Firing Line Letters From France Describe War Time Living
Mrs Bertie Owens writes from the front in France February 4 1918 to share health news and cold weather conditions. She mentions receiving packages from home and sweet details of daily life amid artillery music and distant conversations with soldiers including Claude Myers while at the firing line.
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France
Bertie Owens
Browning
Essie
Papa
Pearl
Clara
Carl
Claude Myers
Airplane Skirmish Narrated In Epistolary Ending
A brief closing note from Chas. F. Peters writes of aviation clashes high above and requests more space to continue the tale. He signs off with a brotherly farewell.
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Chas. F. Peters
Notice of Election in Browning Missouri 1918
Notice of election in Browning Missouri on April 2 1918 to fill two alderman vacancies East ward at City Court House West ward at Bert L Powell's shop appointed judges Isaac Dunlap W L Patterson Marsh Adamson M R F Nickell H F Patton J W Sampsell done by order of the Board March 5 1918 Attest S P Darr
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Browning
Missouri
A. M. Elliott
B. L. Powell
City Court House
Bert L. Powell
Isaac Dunlap
W. L. Patterson
Marsh Adamson
M. R. F. Nickell
IS. F. Patton
J. W. Sampsell
S._P. Darr
Leader Record price remains $1.50 after October first
The note confirms the Leader Record subscription price is $1.50 starting October 1. Readers with older prewar rates may receive eight months of credit if they pay the old amount, while all new and renewed subscriptions are at the new price.
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Leader
Eastbound U.S. Infantry arrive at Camp Humphreys after cross country trip
A letter from a member of Company 18th U.S. Infantry describes arrival at Camp Humphreys Virginia on March 4 1918 after leaving Harrison New Jersey traveling via Trenton Philadelphia and Northeast Maryland. He notes Red Cross hospitality Y M C A facilities meals baths and sightseers during the long journey. He says the convoy covered 80 miles to Northeast Maryland with all equipment functioning.
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U. S. Inf. A
Camp
Humphreys
Belvoir
Papa
Court House
Philadelphia
Northeast
Travelogue from a wartime convoy and shore leave memories
A soldier recounts a 262 mile overland truck trip from Camp Lee to Camp Humphreys with detours near Baltimore Washington Alexandria and Laurel Md He describes meals showers Red Cross visits soaked trucks mud odd encounters with a mayor and a young woman and notes drinking and disorder during the journey He mentions sleeping arrangements barracks construction and plans to haul lumber and possibly head to Detroit on Pierce Arrow trucks The piece ends with a vivid aurora and a grand electrical display observed near Washington and a pledge to write weekly letters
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Susquahanna River
Chesapeak Bay
Baltimore
Washington
D. C
Laurel
Camp Humphreys
Alexandria
Washington, D. C
Detroit
Pierce- Arrow
Boston
Hudson River
New York City
Broadway
City of Washington
Potomac River
Camp Lee
Liera
Northern Lights Curtain Dazzles Region On Thursday Night
The Aurora Borealis lit the northern region at about 8 o clock drawing a curtain of multicolored light across the sky. Citizens say it was the grandest display seen, with hues forming streaks reaching toward the zenith and visible far south.
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Polar
London
Paris
Obra
Knight appointed county civil engineer with $900 salary
The county court named H. L. Knight as civil engineer for the next year, setting a $900 salary. John Santee sought $1200 but Knight’s appointment saves $300 yearly and aims to improve public highways, with Knight described as a capable road enthusiast.
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H. L. Knight
John Santee
Knight
Milan
DeVore Purdin Wedding at Purdin Residence
William De Vore marries Alice Purdin Elder at the home of Mr and Mrs C B Purdin on Sunday March 10 1918 in a ceremony attended by close family. The bride, daughter of the Purdins, is a teacher with Kirksville Normal training and broad friendships. The groom, a promising farmer formerly near Green City, is described as an exemplary young man. The Leader-Record offers congratulations and best wishes for their life together.
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C. B. Purdin
William DeVore
Alice Purdin
C. B. Potter
Kirksville
Green City
Dr. Trippeer Seeks Transfer to State Hospital Post
A letter from Dr. Bert Trippeer of Kankakee NL asks to change his paper from Dwight to the new location. He was a successful candidate in the recent civil service examination for physician at the State Hospital and will assume duties this month. His former service included medicine at Purdin and here. His friends wish him success and he sends regards to inquiring acquaintances.
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Trippeer
Bert Trippeer
Kankakee
Dwight
State Hospital
Purdin
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