Red Cross urges letters from home to raise morale for troops
Washington report on the Red Cross guidance to bolster soldiers' spirits through home front support. Director W Frank Persons warns that cheerful letters and dependable home service reduce shell shock risk and sustain stamina, urging communities to act as a reliable trust for families and servicemen overseas.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
W. Frank Persons
Mr. Persons
The
Home Service of the Red Cross
Persons
France
Bureau of Home Service
Mmon
Paris
Home Service
Woman butchers join war work force in Wisconsin town
In Shinelander Wisconsin Mrs Franck Durand wife of a market operator volunteered to cut meat after her husband could not hire enough help She donned cap and apron and proved skilled remaining a permanent member of the market staff
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Shinelander
Wis
Franck Durand
Perates
Woman makes eight day solo trip from Camp Gordon to Oklahoma City
Mrs. G. E. Rowland of Elk City wife of a soldier stationed at Camp Gordon Georgia arrived in Oklahoma City after eight days traveling alone by car. She said much of the trip was through areas with few people but many negro residents. She visited her husband who was to depart for overseas and on return followed Sherman's march to the sea.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
G. E. Rowland
Elk City
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Rowland
Sherman
Airplane falls scare audience in Rushville yard incident
Mrs. Susan Tingley, ninety three, of Rushville Indiana, was badly hurt when an oil can dropped from the sky while she sat in her yard. The event is blamed on an airplane. The writer muses about future dangers and comic catastrophes from flying machines.
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Chicago
Susan Tingley
Rushville
Ind
Father
Jome
Huns Are Poor Fighters
A Pittsburgh letter from Capt. J J Firestone asserts German soldiers are inferior to American troops. He praises American initiative bravery and argues enemy officers may be better trained but equals the common soldier. He contrasts shell sizes with bore measurements.
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Pittsburgh
J. J. Firestone
Yanks Man French Rails With Army in Verdun Front
Chicago railway engineers Denys L Hall and Joseph E Gale received the Croix de Guerre for bravery during Verdun bombardments as they and other American men run the French military line from Verdun west toward St Menehould. American locomotives operate nightly within three miles of German positions while station agents and crews are all U S personnel.
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France
Chicago
Verdun
St. Menehould
Denys L. Hall
Maryland Avenue
Joseph E. Gale
Pope, Miss
United States
Parrot Proceedings End With Court Ordered Reimbursement
In New York Magistrate Mancuso heard a quirky case over a green parrot. Mrs Mary Beard claimed ownership of the bird held by Mrs Julia Lutman. After testing the bird’s reactions the magistrate ruled the parrot belonged to Lutman and Beard must pay 3 50 for the cage.
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New York
Mancuso
Mary Beard
Julia Lutman
Travels Long Way Alone
Seattle boy Guy de Warzee twelve years old travels to Japan alone to join his father the Belgian legation secretary after schooling in Groton Massachusetts and two years in Persia. He wonders if his BB gun will be allowed aboard ships to Japan and jokes about defending himself if he encounters a German.
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Massachusetts
Japan
Seattle
Wash
Guy de Warzee
Legation
Guy
Groton
Mass
Persia
Tokyo
Belgium
Girls Take Care of Babies Brigade organized in Cleveland
Lydia Woldke fourteen organizes the Bor row a Baby brigade to aid Red Cross work while mothers care for children. She seeks members aged fourteen to seventeen to join the new organization. In Eau Claire Wisconsin German banned in public schools after county defense council request.
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Cleveland
Lydia Woldke
Red Cross
Lydia
Eau Claire
Wis
County Defense Council
Wisconsin
Many Miles in Chase of Lover
Miss Margaret Bale, twenty two, an American, arrived at an Atlantic port after four years and four ocean crossings. Engaged in 1914 to a Minnesota boy who joined Canada’s Maple Leaf army, she chased him across England and France as he moved between nations during the war. She vowed to marry him once she catches him.
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Winifred Moit
New York
Paris
Margaret Bale
Atlantic
English Channel
Bale
Minnesota
Canada
Maple Leaf Army
France
England
Miss Bale
Active Orvice
Flanders
Girl Dented by Truck Survives Bicycle Fall
Miss Cecilia Heeger sixteen was knocked from her bicycle by a large laundry truck in Evansville Indiana. She bounded through the air and alighted on the truck hood clinging to the radiator until helpers halted the vehicle. Her injuries were slight.
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Evansville
Ind
Cecilia Heeger
Public Gambling House Sign Forces Move in Steubenville
A downtown Steubenville sign reading This is a public gambling house I want them to move out signed by Harry M. Low drew attention and achieved results. Low, a local businessman, failed to obtain affidavits for eviction but the gamblers left the building after the sign was hung, avoiding legal action.
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Steubenville
Harry M. Low
Low
Sugar Repeaters Targeted by State Food Administration
Oklahoma City sugar dealers face new state crackdown. The state food administration asks for a record of all sales to county administrators who will audit repeats and restrict further purchases to those flagged as repeat offenders.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
State Food Administration
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