Mendocino News Highlights From Mendocino Beacon
H A Reynolds returned from the San Joaquin Valley with a carload of cattle for the coast market and plans driving them to Caspar via Little Lake road. Crop prospects in the area are good though north winds slowed grain growth. Gus Samuelson in Germany writes he is with American forces on police duty and is safe. Joe Valadao builds a bungalow on Little Lake street. Woodsman Peter Nelson dies accidentally at 59, coroner ruling. Bennet Pemberton leaves Pettis Pemberton law firm for a new location. John Millard’s regiment arrives in New York and he may join them soon for California.
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Mendocino
H. A. Reynolds
West Side
San Joaquin Valley
Willits
Caspar
Lake Road
Will Oppenlander
Gus Samuelson
San Francisco
Joe Valadao
Little Lake Street
Peter Nelson
Glen Blair
Fort Bragg
Nelson
Bennet Pemberton
Ft. Bragg
Illness Update and Moves Reported at Noyo Camp
Mrs Ruel Perkins recovers at Noyo Camp while Iversen and Perkins depart for Seattle. Mrs Paul Von Ahnen and child with her mother travel to Sunnyvale as the Von Ahnen family relocates from Nogales. The Holquist infant dies at the home of Charles Shelton in Noyo Camp Beacon.
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Caspar
Ruel Perkins
Noyo Camp
I. F. Iversen
Seattle
Paul von Ahnen
Herman Holquist
Fort Bragg Couple Celebrates Tin Wedding
Fort Bragg Feb 21 Mr and Mrs Dana Gray Jr were surprised by friends at their home celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary tin gifts were given and a luncheon was served George Switzer injured at the lumber yard with a leg and ankle sprain. J S Escola welcomed a 11 pound boy February 20 at their home. Helen Hodghead missed school due to influenza but is recovering. Clifton Boyle arrived in New York from France and will travel to California to join his family. Tom Gathering, honorably discharged from Camp Kearney, returned home. Charles Boyle and wife depart for San Francisco to visit friends and relatives for several weeks.
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Fort Bragg
Dana Gray, Jr
George Switzer
Preston
J. S. Escola
Helen Hodghead
Wm. Boyle Nave
Clifton
New York
France
California
Signal Corps
Army
Tom Gathering
Camp Kearney
Charles Boyle
San Francisco
Songs of the Training Camps during World War I
A reflective verse narrative recounts a soldier’s wartime trek from Fremont campaigns to Palo Alto and Frisco Bay. It describes mobilization, transport to the Eastern shore, Camp Mills, a voyage to sea, dangers and delays, and Thanksgiving at City Point before ending with gratitude and pride in service.
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Fremont
Palo Alto
San Jose
Frisco Bay
Kaiser Wilhelm
Holland
Norfolk
Camp Lee
City Point
Welcome Home Volunteer Vets From The Front Line
A war era poem greets returning servicemen with lines about hardship on the march, rain and mud, sickness and bugs, crowded tents, gas and steel in No Man’s Land, and the shared bond of having followed the same flag. It invites them to join the fold and toast their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritzie
Jerties
Minnies
The Old Platoon Tribute Poem by Rifleman Patrick Maggill
A war poem recalling fallen comrades from the old platoon. The speaker honors the mate under a white cross with memories of Hazards shared and faith in a cause worth winning. The poem looks toward a future of freedom and steadfast guidance from the fallen.
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Patrick Maggill
The Economy of Buying Good Tires
The piece argues it is poor economy to use cheap tires and promotes United States Tires. It notes five passenger car tire lines with built in strength for extra miles and urges readers to visit a nearby sales and service depot for assistance in selecting the right tires for their car and driving conditions.
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United States
Winthrop Aldrich Tells Of Service And Wounds
Winthrop Aldrich, listed as slightly wounded, writes his mother and R. B. Donohoe about his hospital stay after a big battle in western Germany. He downplays serious injury, notes food and soap shortages, describes local life, and mentions being billeted in a German home with a chatty Dutch child.
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Winthrop
Aldrich
C. A. Aldrich
R. BE. Donohoe
Mendocino Hospital Mangled Buy Compromise Reached
A dispute between the state board of control and the board of managers of Mendocino State Hospital over a mang le purchase was settled by a compromise permitting the hospital to buy four mangles for 3200 dollars rather than a second hand unit at 1800 dollars. The original selection cost 5600 dollars, drawing treasury objections. Trustees Ben G. Patocchi and Thomas P. Boyd and President Greenebaum resigned amid the wrangle, but Governor Stephens would not accept the resignations. Mrs. Elmer Weger and family visited from Orrs Springs, guests of Mrs. Berry Wright.
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State Board of Control
Boa ‘of Managers
Mendocino
Hospital
Talmage
Inich
Ben G. Patocchi
Petaluma
Thomas P. Boyd
San Rafael
Greenebaum
San Francisco
Stephens
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Dispatch Democrat
Ukiah
Cal
Chain
Winthrop Aldrich
Donohoe
Emmett
Bas
Germany
Mojave
Buesa
Elmer Weger
Orr’s Springs
Berry Wright
Weger
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