Four Minute Men to disband after December campaigns
The public information committee will end on Christmas Eve after a series of consultations with departments. Campaigns to complete include Red Cross Home Service on December 8, What Have We Won on December 8, and Red Cross Christians Hall Call on December 16 28. Closing tributes on December 24. Miss Alina Nelson and Chas F Thompson married November 20 at Clarion courthouse. The couple will run the Nelson and Thompson farms nearby Brilty and Renwith.
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Pour Mile Ale
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
Commuittee
Red Cross Home Service
Idtu
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Merchant Finds Knife Among Clerks In Morning Office
A merchant in the office morning hours realized he hid his pocketknife at home. Clerks offered none until an errand boy named Jimmy produced a knife, joking that his higher wages let him afford more than one pair of pants.
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War debt and Liberty Bond drive for peace funding
The War Department estimates over 2,000,000 American soldiers in Europe require ongoing support. Maintaining troops costs about 423.27 dollars per soldier per year, and bringing troops home would take months. Treasury Secretary McAdoo warns the nation must continue raising funds, likely through one or more additional Government Loans, to finance peace and postwar reconstruction.
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War Department
France
United States
the Treasury
McAdoo
Stains of Alf The Spanish flu echo in verse by J. B. McEvoy
A bleak folk poem describes the Spanish flu as hellish misery. The speaker recalls feverish symptoms, aching bones, rotten taste, and bodily decay while urging resilience. The verse captures shared suffering and hints at possible recovery.
Grant kin of Union general departs to war as corporal
U S Grant's great grandson, a Harvard grad and former Wall Street worker, is promoted to corporal in the 102nd ammunition division. He served aboard a Seventh New York unit, later transferred, while driving an army truck at the moment of the honor. The piece notes no pull but hints at wartime mobility and shifts in employment like baby carriage production and bartending amid the conflict.
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Wall Street
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Grant
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