Y M C A Worker From Over There Talks To Hoff Students
Fred P Stafford, returning from France after seven months with Y M C A work, tells Hoff students the morality of soldiers abroad is misrepresented. He urges recruitment for canteen and clerical roles, noting 4 000 men and 600 women needed before August 1 for war zone service, with detailed tasks from grocers to bookkeepers.
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Fred. P. Stafford
France
Times
Stafford
Briar Cliff Manor
New York
J. J. Holmes
Hoff Business College
Edinboro Normal School
Mr. Stafford
Mr. Holmes
Buffalo
Kilty the Rookie Details Army Examinations at Camp Lee
Kilty the Rookie recounts army medical examinations at Camp Lee and the muster process. He jokes about a man who answers poorly, notes colorful southern conscripts and boogies, and praises singing by plantation era workers while noting hard work and rapid training ahead.
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Kilty
Warren Promotes July Fourth Community Anthem
Two weeks before Independence Day Warren urges citizens to memorize two verses of the Star Spangled Banner for a planned large scale rendition. A cited patriotic leader claims only about one in two hundred can recall two verses from memory, prompting a call to action to learn the four printed verses and perform a national song for the celebration.
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Warren
Maximum Prices for Leading Grocer Products in Warren County
Retailers in Warren County face fixed maximum prices for key goods. The notice details flour pricing, noting freight and drayage may be added to costs but a half sack cannot exceed a net profit of 15 cents.
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Warren County
Late Frost Causes Minimal Local Damage in Warren County
Warren county reported the coldest night in years with heavy frost in Conewango Township Stoneham Yankee Bush and between Warren and St Marys. Roofs were white from Jamestown to the state line with frost seen to Kane St Marys and Kane. Forecasters predict fair and warmer weather with possible Friday showers.
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Warren County
Conewango Township
Second District
Stoneham
Yankee Bush
Warren-Jamestown
Jamestown
State Line
Warren
St. Marys
Kane
Penn State Encampment at State College in 1918
The Pennsylvania State College will hold a national military training encampment from July 22 to August 16 1918 for draft age men and unafforded home guard prep. Instruction covers tactics engineering and trench warfare with seven US Army officers and one foreign officer. Limited to 300 participants, ages 18 and over. College credit available for rolling students.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
U. S. Army
War Department
Army Medical Corps
National training camp offers fathers and sons outing
The U S Army officers lay out a camp for high school boys working on farms this summer. The arrangement allows fathers and sons to attend lectures and entertainments with free admission and a daily cost of one dollar. Tents are set on the college campus under sanitary conditions for the patriotic outing.
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U. S. Army
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Cleveland
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Great Lakes
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Ami Cty
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Fame
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Toledo
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Ral
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Michigan
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pacMillan
A. A. Bohants
Dp. & C. Lake Lines
Equipa
Pany
the Warren Times
Penn State
Adler
Rochester
Kirschbaum
Adler-Rochester
Warren’s Clothing Co
Suspension Bridge
Warren, Pa
Davidson
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