War prayer adopted for all soldiers over there
The Prayer League of Loyal and Loving Hearts spreads a daily 12 o clock prayer for soldiers overseas. Miss Adina De Zavala introduced a council resolution in Austin to adopt the prayer and send a copy to General Pershing for publication in Stars and Stripes. Lieutenant and Mrs. Lowry arrive from Dallas and wed Leta Skiles in Dallas. the event is a highlight of last week’s social scene. Their wedding favors military ties, with Lt Lowry in charge of Camp Travis publicity.
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League of Loyal and Loving Hearts
Wourth
Council of National Defense
Austin
Adina de Zavala
Joan J. Pershing
the Stars and Stripes
France
Robert Charles Lowry
Dallas
Army Boulevard
Lowryud
Leta Amonette Skiles
R. T Skiles
Allas
Lloyd A. Skiles
Irs
Robert W. Lowry
Indianapolis
Ind
Lowry
Camp Travis
Wire
Prices in Norway shoot upward amid wartime cost rise
A Christiana based report notes continued living-cost increases in Norway since 1914. Norwegian, Swedish and Danish price comparisons show Norway at 137 percent, Sweden 92 percent, Denmark 60 percent since July 1914. An Illinois initiative seeks a home adviser role to help with housekeeping challenges.
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Norway
Cousm H. BE. Carlson
Christiana
Bureau of Statestics
Sweden
Denmark
Pack Up Your Troubles And Buy A Thrift Stamp
The Light's Editorial urges women to declutter and convert small possessions into thrift stamps. It promotes selling unused trinkets, broken pins, and jewelry scraps for savings, arguing that even tiny items hold value and can advance war savings.
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Bette
CUBS FF cunR WOMEN The San Antonio council to run canteen at community house
The San Antonio Council of Mothers will run the Community House canteen from 11 p m to 11 p m Monday. Mrs A Zorkowsky chairs the team, assisted by a long list of women including Mesdames Sluder Brown Hogan Smith Scofield Howell Williams Benkendorfer Wootson Shafer Wiggins Hopper Morris Van der Stratton Hoff Ol warr Birdsong Whaitles Wooldridge Riewald Holmgreen Tamar Rehog English Sireen and Fawott. Various church groups announce evening meetings and planned programs for women and parishioners across the city with lectures, circle meetings, and Red Cross work.
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San Antonio
L. C. Wiggins
James Hopper
B. F. Morris
Richard Vander Stratton
C. B. Hoff
H. Fi. Kitcher
G. Walker
George Keene
Wallace
Horace Wilson
BE. G. Olwarr
Io. F. Birdsong
J. J. Whaitles
A. B. Wooldridge
G. Riewald
George Holmgree
The
Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Parlarg
Mast Park
A. J. Moore
West Woodlawn Avenue
Mra J
al Moermbers
Gashed but brings in nine POWs in the attack
Private Russell Tritt, after going over the top on May 27, writes from a hospital about guiding four wounded prisoners and carrying five others, describing near misses, 400 prisoners behind him, and his gratitude for recovery as he expects to return home.
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Russell Tritt
Tritle
Hoefgen Street
O. K
Zaure
Militarist Logic Flagged at New York Trade Union Congress
A British delegate at the New York trade union congress criticized militarism and war as illogical while quipping that the world would fail without water to learn swimming, drawing a humorous but pointed analogy to human interdependence.
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Appleton
New York
Countess Pembroke Leads Red Cross Nurses in War
The Countess of Pembroke stands out as a devoted Red Cross nurse both at home and with the army in the field. A prominent figure in London society, she served earlier in London hospitals and now helps frontline nursing among England's leading women.
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England
Red Tons
Writain
Countess of Pembroke
Red Cross
Hoendon Society
London
Their Married Life shopping spree and plan thwarted
In 1918 International News Service fiction, Helen and Warren shop at Croft and Ordways where Warren resists bargains and keeps to his timeline. Helen schemes with Louise and Bob to meet later, while tension over shopping dynamics and social pressure unfolds amid crowded departments and playful banter.
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International News Service
Warren
Helen
AL Wight
Alpine
Croft & Ord
Louise
Bob
Croft & Ordway's
Melon
Louwise
Tie
Louie
Bee
Tlottie
Calicos Favored in Night Shopping Conversation
A fragmentary dialogue shows tension over shopping, with mentions of funds and planning. The speaker expresses fatigue from shopping and a desire for rest and a good dinner, while another character argues about straightforwardness and fairness. The rough context suggests a domestic or social setting.
Britons Salvage Waste to Cut Imports and Save Resources
Salvage efforts in England show waste and dormants repurposed for national use. Consul Augustus H. Ingram notes the National Salvage Council urges authorities to collect and treat refuse items such as cans and paper. War advice shifted from burning to reutilization to conserve resources and reduce raw material imports. Some regions offer bonuses to workers for returning waste paper.
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United States
Hngland
Augustus H. Ingram
National Savage Council
Girls as Red Cross teachers at Lindenswood College
Some 240 Lindenswood College students at St. Charles Missouri will teach hospital garments surgical dressings and halized articles as part of a military service program started January by Dr John Is Roemer the school will train girls to work in home communities The article also notes the first Chinese bishop named by The Church of Kings and mentions George Storden of Goldsboro North Carolina fathering 86 children with 14 sons in US Army and multiple marriages
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Lindenswood College
St. Charles
John Is Roemer
Roemer
Quaker-Like Frocks and Velvet Bows Rule New Garment Trends
The National Garment Retailers' Association notes a shift to old fashioned dove-gray calico frocks with lavender organdie trimming and crash belts, paired with simple Quaker-like skirts in wide pleats. Prices top $20 in better shops as frocks feature organdie and voile with pearl button accents. Cavalry superstition about wart horse teeth is also mentioned in a brief aside.
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National Garment Retailers’ Association
Eton
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