Knox County Sends 60 to Camp Sherman on Monday
A large Knox county party, the largest yet, departed Mt Vernon for Camp Sherman aboard a special train Monday. About 122 men formed the contingent with 124 expected. Cyril F Allerding joined earlier and is already at Camp Sherman. The parade featured veterans, high school students, and county officials as crowds lined Main Street to bid farewell and honor the inductees amid civic display and memories of Civil War veterans.
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National Army
Knox County
Boon
Koink
Camp Sherman Mathe B
Mage
Buntine
Selecta
Yom.ga
Jocal Board
Sieul, Brown
Camp Sherman
Brown
Halph J. Werd
Maurice Mitchell
John Gordon Howe
Ueutenanta
Hearne
McDevitt
Walker
Magtoller Abd Alirendt
Mt Vernon Wan
Hillan
Ul Miller
Mt. Vernon
Brown Dmnd
Pany
W. G. Appleton
Joe Hooker Pont
Pennsylvania Railroad Shop
County of Elam
Court Howe Amleves
Change in Woman's Life Prompts a Health Remedy
A reader recounts overcoming long troubling symptoms after age forty with a vegetable compound praised as the best remedy. The testimonial mentions improved energy and mood and notes it helped with nervousness and a run down condition. The address in Fremont Ohio is shown as part of the letter.
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Fremont
Ohio
L. Leissete Nant Medicios
Lester Bald
Red Cross Drive Reports S206 Collected in Booths
A partial report shows women at booths on Main Street Saturday contributing S206 to the Red Cross war fund drive. Names appear in the tally for various workers, with the total amount raised listed as 81.83? The handwritten text is partial and contains garbled segments.
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RED Dogs
Red Cross War Fund
Horty O
Brio Ming
Sree Prue
RMA
Long range gun bombs Paris after delay
After a long interval the Germans again bombarded Paris with long range air weaponry early this morning. The attack hit the city at about twenty o clock, disrupting daily life and signaling renewed bombardment from German forces.
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Ihy
Paris
oFelock
Representative shoe styles of 3 A sent here
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce reports over 160 shoe samples for Latin America, noting West Coast opportunities and high demand for well-fitting, flexible soles. It highlights Latin patterns favoring American styles adapted to local feet, with emphasis on instep, heel, and fit, plus wartime export constraints and the need for durable packing.
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Waslington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
America
Hernion GO
Brock
South America
Argentiina
Uruguay
Brazil
Argentina
Englund
Ted
Austria
France
Switzerland
Hamburg
Germany
Frm
Alr
Cuba
City Boys Hear Better In Prominent Army Report
London army medical men found city boys exceed country recruits in hearing ability. Only one in five city youths lacked the hearing skill, while country dwellers showed weaker nerve endurance amid town noise, according to the latest news summary.
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London Army
How I Cured Myself of Being Sensitive
A writer in American Magazine recounts advice that sensitivity blocks advancement. A superior urges Mr. Waster to quit tearing himself apart, learn to control emotion, and stop taking criticisms personally rather than wallowing in failures. He warns that envy and setbacks derail progress until one can laugh at rejection.
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American Magasine
Champlain notes native weed control along St Lawrence coast
The record describes Samuel Champlain noting Indian women hoeing fields near Gloucester using shells of the horseshoe crab and weed varieties they cultivated. He observed pliralane weeds and predicted persistent troublesome growth despite future farming advances, reflecting on long-term struggle with weeds.
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Samuel Champlain
St. Lawrence
Cape Ann
Gloucester
Mana
Agra
Baroda Ruler Seeks Native Priesthood Reform Through Missionaries
The Gaekwar of Baroda describes measures to uplift subjects and improve native religious leadership. He praises American efforts, plans to convene missionaries to gather views, and wants priests inspired by their example. A professorship of comparative religions already exists to expose leaders to other faiths.
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Hindee
Trank
the Gaekwar
Baroda
Baroda College
Twain on the value of mental and physical labor
The excerpt argues that educated thinkers often praise manual toil yet do not endure it. Twain contends he would endure hard intellectual work if paid, asserting his equal capability in both realms and highlighting the mismatch between perception and reality in labor valuation.
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Mark Twain
Japan provinces visible by thatched roof styles
Foreign visitors note Japan’s diverse thatched roof artistry. Each province has a distinct ridge pole style, allowing an observer in flight to identify the region from the air. Plants may grow in the straw mats atop the crown, occasionally causing seams.
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Japan
Chicago film censors defend morality rules amid protests
Major Funkhouser of Chicago police defends city film censorship as hundreds of thousands of feet are cut from movies shown to hundreds of thousands daily. He notes a twelve-member board follows city and state law, with 168 rejections last year and 216656 feet cut. He cites widespread adult content and emphasizes protection for women and children in theaters.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tean
M. ©. Funkhouser
United States
Major Funkhouser
Funkhouser
Jongil
Dng
Munkhouner
Funkhouserauld
Punkhomer
Funkhouaer
Ohio
Kansaa
Pennsylvant
Zanesville Adopts Pure Well Water Plan
Zanesville residents will drink pure well water starting later this month replacing murky river water. The new water plant includes 20 wells and a pumping station, with operations beginning soon and river water supply to be discontinued.
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Hanner
Zanesville
Millionaire wears blue denim outfits in wartime Denver
Denver sociologist and noted author TRdwin A. Brown, identified as a millionaire, says he will wear only blue jeans until the war ends. He has debuted the wartime attire at Sunday church services and plans two denim suits for daily use, purchasing bonds with the saved clothing cost.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Trdwin A. Brown
Minit Presbyterian Church
Brown
Impossible meeting with London Mayflowers fails
An American woman in London sought descendants of Mayflower pilgrims by placing ads for a meeting at a hotel. Photographers and reporters gathered, awaiting a “Mayflower” arrival, but forty five minutes passed with no one appearing.
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Associated Prensa
London
Fingland
State Health Lab Names New Chief Bacteriologist
Robert W. Story, formerly with St. Louis municipal laboratories, has become chief bacteriologist in the state health department laboratories in Columbus. He succeeds Fred Berry, who left for bacteriological work with the Pasteur Institute of Columbus.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Robert W. Story
St. Louis
Penn seed corn shipped to Ohio in shortage relief
Pennsylvania seed corn shipments to Ohio rise to meet a seed corn shortage. Tests indicate about 70 percent germination, aiding Peyette County artisans facing the deficit.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Peyette County
Pennsylvania
Ohio
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