Camp Roosevelt trains Washington boys near Muskegon
Chicago supporters establish Camp Roosevelt at Lake Harbor Michigan to provide military physical training for youths including ROTC members and other age groups. Captain F L Beals directs, with War Department support and medical staff, sessions run in two week periods starting July 6. Enrollment costs total and subsidies cover meals and training, aiming to build officer material for national readiness.
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Washington
Camp Roosevelt
Muskegon
Michigan
F. L. Beals
United States Army
Chicago Board of Education
War Department
Chicago
Union
Amit
Lake Harbor
Beala
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Welfare Board
How to Make Attar of Roses
After gathering roses, place them in a jer and pour spring water over them. Cover with mussip to keep dust out and sun the mixture for several days. Small particles float on the water surface. Remove deuberance and place to a bat. This yields attar of roses.
Community Club Meetings And Charity Social Announcements
Clover Leaf members to meet Mrs Ward Essely on Thursday afternoon May 15 for full attendance and personal projects. The 19th Century club gathers Saturday afternoon with Mrs N L Babcock. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church holds May social Friday afternoon in the church basement inviting all ladies and friends. Tuesday May 20 a banquet for girls by mothers and friends under the Women's Interchurch committee in the new Methodist church dining room. Girls urged to attend. P B O meets with Mrs Nora Dougherty Thursday afternoon market day noted.
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Clover Leaf Club
Ward Essely
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Women's Interchurch Committee
New Methodist Church
Fortnightly club names officers for coming year
The home economics department No 2 of the Fortnightly club met with Mrs. R E Dougherty. Officers named include Miss Lillian Minick leader Mrs Leonard Pailey assistant leader Miss Maude McCreedy secretary and treasurer. Junior W W G guests planned the W W G rally for June 26 at the local church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Dougherty
Mame Shearer
Harvey Meek
Leonard Bailey
Lillian Minick
Leonard Pailey
Maude MccCreedy
Amy Edworthy
Frank Sage
Wilma Foss
Ruth Eggers
Miss Ingham
Air Service Casualties Reported in France War Zone
Paris May 14 officials announce casualties in the French air service. In the war zone 1 945 killed 2 922 wounded 1 461 missing. Outside the war zone 12 27 casualties. Aggregate for the service 6 528 killed or missing or wounded.
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Paris
Secretary Maker hints at National Guard reorganization plan
Washington reports informal approval by Secretary Maker to reorganize the National Guard along prewar lines. The War Department would back rebuilding the guard to allow states to supply units equivalent to the 16 divisions that served in France.
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Washington
National Guard
Maker
War Department
France
14 Year Old Wife Plays With Blocks
Edith Hassler a 14 year old girl living at Sunshine Mission details a troubled household in Cedar Rapids. She says Louis Fredona 37 forced marriage and beat her. Edith left with a neighbor and seeks safety while authorities plan further investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
Sunshine Mission
Edith Hassler
Della Hassler
Sherman, Ill
Louis Fredona
Fredona
Springfield
Hassler
Edith
Louie
Louis
Illinois
Mrs Minick Hosts Baptist Choir at West Washington
Mrs Ralph Minick entertained fourteen members of the Baptist choir at her home in West Washington. The evening opened with a business session followed by musical selections by Miss Sarah Grimes Mr Grimes and Chas Hayes. A one course luncheon was served by the hostess aided by Mrs Will Sickles.
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Ralph Minick
The
Baptist Choir
West
Washington
Sarah Grimes
Belgian Army Demobilized and Sized Down
Brussels reports the Belgian army now numbers 210 000 in total with 115 000 demobilized. The minister of war told parliament he would press to reduce the forces further to about 100 000 as soon as possible.
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Brussels
Their Surprising Way
Gabe Gosnell of Grudge recalls profound disappointment in relatives during a visit to the Big Burg. He notes despite tumult around, cousins Kay Lee and others always turn in by nine or ten each night, a striking contrast to the world’s pace.
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Kay Lee
Gabe Gosnell
Grudge
Big Burg
Kansas City Star
Mother's Day Program at the Baptist Church
A Philathea class produced a moving Mother’s Day program in a recreated old living room setting. Readings, solos, and a benediction followed as the audience reflected on mothers and childhood.
