Surgeons and Physicians Gather for Allied War Efforts
Chicago hosts the sixty ninth annual American Medical Association convention with 7000 members from the United States and Allied nations. Leaders including Surgeon General Gorgas and Admiral Braisted address war medical service, reconstruction work, public health, Red Cross, and army hospital issues as delegates discuss roles of physicians in support of the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Chicago
Physicians of America
Amercan Medical Isoriation
United States
Great Britain
Belgium
France
Italy
Wiliam C. Gorgan
Army
William ¢. Braisted
Navy
Rupert Blue
Public Health Service
America
Arbuthnot Lane
James MacKenzie
Bruce
Justin Godart
Frank Billings
Russia
Surgeon-General
J. Easby Smith
Marshal-General
H. B. Arnold
Surgeon- General
Mudd
Frank O. Lowden
Auditorium
Charles E. Humiston
Chicago Medical Society
Red Cross
Hotel Shermen
Fort Riley
Kansas
Mother’s Friend marketed for expectant mothers remedy
A vintage marketing piece promotes Mother's Friend by Brad-Wield Regulator Co as a safe external lotion for pregnant women. It claims to relax abdominal muscles, ease strain on nerves and ligaments, and help mothers remain healthy and attractive during childbirth. The ad urges contacting the company or a druggist for a bottle and a motherhood booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad- Wield Regulator Co
Lamar Bléz
Atlanta
Government calling for special help during war effort
Government demands for specialized clerks and skilled tradesmen rise as civilian wartime staff swells from 30,059 to nearly 90,000 in the capital. About three quarters are women. 18,000 stenographers and typists work daily. The appeal targets automobile mechanics and other skilled workers to support military transportation and maintenance needs.
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Civion
United States Army
Traveling salesman seeks health tonics from druggists
A traveling salesman states he commenced to go for health and remedies such as beef and cod liver oils, manganese pentonates, and phosphates as the most successful tonics, to be sold by leading druggists.
Impressive service at dedication at Trinity Memorial Church
A large crowd gathered at Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church to witness the dedication of a war service flag bearing twenty seven stars. Rev James Mills of Erie led the ceremony and delivered a stirring sermon on war and sacrifice praising those honored by the stars and the one young woman.
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Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church
James Mills
Erie
Poplar Street
Pennsylvania Avenue West
Bishop Isreal
Wm. H. Jones
Paul B. Stewart
Miss Pearl Saunders
Red Cross
Confidence in Boys to Farm Showed by State Officials
State officials praise the U S Bays Working Reserve and the boys enrolled in farm camps for emergency farm labor. Lieutenant Governor B McClain and Secretary-Treasurer of Public Safety defer funds totaling $75 000 for farm service camps. John C Frazee reports the state director William E Hall notes the program supplies 5900 bar workers and supports the farmer labor force. A second item lists an unrelated verse by Strickland Gillilan describing a bird observation.
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Apper Service Department
B. McClain
Treaurer
Petuania Commiss of Public Safety
Ork
U. S. Bays’ Working Reserve
William E. Hall
John C. Frazee
Revision of First Class Enlistments Under Crowder Ruling
Washington June 10 Twenty one year old registrants will be permitted to enlist in the navy and marine corps as Provost Marshal General Crowder rescinds a prior ruling. Enlistments continue until the drawing for numbers occurs with date unfixed. Warren district draft classifications will be reviewed and some draftees reclassified. Local boards face scrutiny over exemptions for marriages since May 18, 1917 and other leniencies. The five day window starting June 24 sets when 107 men from Warren must report for camp. Preparations for questionnaires and physicals for newly registered selectives proceed.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
General Crowder
Naval
Crowder
Warren
Junior Red Cross Frees Up Summer Work In Town
As schools close for summer, the Warren Junior Red Cross wraps up a brief yet productive period. A recent exhibition at C. H. Smith store showcased the era’s effort with dresses, sweaters, petticoats, chemises, and numerous items completed to aid soldiers in France and war refugees.
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Red Cross
C. H. Smith Department
Warren Junior Red Cross
France
Flora B. Smith
Allied Resistance Grows Stiffer As Pressure Keeps Up
The report notes slight progress on the wings while German forces heavily shell British positions opposite Amiens near Albert and in the Scarpe Valley sector. The section ends with a conversational aside unrelated to the war update.
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Allied Resistance
Amiens
Albert
Scarpe Valley
Discharge and Local Developments In Russell Area
Emil Swanson of Russell returns home discharged from a draft contingent for Camp Lee. Conewango township road work proceeds toward county-leading improvements. A six thirty morning train heads to Irving for National Forge and Tool Company employers as the firm plans to hire hundreds more. Post office brick work set to begin with plans for interior furnishings reviewed by Charles Schultz. Robert Fulton acquires Orpheum theatre in Titusville and to run it with Mrs. Fulton continuing Tionesta hotel. Concrete sidewalks and bridge work advance with aims to open the bridge to traffic soon after July first. Oil City P A R beats St Marys Ridgway in doubleheader, with several former Interstate players on the St Marys Ridgway roster. Reorganization of Printz Co complete, merger of Printz Brothers and Printz Co. of Oil City into Printz Co. of New York finalized to coordinate policies across Franklin, Oil City, Warren, Kane, Sharon, Jamestown, and Youngstown stores.
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National Forge and Tool Company
Irving
Erie
Irvine
Printz Co
Printz Brothers Co
Franklin
Oil City
New York
United States
Iow City
Warren
Kane
Sharon
Jamestown
Youngstown
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James Foler
Carver Hae - Bell
Crescent Floral Gardens
Knox
Phoenix
Warren, Pa
Dr. J. Pulverman
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Market St
Fhone
Whu
Chas
Dinsmore
Sylvenus Davis
Paul Kirwin
Harold Ingersoll
Harold Murphy
Lawrence Schofield
Spencer Kimmel
Donald Keeler
Robert Pring
Kenneth MacGowan
Archie Rawler
Albert Gustafson
Fred Chapman
Lester Graham
Thomas Bines
George Geracimos
Harry Gilbert
Carl Clark
J. H. Rosenburg
LeRoy MacGowan
Glen Brockway
Ralph Gar
Henry Hunzinger
Tee
Strickland Gillilan
Geo. E. Odell
Childrens Wash
Geo
RED Cross Geases
Todd
Clark
TOR
Liberty Street
Warren Real Estate and Investment;Co
SeiAve
H. B. Hall CO
Mattress Sale
C. Frederick Bartsch
Emil Swanson
Russell
Camp Lee
Conewango Township
Charles Schultz
The
Schultz Manufacturing Co
Gowanda
N. Yi
Robert Fulton
Central Hotel
Tionesta
Licens Court
Forest County
Orpheum Theatre
Titusville
Fulton
Titusville Opera House
Oil City P. A. R
Red” Swanson
Cameron Gravelle
St. Marys-Ridgway
Ridgway
Wadaworth
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