Americans Won War Cross Amid Aisne Ambulance Service Heroics
William Gorham Rice Jr describes an American ambulance section in the Aisne fighting in July. Rice, and two companions earned the Croix de Guerre. two drivers killed bringing wounded were buried with honors. He recalls a surge in evacuations, brutal German bombardment, and long days of danger from July 25 to 30.
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Aisne
William Gorham Rice, Jr
Albany
William Gorham Rice
Civil Service Commissioner
New York
Rice
Becnie
Hamilton
Gilbert Demorest
Bernard Peyton
Princeton
Rowland
Gailey
Woodbridge
Rothermel
Myself
Piatt
Andrew
Paris
Beaurieux
Mobilizes Womanhood Under Red Cross Flag
Florence Marshall leads the National Red Cross women to organize surgical dressings and supplies nationwide. The piece recalls war ambulance duties, brutal shelling, and the bravery of drivers Gailey and Hamilton and their colleagues amid gas, wrecks, and mass casualties.
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RED Cross
Florence Marshall
Marshall
National Red Cross
United States
Manhattan
Swiss Smuggling of Food From Switzerland to Germany Surges
Smuggling of food products from Switzerland into Germany and to France and Italy is described as a growing national menace. Frontier guards make few arrests. smugglers pay small fines due to enormous profits. Dozens of small boats move tons of goods nightly across the Rhine and Lake Constance, with organized rings reportedly earning 5 000 to 10 000 dollars monthly.
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Switzerland
Germany
France
Italy
Rhine
Lake of Constance
Neue Zuericher Zeitung
Republic
Bull Attacks Farmer in Farnhurst Field
Alfred Brown, sixty, was knocked down and rolled by an angry Farnhurst County hospital bull. He clung to the animal's neck to avoid gore, while Robert McFarlin rushed in, grabbed the bull by the nose ring, and forced it into submission. The bull had recently been bought for the county farm and was sick. Brown had entered the field to tend the creature.
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Farnhurst
Del
Alfred Brown
Robert McFarlin
Brown
McFarlin
Women in Banks Made Good Says Wall Street
Twenty thousand women employed in Wall Street banks since the war began have made good according to bankers. They are slower but more careful than men, and the reduced hiring rate is offset by fewer mistakes.
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Wall Street
Guynemer the French Air Hero Dies in Fierce De
The French ace Georges Guynemer, famed leader of the Stork Escadrille and hero of the air, dies after a September 11 1917 encounter with von Richthofen’s squadron. He pursued the Albatrosses, engaged the group, and his plane was seen to falter and fall after being struck. Belgium reports a late diversion by allied forces could not save him.
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Guynemer
Republic
Furies
Hell
French Republic
Vosges
France
Pau
Verdun
Ile
Stork Escadrille
Escadrille
Honendorf
Guynever
von Richthofen
von Wehthofen
von Richthotten
Dunkirk
Flanders Front
Von
Richthofen
Carjon
Atire
Community Notes From Switz City And Nearby Towns
A column of social visits and travels includes Gertrude Clore at Wes Page’s and Mrs. Will Brandon at Bloomfield. Byron and Will Royal work for Mr. Coley in Switz City while Mrs. Oscar Mullis visits her father Sam Hudson in Mineral. Simon Ashcraft hosts guests at Lige Crawford’s and Blanche Lehman with Kathryn McKissick spend time there. Lou Page returns from Lyons, Frank Edington returns from Lyons and Switz City, and Will Brandon heads to Jonesboro Arkansas for a national convention before visiting Oklahoma and Kansas relatives. A smallpox quarantine affects about twenty families and prompts strict isolation. Mr. and Mrs. Wright visit Bloomfield and attend county meetings. Uncle Henry’s health declines and Orville Collins visits from Camp Taylor.
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Will Brandon
Jonesboro
Ark
F. E
C. A. of A
Oklahoma
Kansas
Local Rural Notes From Vincennes Area
Curtis Martindale left Sunday to husk corn near Vincennes. Several boys from the neighborhood have gone north to shuck corn. The trustee had a load of coal hauled to the Martindale school Friday. There were several turkeys taken to the market Friday. The price paid was 24% cents per pound. William Garsnett and son Henry have baled fodder for Roy Kirkpatrick for a few days. Several farmers on the Creek have shredded fodder the past week. Mrs Mary Weaver returned home Friday from Cincinnati where she visited her brother Lester who is very poorly.
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Gailey
Hamilton
Brancardiers
Qne
Jas
Bur
Rowland
Harvard
Martindale
Mary Weaver
Cincinnati
Lester
Red Cross knitting instruction led by Mrs VanMeter
Mrs. F. R. VanMeter is named by the local Red Cross chapter to head knitting guidance. She will teach at the public library work room every Wednesday afternoon, offering complete instruction to all needing help with uniform garments and required techniques.
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F. R. VanMeter
Red Cross
Hon. John W. Wolford Celebrates 80th Birthday at Home
Hon. John W. Wolford marked his eightieth birthday with a surprise party at his Linton home. Twenty seven family members and a few guests attended, delaying the Tuesday Nov 20 date. A fine noon dinner capped the celebration.
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John W. Wolford
Linton
Mr. Wolford
Lumber Prices From Jones Dugger Chair Company
Lumber for sale 1 inch thick at two dollars per hundred. 1 by 3 2 by 4 and 6 and 8 priced at two dollars and fifty cents per hundred feet.
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Jones-Dugger Chair Company
Sale of two fresh cows by L H Jones
Two cows for sale a Holstein and a Jersey both fresh as of January 1 offered by L H Jones.
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Jersey
L. H. Jones
Lady seeks position to show and sell spring fabrics
An employment notice invites a woman to demonstrate and sell the finest spring fabrics nationwide. For details contact The Wilcox Company in Binghampton New York.
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Wilcox Company
Binghampton, N. Y
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Aisne Drive
Shell
Peyton
Calcutta
Jim Gatley
Dartmouth
American Ambulance Service
Cannon
Contegl Shuegling
AIR
Fleet
Aviation Corps
Captain von Richthofen
Robison
Gertrude Clore
Wes Page
Bloomfield
Byron
Will Royal
Switz City
Mr. Coley
Oscar Mullis
Mineral
Sam Hudson
Mrs
Simon Ashcraft
Lige Crawford
Lou Page
Lyons
Frank Edington
Blanche Lehman
Kathryn McKissick
Frank Hardesty
Henry Jackson
Uncle Henry
Orville Collins
Camp Taylor
Sam Wright
Springville
Rita Reed
Lewis Wright
Indian Creek
Curtis Martindale
Vincennes
William Garsnett
Henry
Roy Kirkpatrick
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