Letter from Lovelace Jones to his mother in Texas recounts WWI service
In a November 1918 France communication Lovelace A Jones describes June 1918 departure from Camp Travis to embark at New York and voyage with convoy to Liverpool and Le Havre, life in boxcars, battles including the Meuse and Argonne, heavy bombardments, deaths, German prisoners, and the armistice ending firing at 11 00 AM November 11. He notes the censor is lifted and signs off from Camp Marville bound for Germany.
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France
E. M. Jones
Clifon
Texas
Lather
Camp Travis
Miss
Tenn
Ind
Ohio
New York
Camp Mills
Long Island
Liverpool
Winchester
South Hamton
le Havre
Paris
Villars
Racy
Death Valley
Paint Mason
Metz
St. Mihiel
Verdun
Argonne Forest
Lst
Muese
Marville
Germany
Lovelace A. Jones
M. G. Bn
Make Thousands of Dollars Get Ahead Through Education
An article urges selfimprovement via correspondence courses at Tyler Commercial College Texas. It promotes practical business training Bryne shorthand bookkeeping typing and salesmanship as a path to higher earnings, inviting readers to request a catalogue and enroll. The piece mixes exhortation with wartime patriotic verses praising Allied nations and duty.
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George Washington
Cured at a Cost of 25 Cents
Mrs. Robert Allison of Mattoon Illinois recalls eight years ago suffering indigestion constipation headaches dizziness and fatigue. She credits one bottle of Chamberlains Tablets with curing her and says she now feels like a different person.
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Mattoon
Robert Allison
Ill
Chamberlain
Lost stock near Briezos bridge on Jeff Biffle farm
C A Dennis of Whitney Texas offers a $10 reward for the recovery of a brown mare and a black male colt yearling that vanished from the Jeff Biffle farm near Briezos bridge about six weeks ago. The notice urges any information leading to apprehension. A second note mocks women and silk hose usage in windy weather.
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Jeff Biffle
Briezos Bridge
C. A. Dennis
Whitney
Texas
Peace Has Come War Ends and Joy Spreads Across Nations
Poem celebrating the end of war with crowds, bells, and singing as Belgium and France are freed. The piece notes peace, the redeemer nations, and ships no longer sinking, urging global jubilation and flags, guns, and liberty.
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Belgium
Brition
France
A Pest of a Man and Cupid’s Honeymoon Jokes
A witty remark notes a pest is a person bragging about himself while neglecting others. It adds a humorous jab at Old Dan Cupid who errs as marriages drag on beyond the honeymoon.
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Old Dan Cupid
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Sea Island Brown
SAT
ASA
CONNOLLY @ CO
Valley Mills
Lette
Lovelace
A. Jones
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Clifton Record
The
Dallas News
Mason
Thedford’s
Clifton Mill & Elevator CO
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