Came Through Safely Edward Ledgard Writes Of Narrow Escapes
Edward Medgerd of Company D 104th Infantry reports in a letter dated November 30 1918 that he came through the war with no scratches though comrades were killed within five feet. He recalls the Verdun front and an eight day 130 mile postwar hike while awaiting homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ledgard
Edward Medgerd
Cook
Co. D
104Th Inf
Mounted Military Police
Harry Ledgard
Nason Jr
Verdun Front
Sean Fellows
Court actions seek executors for several local estates
county court news lists petitions for administratrix and administrator roles in Acton Maynard Hudson Stow and nearby towns. estates range from 1 100 to 30 000 with bonds up to 4 000 and values including real and personal property. petitions set for East Cambridge or Cambridge deadlines in January and December with various attorneys representing claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Bedford
Concord
Maynard
Hudson
le Ella F. Hovey
Ayer
Harriet H. Gardner
Stow
Cambridge
Warren H. Atwood
Annie G. Selinsky
Eli Selinsky
Lawton
Thomas H. Tierney
Myles J. Tierney
Thomas Tierney
Ireland
East Cambridge
Attys. Wilson, Juggins
Murphy
Sears Bldg
Boston
Horace F. Tuttle
William Callahan Jr
Earl J. Callahan
Grace I. Bliss
Phillip H. Bliss
May I. Bliss
G. Atty. Charles
A. McDonough
Tremont St
J. Frederick B. Noyes
Harwich
Thomas F. Noyes
Ralph H. Snow
IS ALIVE AND WELL Letter From Parmenter Parents
Private Joel F. Parmenter of Co D 104th Infantry 26th Division, listed as dead in Nov 14 casualty lists, writes his Worcester parents that he was wounded at St Mihiel Sept 12 and is recovering in a hospital before duty at a Red Cross hut. He enlisted in the 6th Mass and is a Maynard native formerly employed at Agsabet Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel F. Parmenter
Co. D
Harry, Parmenter
Worcester
Parmenter
St. Mihiel
Red Cross
Co. I, 6Th Mass
104Th
Chatteau Thierry
Maynard
Agsabet Mills
Springfield Man Trades 400 Half Dimes for War Savings Bonds
H A Dally of Springfield Missouri, an 84 year collector of half dimes, carried about 400 coins to a local bank and exchanged them for War Savings Stamps as a hobby activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Dally
Springfield
Family Feud Over Dog Turns to River Rescue
Colonel Abner Taylor argues with his daughter Ethel as Caesar the dog defends her by dragging her wounded lover Waldron Revere to safety. The colonel falls ill after a fishing accident, rescued by Caesar with the boy and town cheering the loyal pet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner Taylor
Hthel
Caesar
Ethel
Waldron
Waldron Revere
Colonel Taylor
John Revere
Senség
Revere
Taylor
Private Beavis Wounded In Action On June 6 At BeNeau Wood
Private Joseph Beavis of the 23d Infantry 2d Division was shot through the left thigh at BeNeau Wood on June 6 during the turning day of the German drive. He arrived home for Christmas leave from a New York hospital and aspires to regain use of his leg. He enlisted in 1917, trained at Syracuse, then served across the Atlantic and in Lorraine, Chateau Thierry, and the Meuse-Argonne region, taking part in the first all American raid and fighting amid heavy artillery and machine gun nests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Beavis
BeNeau Wood
Mill St
New York City
Omar Bundy
Beavis
Hudson
Syracuse
49Th Infantry
Hoboken
Landin
St. Nazaire
Gonacourt
Mehun
Lorraine
Chateau iThierry
Paris
Ope
Cermgne
Pies McEsnew
Neufily
France
New Ork Ety Dci
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Maynard News
Austin. Harney
Robert W. Carter
S. A. Christie, M. D
Case's Block
Nason Street
Guard Trust Company
Mass
County Court News
Joel Parmenter
Weatera Newspaper Union
Thermos
DeLee’s Drug Store
Rexat
Belléau
Cosmopolitan Trust Company
Devonshire ‘St
Maynard Auto Repair Shop
Butler Avenue
Powder
John Edwards
Prop
Assabet Institution For Savings
Charles H. Persons Arthur J. . Walker
Charles H. Persons
Orrin
Fowler William B
James Ri Bent Abel
G. Haynes
Board of Investment
Haynes Black
Main St
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