Y M C A Work Praised by Army and Navy Branch
Philadelphia July 1 The executive committee of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew releases Finney chief secretary report on A E activities of the Y M C A overseas. He says the tide of criticism has turned and the Y M C A is doing a wonderful work for soldiers in France and at the embarkation ports. The brotherhood notes nonsectarian aims and praise for secretaries in camps and training stations.
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Army and Navy Department
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Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Army of Occupation
Nice
Paris
Thierry
United States
Dig
War and Navy Departments
Children Joining the Church A Call for Youth Inclusion
A speaker recalls joining the church at twelve and notes how many leaders began as children within church life. He argues church work is built by youth, urging readers to recognize the childhood of great biblical figures and the role of early church membership in shaping faith and restraint.
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Kingdom of Christ
God
Christ
Satan
William Lunsford
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Classes of food best adapted to fireless cooker
The fireless cooker suits foods that require boiling steaming or long slow moist heat. It cannot bake pies or handle high dry heat browning. Meats can be partially roasted in the oven then finished in the cooker or begun in the cooker and finished in the oven. Best foods are cereals soups meat vegetables dried fruits steamed breads and puddings. When cooking mixed foods they must remain in separate compartments or be timed to finish together.
The Pres E Cooker Won The Pres E Cooker Won
Mrs Smith hosts a dinner on a hot June afternoon as Mr Smith returns home without a prepared meal. Elsie learns of a steam pressure cooker that promises faster cooking and fuel savings and aims to have dinner ready by 6 15.
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Mrs. Smith
Elsie
Mr. Smith
Bremer County Aids Back to School Move With Full Time Counsellor
Bremer county officials at a June 18 meeting in Waverly endorsed employing a junior counsellor and director of vocational guidance to serve the Boys Working Reserve members. About 120 boys are enrolled, with duties to keep students in school, encourage college, assist those leaving school for work, and promote vocational education. This marks Bremer as the first strictly agricultural Iowa county to hire a full time eight man during vacation. A related Boys Working Reserve camp will run with the Waverly and Bremer county fair.
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Iowa
Bremer County
Waverly
Boys’ Working Reserve
Edwin S. Shortess
Deserve
Nebraska
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Cooperate to Fight Fire System Promotes Prevention
City officials led by Chief Loucks and Fire Prevention Bureau director Jacob H Hilkene launched a program to fight fires before they begin with semi monthly inspections citywide. Property owners are urged to clean rubbish and take fire precautions. Lower insurance rates depend on reducing losses, and residents must support thorough inspections.
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Fire Department
Loucks
Jacob H. Hilkene
United States
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Star
Plan Your Peace Garden Now In Wartime Advice
A civic urging notes war gardens saved cash, freed railroad space, and boosted health and education. It argues home gardens remain valuable as food prices stay high and rail needs grow, urging readers to start planning their peace garden now.
Allen's Foot-Hase Antiseptic Powder Advertisement
It your feet ache and burn and make you tired all over ask any druggist for Allen's Foot-Hase the antiseptic powder shake it in your shoes and walk all day in comfort. There is no equal for corns bunions blisters or callouses. Used by American British and French soldiers.
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Allen
Destruction of Rats in Cities Urges Municipal Action
The article argues rat control in cities is essential to prevent bubonic or pneumonic plague and huge outbreak costs. It states rat eradication is a municipal duty, requiring citizen support for ordinances and cooperation with authorities to keep the city clean and safe.
Fire Prevention as Public Thrift Says Boston Herald
The Boston Herald urges fire prevention as a key public thrift for the nation noting that in 1918 the prewar per capita fire loss in the United States was more than four times France and more than six times England as soldiers return home from service.
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France
England
Boston Herald
They Cannot Spell by an Iowa Grandma
A grandmother laments that her dozen grandchildren in the 1920 senior class excel in civics Latin and math yet cannot spell. She notes their essays are well written yet contain misspellings like wonderfully and fearfully while acknowledging their overall strong abilities and pride in spelling.
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Richard
Daisy
Barnabas
Rock Island Train Service Schedules and Freight Policy
Eastbound and westbound trains listed with passenger numbers 470 472 474 473 471 and local freight numbers 82 81. Freight for shipment on locals must be at the station by 5:00 p.m. the evening before. Some locals carry passengers including Westbound services.
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Westboy
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