Soldier letter from Scotland hints at postwar life and travel
A Baraboo reader prints a lengthy 1919 letter from Sgt Edward R Harmel in Edinburgh. He discusses unemployment, economics, and British society, notes 1600 Americans at Edinburgh University, and describes travels to Stirling, Melrose, Ayr, and London. He expresses hope for a peace treaty and plans to return to industrial life or farming, closing with family greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Palmer
Tanta
Baraboo
Isles
British Isles
Enland
University of Edinburgh
France
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Edinburgh
James I
Holyrood Castle
Mary
John Knox
David Hume
St. Giles Church
National Art Gallery
Botanical
Zoo
Mile Bridge
Firth of the Forth
Ireland
Giant’s Causeway
Belfast
Dublin
Cork
Killarney Lakes
Blarney Castle
London
Westminster Abbey
Parliament
London Tower
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Ben Johnson
Metropolis
New York
Denver
Indiana
U. S.ward
Carl
St. Mihiel
Roy
Howard
Veterans and locals in wartime updates and community notices
Harry Burstein returns from France and Germany and takes a railroad job in West Salem. Kenneth and Vernon Von Wald visit family. potato crop pest issue noted. Mrs. Hasse and family arrive from Tuscon. Rev Hasse serves in Arizona. Arthur M. Andrews graduates West Point, enters service with Secretary Baker present. Henry Bittrich returns from Navy after 17 months and 17 ocean crossings. Baraboo alumni pledge $900 to care for three blind soldiers in Europe. Wisconsin leads in such aid with state school initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Burstein
M. K. Burstein
France
Germany
Signal Corps
Mr. Burstein
West Salem
Railroad
Kenneth
Vernon
Henry von Wald
Barbara von Wald
John von Wald
George W. Andrews
West Point
Arthur M. Andrews
Baker
Henry Bittrich
Navy
Great Lakes
Janesville
Europe
Wisconsin
Mother's Day Letter From France 1919
Sergeant Harmel writes from Le Mans France on Mother's Day 1919 describing a Sabbath afternoon in camp. He reports good health gratitude to God and attendance at YMCA services with a sermon by Chaplain Bass.
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Robert Harmel
France
le Mans
Chaplain Bass
Webster Town License Records Show Queer Dog Name
A unique dog name Like You the Oueerest is listed on Webster town license books. The note explains it is a French translation for the animal. Common dog names include Prince Rex Rover Buster Hector and Jack, while Kaiser Czar and King are no longer fashionable.
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Webster
Prince
Rex
Rover
Buster
Hector
Jack
Kaiser
Czar
King
Thousands of Breish Army Autos Idle in London Area
Near London within 20 miles a vast stock of army motor cars and motor cycles sit rusting. Rubberneck wagons, omnibuses, and caterpillar tractors are scattered. hundreds of motor cycles in crates wait removal. Guards are few and thieves easy targets amid loose spare tires and parts. Meantime, high prices are paid for used cars for business across the country.
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London
A Thirteen Month Calendar Adds Liberty Between January and February
The American Equal Month Calendar association of Minneapolis proposes a 13 month year with four weeks per month and a new month Liberty between January and February. New Year Day becomes a standalone holiday, and a Leap Year Correction Day appears every four years.
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Minneapolis
Speedy phones in badger cities prove fast exchanges
Wisconsin towns La Crosse Portage and Monroe claim world leading telephone service. Railroad Commissioner Henry Allen cites automatic line openings, intermittent bells and up to date equipment as key factors. Local independent companies run the exchanges with resident directors and staff.
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Wisconsin
The World’s Tea and Weathered Charade in Boston
A quirky note on global tea consumption cites 800 million pounds a year. The piece then shifts to a brief tale of Emil Holmes in Chicago where a smiling woman, seeking directions, is later found with twelve $100 bills missing, described as stage money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
o—Eston Transcript
Emil Holmes
Chicago
Emil
Holmes
Karl Drops Germany Fear and Fays Home in Nyon
Ex‑Emperor Carl of Austria gives up his Wartegg Chateau by Lake Constance after the sight of Germany grinds him down. He moves to Nyon on Lake Geneva preferring the French shore where cyclists once rode through village streets.