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The
Baptist Church
Philatheas
Anna Kupka
Elizabeth Doolittle
Kate Bishop
R. L. Grimes
Charles Hays
Home Sweet Home
Deeds and Words The Growth of Deeds As Progress
A reflective passage argues that deeds surpass words in shaping life and society. It likens deeds to growing trees that fill voids, praising diligent assimilation and resistance as drivers of progress, and invokes Carlyle as a guiding example.
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Carlyle
Pope's Poetry and Its Social Mirror
Lowell offers a compact critique noting that Pope’s poetry is not like Wordsworth but remains engaging. He describes Pope as a drawing room mirror showing society’s foibles and humanity, comparing its reach and limits to Homeric heroes.
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Wordeworth
Homer
Lowell
Sodium sulphate saturated lake near Biggar Saskatchewan
Mineral Lake near Biggar Saskatchewan is saturated with sodium sulphate. Deposits under and along the lake edge are nearly 7 percent pure sulphate, a mineral used in sulphuric acid manufacture, photography, and other industries.
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Biggar
Saskatchewan
Not a Complete Success
Edward the film boy struggles with timidity and gets a brave boost from an Indian suit his father buys. A neighbor watches as a big collie bursts onto the porch, and the Indian suit fails when the dog rushes the scene, crying to take the salt back.
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Edward
Od Gard
Rivers shaping Egypt and Mesopotamia through irrigation and transport
The author argues both Nile and Tigris Euphrates created civilizations and that irrigation and navigation can be mutually beneficial rather than exclusive. The piece defends using rivers for transport alongside irrigation and calls for long term joint use.
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Egypt
Nile
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Euphrates
Bude
Varied Bean Types Across Realms From South America To Asia
The common bean originated in South America and spread to Europe in the 16th century. Today there are over 150 varieties. The broad bean likely hails from southwest Asia and northeastern Europe, while a lighter butter bean is a pole variety from South America.
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South America
Europe
Southwest Asia
South Amerlea
Liberty's Demands and the Statue Controversy
A quotation attributed to Macaulay notes evolving demands of liberty as a nation grows. The text reflects praise and reverence for liberty yet questions fair trust as societal development expands expectations.
Worthy Mate of Great Writer Maria White Lowell
Jaes Russell Lowell's first wife Maria White Lowell was a poet. A privately printed 1855 collection of her verses, two years after her death, is nearly forgotten with a single copy in the New York Public Library archives. She hailed from Watertown Massachusetts. In early letters Lowell said she knew more poetry than anyone he knew.
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Jaes Russell Lowell
Maria White Lowell
Lowell
New York Public Library
Watertown
Mass
Mario
You Cant Rub It Away Rheumatism Is In The Blood
Pain remedies fail as rheumatism remains caused by blood germs the plan is to cleanse the blood with S S S a trusted blood purifier claims to remove all trace of rheumatism Get a bottle at your drug store and seek free medical advice from Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga
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Breinzeceingedical
I-3
Swift Laboratory
Avianta, Ga
River towns greet war craft on Mississippi voyage
New York May 14 The Navy forms an anti-submarine flotilla to tour the Mississippi and its tributaries. The unit includes the destroyer Isabel the submarine K 5 three submarine chasers and two flying boats commanded by Lt Cmdr Thomas G Berrien The voyage will start in May from Key West proceed to New Orleans and up to St Louis with visits to river cities and towns. The flotilla will display guns depth charges and submarines while illuminating ships at night A advance chaser under Lt Cmdr Wells Hawks will precede the group by radio and wireless to arrange accommodations. The public is invited to view and be entertained by Navy bands crews and motion pictures of Navy activities. Flights will be made by the flying boats.
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New York
West
Navy Department
Mississippi River
Middle West
U. S. S. Isabel
Thomas G. Berrien
U. S. Navy
Key West
Isabel
T. N. Vinson
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Florida
New Orleans
St. Louis
Stroyer
Wells Hawks
U. 8 S
Mississippi Valley
Boone to vote on county hospital bonds October 7
Boone county supervisors call a special election for October 7 to vote bonds totaling 20000 dollars to buy the Eleanor Moore hospital in Boone and convert it into a county hospital following a petition signed by 200 residents.
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Boone
County Board of Supervisors
Eleanor Moore
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Macaulay
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James H. Hall
Inol
Sherman Bros
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Tureha Vacuum Caner Company
Eureka & Electric Vacuum Cleaner
Eureka Vacuum Cleaners
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