War 84 Chances to Help Win the War for Civilians
War department tasks shifted to the Y M C A to free troops for combat. Eighty four immediate service openings in fifteen branches seek men for noncombat roles in the Eastern Department including secretaries, educators, directors, stenographers, and mechanics. Training with pay and travel allowances begins with sessions at Silver Bay and Springfield, with applications through local Y M C A offices.
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New York
Uncle Sam
United States
Army
Navy
War Department
Sam
Eastern
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Red ‘Triangle
Department of the Host
Red Triangle
Automobile Mechanics É Boye
Secriary
National War Work Council
The
Silver Bay
Lake George
N. Y
Springfield
Mass
Rain Freshens Sheffield Area As Cars Skid on Hill
A heavy rain refreshed the Sheffield vicinity last evening while Joseph Nichols lost control of a Ford from John W. McKall livery on Austin Hill. the car overturned into a bank but Nichols escaped with bruises. Local social notes mention visitors from Buffalo and Dayton and wedding announcements. fourteenth Warren contingent to Camp Forest Ga. and one to the navy depart.
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Joseph Nichols
John. W. McKall
Kare
Austin Hill
Warren
Sheffield
Will Furnieh
Camp Forest Ga
Navy
Arthur Cromwell
Harry Cromwell
Emmett Nelson
George Peterson
Ralph Klinesiiver
Shuialo
Notable U.S. Figures to Speak August Ninth Address Event
Distinctive leaders and well known Americans will gather August ninth to deliver speeches and addresses. The event highlights prominent names across sectors and promises a notable public program with remarks from several national figures.
Food Administration Duty Meeting Set at Chautauqua
August Sih the Food Administration program at Chautauqua includes platform meetings in the amphitheatre at 1 PM presided by Charles Treman with Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur as speaker. A dairymen platform, a women's meeting, and a lecture by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale are scheduled along with addresses by Deputy Picard and local county administrators.
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Sih
Food Administration
Chautauqua
Picard
W. D. Todd
United States Food Administration
Charles EB. Treman
New York State
Hotel Athenaeum
Treman
Ray Lyman _ Wilbur
Leland Standard Jr
Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
Warren
American captain leads assault after mud flood of river crossing
Staff correspondent describes brutal river crossing with shallow water turning to chest high holes. An American captain is wounded twice but pushes on toward an exposed ridge and helps carry the German line. A youthful lieutenant earns praise for charging machine guns amid stubborn German resistance. A major narrowly misses capture in a village, while a sergeant escapes by skirting shell holes and German patrols.
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Leutenant
Thursday Circus Day and Dollar Shoes Sale
Thursday features a circus day with women's low shoes offered at one dollar per pair with grades from three dollars. Buyers can save on a single pair to fund a family trip to the big show. Sale begins early Thursday morning at Sberhart & Miller Opp. Suspension Bridge.
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Sberhart & Miller
Eberhart & Miller’s
Chairmen Named To Conduct Campaign For Enrollment Of Student Nurses In Warren County
Warren County plans an active enrollment drive for student volunteer nurses starting July 29 1918. Local chairmen and districts organized under the Pennsylvania Council of National Defense will coordinate recruitment with Red Cross YWCA and Columbia theatre access for application blanks. The nationwide call seeks 25000 young women ages 19 to 35 to enroll in the United States Student Nurse Reserve to study in civilian hospitals or Army Nursing School and serve country during World War I.
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Warren County
Warren
Army
Pennsylvania Council of National Defense
Misa
Margaret McLaren
Youngsville
Shortt
Sheffield
John Cochran
Suar Grove
Mabel Dallas
Russell
Chas. Clark
Tidioute
Mrzs
Martha Jennings
Clarendon
R. D. Ransom
Kinzua
Chas. Clawson
Grand Valley
Harry Eaton
Red Cross
Y. W
C. A
Columbia
Franklin Martin
General Medical Board
Council of National Defense
America
Sea
France
United State Army
Surgeon General
United States Public Health Service
American Red Cross
Woman's Committee
United States Student Nurse Reserve
Army Nursing School
Womanhood of America
Woman’s Committee
The
Women of America
United States
Bloody Battle Strategy Exposed by Providence Lieutenant
A Providence lieutenant recalls a WWI ruse to signal airmen by placing white cloth strips on tree lines marking German machine gun nests. Allied planes then strafed the concealed guns, with some weapons found tied in place and soldiers displayed head downward from the mounting steps. Also ad: low shoe sale at Eberhart & Miller’s with circus tickets promise.
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Heutenant
Providence
R. T
JH. Nichols Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot
The brother of Warren Man Despondent on Account of Poor Health shoots himself in the head. A tragic suicide described as a result of declining health and despair.
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JH. Nichols
Warren
Remains Interred in Russell Forestville
Henry Nichols of Dunkirk reports his brother James T. Nichols killed himself at C. E. Bennett’s home three miles south of Forestville. The 60 year old man with poor health died by shotgun at 3 40 AM. Remains were sent to Warren for burial in Russell Pa. Monday. Survived by brothers Henry O P Nichols Henrietta Ault Lucian Nichols Iva Watrous Elma Cocks Dewitt Nichols.
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Mr. Nichols
Warren
Russell
Henry Nichols
City
O. P Nichols
Henrietta Ault
Forestville
Lucian Nichols
Astoria
Mich
Iva
Warren County Boy Wesling Honored After Death
Tributes pour in for Wesling member of Company I praised for cheerful disposition and winning personality. Captain Tribble and a former schoolteacher, who instructed him early, lauded his character and military training in the wake of his untimely death.
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Warren County
Company I
Wesling
Tribble
Weiling
Warren
Vesling
Entertainers Overseas Support Troops in France
General Pershing announced 110 profes sional entertainers are giving vaudeville shows concerts and other entertainments for American soldiers in France often under shell fire. The Warren Times notes widespread readership of the service.
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Pershing
France
CanBeans Now Says Food Bear Housewives Preserve Varieties
A column urges housewives to preserve green and wax beans this week with timely tips on storage and handling.
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Canbeans
Weather Damages Late Harvests and Canning Advice
The Federal Food Administration and Bureau of Markets report statewide fruit and vegetable conditions. Dry weather harms late bean crops. green beans remain available in parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Early apples and peaches move to markets. beets cabbage and other staples move well from southeast Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Plan for winter by canning beans and other produce.
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Philadephia
Federal Food Administration For
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Markets
New Jersey
Southwester
Wester Pennsylvania
Hard Storm Damages Erie as Lake City Feels Rain
A severe wind and electrical storm hit Erie with two hours of heavy rainfall at 5 25 pm causing about 100000 in property damage across seven buildings struck by lightning. Mill Creek flooded cellars and residents moved belongings as a 2.75 inch deluge drenched the city. No fatalities reported.
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Madison Avenue
Canton Street
Erie
Mill Creek
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W. C. Gorgas
United States Army
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R. W. Vesling
Charles Vesling
Stoneham
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Reed
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