Service Flag Honors at Sacred Edifice Ceremony
A thousand-strong crowd at the church attended a service flag ceremony with the Knights of Columbus and G A R, as the flag with eighty stars was blessed and placed on view. Bishop McGovern delivered an address urging support for the Third Liberty Loan and prayer for victory and divine guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbua
Mia
Joseph T. Cahill
Father Hartman
Daviee
Joseph Carroll
James Frankigan
Joseph Mohatt
Maurice Lane
Milledge Grace
Edward Ganff
P. A. McGovern
Supreme Court
England
France
America
Moses
Morament
Frederick Ahrens
Benito Abobo
Joseph Avill
Wallace Barton
Pietro Badalucco
Frank Bell
John Ball
William Brennen
Charles Cahill
Pietro Campagnino
Charles Cole
Emmet Cole
Silas Cole
Ott Cobry
Harry Cox
John Carroll
Iden de Bolt
William Doody
Maurice Dinneen
William Dinneen
Beata of Puebla Town Impersonates Effigy Then Hanged
A Puebla region tale recounts Juan Garcia the village president lured into impersonating an effigy to be hanged during a San Balta festival. Indians known as huehues danced in the plaza as the crowd grew excited, and the real execution followed with little notice of the effigy’s struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
San Baltasar
Puebla
Juan Garcia
Hy Enomica
Appation Meeting Notices Prepare Members Attendance
Members are urged to attend the session scheduled for an evening in April at the venue indicated. The notice requests all members to be present and outlines refreshment provisions.
Aliens Flee Draft With Violent Escapes Reported
Cheyenne witnesses recount strange draft dodges by aliens and Americans during wartime. One man severed four fingers to avoid service and received a twenty five year court martial. A Mexican detail blew up a stump with dynamite and disappeared, while others drowned or killed themselves in the push to dodge duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
France
Leavenworth
Stray Horses Disturb Cheyenne Neighborhood Nightly
Cheyenne residents in the northeast report a herd of ten to fifteen stray horses roaming lawns and sidewalks each night. Police say the animals will be impounded once captured and damages billed before release, as officers continue efforts to corral the herd.
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Cheyenne
American Nurses to Learn Boxing At Camp Custer
Four thousand one hundred nurses at Camp Custer cantonment will receive boxing lessons to prepare for service in France. They seek self defense training after reports of assaults on women and Red Cross workers nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Custer Cantonment
France
Lear
Nun Honored With Legion of Honor By French Sister Basilides Awarded Medal
The article describes Sister Basilides, a nun from Alsace Lorraine, who earned the Legion of Honor for bravery. She defended a convent from advancing German soldiers, aiding women and children with locals, then returned to nurse wounded soldiers at a Red Cross hospital. The piece emphasizes her courage and the medal she wears on her black gown.
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Victor Morgan
France
Legion of Honor
Sister Basilides
Thanon
Alsace-Lorraine
Sister Baasllides
Boches
Red Cross
Miss Bennitt Demonstrates Food Substitutes in County Visits
Miss Kathryn Bennitt, county demonstrator with the extension department of the state university, tours rural communities to show substitutes and food conservation. On Wednesday she visited the Highland colony and conducted a two hour wheat and meat demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sighland Colona Home Economics Club
Rt. Peters
Red Cross
Miss Bennitt
Highlanders
Burns
Highland Colony
Kathryn Wilson
Cheyenne
Bennitt
Harrison
The
State University
A. B. Bowman
N. E. Shee
Dale
Mine Bennitt
Divide
Farm Bureau
Trecy
Urday
Carpenter
Kathryn Bennitt
Flighland
Honor Roll for $1000 WSS Club
A terse notice lists names including William E Mullica and Ida M Hous and Burdick related to a $1000 WSS Club honor roll. The fragment confirms a recognition or listing connected to a club fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.S. Club
Bewine
William E. Mullica
Ida M. Hous
Burdick
Russian Prince Turns Robber
A Petrograd report says a Finnish family’s auto was stopped by a second vehicle whose armed occupants robbed them of half a million rubles in valuables. A private detective tracked the robbers to a Russian prince and his servants who admitted living on highway robbery for months, blaming Bolsheviks for his ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Cologne Gasette
Petrograd
Petersburg
Engineers Reach Hospital After Being Wounded
Twelve American railroad engineers wounded near Cambrai in November were brought to Red Cross Hospital No. 2 in Paris. They faced serious injuries yet remained in good spirits and proud to have served on the western front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Cambral
American Red Cross
Frank Haley
Ninety Seventh Street
Newark City
Cambrai
Fritz
Charles Geiger
Pullerton Avenue
Chicago
Fronteline
Hella
Red Cross
Paria
Annie K Duval Widow Pioneer Of Cheyenne Dies At Home
Annie K Duval widow of J F Duval died Saturday night at 1815 Van Lennen street after a prolonged illness. Survived by five children Louise J Mary Cheyenne Joseph Duval Gouner Bluffs Ia Mrs Harry Heater and Edward Duval Denver. Funeral from St Marys Cathedral Tuesday at o'clock. Mrs Duval a Cheyenne pioneer, residing here thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie K. Duval
J. F. Duval
van Lennen Street
Louise J. and
Mary
Cheyenne
Joseph Duval
Gouner] Bluffs
Harry Heater
Edward Duval
Denver
St. Mary's Cathedral
O'Eloek
Duval
Patsy McMahon Buried After Cheyenne Funeral
Patsy McMahon, nephew of Tom Walah, was buried at St Marys Cathedral at 9 AM Monday. Father Hartman led the ceremonies. The deceased, longtime South Side resident, was well known in Cheyenne and left many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy McMahon
Tom Walah
St. John's Hospital
St. Mary's Cathedral
Father Hartman
South Side
Cheyenne
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Battle of
Ancre
Ce’ Rmonies
ST. Mary's Catalonal Ark
NG Street Parade
Athens
Bragklin
Vom Bach
Eppigy
M. W. Ay
Basilides
County Demonstraton
Sheila
Mits
Annie K. Duvallis
Patsy Mmahon
State Leader
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