University for Yankee Soldiers in France
The YMCA led by E C Carter organizes a university for American soldiers in France with General Pershing backing. The department of education will coordinate instructors from Y M C A huts and partner with French educators to teach English and French, prepare veterans for postwar jobs, and issue transferable certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Pershing
E. C. Carter
Young Men’s Christian Association
France
Anson Phelps Stokes
Yale University
Army
University
United States Army
Department of Education
America
Monsieur Petit Dutaillis
Office National Des Universities Ecoles Francaises
England
Germany
Daly
Biology
Harvard University
Carter
New University
Pig kept in bath room shocks Oklahoma City flat
Commissioner Mark Kessler of Oklahoma City Public Safety says a family was found to have a large pig kept in the bath room of their flat. The animal was tarred from a shoot in the room, an unusual domestic scene noted by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Kessler
Pubic Safety
Oklahoma City
Boy Scout Wallace Mabee Wins War Service Medal
Wallace F. Mabee a fifteen year old Eastport Maine boy scout is presented with a bronze War Service Medal by President Wilson. He sold 16 bonds for 2000 dollars during the Liberty Loan campaign while his nearest competitor sold eight for 800 dollars earning the coveted trophy for outstanding scout participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace FR. Mahee
Eastport
Wilson
U. S. Treasury Department
Wallace F. Mabee
Boy Scouts of America
German Propagandists WEEDED OUT IN THE SOUTH
German sympathizers are shrinking as tar and feather actions spread in the Southwest. Home defense councils form while arrests of alien enemies rise in cities like Jacksonville Birmingham Atlanta and Dallas. Camps fill and jail cells hold Kaiser admirers as public sentiment favors stronger government measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Birmingham
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Memphis
New Orleans
Mobile
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Fort Worth
Austria
Germany
Wilson
Oldest Soldier Enlists for United States Cavalry in Tamaqua
Gotlieb Stova a sevene eight year old farm proprietor native of Germany who fought Hanover against Germany in the Franco Prussian War enlisted at Tamaqua for U S Cavalry. He is ordered to Harrisburg for examination on Monday and is said to be the oldest soldier in the U S army even if rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotlieb Stova
Reynollds
Tamaqua
United States Cavalry
Harrisburg
Staya
Germany
Fough
Hanover
France
Stoyn
United States
Barberton Man's Frugal 1917 Food Bill Noted
D D Dickey an engineer at Barberton Ohio spent 58 28 for food in 1917 averaging about 15 cents a day. Wickel worked 12 hours daily six days weekly all year and gained two pounds. Dickey's diet lacked regular meat and milk though he had them occasionally with fruit and baked dishes dominating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Dickey
Barberton
Wickel
Dickey
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Spavin
Merchant
Uli Bigihiidiwai
Sappho
U.s.marine Corps
Ioins
Enoch Morgan's Sons CO
Marines
Lesher Whitman & CO. Inc
Broadway, N.Y
University For Yankee Soldiers
My.m.c.a. Huts
BOY Scout
South
Wid
Serve the Cause of Freedom
U.S. Food Administration
Italy
Providence
Boston
Farmers
Department of Agriculture
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