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1917 cartoon which appeared in the Wooster Daily News. Depicts "Uncle Sam" explaining that "meatless days" in the United States prevent "eatless days" for the European Allies

1917 Wooster Daily Republican article decribing how Mabel Corbould, of the Ohio Experiment Station, has found ways of cooking bread with substitute flour for wartime conservation

Portrait of Mrs. Sweeney, Superintendent of the Surgical Dressings Department of the Red Cross in Red Cross uniform, circa 1918 

Portrait of Mrs. R.J. Smith, who coordinated the effort to create "comfort bags" for departing soldiers, circa 1918 

Wooster Electric Company Ad proclaiming, "Women must find time to help the nation," appeared in the Wooster Daily Republicanin 1917

Advertisement for Liberty Bonds celebrating the "Women Heros" of WWI, appeared in the Wooster Daily Republican in 1917

Promotional advertisement for the Red Cross with the headline "Can You Sleep Tonight?" appeared in the Wooster Daily Republican in June 1917.

October 25, 1918 Wooster Daily Republican article announcing that six deaths had occurred the previous evening as a result of Spanish Influenza

1918 Wooster Daily Republican article describing the bravery of the young women who volunteered to nurse those stricken with Spanish Influenza

Akron Beacon Journal front page announcing the armistice that ended WWI, November 11, 1918

Akron Beacon Journal coverage of 146th Infantry's return following WWI, compiled on a scrapbook page

July 5, 1919 Wooster Daily Republican article describing the festivities of July 4th, when Wooster welcomed home more than 1,500 WWI veterans

U.S. Department of Agriculture propaganda, declaring "The man behind the plow is the man behind the gun!" appeared in the Wooster Daily Republican on October 31, 1918.

Gathering of the men of the "Bull of the Woods" Fire Company. The company is believed to have been the first in Wooster, established in about 1927. Men and cart probably standing on East Liberty Street.

Photograph depicting one of Rubbermaid's first products, a green rubber dustpan, which James Caldwell developed in 1932, and began manufacturing with Wooster Rubber Company in 1934