Letters From Our Lads Over There 1918 War Dispatches
Corporal Sidney Barnes of the 110 Engineers shares May 1 1918 anecdotes from the front. He jokes about bayonet dummies and sculpture attempts, outlines daily routines at the Y M C A, and notes casualties. He praises American soldiers while detailing weather, health, and training as he anticipates further front service.
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Sidney Barnes
Co. B
Captain White
C. C. Han
Honda
Junta Jute
Dad
Roches
Corp
Jerry
Percy Wilson
Jim Holgarth
Becausd
France
Great Wheat Stocks Isolated
Shortage in ship space drives wheat rationing among Allies and United States. Australia holds about 180 million bushels awaiting ship, Argentina 11 million exportable, and new crops add hundreds of millions more to stockpiles. Shipping limits, not crop presence, create the global supply problem.
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United States
Ihdia
Australia
Argentina
Inia
America
Surface film on water and the elastic craft tricks
Kaward Bigelow explains in Boys' Life that a thin water surface film acts like a rubber sheet. Experiments show alcohol between two splinters breaks the film, causing separation, while gum camphor dissolves the film to remove rear pull. Such effects yield rapid miniature boat propulsion and potential astonishing tricks.
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Kaward Bigelow
Paris taxi fraud men prey on unsuspecting women
A report details Paris taxi drivers using staged breakdowns to lure female passengers. The driver stalls, blocks progress, then offers a cheap ride to the garage. The victim often tips, while the thief escapes with the money, repeating the scam on other targets.
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Pnes
Taxtou
Tare
I Truihaley
Ellinl Ving
MK Honda
Cheuffort
Volea Ann
Only America Can Help
A fragment quotes Jogrph Maclay urging the United States to provide men, food, and material to support allies, noting years of hardship and the need to sustain nerves and effort until the next harvest.
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United States
Jogrph Maclay
Senator Charles A. Barrett Dies After Lingering Illness
Senator Charles A. Barrett died at his Athena home on Tuesday after months of illness. He was sixty six years, eleven months, and seven days old. Barrett, a pioneer entrepreneur and farmer, served Athena as mayor and on the city council, represented Umatilla County in the Oregon legislature, and later acted as senator for Umatilla, Morrow, and Union counties. Born in Oxford County, Maine, he moved to Umatilla County in 1876 and built a career in farming, stock dealing, and local business with his son Henry A. Barrett. He contributed to tax and revenue legislation and helped grow the state’s economy through public service and community leadership.
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Charles A. Barrett
Barrett
Wouks
Portland
MacKenzie
Athena
Hawae
Theo
Umatifie
Oregon
Henry A. Barrett
C. A. Barrett & Co
Umntilla County
Am Font
Unwtilha
Morrow
Union
Darrett
Oxford County
Maine
Umatilla
Witt
Old Umalle
Weaton
Joti Adamun
Wait
Hogan
Tay Hage
Miew Jonnie Maya
Wealton
Adame
Athens
Gonterville
Memorial rites for late Oregon legislator held in Pendleton
Knights of Pythias and B 2 C B ordura survive by wife and children Henry A Barrett and Areta Barrett. Funeral services at home and grave were led by Reva E A Leonard of Gresham and D E Baker of Athena. At the grave Colonel Mercer, Oregon Senate commander, paid tribute. Pendleton Lodge of Pythians gave ritual service. Honorary pallbearers listed. active pallbearers named.
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Henry A. Barrett
Ta Barrett
Reva
E. A. Leonard
Gresham
D. E. Baker
Athena
Colonel Mercer
Oregon Senate
Pendleton Lodge
Bikw
H. J. Taylor
Dave Nelson
S. A. Lowell
Pendleton
A. B
Ewen
Portland
A. Barnes
Wenton
Mike Toner
Walla Walla
A.A. Foss
Chorley Henry
Chi
Booher
Fay’ LeGrow
Marion Hansell
Jense Hales
Adams
Meeting to Consider Athena Swimming Pool
A public meeting of interested residents is set for 7 o clock next Tuesday at Mayor Watts office to decide whether to push the Athena swimming pool project to completion. Last year delays and farmer labor kept it incomplete before harvest, leaving a fund of over 100 at Piet National Bank. if the project is dropped, this money will be returned to the fund. Indications suggest strong local desire to finish, with a decision likely at the meeting.
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Athena
Watts
Piet National Bank
Five Year Old Girl Dies After Scarlet Fever
The five year old daughter of Mem Cox died Tuesday after a sudden illness diagnosed as scarlet fever. Attending Dr Sharn found no traces of the disease and no extensive fever. Dr Loyden consulted but could not save the child. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Baptist church, with the bereaved mother receiving community sympathy. The home remains quarantined.
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Mem Cox
Sharn
Loyden Wis
A.m
Ty Rew Baker
The
Baptist Church
Agricultural Council Meeting Set in Umatilla County
The Umatilla County Agricultural Council will hold a meeting this Saturday at the county agent's Pendleton office to discuss agricultural problems and coordinate countywide efforts. Representatives attending include W. H. Ferguson Burl Dudley and A. H. Melnteyw with Athena area involvement.
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Umatilla
Burl Dudley
Aethuy R. Coppoek
A. H.melnteyw
Baptist Association Meeting Plans for Cove Union County
The Baptist association discusses plans for the Cove church in Union County. Attendees will include Rey and Ayven who will chair Sunday services while attendees prepare to go to Seattle for the Northwest Bible Conference.
0000 Men Wanted in Naval Reserve
A Portland drive seeks about 5000 recruits for all naval branches with openings for skilled workers. Enlistment offered to those with draft releases, roles in the dock force, hospital service, and aviation departments. Monthly pay from $35 plus progression, with a $96,000 annual potential listed for the reserve.
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United States Naval Reserve
Portland
Seamon
Dock Force
Aviation Department
Norvien Atution
Autor
Tmobile
Carpins
Convention Report From National Patriotic Meeting in Portland
Rev W Glohioy attended the National Patriotic Convention held in Portland on May 20 and reported more than 450 delegates attended not including the Porthaids. The gathering emphasized wartime savings as a unifying factor and featured plans for a lecture on the convention’s address next Thursday at 8 PM at the Methodist church with free admission.
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W. Glohioy
Yanters Ahiy
Putrlatic
Portland
Eefirovantative
The
Patriotic League
Lustheny Intoronto
Athens
Glolwer
Porthaid
Gleiner
Farmers Union Picnic at Umottta County Will Hold Event
Farmers' Union Picnic to be held next Tuesday at Mision ground five miles east of Pendleton. A short program includes a pie raffle and a two mile foot race. A hot dinner with private proceeds supports local administration. Competent women will award prizes, with Colonal Murer as a longtime guest in the city.
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Farmers’ Union
Pariners’ Union
Umottta County
Dla Mision
Pendleton
Tie Wen
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Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co
Ord
Carload
New McCormick Combines
Watts & Rogers
WSS
First National Bank of Athena
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co
Northwest
Sella
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Waitsburg, Wash
Logsden & & Myrick
Bret Harte
George Winship
A. A. Foss
Zegiment
Tam
B.C
Athens Dé
Sam Beaver
Hugh Gilson
Belgium
Lee
India
Paris
Wom
Nator Barrett
Knights of Pythias and
Agricultural Council
Naval Reserve
Colonal Mureer
J. C. Penney Co
Ganvan
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