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Carl of
Austria
Wartegg
Lake Constance
Nyon
Lake Geneva
French
Germany
Little
Thirteen His Lucky Number for Major Horton
Major Thomas P. Horton of La Crosse is linked to the number 13 in multiple wartime details. He served with the 13th engineers, the regiment sailed on 13 cars per train, crossed the channel with P-13, and was demobilized on May 13, with 13 appearing repeatedly in his service record.
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Thomas P. Horton
la Crosse
13Th Engineers
Washington
Chicago
Halifax
English Channel
Major Horton
New York
Horton
Camp Mills
U. S. Infantry
Trainmaster Return and Career Ties Highlight Kansas City Division
Ted, trainmaster of the Kansas City division of the Milwaukee road, headquartered at Des Moines, previously served as a train dispatcher on the Southern Minnesota line in La Crosse before the war.
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Ted
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Minnesota
la Crosse
Skeleton Remains Found After Sand Dune Blowout
Fishermen at Maet's Ferry Merrimack uncovered a human skull in a dune blowout. A short dig exposed the rest of the skeleton, reasonably preserved though several teeth were missing.
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Maet’s Ferry Merrimack
Governor vetoes Skogmo bill recognizing science treatment
Governor Philipp vetoes the Skogmo bill that would recognize Christian Science treatment within the workmen's compensation law. He says no quarrel with adults choosing science treatment, but rejects equality with medical treatment under the law.
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Philipp
Columbia County Woman Dies From Oil Stove Explosion
Mrs. Charles Thied of Columbus, Columbia County, died from burns after an oil stove explosion. A resident of the county for over 50 years, she was more than 70 years old at her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thied
Columbus
Columbia County
Miss Sarah Dickie Receives Honorable Sendoff After 25 Years
Former Waukesha high school faculty member Miss Sarah Dickie, sister of ex Assemblyman R B Dickie, was honored with a military review and reception at the Elks clubhouse after 25 years of service. Mayors, school leaders, and friends attended, presenting her wrist watch and pearls. An alumni banquet followed with Carl Sawyer as toastmaster.
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R. B. Dickie
Sarah Dickie
Waukesha
Miss Dickie
North Freedom
Dickie
Elks
Cutler Park
McKenzie
Industrial School
Estberg
Putney
J. R. Williams
Ec‘ty Council
Margaret Caldwell
A. J. Hutton
Mayor Estberg
John Dickie
Robert Dickie
Charles Welch
Grace Terry Mann
Erma Maynard Roberts
Milwaukee
Gladys Witte Larson
Chicago
Sarah van Buren
Hartland
Agnes Greening
Whitewater
T. J. Hughes
Mils
Baraboo Post Office men in war record praised
Roy Bump returns from France near Coblenz after fifty days in artillery service and avoiding trenches. Postmaster Alger C. Pearson sailed to Europe at armistice, George A. Martiny flew as aviator carrying bombs, and Robert Hirschinger did not go. Clerk Paul Shew died at Beloit from influenza. four other Baraboo office staff also served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Bump
France
Germany
Coblenz
Baraboo
Alger C. Pearson
Europe
George A. Martiny
England
Robert Hirschinger
Paul Shew
Beloit
Southern author John Trotwood Moore visits Baraboo region
The Nashville author and Tennessee state librarian John Trotwood Moore and O. D. Brandenburg of the Madison Democrat arrived in Baraboo to tour Mirror Lake the Dells and Devils Lake State Park. Moore, renowned poet and archivist, joins Governor in events tied to Tennessee history and a 1920s wedding memory.
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John Trotwood
South
Baraboo
John Trotwood Moore
Nashville
O. D. Brandenburg
Madison Democrat
Mirror Lake
the Dells
Devils Lake State Park
Moore
Tennessee
Madison
State Historical Society
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Frank E. Kachel
L. H. Palmer
Frank H. Kachel
Kachel Brothers
Philip Keyser
August Eberlien
Atlantic
Mother
Edward R. Harmel
Harmel
Speedy
Badger Cities
Karl
Wisconsin Truck CO
Loganville, Wis
P. T. Horton
Back Home
Mr. Moore
Ole Mistis
Cottontown
Uncle Wash
Jack Ballington
Forester
Victory Avenue
Ful Capitol
Alvin G. York
York
Brandenburg
H. E. Cole
Baraboo Hills
Dells
Kilbourn
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