Liberty Loan 13 Behind Schedule in US War Funding
The Treasury reports half of the third Liberty Loan campaign completed with 127.0 percent subscriptions toward a 2.6 billion minimum. Germany closes its eighth popular war loan at about 4.46 billion marks, bringing total German wartime subscriptions to around 20.8 billion marks. To beat Germany, the US must raise 1.63 billion dollars in the remaining twelve working days, needing roughly 135.9 million dollars daily, with recent district totals adding 1456.341 million to the overall subscriptions.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Eigth
Germany
Goa
United States
Hoe Your Own Row and Develop Talent
The text urges self effort over indifference and warns that reliance on influential friends may fail. It stresses developing the talent you believe you possess to secure and maintain a position in a competitive field.
Where Men Wear Combs in Ceylon
In Ceylon Singhalese men coil their long hair and wear a horseshoe shaped tortoise shell comb at the crown while women lack such adornment. The combs are valued and contribute to many comb makers who source material from the hawk's bill turtle.
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Ceylon
Crayfish Habits and Burrowing in Australia
Crayfish are freshwater lobsters mainly aquatic and riverbed dwelling. Some Australian specimens leave water to dig burrows in damp soil, creating tunnels without water yet with water in the burrow chambers. They damage artificial waterways in mining areas by eroding banks.
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Australia
Banks
Dana
Prisoner of Portlands Stranger Asks For Car Depot
In Portland the late Congressman Thomas B. Reed is approached by a drunken stranger who, seeing double, asks where to find a car for the depot. Reed jokes that at the next corner there are two cars. take the first one, the other won’t be there.
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Portland
Thomas B. Reed
Mr. Reed
Take Grease Out of Matting
When coconut matting is badly greased scrub with hot soapy water then rinse in cold water bath or hang over a clean clothes line and brush with cold water until drained.
British Battle Airplane Bombs Constantinople World Record Flight
A British air crew flew from London to Constantinople and back 640 miles in seven hours without engine trouble, bombing Goeben, the German staff headquarters, and the Turkish war office. The mission survived 26 bullet hits and set a world record for British aircraft.
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London
Turkish War Office
Constantinople
Handley Page
Basil Johnson
Hendon
Paris
Lyons
Alps
Marseilles
Spezzia
Pisa
Rome
Naples
Otranto
Albanian Alps
Salonica
Savery
Sea of Marmora
Golden Horn
McLellan
Rawlings
Death of A J Corbin Sudden Illness Near Washington
A J Corbin of three miles southeast of Washington died suddenly before noon today likely from apoplexy. Aged between forty and forty five, he had been ill with a grip infection for several days. He rose from a couch and collapsed, dying within moments with kidney complications noted. Funeral arrangements will be announced tomorrow.
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Washington
Mr. Corbin
Will Saville
Foley Kidney Pills Advertised By Montgomery Woman
Backache sore muscles stiff joints rheumatic pains and similar symptoms are linked to disordered kidneys and bladder. Mrs. Thos H. Davis of Montgomery Indiana writes that after months of ineffective treatment she used Foley Kidney Pills and was cured after eight bottles. For sale by J E Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Thos. H. Davis
Montgomery
Ind
Foley
J. E. Lemmon
Advt
Social Gatherings Highlight Willing Workers and Birthday Celebrations
Shuman hosted Willing Workers on West Washington Street with coffee and mints after lunch. Blanche Parker sang for the group as sixty triangular bandages were finished. Mildred Griffith’s eighteenth birthday party brought together twenty-one graduates and students for games music and gifts. Jessie Kerr hosted a fifteenth birthday with mock weddings and a luncheon for four couples.
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Ington Street
Ralph Shuman
Blanche Parker
Mesdames Lytle
Beal
Foster
Wilcox
Swift
Mayhew
Montgomery
V. P
F. A. McCauley
L. N
Peck
Root
Dawson
Hazel Miller
Sioux City
Shuman
Hureday
Irs
Mary Benz
Jessie Kerr
Jack Reid
David Harvey
Capitola Brindley
Dorothy Ward
Edward McConville
Atlantic
Women start at Kenfield Lamoreaux mill in Washburn
Eight young women from Washburn Wisconsin begin work at the Kenfield Lamoreaux saw mill as the firm plans to employ about twenty women in roles formerly held by men and boys. They work on lighter machine tasks for 45 hours weekly in improved conditions with a rest room and facilities provided on the upper floor.
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Washburn
Wis
Kenfield-Lamoreaux
Costs to Kill One Soldier Estimated by Toledo Editor
A Toledo editor estimates the war’s cost per fatality by tallying property destruction money spent and lives lost to derive an average cost of killing a soldier in the ongoing conflict. He argues the figure reflects total wartime expenditures and losses.
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Toledo
Maypole Drill Delights School as Guests Attend
A Maypole drill closed a school event to the pleasure of onlookers and pupils. Miss Pearl Peterson played piano for the drill and other moments. Visitors included Mrs Ezra Goodwin Mrs JR Brown and Mrs W J Thompson. Social committee members praised for an entertaining afternoon.
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Harry McCulley
Harrison Fodder
Maudelott
Inez Stolden
C. S. Foster
Geo. Reister
J. W. Warner
Bert Sands
Effie O'Laughlin
Katheryn Marbourg
Ashby
Grace Jones-Brown
Glendinning
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Liberty Loan
STH
St. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
Dallas
Ovestcorreses
Sco Oo Mineapolis Esters
Philadelphia
Boston
New York City
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Andrew J. Corbin
A. J. Corbin
Clara Huber
Ladies Aid Society
Lexington Methodist Church
Howard Gardner
Isaiah Oldfield
The
Aid Society
Lexington Red Cross
Red Cross
Pleasant Birthday Club
Roy Libe
Ernest Miller
Susie Johnson
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Harry Dickerson
Will Dupuis
George Brinton
West Wash
Mildred Griffith
Mildred
Kalona
Kalona High School
Frytown Hall
Richmond Hall
New York
West Side Square
Washington, Iowa
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