Civil Service Openings for War Materials Posts
The Signal Corps seeks about twenty production specialists for important war work in civil service. Salaries range from 2400 to 3000 yearly. Positions require knowledge of radio, telephone, or telegraph material manufacture, wiring, and installation. No written exam. noncompetitive, but best applicants considered. Open competitive exam for Clerk and Carrier positions in Wahpeton North Carolina set for August 24, 1918 at 9 AM. Apply via local civil service offices or Alfred J. Gilles, secretary.
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Signal Corps
Civil Service
United States Civil Service
Jston
Washington, D. C
Board of Civil Service ‘Examiners
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Pan
St. Louis
New Orleans
Seattle
San Franscisco
U. S. Civil,’ Service Commission
Wahpeton
N. C
Alfred J. Gilles
U. S. Civil Service Boar
J. M. Shoemaker
Secy Civil Service
St. Paul
Vna
Anniversary Party for H Blair and Wife at Farm Home
About three hundred neighbors gathered at the farm home of Mr and Mrs H Blair six miles west of Walcott to celebrate their forty second wedding anniversary. The event featured a dressy program, a salute to America and a toast to the Blairs from friends amid a grove setting.
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H. Blatt
Walcott
Jer
Mra Blair
Stevens
America
Vivian Morgan
Green
Blair
War era readings and community notices in Barre paper
A Barre area gathering honors a family with readings and songs by Vivian Morgan and Reeinald Im, praising pioneer work in Richland County. George Van Arnam and Reedwald contribute brief talks and selections. The piece moves to wartime eloquence on fighting for humanity, then shifts to national policy proposals on rail and storage, and ends with North Dakota Bar Association officers and wartime service resolutions.
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George van Arnam
Vivian Moran
Berl Wade
Barrie
Vivian
Barre
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota Bar Association
Tobias Casey
Dickinson
Theodore Kostall
Oscar Sleler
Jamestown
Lawrence
Fargo
Woodrow Wile
Charles J
Andrew
Public Library Seeks Books for Soldiers Overseas
Wahpeton Public Library reports a Washington request for new novels and western stories to aid soldiers abroad. Zane Grey Rex Beach Jack London and other authors are popular as shipments of 000,000 books already have gone overseas. Dispatched in strong cases aboard transports and naval vessels, the books are later distributed by librarians to Y M C A huts hospitals canteens chaplains and officers in France.
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France
Wahpeton
Washington
American Library Association
Y.M.C. A
Red Grass
Salvation Army
Fuel and supplies urged to survive winter shortages
Officials urge merchants manufacturers and families to stock fuel wood oil and home goods before rail freight traffic rises for winter. The aim is to prevent shortages and ease wartime strain while aiding soldiers and Liberty Bond drives.
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France
Red Cross Notes August Chapter Room Hours
During remainder of August the Red Cross Chapter room will be opened on request. All completed work in the branches to be discussed on the usual shipping days.
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Wahpeton
Abercrombie
RED Cross
Camp Nervana News and Retreat Highlights
Camp Nervana breezes and visitors fill the lodge and cottages at Ferndale and Shea de Bower. Local families from Fergus Wahpeton LaMoure and Grand Burks enjoy summer at camp while advocating playgrounds and child welfare as Lady Aberdeen urges funding and better facilities. Wahpeton Playgrounds open afternoons. Marguerite Patterson leads outreach.
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Nervana
Balith
Nervan
Pardon Lodge
Persons
Ruth Laughlin
Grand Burks
Mis Laws
Ferndale Cottage
Fergus
Biden Wee
Adelaide
Angeline Turnson
Harr
Mins
Margaret Jorden
Hhax
P. Hennett
Laws
Sorenson of
Wahpepee
Shea-de-Bower
Stone
Taylor and Lynch Caves
LaMoure
Bezeler
Helen
Blue Bird Cottage
Red Cross knitting quotas cause confusion in workrooms
Under the new Red Cross allotment, workers in one district may be assigned garments not used by neighboring areas. Travelers between sections spark comments that their work is less important, but allotments are based on where the most effective results can be achieved, and workers should ignore outside remarks and focus on their quotas.
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RED Cross
Amerited Cross
Jonesburg
St Fx
Offensive culture and military service rhetoric in prewar era text
The fragment probes Prussian army pride framing women as targets of violence and men as universal military subjects. It contrasts brutal masculine ideals with a critique of Kultur and imperial rule, then notes a Tag Day by the Civil Improvement Committee raising funds for a depot rest room, with a light closing benediction on alfalfa cultivation.
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Hee
Kalstinh
Hohenzollern
Eer
Bilhelm
Price
Ludendroff
Umb
Spitzeneffer
Mackenprizzle
Civile Improvment Committee
Great Northern
Tagles
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Ial City Paper
Reeinald
Blar
Richland County
Tong
T. the Tree
Indiana
Europe
Kaiser
Bia Tlfe
Unty, North North Dakota
Mach the
Packers
Wasingtoo
Railway Administration
Hestock
United States
Casey New
Jeanie Availabe
T. 8
Settle
Plaground Association
West Chester
Lady Aberdeen
England
Engand
Marguerite. Patterson
Wonder Store
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