Roll of Honor honors Sho shone service members in town
A Sho shone Journal Roll of Honor lists local youths in active service across multiple branches, with notes on accuracy and free copies for correct addresses. Included are names such as CHARLES W. APP and GEORGE H. BANNER plus many others, and a mention of Red Cross nurse MISS SARAH PURDUM in France. A later list presents the last twelve selective draft respondents, many from outside Sho shone, who held a grand ball and banquet to show appreciation.
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Roll of Honor
Sarah Purdum
Red Cross
France
Donald F. Drummond Ross P. Borden Fay Windle
L. F. Vaughn
Paul Mintyre
Jacob Scheu Mayo
Harry Vaughn Everett
Propst
Frank L. Bedford
Claude R. Parker Leslie B. Spurce Mont &. Cook
New AIRPLANES to DeveLorency War Evolution of Aircraft Types
A World article surveys rapid aviation evolution since war began, detailing bombing, reconnaissance, and battleplanes, including Caproni, Gotha, and Pomilio designs. It explains monoplane decline, multi fuselage bombers, wing spans, armament, and debates over which craft will cross the Atlantic first, with Italy, Germany, France, and Britain shaping the era.
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Arthur Benington
New York World
Afr
Caproni
Handley-Palmer
Gotha G II
Friederichshafen G. H
I Iself
Pomillo S. V. A
Savoia-Pomillo
Voisin
Brandenbart
Albatross 210
Aviatiks Ctil
Pomitla
Pomilio
America
Ansalfo Company
Genoa
Alessandro Pomilio
Fortress Monroe
Mineola
New York
Italy
SY. A
Megmiremest
Hlemisses
Isotta-Praschini
Nieuport
Gotha
Gorka
Naming of Warships and Historic Vessels
A historical note on 61st class battleships must bear state names after exhausting state-name options. It cites Walter Scott Meriwether and Secretary Daniels assigning New Mexico California Tennessee Mississippi Idaho to battleships, and discusses fire cruisers named for vessels once on Navy rolls, including Constitution Constellation Saratoga and Old Constellation.
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Pines
Walter Scott Meriwether
Rudder
Daniels
New Mexico
California
Tennessee
Mississippi
Ideho
Dow
Navy Register
Constitution
Saratoga
Hanger
Lexington
Constellation
New York
Sempson
Corrector of morals offers services to government in historic note
An article recalls Alexander Cruden, a maker of concordances, who over 150 years ago offered his services as a "corrector of morals" to the British government, reflecting a longstanding pattern of experts volunteering to guide public morals amid modern business leaders offering similar help.
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Socrates
Superstitions in Montenegro About a Heating Kettle
A Montenegro tale claims a kettle hanging over a hat will not heat on Christmas night but works other times. Villagers tie Balm over a stable floor and say the Firkin mother touched it at Christ birth to steady herself, fearing it would burn the saintly hand.
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Montenegro
Siniiter
Bethiehecs
Crist
Thought Will Rule World At New York Social Gathering
A New York correspondent notes a gathering of scientists discussing the war as a catalyst for startling inventions. A speaker claims wireless control of airplanes and eventual abolition of telephone wires, suggesting thought is the basis of reality and that space and travel could be conquered by thinking.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Emother
Center of Fashion in Paris Faces Staffing Strands
Paris remains the world fashion hub with thousands of dressmakers and designers. Many Paris houses employ dozens of fitters who spend entire days trying on outfits for discerning French women while nurses and workers fill hospital wards and factory lines.
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Paris
Establishment of Philadelphia Mint and early American currency
In 1700 Congress authorized a Philadelphia mint fueling the rise of the almighty dollar. The Spanish dollar had circulated widely in America, and Governor Morris proposed uniform coinage by placing a tenth of a dollar in silver and a copper monetary unit.
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Congress of the
United States
Philadelphia
America
Morris
Vegetarians' Ball Fashion Hint From London Opinion
The London Opinion jokes about outfits for a vegetarian ball, suggesting playful disguises like a turnip on the head to mark meatless days, reflecting lighthearted fashion banter from the era.
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Cinb
London
Ashes on the Street Spur Investigation Clues
In a terse exchange, a resident notes ashes dropped on the street and a fellow vows to trace the culprit. The casual remark hints at a local mischief or minor disturbance prompting informal investigative intent.
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Pia
Fred Mabbutt
Charles Manker
Arlow May
McCoy Mason
Peter Meyer
Lawrence
Meyers
Walter Miller
Jacob Porter
J. W. Peake
Fred Personius
H. C. Peake
Judge F. Rechel
Zeno C. Rickey
Leroy Robinette
Clarence L. Sheehan
John Slader
Clarence Swope
Earl Thevenin
Fred Terhune
H. Arthur Vierea
IEE
Tropiare
Albetross
Rumpler
Aviatik
Fiat
Isette-Preschint
Atlantic
Rome
Newfoundland
Ireland
Esndor
Albatros
Boyd Park
Mary Street
Sabane Coty
Randali-Dodd Auto Co, Ls
Salt Lake Stamp Company
W. Broadway
Salt Lake Gay, Utah
Poet
Jon Ant Minster
Coniacinsio Part Cau
Erie Moler Barber
West Temple St
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