All Quincy Men Now At Fort Sheridan Expect To Receive Commissions
Captain W A Long reports Quincy men at Fort Sheridan are training intensely for commissions as second lieutenants in the new national army. Thirteen Quincy recruits endure strict exams and weekly program changes while many university volunteers are weeded out for deficiencies. The seven hour sleep goal and daily drill schedule anchor a grueling routine with potential postings to Camp Grant for brigades' drilling duties.
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Quincy
Fort Sheridan
W. A. Long
Long
Comany F
Fifth Regiment
I. N.G
University of
University of Ilinois
Northwestern
Chicago
Knox
Rah Rah
Captain Long
Mr. Long
Camp Grant
Rockford
Illinois
National Army
How Fat Folks Become Slender From a Weight Loss Aid
An advertisement claims fat persons can lose ten to sixty pounds without dieting or hard exercise. It urges outdoor activity and breathing, promotes Korein capsules taken after meals and at night, and promises quicker weight reduction with improved health and vitality.
Jost & Kiefer Co Annual Outing at Point Pleasant
Jost and Kiefer Printing employees spent a day at J. L. Use camp Point Pleasant with launches and cars for a fishing outing. Morning travelers gathered, others joined later. meals were provided by the firm. The sponge value note and Green Bay health cleanup reference conclude the item.
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Jost & Kafer Printing Company
J. L
Point Pleasant
An Appeal to the Countryside for War Service
A call to rural Americans to support the nation in wartime through small deeds, teamwork, and volunteer labor. It asks villagers, farmers, and homemakers to contribute gifts of time and craft, from knitting to local efforts, stressing that humble helpers sustain America and that every person has a role in national duty. The piece urges unity across towns from Maine to California and notes the shift from big donors to collective mobilization.
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America
Maine
California
Nations to rewrite school books to teach thrift
New York July 23 Americans will be taught thrift in schools as radical changes to curricula are proposed by the thrift educational committee of the National Education association. Biographies of James J. Hill Marshall Field John Wanamaker and other business leaders will be studied alongside revised arithmetic history English composition domestic science and household economics. The plan urges scientific emphasis on thrift and personal efficiency to reduce waste and prepare for wartime economic demands. The proposal notes the war’s impact and cites President Wilsons thrift message as guiding.
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New York
America
Thrift Educational Committee
National Education Association
James J. Hill
Marshall Field
John Wanamaker
Mers
Ufe
National Council of Education
Portland
S. W. Streus
American Society For Thrift
Wilson
Genool
Council of Education
Atlanta
U S Flyers 10 Join Pershing Transition of Lafayette Escadrille
Paris July 22 Lafayette Escadrille to be reorganized as American army unit within two weeks with Lieut William Thaw promoted to major and pursuit commander. Several French officers will be commissioned. unit to appear on American records as Lafayette Squadron. Flyers to wear U S uniforms and retain mascots as they await confirmations and examinations for regular commissions. If air dominance achieved Pershing could disrupt Zeebrugge and submarine activity.
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Paris
Lafayette Escadrille
France
Pershing
William Thaw
Pittsburgh
Thaw
U.S. A
Fyers
U.S. Army
Lafayette
Corps
Gen. Pershing
Zeebrugge
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Korein
Jost & Kiefer CO
Mediterranean
Health Department of
Green Bay
Wis
Offier
Ofacer
Eae HD
Cugram
Fach
By Kate Douglas Wiggin
The
Vigilantes
Oyez
Americal Oyez
Red Cross
Wanamaker
U.S. Flyers
U. S
Plaza Hotel
Ills
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