Memorial and Decoration Services For Soldiers Held
Memorial and Decoration services were held in Corydon with the 235th Infantry Band from Camp Zachary Taylor leading a Sunday program. Rev. M A Cossaboom delivered the memorial sermon urging support for the nation and the Allied cause, with touching tributes to soldiers and fraternal orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
235Th Infantry
Camp Zachary Taylor
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Zachary Taylor
Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias
Cossaboom
Rev. Smith
Moore
Battram
Luther Miller
James Elliot
Walter P. Davis
William Weaver
W. C. Lynch
W. H. H. Hodson
Waynesville Army Hospital Letter From Emmet J Foley
Emmet J Foley writes from United States Army General Hospital Waynesville North Carolina describing duties as Receiving Clerk and mail control, hospital capacity for five hundred patients with tent colony potential for up to fifteen hundred, the mountain scenery and climate, local people and the town’s high altitude, plus homesickness and camaraderie among Harrison county soldiers and nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army General Hospital
Waynesville
N.C
Lew M. O'Bannon
Corydon Democrat
Corydon
Ind
Ft. Oglethorpe
Georgia
New Albany
U. S
Richland County
Rockies
France
T. B
Haywood County
North Carolina
Old Indiana
Error on Upside Down Airplane Stamp Sheet Sells as Collectible
A sheet of new sir post stamps with the airplane design printed upside down is valued at $20,000 if unique. If authentic, each stamp could fetch $250 to collectors. Col Jake Dawson, a Texas turkey lobbyist, recently sold at a Red Cross sale in Austin for $10,000 and was presented to President Wilson by Rep Hardy of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Post
Itie
Col
Jake Dawson
Texas
Red Cross
Austin
Willson
Rep. Hardy
State
W.A. Russell
Boone Township
Corydon
Greensburg
Kansas
Joel F. Russell
The
Democrat
Mr. Russell
France
Russell
Harrison County
Arthur
Independent Herald
Bertrand
Nebraska
Evar Isaacson
Funston
William A. Shreck
Shreck
Shater Township
Lie
Squire James M. Sherrill
Washington Township
German aviator reveals uncounted salvageable planes
A captured German flyer told Allied authorities that German losses are undercounted by excluding aircraft that fall behind lines and can be salvaged. He said some smaller parts are reused, altering the official tally of planes lost.
British Vessel Tests Submarine Device In Simulated Battle
A British ship deployed a new anti submarine device in a prepared mock battle but an encounter with a German submarine disrupted the exercise. The crew reported a highly realistic demonstration and noted the device functioned as intended, though the actual combat narrative remains undisclosed.
Broad sweep of wartime topics and tech advances
A mosaic of wartime notes including Congress action to melt Frederick the Great statue for munitions, Luther Burbank's 14 percent gluten super wheat, U S aviation training rules, and German aircraft markings. Also reports on egg spoilage in storage, Baptist Missionary Union school dedication, sugar-saving formulas, Kerensky rumor, Chaplaincy of Bishop Brent, Cyclos mystery, and sugar use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Frederick the Great
War College
Washington
Luther Burbank
Hudson Bay
Schumann-Heink Says World War I Keeps Her From Singing
In a curtain speech at Indiana University Mme Schumann-Heink said her current concert would be her last until the war ends. She plans to devote herself to entertaining soldiers in army cantonments and possibly in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana University
Mme. Schumann- Heink
France
Red Cross sales bring large sums in Midwest towns
A Hastings-like letter details Red Cross auctions in Miami Oklahoma and nearby Harrison County. Mrs Elizabeth Williams Stivers explains the Miami drive raised over three thousand dollars, with exotic items and even a corn ear selling for 125. Fellow reports note auctions in Bertrand Nebraska and other towns nets well over ten thousand dollars, aided by donated services and multiple auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Elizabeth Williams Stivers
Corydon
Elizabeth Williams
Miami
Oklahoma
War Bank
Mt. Vernon
We Waste Food And Remember The Dead
A portion of the text lists wasteful practices from peeling potatoes to improper cooking and eating habits. The obituary notes the funeral of Charles Henry Davis held at Rehoboth with Rev. N L New officiating. Davis, born January 22 1852, died May 20 in Waco Nebraska from stomach cancer. Surviving children and siblings are named with their locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Davis
Charles Henry Davis
Rehoboth
N. L. New
Presbyterian Church of
Waco
Neb
Burrell
Robert Davis
Davis
Blaie
Henry
Logan County
Illinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. A. Cossaboom
John Lopp
William D. Wilson
Henry J. Wise
Robert Gibson
F. M. Bartley
David B. Salts
Geo. W. Briffett
Adam Robins
John H. Heth
Rev. Cossaboom
Batte
Emmett J. Folley
Maynesf
Ohio
Myself
Faith
Emily
Gillbo
Emmet J. Foley
BR. C
White Mills
Susy Reader
Allied
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Baptist Women’s Missionary Union Training School
Louisville
Actiog
Baptist Church
Bureau of Chemistry
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
United States
Charles H. Brent
New York
Chapain
American Expeditionary Forces
Navy Department
Cyclops
United Kingdom
Canada
Fuei Administration
Berliner Tageblatt
Saxony
E. H. R. Green
RED Cross Sales
Harrison Countiang Wart
Okla
End
O’bannon
Arthur Russell
Dr. Shreck
Pratts
Riely’s
W.H. Bullet & Sons
Harroun
M. RB. Foster
New Middletown
Harroun Automobile
Morton
CeanUp, Bain EV
Swarens
Adam
Undertakers
Ramsey
Crandall
Uepauw
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