Big Sister Y W C A aid supports factory workers at lunch
In a Michigan factory town a large group of girls faced crowded sleeping quarters and scarce supplies. Two Y W C A secretaries arrived with workers and materials to build a tented bunks shelter, serve hot lunches, and provide clean cots and towels, transforming hardship into organized relief for four hundred plus workers and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Isabel Carnahan
Michigan
Labor Department
Mtd
Solitars Merle
Cifeage
Hess
Y. Woc. A
Washington Fisg Etiquette and Property Listings
Fragmented text covers etiquette about the flag in Congress and a weathered notice on property in Payette. Includes details of a six room bunga low with two screened porches on 1.5 acres, drilled well, and a seven room house with barn on two lots, curb payments, both priced at 3250 each. Calls for further information at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Senate
House
Ohi
Cashington
Payette
Stove Heated Garden At Dam Mont
A stove heats a seven foot square garden in the garden of James Swartz near Alban, protected by a curtain and built on terraces around a hollow center rising ten feet. Swartz hopes the setup extends the growing season. A nostril and throat relief tip uses baking soda and warm water in a nasal rinse to ease colds. Alban residents recall a 19th century trip by BOO emigrants in sleighs, recalling the Westward spread. A skeptical philosopher notes that one must preach for a foot and too little for a wise loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Swartz
Dolter Dam
Mont
Fragments Describe Ming Tombs Figures and Ancient Stone Carvings
Read of reghts in tit centre part of hina mentions Ming tombs with large elephant statues on both sides. The worn stone carvings show animal figures and figures of legends, suggesting they are ancient and of great age.
Foyers in France Seek U S Aid for Girl Centers
Four French government departments asked the American YWCA to open social and recreation centers for working girls. Lieutenant Poncet of the Labor Ministry urged W A to support post sewing centers after the war. Sixteen centers operate in six cities, including three in Paris near the Seine and the Eiffel Tower. The foyers provide meals, social evenings, English classes, and bright, comfortable rooms with writing tables and a fireplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frenehs
W. GC. A
Finance, Commerce, War and Labor
Poncet
Ministry of Labor
Ministry of War
France
Paris
Des Auleess
Department of Labor
Nis
Seine
Eiffel Tower
Quai d'Orsay
Y W C A Visitors Reach Four Hundred Thousand at Camp Lewis
Four hundred thousand persons, mostly mothers and wives, visited the Y W C A Hostess Camp at Camp Lewis in a year, dining in the cafeteria and receiving home like meals. Soldiers themselves also visited, children were cared for, and workers handled inquiries by telephone across the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W.C AL
Lewis
American Lake
Wash
Sao Hetle
Li the Hussery
John
Tome
Prine Eleven Thomsa
W. C. A. Cafeteria in Porto Rico
Porto Rico hosts its first W C A cafeteria, once the War A hostess house at Camp Las Consechas, popular with locals. Natives demanded American dishes, and the facility quickly gained fame as women from San Juan volunteered weekly to sew and send socks for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Camp Las Conas
Ory
San Jian
Very Much Out of Place at Reception
A guest observed as out of place, noted by a hostess who quips that he only talks sense. The item reflects a brief social aside from a column or paragraph collection in a historical paper. The quote ties to perception of intellect among attendees at a social event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare
Adans County
William F. Cline
Guid Wilde
Cline
William Bhrer
Law
Wiliam Elmer EB. Cline
Notice of Intent to Make Proof Land Claim Boise 1918
Alfred H. Ramey of Payette Idaho seeks to prove settlement on Lots 4 5 7 3 percent Section 28 Township 5 West Boise Meridian. Proof to establish claim before Register Frank W Heer in Boise Idaho on January 25 1914 with two witnesses Branthoover Alya A. and Dorothy Laverance P. of Payette Idaho. Publication to run six consecutive weeks in Enterprise Payette Maho newspaper nearest the land. Notary H G Gascier Dec 19 1918 Jan 23 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geven' Vars
William Elmer
Cline
William F. Cline
Bendersville
County of
Adams
Pennsylvania
Hig
State of
Register of Wills
Adams County
Harry W. Routsong
Bendfravile
Law
Willam Elmer L. Cline
Willam Hlmer
Martin L. Cline
Orphans’ Court
Wilam Elmer E. Cline
Gettysburg
Arch McClean
Penn
Ulysses S. Davis
Edna K. McWilliams
Ulysses
Davis
Ednard McWilliams
Payette
Idaho
Edna McWilliams
Executrix
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Boise, Idaho
Alfred H. Ramey
Parette
Boise Meridian
W. Heer
Boise
Dorothy, Laverance P
Enterprise
Maho
H. G. Gascuier
Notary Public
Food Value of Fish in Medical Association Journal
Fragmentary notes discuss the value of fish as food and the need for better care of fish compared with other foods. The text quotes English speech examples and a Midlands workingwoman remark, reflecting language and social context of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the
Midlands
England
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Industrial Woman’s Service Club
Blue
Katherine Holland Brown
Motieo
Orphate’ Court
William E Mer E. Cline Léte
Idaso
Adame County
William Elmer “E. Cline
Martin J. Cline
Wakefield
Kansas
Wiplaw
Lenseile
Adame Ana
Venn
Byuvania
Wisd
Testa
Fleet
Adams Countty
Waich
Pendervah
Martin L. Aline
Matilda Jane Cline
Matilda Jane
William Elier E. Cline
William Elmer B. Cline
Tabo
Pay
Ette
Sian
Meoeius
Alban I
Ioan
Holmes
Ice
Stanton Bros
Cee
J H Norris
Nat'l Bank
J. W. Easter
Thurston
F.H. Lyon
Lyon
Spano
Walter Watts
Postoffice Gem Vulcanizing Works
Payette, Idaho
E. W. Dunn
Iowa Man General Farm
Foyers
W. C. A. Cafeteria
Harold Goddard
Atlantic
Aberdeen Best
West
Vanpetten Lbr. CO
New Plymouth
Ontario
Gener
Ane
Alpred H. Ramby
Fruitland
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