Letters From Charles McAuliffe From France Reflect War Spirit
Readable excerpts from letters by Charles McAuliffe of Butte, a Mines School alumnus and college athlete, describe life overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces. He mentions hospital stays after gas exposure, daily work, French hospitality, Sunday observances, and friendships with French soldiers, plus longing for home and notes on schooling and sports back home.
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Charles McAuliffe
Butte
France
Charles
Ua Ae
Mademoiselle
Isa Vietrola
BH. S
Fred Schwang
Kidd
Fred
Fragmented recollections of frontline patrols and dreams
A veteran narrator recalls scouting, observing, and sniping on patrols. He describes the numbness after repeated exposure and compares the feeling to daily life. In late letters he confesses dreaming of home and waking to a jarring, terrible difference between war and peace.
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Tam
Tin Selmi
Milk Fund Drive For French Babies Raised Over $100
Local charity at 1116 Platinum Street hosted an entertainment to raise funds to feed starving French children. Over $100 was collected, with next drives planned at a Helnia fair and a subsequent event in town. Performances by local youths and community members accompanied auctions and fortune telling.
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France
A.C. Tones
Platinum Street
Helnia
W. ©. Matthews
M Geiser
Gladya Neal
Chari Chevigny
Clay’ Harness
Edythe O'Leary
America
George Teown
Mra Jones
Ganeo
HL. Smith
H. Hopkins
Ara
Mise Frances Turner
Mise “Louies
World’s Greatest Kidney and Ladder Remedy Claims Cure
Joe Luueanech of 419 Street Butte Montana reports hundreds of dollars spent without relief until the World’s Greatest Kidney and Ladder Remedy allegedly cured him. The fragment suggests medical cures advertised in a local notice.
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Mr. Lueanech
Joe Luueanech
Butte, Mont
Aly
California
Little Sister Mary Knits For Soldiers And Helpers At Home
Mary Hittie Toone of 127 Gaunt Street lives in a tiny town and joins a knitting class organized by Mrs. Kate A. McNamara at 442 East Park Street. She has made socks and knitted squares to help the war effort, hoping to keep soldiers warm and morale high.
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Hittie
Mary Toone
Gaunt
Sean
Sam
Kate A. McNamara
East Park Street
Poder
Clase
Beran
Mary
Vopovich
Boy Newsboy Escapes Death After Street Car Jump
A newsboy named Jimamy, selling papers on Parks Street, narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon after leaping from a moving street car amid busy traffic. He rode east from Main Street a block, then jumped off and nearly collided with approaching autos. The incident sparked debate on streetcar safety and responsibility.
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Jimamy
Parks Street
Jimmy
Main Street
Yark
Tate
Wounded in Action Veterans Return May 1917 Hero
John C Richards enrolled May 2 1917 at St ate and was sent to the war declaration service He was reported severely guided inaction in Gis terday He was taken to a hospital between July 18 and July 24 A farewell party at Mrs McDonald s South Montana street honored Miss McDonald who will leave for San Francisco Guests included Catherine Young Isabel Byrne Marie Murphy and Peggy Anaconda with Frank Connelly Phil Gerard Phil Brokan and others
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John C. Richards
Mothe Arts Street
Tron Wantimeton
Mrs. McDonald
Montana Street
Mullins
MeDonald
San Francisco
Mos
Miss McDonald
Catherine Young
Asabel Byrne
Marie ‘Et Murphy
Alla Darranger
Peggy ‘Anaconda
Messrs
Frank Connelly
Phil Gerard
Phil Brokan
Mekan
Billie Mellon
Martin Fulline
Luke’ Howden
Don Stuart
Thomas Mullins
Hughes
Harringto
French Capital Flies Gift Flag Over Paris City Hall
The American flag presented to Paris by Philadelphia was hoisted over Paris city hall in honor of the birthday of Lafayette. The official statement from General Headquarters notes activity along the Cambrai Peronne road with rear engagements near the Ailette and the Aisne. An unrelated line mentions Germany's labor union growth from 71 in 1913 to about 450.
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Paris
Philadelphia
Lafayett
London
Cambrai-Peronne Road
Ailette
Aisne
Germany
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Helena
E. Pat
Fina
Roksan
SUSE
Joel Huffman
Boy Esca
of New
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Rosie
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