Bill Bakers Letters From France Say Boys Are Well Fed
The Whig prints extracts from letters by William Baker of base hospital No. 1 to his parents, detailing plenty of sugar and sweets in England and France and affordable meals for 60 cents. He mentions travel behind the lines, a French village, a castle, and a bustling harvest with women at work, dispelling gloom about front conditions.
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Bill” Baker
France
Bill
Baker
Western Front
Eugene H. Baker
Wampshire Street
William Baker
Base Hospital
Eugene Baker
England
Pav Carter
Chilcompton
Great Britain
Mark Evans
Sone
Germans Trade With Danes
Germany offers to supply a quantity of potatoes to Denmark in exchange for Danish goods Denmark would provide items Germany needs in return. The exchange aims to balance shortages on both sides as negotiations proceed.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Denmark
Moynihan Aid to U S Medical Corps War Message
Sir Berkeley Moynihan senior consulting surgeon to the Royal Army Medical Corps will visit America to aid in U S Army medical preparations. He will attend the Chicago clinical congress week of Oct 22 deliver the convocation address of the American College of Surgeons on Oct 26 and bring official royal army medical corps news on battlefield care and reconstruction hospitals. The event marks a major war medical meeting with about 3000 surgeons expected to attend and discuss new treatment methods and demonstrations.
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Washington
Sir Berkeley Moynihan
Royal Army Medical Corps
France
America
Medical Corps
United States Army
William C. Gorgas
Berkeley
Clinical Congress of Surgeons
Chicago
American College of Surgeons
Ane
England
Franklin Martin
Council of National Defense
North America
Sir Berkeley
Theodore Tuffier
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
George W. Crile
Cleveland
Heflin Warns Against Lukewarm War Support
Congressman Thomas Heflin of Alabama spoke at a Columbus Day event in Philadelphia stating traitor status for those not fully backing the commander in chief. He warned that haranguing the country should be met with arrest, even for members of Congress, to prevent domestic dissent during the war. He cited German railroads and economic strain as limits on fielded forces.
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Philadelphia
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
Knights of Columbus
Congress
United States
Smart Coats for the Little Miss
Mothers praise a wide selection of children's coats for girls aged one to eight. Velvet corduroy coats in brown beet root and green, sizes 3 to 7, priced at 7.50 with white rabbit fur trim. Empire style velvet corduroy coats in tan and black, 3 to 7, $8.50. The latest Trench Coat for little girls in brown wool cheviot, four pockets, belted, inverted back pleat, military collar and cuffs, size six, $12.50.
Children’s Gloves in Warm Winter Styles
Glove section offers cape gloves in tan PXM seam sewn with one clasp at 1.25 dollars per pair. Ivory washable kid gloves with embroidered backs 1.50. Tan leather gloves with fleece lining one clasp 1.00. Tan suede mittens with fur tops 0.85. Main Floor.
Rayo Lamps Priced at Two Fifty Each
Nickle plated Rayo lamps praised for reading and sewing use by students. Center draft burner provides brighter light than gas and lower operating cost. Priced at $2.50 each.
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Rayo
A New Glove By Kayser
Kayser designers forge a new fabric glove named chamoisette due to leather shortages and high prices. The white glove, labeled Kayser, promises quality service and satisfaction with two clap style, all kid glove sizes, priced at $1.
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Kayser
Fine New Hosiery At Duker's Department Store
Duker's Hosiery offers fibre silk pure silk and lisle stockings with seamless tops reinforced heels and toes in black and white. Prices range 38c to 1 35, including boot hose 40c, seamless risle 59c, and pure thread silk 1 35 per pair.
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Duker’s
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Napoleon
Bushy
Gage
Armide
Dsselhorst
Maine
J. W. A. Simmonds
Moynihan Aid
U. S. Medical Corps
Heflin
Crum
Govesalt
Duker's
Quincy's
Wooltex
Silvertone
New York
Choice
D Choice
Axminster
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