Soldier’s long wartime letter from France to Mrs. Mintoyne
In a January 1919 letter from France, Troy E Bell recounts rough seas and seasickness aboard a troop ship, the journey to Liverpool, and the German submarine threat. He notes winter weather in France, the hard life of civilians, and glimpses of friends from Fairfield. He describes meals, a refugee town Treycort, and a dying cat aboard. He mentions wearing a large A on his sleeve for the First Army and reflects on the war’s impact on himself and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Mintoyne
Troy E. Bell
Evers
France
Germany
U.S
California
Treycort
Ragland
St We Roy
AstVer
Toyfo
Fatherland
Fairfield
Long
England
Joe
Great Love Scene at Orpheum Friday Benefit Film
A D W Griffiths epic The Great Love comes to the Orpheum next Friday with matinee and night showings. The film follows Jim Young of Youngstown Pa enlisting in a Canadian regiment, meeting Susie an Australian girl, and unfolding love amid war and German intrigue. Proceeds aid Jefferson County soldiers memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum
D. W. Griffith
Jefferson County
W.R. C
Jim Young
Youngstown
Belgium
Europe
England
London
Jim
Susie
Sir Rogers
France
Sir John
Garden of Fair Women
Coun
For Sale and Wanted Classified Notices
Miscellaneous local ads list items for sale including potatoes at 1.25 and 1.35 a bushel, a six hole Laurel range, a Cole hot blast heater, a safe, and blacksmith stock. Also several wanted notices seek laundry work, rental property, machine operators, hosiery sales workers, government exams, and agency commissions. Contact details and addresses vary by listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Washington Street
Cole
O. J. Simon
North Court Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Liverpool
Mauretania
Lusitania
Vimy Ridge
Gaumer Bro
Parsons Colege
Fairfield Glove & Mitten Co
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Raymond Terry
Civil Service
Continental Building
Washington
Roosevelt
Ford Automobile
FGB
Dickerson Co
Detroit
Michigan
Leggett House
Bevering
Genuin
John T. Davies
E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Tripane
Dexter Company
Jacob Scheffel
John Hufstedler
Leggett Mouse
Hays Place
W.L. Lambert
Journal
J. F. Wilson Jr
2Nd Stairway South First National Bank
Thoma & Thoma
CE Cream CO
Marion ST
Ottumwa, IA
C. E. Haynes
N. Court
Formu
Brassieres
W.B
W. B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
Chicago
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