Million-Week Mission of K of C War Relief Chair
William J. Mulligan heads the Knights of Columbus war activities committee overseeing a plan to raise and spend about 50 million dollars for soldiers. A Hartford lawyer and Yale law graduate, Mulligan moralizes organization, and in 60 days abroad organized overseas K of C into a smooth system with huts barracks and tents for troops.
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William J. Mulligan
Knights of Columbus Committee On
Mulligan
K. of
Hartford
France
K. of C
Dean of War Reporters Frederic Villiers Remembers Global Fronts
Frederic Villiers, famed Illustrated London News war correspondent, recalled his worldwide experiences from 1871 to 1918 and recent return to New York after two and a half years on the western front. He predicted the war would last years and be decided in the air, urging an immense fleet over Berlin.
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Bulgaria
Mustapha Pasha
Adrianople
Frederic Villiers
Illustrated London News
New York
India
Villiers
Tommy
Fritz
Berlin
Quick in Name and Action Quick in Name and Action
Sergeant Major John Henry Quick of the United States Marines is praised for bravery in Cuba and France. He earned the Medal of Honor for actions at Cuzco, Cuba in 1898 and was later cited by General Pershing for a June 6, 1918 rescue in Bouresches, France under heavy fire.
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Quick
John Henry Quick
United States Marines
France
Cuzco
Cuba
Bouresches
Pershing
New Corps Commander Brigadier General Oman Bundy
Brig. Gen. Oman Bundy takes command of the Fifth American army corps in France. Born in Newcastle Indiana he studied at DePauw before entering West Point in 1878. He gained early fame in the Philippines at Bud-Dajo Mount Dajo leading a force against 1000 Moros with heavy losses but continued the attack. In 1915 he served as adjutant general at San Antonio and oversaw Puerto Pershing era administration. He became brigadier general after war declared in 1927 and went to France. A quiet sociable man and student of military topics, he was also once an infantry instructor at Fort.
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Oman Bundy
Fifth
France
Newcastle
Ind
de Pauw
West Point
Philippines
Bud-Dajo
Mount Dajo
Bundy
San Antonio
Tex
Pershing
Mexico
Fort
Ohio Victims and Trials Amid Heat Wave and War Efforts
Drownings at Braddock and near Bellaire spark investigations into deaths of youths aged 14 and 15. Mine disaster near Shawnee kills John Kohany. many injured. Ohio figures report heat deaths, accidents, and wartime service notes across Cleveland Columbus and Camp Sherman. governors and officials announce actions on food, nurses, and defense.
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Thomas Teal
Braddock
Fostoria
Guiseppe Praspari
Bellaire
William Davies
Shawnee
John Kohany
Dennis
Becker
Cleveland
Georgia
Yager
Marion
Antwerp
William G. Hight
Toledo
Camp Sherman
W. J. Bankes
Perry County
Akron City Normal School
J. E. Way
New Lexington
Bankes
Charles Emerson
Dayton
Job Shirley
Lakeside
Shirley
Canton
John Garcia
A. B. Foy
Hettie Metcalf
Willis S. Metcalf
Chardon
Geauga County
Pomeroy
I. E. Hunter
Sandusky
Wooster
Army Medical Reserve
Arthur E. Trost
Geraldine Camp
Lida D. Trost
Ohio
Red Cross
William McGrew
Catherine McCollough
Bucyrus
A. Judson Arrick
Fist Presbyterian Chuch
Hamilton
Western College For Women
Oxford
Richard Donovan
Norwalk
Norwalk County
George
Whysall
Clarence Strattonan
Kusnick
Cincinnati
Harry 8. Herr
Leon W. Adelsperger
Springfield
Fort Worth
Tex
Electric Railroad
Lima Council
Council
State Health Department
W. F. Callender
Te States Bureau of
Soldiers' Sword Arm of Nation
Corrugated call to thrift stamps and Liberty Bonds during 1918 war drive. A backwoods farmer's pledge demonstrates national resolve as readers are urged that loans fund soldiers' lives and safeguard the nation, with the punishment of war costs framed as moral obligation.
How to Extinguish a Lamp Fire
Do not dash water on a lamp fire. If a lamp spills burning oil, throw flour meal sand salt or ashes on it to smother the flames.
Quotable Johnson on bite and chew in truth
A compact reflection cites Samuel Johnson noting that people struggle not from overreach but from slow digestion of ideas. The aphorism contrasts earthly words with heavenly ideas, underscoring delayed understanding.
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Samuel Johnson
Nervous Breakdown Relief At Newark From Vegetable Compound
Newark resident Misa F. Kelly reports a three year struggle with nervous breakdowns eased after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy for improving health and enabling work, endorsing its publication.
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Newark
N. J
Lydia E. Ene
Misa Fio Kelly
14Th St
Nose Dive of Tomcat Cited in War Basis Phrase
A terse Ohio State Journal item notes a cat dispatched by a sharp thrust, then a tomcat returned to a fence and dived nose first in a metaphorical war context. No clear dates or locations provided.
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Ohio State Journal
Why Bald So Young Dandruff Remedy Promised
A short promotional note touts Cuticura as a remedy for dandruff and dry scalp. It instructs applying the ointment to the scalp then washing with Cuticura Soap. Free sample offer addressed to Cuticura Dept X Boston. prices Soap 25 and Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept. X
Boston
Yank takes charge of pigeons before battle anecdote
A western bishop recalls a tale from World War I showing American soldiery resolve. A private, repeatedly tasked with carrying carrier pigeons, stamps his defiance by placing the crate before the commanding officer with a note saying he will now go to fight. In New Jersey, Haddonfield reports a man killing ten wild dogs recently.
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France
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Painesville
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Cox
W. 8. Scarborough
Wilberforce University
Council of Defense
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Harmon Tietj¢d
William Sainsbury
George Horner
Barnesville
Jewish Welfare Board
C. W. Kurtz
Miami
Hope Case
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Lebold
Katherine Patterson Irwin
Miami Valley Hospital
B. F. Lauck
Bernard Pp. Steele
Sherman
Mansfield
William Dillon
P. M. Redding
Ashland
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Ora C. Cole
Company I
Eleventh Infantry
Crawford County
Cole
W. A. Werth
Winesburg
Atlanta
Charles M. Jacobus
Ohio Wesleyan Conservatory of Music
Daniel Hale
Nelsonville
Henry N. Newell
Henry Adama
Ohio River
Wellsville
Dean Maxwell
Columbus
Vaughn Crum
Francis Poindexter
Kansas City
Spencer King Ware
Springfeld
Sarah
Kenyon College
Otterbein University
Mount Union College
Hiram College
Heidelbers University
Defiancy
Uncle Sam
Corra Harris
Eve
Germany
Miss
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kalen
Ares
D.felloggs
Torthrop & LymanCo
Buffalo
N.Y
Army
Haddonfield
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