Night driving trains as WWI support training
The Quartermaster's department begins night driving of motor-truck supply trains from the West to the seaboard to train men for service in France. The National Defense Council notes cross country convoy work has made companies independent of the countryside.
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Seaboard
Quartermaster’s Department
Councils OF Defense
Council of National de
United States
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Department of Locils
A Strange Visitor Comes to the Parsonage
A visitor named Gabriel claims to be sent of God and seeks the missionary. He describes contact with Quito officials and President Alfaro’s family, stating the missionary has moved to Valparaiso and then Panama in pursuit of the message.
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Gabriel Sent
God
Quito
Ecuador
Gabriel
Missionary Gabriel and Billy Sunday Compared in Chile
In a Chilean exchange dated March 19 1918 Harry Compton details a meeting with Gabriel a missionary who parallels Billy Sunday in outreach yet focuses on intimate one on one preaching. The note describes prayer meetings sermons tea remarks and Gabriel’s Irish identity amid Methodist customs and local reception.
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Billy Sunday
Billy Ways
Billy
Mary
Gabriel
Dia
Economize by buying cheaper meat cuts and longer cooking
Read as a budgeting tip urging cheaper meat selections and extended cooking time to reduce costs. Encourages frugal shopping and meal planning, emphasizing value over premium cuts and longer preparation.
Commencement and community notes from Gettysburg academy
Graduation certificates were awarded to Harry Luzena Carroll Marker Oval Lecklider and Lola Walker after a four class play directed by Mrs. C. M. Billing sley. A death notice for Mrs. C. C. Bireley and reports on a County Sunday School Convention are included along with reflections on German literature bonfires and Kaiser critique.
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Harry Luzena
Carroll Marker
Oval Lecklider
Lola Walker
Six Thousand Dollar Prizes in War Savings Contest
Columbus special report outlines capital prizes and many donated awards for the War Savings and Thrift Stamps contest aimed at public and parochial school children May 1 to Sept 10. Prizes include stamps, furniture, jewelry, and music instruments from prominent Ohio and national donors with medals for top county sellers.
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Columbus
Focal
Chin War Savings Division
Dogaru
Focal War Savings Conuaiior
Cox
Varation
Columbia
Sonora Phonograph
Sonora Phonograph Sales Company
New York
N.Y
Ohio Retail Jewelers’ Association
Duolap Pony Company
Greenfield
D. Gruen Sons & Company
Cincinnati
Sammy
Godman Brothers
Columbs
Valie
Guldan Company
BE. H. Self & Company
Singer Sewing Machine
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Hanson-Bellows Sales Company
Chicago
Home Library
Ginn & Company
Webster's
Miami Cycle and Manufacturing Company
Middletown
O. War Savings
Robinson Brothers
Plain City
Welles Brothers Publishing Company
American Book Company
Comparing small costs and great sacrifices in wartime
The piece urges readers to weigh the minor effort of buying War Savings and Thrift Stamps against the harsher realities faced by soldiers in Flanders. It notes long food deprivation, damp sleeping, and exposure to gas masks and cold water, arguing that supporting the war effort justifies such sacrifices.
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Flanders
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God Bless the
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Children Ory
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L. White Company
Columbrm
Walter L. Lillie
Walrus
M. C. Lilley @ Company
D L. Auld Company
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