Red Cross Notes and War-Horror Reflections
The Red Cross reports updated weekly hours and sewing tasks in June not involving dressings, urging members to sew hospital garments and finish sweaters for shipment by month’s end. A sobering WWI scene follows, recounting brutal German atrocities in France, and a speaker shares a London sister’s bread-line hardship, vowing to stop complaining during the war.
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Fairbury
Red Cross
France
Kultur
Eva Stotts
What Branch of the Service Are You In
A wartime appeal emphasizes every citizen's duty beyond the military. It urges all Americans, including women and children, to participate in war work if not serving in the army or navy. It questions personal sacrifice and promotes self-respect through contributing to the national effort.
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Army
Navy
Visitor Declares I am Done with Meal at McGuires Store
A Leavenworth Times report recounts a visitor entering McGuire's store and explaining his frustration after a restaurant meal failed to please him. Clarence McGuire responds as the visitor describes knocking on the table in dissatisfaction as a refined man at the far end listened.
Harbine News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Harbine residents plan to attend the Southeastern Baptist Association meeting in Tecumseh from Friday to Sunday. Local social notes recount visits by Gladstone and Paxico residents, Red Cross meetings with 17 and 22 attendees, moving pictures, a Passion Play, and theft of a Buller Buick near Nebraska City.
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Harbine
Southeastern Baptist Association
Tecumseh
Bill Bishop
Fairbury
Gladstone
Red Cross
Sandmanna
Lee Richard
Gladys
Stratton
Nebr
Ralph Sandamus
Richard
Glen Kendall
Russel Campbells
D. C. Martin
Wm. Gross
Martin
Frank Spear
L. P. Rueh
Joe Price
P. A. Buller
Ellis
M. M. Crouch
Crouch
H. J. Zubick Ia
Wm. Gross’ Garage
Wilber
G. F. Kroetsching
Mahaska
Kans
Lena Hock
Bill Arnold
Lincoln
Omaha
Buller
Nebraska City
Bi'l Bishop
Mr. Buller
Bishop
Brighten the corner in that kitchen closet
A compact note suggests tidying a kitchen closet by organizing canned beans fruits and berries to brighten the storage space and improve pantry efficiency.
Wartime Propaganda Poster Urges Total American Mobilization
A World War II era call to arms urges Americans to fight abroad and defend liberty at home, portraying the conflict as a moral struggle against German forces and urging full support for the war effort.
Shea Camp Life and New Store Opening Highlight Small Town
The article notes Shea’s new store opening with daily goods arrivals and an ice cream supper planned for Friday, June 21 in the north store building. It covers visitations by Mrs. Willems and Mrs. Lottman, a Fairbury visit by Harry Parker, Cross meetings, and a Pond Fire Girls camp with Dysart guardian and Stotts, Diller and Myers among the attendees.
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Howard Prather
C. W. Greening
Beaxtrice
Paul Logan
Averil Fouts
Grace Myers
Gretchen Wohlfarth
Marie Stotts
Will Diller
George Logan
Harry Parker
Glen Riddle
Mr. Spencer
Fairbury
Bessie McCune
Shea
Murdock
Sabetha
Mias Warthen
Beatrice
Diller
Pocahontas Camp
Miss . Dysart
Guardian
Alice’. Line
Ethel Ellie
Thelma Stotts
Pearl Diller
Marie Stotta
G. M
Woods Files for Commissioner from First District
W L Woods of Newton Precinct filed for the Republican nomination for county commissioner from the First Commissioner District after visiting Fairbury with neighbors. Described as a successful farmer, he is praised for business ability and supported by many friends who plan to back him in the primary and election.
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Fairbury
W. L. Woods
W.L. Woods
Newton
Woods
Camp Fire Girls at Missouri Valley Assembly Enjoy Week at Crete
Three hundred fifteen Camp Fire Girls registered at the Missouri Valley Camp Fire Assembly in Crete. The week featured early rising at 5 30 AM with flag salutes, breakfast, cottage inspections, war work crafting 1000 arm bands for Lincoln’s troops, and daily classes in songs, storytelling, swimming, rowing, gown decoration, bird study, nature lore, first aid, and more with rowing and swimming as afternoon favorites.
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Missouri Valley Camp Fire Assembly
Horky Park
Crete
Revielle
Mess Hall
Lincoln
District Agent Notes on vaccination and threshing aid
Dr. Kersten recommends vaccinating pigs at weaning where cholera occurred in the last three years. Mr. Chancellor lists county threshing machines for the Grain Threshing Division to secure equipment, supplies, repairs, coal and labor. University Farm Lincoln seeks tractors for instructional use and offers to repair and return them for materials. Notify the department if you have tractors. A.S. Sherwood will be based at Fairbury to coordinate area labor bureau activities.
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Kersten
Fremont
The
Food Administration
Department of Agricultural Engineering
University Farm
Lincoln
Department of the Office
A.S. Sherwood
Fairbury
Plow Efficiency Gains With More Horses and Wider Plows
Department of Agriculture figures show a two-horse team with a 12 inch plow covers about 1 acre a day at 6 inches depth, while a two-horse 16 inch plow covers 2 acres, a gain of about 1 acre daily. Farmers can boost spring prep by using larger teams for faster plowing, harrowing, rolling, and planking, and are urged to buy War Savings Stamps each month.
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Department of Agriculture
Cob-Smoked Hams Deliver Connecticut Flavor to City
A West Side resident claims two corncob smoked hams are the only true examples in New York. From a Connecticut farmer, the hams arrive each winter after a several week smoke process with coals and corncobs, no flame, just steady smoke.
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Upper West Side
New York
Connecticut
New York Times
Confessed Slacker Under Social Pressure From Family Women
The confession describes how fathers, mothers, and girls scrutinized a man living as a bachelor. They pressed him with inquiries about work, pay, and future plans while a social stigma built around remaining unmarried. The piece likens the pressure to enlistment and marriage as a social burden.
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England
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