Red Cross Notes and Hoover Food Administration Work
The clipping highlights Red Cross efforts amid wartime shortages in Rome and the United States. It cites Mrs J C Grupe, Maude Grupe, Maxine Coleman, and volunteers aiding comfort kits as Herbert Hoover, as food administrator, works daily to conserve food. It notes Hoover’s office and daily government effort to sustain home front support. It ends with a wartime assertion that enemy of the American mother is the Kaiser, framing the war effort.
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Rome
J. C
Maude Grupe
Maxine Coleman
Herbert Hoover
A.emall
Fragmented Knit Notes From a Personal Journal
A brief excerpt describes ongoing knitting projects and recent setbacks. The author mentions starting a new square after finishing one, ripping out two inches, and concerns about a cashier and a loan. The text is fragmented and lacks coherent events or clear identities.
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Waa
Doing Her Bit
A concise wartime note praises women contributing on the home front. The fragment mentions leaving no hole in the whole equate as part of a broader, patriotic call to labor and support. The source emphasizes collective effort and civic duty during conflict.
The Need of Knitters
A World Herald reader urges American women to knit and crochet for soldiers overseas, citing Edgar A. Guest and urging recruits to correspond with workers in France. The letter laments idle domestic crafts while thousands of U S troops fight and calls knitting a duty to support the home front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
France
America
Germans Express Outrage Over American Actions
A British or allied-era report notes German anger at American use of sawed off shotguns in close combat while Scotsmen reportedly capture a town in daylight amid alarming scenes.
Harbine News Items Highlight Community Ties
Local notes report German flags controversy and non-German sentiment in the area. Social visits include families from Harbine, Jansen, Fairbury, and Beatrice with multiple Beatrice calls and trips to Fort Sill. Household moves, travel, and illness mentioned. Community members bid farewell to Rev. Smalley and G M Johnston.
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Chas. Sandmann
Mr. Sandman
John Gerth
Plymouth
Ralph Sandman
Gee, Arnold, Jr
Rev
Smalley
Nebr
Fred. Sandman
Fort Sill
Oklo
Will
Sandman
Chas
Beatrice
Henry Arnold
Y -P
Baptist Sunday School
Will Kennedy
Fairbury
Wilma Kroetsching
Martin Arnold
Walter
Alex Rea
Fred
Frank Buller
Jansen
P. A. Buller
G. M. Johnston
Dole Floral Co
Sankey
Johnston
Darwin
R. E. Campbell
Martha
Emma Smaltz
York
Otto Schnuelle
Bertha Arnold
Pauline Thompson
Joseph Ellis
Frank Sankey
Eliza Rea
Loyd Meyers
Diller
Henry Weers
Martin
Henry Polfus
Bill Bishop
Harbine
Claire Cuthbert
Dyer
Mrs. Pingle
Starting a Sheep-Raising Venture in Late Summer
The best time to begin sheep raising is late summer or early fall. Ewes are easier to obtain then and can be kept on meadows or grain stubble to stay in good condition through fall and winter. Working with an expert during this period helps a beginner prepare for lambing. It is hard to buy large numbers of bred ewes at other times.
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Rocky Mountain National Estes Park
Colorado
Cody Gateway
Yellowstone Park
Cody
Canyon
Glacier National Park
Rocky Mountain
Big Horn Mountains
Black Hills
Cody Road
Absaroka Mountains
Germany
Eurdpe
Students Warned Not to Burn Midnight Oil
The United States Fuel Administration urges careful oil use to conserve kerosene for winter. Instructions include keeping lamps clean, using only necessary light, and avoiding cleaning with coal oil. The message links wartime conservation to national security and civic duty.
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Conservation of the United States Fuel Administration
The Huns Abroad and The Pacifists at Home
Caspar Whit reports on patriotism through education amid wartime politics. The piece contrasts claims of loyalty with calls to unify against German influence while warning that defeat of the Boche remains essential to national peace and order.
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Caspar Whit. Pear
N. Y. Bane
National
Tv ‘League
Germany
Japan
Mexico
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Robert R. Kyd
Gage County
Kyd
Ohio
Woodward High School of
Cincinnati
Nebraska
Red
Omaha
The
World Herald
Hartigan
Jurgen Mess
Arnold Bros
W. 1. Filley
Diller, Nebr
L. W. Wakeley
Farnam St
Omaha, Neb
Ford
Ford M T
Farmer
Ford Oa
F. W. Lowe
Or. E. 0. Cassell
Steele City, Nebr
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