From delivery boy to president of express giants
A Ripon Wisconsin boy George C. Taylor started as a depot delivery helper earning 50 cents weekly. He rose through roles to become president of the American Railway Express Company, which now handles all express business in the United States under a contract with Director General McAdoo.
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Ripon
Wis
George C. Taylor
Taylor
American Railway Express Company
United States
New York
American Express Company
Charles W. Taylor
Milwaukee
Allied Express Companies
McAdoo
American Railroads
General Oberoucheff urges allied expedition to Russia
Gen. K. M. Oberoucheff, a veteran Russian revolutionary and former Kiev commander, calls for an armed international allied army to enter Russia. He argues the eastern front must be restored and Teutons pushed back, with guarantees the mission serves a common enterprise and not any single nation's aims.
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K. M. Oberoucheff
Russia
Teutons
Oberoucheff
Kiev
Ukraine
Council of Peasants
Copenhagen
Geddes Deflects Criticism Over War Service Record
Sir Auckland Geddes, Britain’s national service minister, faces argument as he defends a policy that recalls older men to service while he earns pay in London. A complainant alleges double standards, prompting a secretary’s note clarifying Geddes’s own wartime service and current civilian status due to injuries.
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Sir Auckland Geddes
Arthur Beecroft
Sir Auckland
London
France
Benson resigns from Socialist party over foreign-born leadership
Allan L. Benson, socialist candidate in 1916, resigns describing the move as a protest against foreign-born leadership he says misreads American policy. He insists the rank and file are American and oppose German imperialism, while blaming leaders for a pro-German perception.
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Allan L. Benson
Socialist Party
Yonkers
Benson
Wisconsin
Europe
Ohio Gleanings Highlight Wartime Drives and Local Incidents
Several hundred Toledo business men to work four hour shifts in munition plants. A Austrian native jailed in Cleveland after dynamite found at a Salem aircraft plant. A Cleveland police pistol duel ends in Floyd Bell's death. officer wounded. Roy Hughes guilty of first degree murder in Portsmouth case. Layton named adjutant general succeeding Wood. Ohio to furnish 2500 men for August call. Coal output record set in 1917. Missing youths in Marysville. Red weevil damages Fay ette county wheat. War savings stamp drive organization forms in Sidney. River Terminal strike settled in Cleveland. Fire damages Farmers State Bank building at West Mansfield. Multiple local accidents and promotions in state military posts. Federal aviation plan blocked for state fair grounds. Water rights sold for Toledo plant. Battles, drownings, and a metro of wartime events populate Ohio news.
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Toledo
Salem
Department of Justice
Austria
Cleveland
Floyd Bell
Bell
Cihlar
Roy Hughes
Portsmouth
Roy E. Layton
Wapakoneta
Auglaize County
Cox
George H. Wood
Layton
Ohio National Guard Service
Columbus
Lawrence Stevens
George Ingham
Stevens
Madison County
Ethna Workley
Dayton
Robert Ludwig
Buckeye Lake
Ohio
Columbus Barracks
D. C. Brown
Napoleon
J. D. McDonel
Bowing Green Normal School
Countes
Christine Gibson
Lillie Morton
Marysville
Penitentiary Commission
Goveror Cox
W. A. Greenland
J. A. Leonard
Mansfield
United States Railroad Administration
Railroad Administration
Ohio Interurban
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio State Fair Grounds
Cincinnati
London
Washington D. H
Hillsboro
Arthur van Meter
Bellefontaine
John Christian
Christian
Caroline M. Breyfogle
Ohio State University
H. N. Scott
New Winchester
John Carle
Bucyrus
Carle
Toledo and Ohio Central Railway Company
Footoria
Jim Judge
Fremont
River Terminal Railway
David Rohrer
Smithville
Woos
Toled
Walter G. Partenner
Henry
Defiance
Fulton
Williams Counties
Zenos Miller
Wooster
Marne Front
France
West Mansfield
Farmers’ State Bank
Athens County
Berry Maynard
Norman Stewart
Falls of State
Robert T. Crew
Samuel J. Black
Upper Sandusky
W. F. Pierce
Kenyon College
Gambier
Lorain
Eugene V. Debs
Caldwell
Wagner Springer
Walter Springer
Fred Fowler
Air Nitrates Corporation
Maumee River
Camp Sherman
Carl E. Basler
Joseph Campbell
Eaton
Scranton
Celina
Cuyahoga Court of Appeals
Charles R. Grant
C. H. Mayhugh
State Council of Defense
Canton
Armello Mungiovi
East Creek
Marion
Erieraid
C. J. Smith
Jess Williams
James K. Garfield
State Association of School
Philip Luttmiler
A. J. Hazlett
Buerus
Gulf Coast
Houston
Tex
Scio
Harrison County
Coshcoton County
Post Office
Wilbur
Clever hats and bags match for garden party wear
Summer knitting bags rise to fashion with millinery braids and laces. The tube shaped bag covered in ribbon and fringe pairs with the frilly midsummer hat, a chic companion piece for women who indulge in little fancies.
Slip-Over Blouses Rise In Popular Wartime Fashion
Georgette slip over blouses gaining popularity with fall style plans. Designs feature shoulder fastenings, bead embroidery, and bright colors. Many versions are regulation length worn with silk or satin skirts for dressy wartime events.
Embroidery Replaces Beads in New Fashion Era
Embroidery emerges as the prevailing fashion trend as beaded trimming wanes. The shift is tied to scarce beads and a move toward embroidery using available threads, with a note that Oriental and ecclesiastical embroidery may fade as bright colors give way to single tone contrasts.
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Paris
America
Organdle Frocks and Young Girls Fashioned Candor
An old description praises organdle frocks for young girls, noting their crisp look and style from midcentury, including long-lined forms and empire-origin touches. The piece highlights the charm of a wide beribboned party hat completing the attire.
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United Express Lines
Geddes
Veilla
Batiste
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