Expansion of Army and Navy's Work in First Year of War
The United States marks one year at war with a transformed force. The army and National Guard grew from 9,524 officers and 202,510 men to 123,801 officers and 1,528,924 enlisted. the National Guard, reserve corps, and National Army expanded accordingly. Expeditionary forces under General Pershing arrived in France, with railways, docks, ordnance bases, and camps built to support overseas operations. The Navy grew to about 21,000 officers and 330,000 enlisted. vessels more than quadrupled since the start, with vast shipbuilding and weapon production under way and substantial expenditures and loans recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Committee On Public Information
War and Navy Departments
Shipping Board
Treasury Department
Army
National Guard
Adjutant General
Regular Army
National Army
France
General Pershing
Paris
West Point
Sions
Corps of Engineers
Pioneer Engineers
Ordnance Department
Naval Service
Navy
Sandusky
Thor Iron Works
Toledo
Massillon
Massillon Electric Company
Ohio
Fleming
Fairfield County
Cleveland
Hanover Shoe Company
Public Square
John P. Haggerty
Kansas City
Lorenzo Chapin
Coshocton
Washington County
Blanchester Building and Loan Company
Findlay
James Rifty
Dayton
Crawford County
Galion Brewing Company
Galion
Columbus
First National Bank
Madisonville
Cincinnati
Prohibition Party
Central Committee
H. L. Feeke
Savannah
Ashland
William Fast
Adam W. Oberlin
Canton
Norfolk
State Board of Agriculture
Ohio News Roundup Highlights Elections and Disputes
Judge William P. Barnum resigns. Gideon C. Wilson named to the First district court of appeals by Governor Cox. Numerous local incidents include violence at Marion mob scene, fare hikes in Steubenville and Beaver Valley Traction, labor strikes, fires, and political actions across Ohio towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Barnum
Mahoning
Common Pleas Court
Cox
Gideon C. Wilson
Cincinnati
Court of Appeals
A. C. Gorman
John T. Hoban
Hoban Brass Foundry
Dayton
Ernest Gerber
Wayne County
Steubenville
East Liverpool
Beaver Valley Traction Company
Liverpool-Chester
W. Va
Edward Schott
Marion
Caledonia
Marion County
Charles J. Callier
Pittsburgh
Second Presbyterian Church
Findlay
Earl Sidles
Sidles
Mattox Corset Company
Toledo
Lorain Employers’ Association
Building Trades Union
Louis Jezwiecki
A. C. Willing
Columbus
Willing
Thomas Mack
Bellefonaine
Katherine Besengody
Akron
Ravenna
Younestown
F. H. King
Delphos
State Board of Pharmacy
Frederick A. Wolfinger
Ohio
Hobart Brothers Company
Troy
American Chain Company
Edward Lescollett
Fleming
Ashland County
United States
Caroline Sheipline
Wapakoneta
Scheiber
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Pearson
Cleveland Railway Company
Harry Beatty
Gilbert
Zanesville
Frederick Pemberton
Roseville
Eldon H. Kerr
Ohio State Council of Carpenters
Ciincinnati
Newark
Ode J. Grubb
John G. Curtis
Malta
Youngstown
Cooper
Giants of the Sky Bombing Giants and Capron Planes
The article describes large bomb dropping aircraft as slow but high capacity, noting Italian Capron planes with a 4000 pound load carried by three engines. Such bombers are usually escorted by fast fighters, operate mainly at night, and use magnesium searchlight bombs to illuminate targets on the ground.
Vision and fortune talk in a Parachute reading
A fragment references A Russell Bond in St Nicholas who mocks a nation’s “vision” food substitute and features a playful exchange between a fortuneteller and a householder about dark objects in a hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Russell Bond
St. Nicholas
Farmer Sam Fitzpatrick Sees Rising Costs Across Industries
In Topeka last week Standard Oil figure Farmer Sam Fitzpatrick joined Kansas cattlemen at the state board of agriculture meeting. He echoed a cattleman’s complaint about mounting costs in cattle raising and oil production, noting the burden of an excess profit tax. The Kansas City Star framing adds context to widespread business challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam” Fitzpatrick
Standard Oil Company
Topeka
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Fitzpatrick
Sam
Kansas City Star
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Promise Cure
An old advertisement offers $100 for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy that works through the bloodstream. It notes a 75 cent price and testimonials, from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
JUDGED BY THOSE OF TODAY
A museum librarian notices unreadable hieroglyphs on a papyrus and suggests classifying it as a Pharaoh era doctor’s prescription for eye care. The assistant Brown asks how to interpret it, and the head librarian proposes the Roman Eye Balm instruction as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Brown
Aesop on Russia Warfare Fables Echo Old Editorial
The Outlook cites an ancient Aesop fable about Russia in which wolves and sheep argue. Wolves blame barking dogs and urge peace treaties by dismissing the dogs, warning against changing friends for foes as the sheep fear predation. The piece frames century old allegory as a contemporary caution.
At It Again Sermons In Stones and Ice Cream Bricks
A fragmented line notes odd images as speakers discuss sermons found in stones and the idea of ice cream in bricks. The quip hints at playful discussion or satire within a local page. The exact source sequence remains unreadable but preserves the humorous tone.
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Quartermaster Corps
Philippines
Lorraine
Quartermaster General's Department
Air Service
Congress
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Germany
Austria
Liberty
Treasury
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Gleanings
Walter B. Richie
Order
Lima
Harrison G. Wagner
Fremont
Central Synod of the
German Reformed Church
Mathew Smith
Holland
Lucas County
Ariel W. Cameron
John Butler
St. Marys
Bellaire
K. Lynne Arthur
Springfield
C. J. Alexander
van Buren
Hancock County
Ansonia
Oho
Sto
Dean
Mr. Ragless
J. B. Ragless
Carpenter
W. 60Th St
Chicago
Ill
Geo. W. Dempster
Aesop
Russia
David Roberts
Waukesha, Wi
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