War era telephone service and press patriotism highlighted
A column praises Mountain States Telegraph and Telephone for reliable wartime service and notes independent lines in Bear Lake county. It cites the essential roles of the telephone, telegraph, and newspapers in mobilization, recruitment, and Liberty Bond campaigns, with praise for publishers offering free services. It also mentions Wyoming National Guard enlistments by Geneva residents and questions Idaho Guard treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
Paris
Lanark
Liberty
Sharon
Central Girl
Great Bell Telephone System
Mountain States
Red Cross
U.S
Pacific Manufacturer
John H. Bowman Jr
Charles Bowman
Ernest Huff
Karl Blechert
Geneva
Wyoming National Guard
Idaho National Guard
Wyoming
Idaho
Sunday School Work Day for Bear Lake Stake
Bear Lake Stake Sunday Schools plan a work day inviting every member to contribute 10 cents or more for a worthy cause. A convention is held July 8 at the Stake Tabernacle with a December Juvenile program. General Board members will attend and a profitable time is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Bear Lake Stake
Bear Lake Stake
The
Stake Tabernacle
Jar
L. Dunford
Jos
P. Patterson
Morris DD Low
President Vail Announces Military Support by Telephone Company
President Vail declares the great corporation will meet military demand by providing men and material for army telephone service. Headquarters staff stay in contact with arsenals fortifications storehouses and camps nationwide. The company will remain independent and self supporting while military necessities increase labor and training focuses on field телephone use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vail
Thought Measurement Quip Sparks City Talk
A witty exchange sharpens debate as a bemused citizen cites Acman’s grand ideas. Miss Cayenne calls it dreadful while a daughter notes her father the scientist tests thoughts with a microscope.
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Acman
Miss Cayenne
Little Soldier and Pony: A Civil War Boy Hero
A story recounts Hil tle Van Zandt known as Gig, a boy drummer in the 79th Ohio, who joined at around ten and served through Sherman's march to the sea. He rode a pony captured at Milledgeville and kept it after mustering out, appealing to President Johnson who allowed him to keep the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Hiltle “Gig” van Zandt
Port William
Seventy-ninth
Ohio Regiment
Sherman
Lye
Milledgevie
Johnson
Soldier’s Dying Bet Wins No Victory
A badly wounded Civil War soldier whispered to Chaplain Twichell that he carried a ten dollar bill to send to his family. The chaplain offered to deliver a message or money, but the dying man asked only to bet he would live. He did not survive the battle.
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Joseph H. Twichell
Asylum Hill Congregational Church
Hartford
Conn
Seventy-first New York Regiment
Ideals Worth While on Memorial Day
A speech at Frame Wand Cemetery in Pittsburgh urges renewed devotion to daily duty and American ideals after the Civil War. The speaker emphasizes America's rebirth through purpose hope and enterprise and calls for courage and alignment with God to meet national destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erica Wi
America
Framewand
Pittsburgh
Rey Fob Nertrass
Shads Avenue
Pitmaotty
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John A. Dix
Heaven
Grant
Winfield Scott
Andrew Jackson
Paris Post
Will R. Holmes
Paris Post Publishing Company
Ida
Telephone Corps
United States
American Telephone Company
Montpelier
Terrors
Orson Pendrey
Aiter Brothers Drug Company
Bank of Montpelier
Montpelie
Physicians & Sugeons
OPIS
Nil Caris
Prommiy
Aswerid
Lwayne
Lynn Bros
J.-H Lynn
Physicians and Surgeons Office
Modern Drug Co Building
Ey Hospital
Depot
Alsn
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