Franklin to house 300 soldiers at college unit
Statewide notes recount Franklin college plans to establish a United States Students' Army Training Corps unit with two army officers. A contract for at least 300 student soldiers will be signed after the board meets, with fraternity houses and possibly girls dormitories used as barracks.
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Franklin
Army
Franklin College
United States Students’ Army Training Corps
C. E. Goodell
Goodell
Fort Sheridan
Indianapolis
Auditor of State
Indiana
Columbus
Maj. A. P
Knox County
Knox County Council
South Bend
George L.aszkier
Food Administration
Davenport
Franklin B. Carson
Jewett
Common Councils of
Carson
Logansport
Richmond
Wayne County
Demas 8. Coe
E. H. Harris
Liberty
Laporte
Clifford C. Jordan
Methodist Episcopal
Camp Gordon
L. H. Wright
State Grange” of
State Highway Commission
Republican National Committee
Will H.* Hays
Mark Storen
United States
Crawfordsville
Wabash College
Wabash
Army Training Corps
Valparaiso
Valparaiso University
United States Army
Seymour
Thomas M. Honan
Camp
Sherman
Council of National Defense
John S. Bordner
British Victory in St. Quentin Drive Advances Front
Haig reports a British push on a four mile front from Havrincourt wood to Epeny, capturing Gouzencourt wood and high ground. French and American forces push toward the Hindenburg line with village takedowns at Mennessis and St Gobain forest outskirts. about 19 000 prisoners taken in early September.
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London
Haig
la Catalet
Havrincourt Wood
Epeny
Gouzencourt Wood
St. Quentin
St. Gobain Forest
Hindenburg
Hindenburg Line
Crozat Canal
Paris
War Office
Somme
Clastres
la Motte Farm
Liez
Laon
la Liberte
Amiens
Ailette
Aisne
Villevegue
St. Emilie
St. Quentin-Le Catelet
Harrincourt Wood
Bapaume-Cambrai
Mennessis
Tergnier
St. Quentin Canal
Servais
Alties
Ypres
Reims
St. Gothain
le Fere
Cambrai
la Fere
Anizy-Le-Chateau
Chemin Des Dames
Humbert
Villersen-Prayeres
Revillon
Canal du Nord
Ham
Chauny
Peronne
Field Marshall Haig
Nurin
Pincourt
Vraignes
Monchy-Legache
Quivieres
Monchy
Templeux la Fosse
Relics Tell of Big Gold Boom in Tombstone Arizona
In Tucson a look at Tombstone relics recalls the gold rush era. The Bird Cage opera house the Can-Can restaurant the Red Light saloon and the stage office survive as bats-occupied ruins. Ed Schefflin founded Tombstone naming it after a friend's warned tombstone.
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Gold Camp
Tucson
Ariz
Tombstone
Arizona
San Francisco
Schefflin
Kaiser’s Crown at Stake in German Franchises Debate
Amsterdam reports Chancellor von Hertling urging the Prussian upper house to push through franchise reform. He warns the crown and dynasty are at stake, pledging to uphold the royal pledge and defend the fatherland as the ruling aim, insisting no social discrimination in the next election.
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Amsterdam
von Hertling
Hammer Meets Cold Iron on Dixie Highway
Wiley Coldiron and Bert Hammer were arrested for driving an automobile while intoxicated on the Dixie highway after a wet ride in Middletown Ohio. They were taken before a justice of the peace for arraignment.
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Middletown
Dixie Highway
Wiley Coldiron
Bert Hammer
Jam for the Doughboys Ordered from Bellingham
Seventeen carloads of special jam have been ordered by the government from a Bellingham manufacturer to feed the doughboys overseas. It is described as the largest order of its kind ever placed in the West and the city’s fruit and berry district is cited as aiding rapid filling by government purchasing agents.
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Columbus
Samuel Sharp
Bartholomew County
War Savings
J. C Phelps
St. Louis
South Bend
Chamber of Commerce
Versailles
Ripley
Bellingham
Feeding Time at the Zoo Sparks Curious Experiments
The article describes zoo feeding time with bears demanding more bread, a keeper redistributing loaves using a long iron bar, and a baby hippopotamus enjoying hay in hot weather. A young woman tests potato chips on various animals, noting some accept them while others reject them, with plans to publish further results including pickles.
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Baby
Mamma
Red Cross Salvage Drive Aids War Needs
District salvage section under Mrs. John Allan Dougherty gathers stray cats dogs canaries and baby items along with used clothing and tin foil to support war relief funds. Local firms pledge waste paper and volunteers help with collection while police and shops spread salvage boxes for tinfoil.
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Red Cross
John Allan Dougherty
BE. H. Droop & Son
The
Dougherty
I. Rosenburg
Fourteenth
Pennsylvania Avenue
Larrick
Adaline’s Sacrifice in a Small Town Tale
A narrated tragedy follows a country boy who wanders after a Jack-o'-lantern light until Adaline hears his calls and saves him. The story reflects harsh judgment, Adaline’s devotion, and a baby’s fate, ending with the line about greater love.
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Jack
Adaline
Weaker Sex Drives War Effort Through Labor Roles
Reading about the home front, the piece notes women filling farmerette, conductorette, clerkette, and munition worker roles. It highlights Mary Van Kleeck becoming chief of the new women in industry division and the single female seat on the national war labor policies board, while praising Major Wellborn for draft briefings.
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Fritz Hun
Wall
Berlin
America
Mary Van_Kleeck
New ‘Women, Industry ‘Division
United States Department of Labor
Sam
van Kleeck
National War Labor Policies Board
Billy” Wellborn
Maraghal
General’s
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Villevegue, St. Emilie and
France
St.Emilie
le Catalet
Field Marshal Haig
Soissons
Brenelle
Chasseniy
Canal Lateral
Mangin
Mont Des Tombes
Leuilly
Au Nord
Shhefflin
Panhandle
Texas
Huachuca Mountains
Kaiser’s
van Hertling
Hammer
Cold Iron
Big Spree
Bar of Justice
Doughboys
Wastington City
Sidbeigits
Iararra
Dalfers
Small Boy
Outa
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