiss, Crow, Wells, Freeman, Shafer, Evas, Lowe, Moore, Jones, Bunch, Smith, Tankersley, Pettis, Moody, Price, Eades, Friedman, Sloan, Spence, Stephens, Fur, Linder, Rowland, Stone, Duncan, Logan, Hale, Parker, Gamble, Simmons, Webb, Pettis, Huston, Saunders, Park, Davidson, Patton, Edward, Foust, Jones, Lovelady, Olson, Cole, Shipp, Walker, Bush, Collins, Moore, Splinter, Lyman Black, Falkner, Lowe, Richmond, Shaw, Nielsen, Samuels, Cain, Holcombe, Jones, Slate, Bondurart, Tolson, Faser, Gamble.
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W. J. Hargiss
University
W. E. Crow
Oxford
W. C. Wells
A. C. Freeman
Abbeville
G. A. Shafer
Kri. L. Evas
Burgess
Br. L. Lowe
Splitter
Boyd Moore
Taylor
J. B. Jones
H. H. Bunch
A. T. Bunch
H. T. Smith
James Jackson
George Tankersley
Como
Mose Pettis
Welton Moody
G. W. Price
R. R. Eades
H. Friedman
W. R. Sloan
R. W. Spence
Lafayette Springs
C. C. Stephens
J. S. Fur
F. B. Linder
P. W. Rowland
J. E. Stone
F. L. Duncan
S. H. Logan
J. J. Hale
W. L. Parker
E. H. Gamble
A. L. Simmons
Dan Webb
Starling Pettis
E. G. Huston
Tyre
R. F. Saunders
Tyro
Rice Park
Etta
T. J. Barnes
Paris
E. E. Davidson
T. W. Patton
R. H. Edward
H. QO
Foust
B. W. Jones
O. B. Boone
Joe Irby
E. E. Fletchall
W. J. Lovelady
Water Valley
L. A. Olson
A. B. Cole
W. Shipp
W. L. Walker
M. FP. Bush
B. K. Collins
E. S. Moore
Splinter
J. L. Walker
W. D. Hedleston
W. A. Galleghy
Lyman Black
Buri
John Falkner, Jr
W. H. Lowe
Lesley Richmond
E. H. Shaw
J. E. Neilson
E. S. Samuels
E. C. Cain
R. T
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BH. Devitt
Yser
William Gerard Chapman
Tayl Re
Robinson
Icc
Army
Navy
Uncle Sam
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company Incorporated
W N. Scott
Lafayette County Council OF Defense
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