Turn the Boys Thoughts Homeward, Says Fosdick
Washington special reports Raymond Fosdick, chairman of the Commission on Training Camp Activities, calling for family and friend support to ease demobilization after World War I. He urges letters from home to combat loneliness, describes a need for moral guidance, and includes a suggested Mother’s Letter urging restraint and decency as soldiers return home.
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Washington
France
Raymond B. Fosdick
Commission On Training
Mr. Fosdick
America
Letters from Home Week Aims to Boost Troops Morale
Washington dispatch reports the War Department commission on training activities launching a new plan to strengthen service members by urging families to write letters filled with home and motherly sentiment. The program targets the week of December 15 as Letters from Home Week with cooperation from press and other outlets to ensure participation.
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Washington
War Department Commission On
Hoetters Tron-Howe
Desigke
Uipit
Press
Meat shortage prompts U S meat production surge policy
Government meat policy to meet a three billion pound fat shortfall sets a goal for higher pork and beef output. U S Department of Agriculture reports cattle up by 10,288,000 and hogs by 12,441,000 to January 1, with sheep down 919,000 though likely to rebound.
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U. S. Food Administration
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Food Administration
Europe
Australia
Argentine
America Pledges Aid as Allied Lines Break
The report describes America’s pledge to aid the Allies as their fronts falter. It states the nation will send food and supplies needed for victory, and notes belief that Allied forces stood fast and pressed toward victory alongside American troops.
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America
War Memorandum on Civic Duty and Food Saving
A 1918 editorial argues citizens must daily undertake personal tests of duty to win the war. It highlights housewives and consumers learning food values and handling, crediting voluntary saving with aiding Allies and reducing potential rationing costs: an estimated $45,000,000 saved versus policing costs.
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Herbert Hagover
America’s wartime unity spurred healing for nations
During the war crisis saving and sharing America kept the world together. The same effort will help bring healing to nations after the conflict.
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America
Farme r Suffers Stroke Near Germania
S F Frietz, an esteemed farmer from near Germania and known across Algona and northern county, suffered a paralysis stroke about a week before Christmas while returning home from a trip with a horse and buggy. He was taken for care, moved to a relative’s home, with his wife and children notified, and his condition remained critical but cautiously hopeful for recovery.
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S. F. Frietz
Germania
Ledyard
Algona
Elmore Eye
Mr. Frietz
Frietz
State Bank
Fred Peterson
and Ruben White
Grirmell
Aide Mentioned With Sons in France and U S Camps
A brief line notes an aide with two sons serving in France with the army and another son in a camp in the United States. The image mentions typewriter ribbons at the office.
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Aide
France
United States
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Frank Evans
Perfect Giant
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Chester White
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