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Senior Girls! 10 Reasons Why you will find Telephone Company work attractive

An ad inside the Jeffersonian newspaper, calling out for senior girls to work in a telephone company by listing 10 reasons why they would find it…

Says Plan Garden Now

A newspaper exert in the Virginia Star, talking about the need for victory gardens inside Rappahannock country are being encouraged for the overall…

Alexandria Close to Bottom In Fifth War Loan Campaign

A newspaper article mentioning reports of Alexandria placing second from the bottom and Arlington placing at the top for their war bond sales in…

Famous Funny Man To Entertain Fans At War Bond Game: Schacht Performs For War Bond Fans

A newspaper article speaking about a famous clown performer, Al Schacht, accepting an invitation to perform at a war bond baseball show.

85 million Americans Hold War Bonds

This propaganda poster depicts the Statue of Liberty's torch next to a hand full of money with the following text, "85 Million Americans Hold War…

You Can Help Win The War

This newspaper article encourages people of Highland County to contribute to the war effort. Mentioning different ways in which people can do their…

Wet (Pro-Alcohol) Flier Against Prohibition in Virginia

After the 1914 Enabling Act, a referendum was announced to decide on either implementing or not implementing state-wide prohibition in Virginia. Both…

Schools in Va. Buy 10 Million In War Bonds

A newspaper article speaking about the amount of war bonds and stamps purchases made by Virginia schools.

1000 Boy Scouts Will Distribute Posters for OWI

A newspaper article mentioning the use of boy scouts, assigned by the Office of War Information to distribute posters in parts of D.C., Maryland, and…

New arrivals

Photograph taken in Chattanooga, Tennessee, when a new group of missionaries arrived, 19 June 1899.

Individuals identified, from left to right, as:…