Letter from a WWI serviceman abroad to his parents
The writer recalls overseas service six months in France, describes trains, gauges, and mines, voyage from New York to Le Havre, sighting Halifax, camouflage on ships, and a sea voyage on an English boat. He mentions Thanksgiving near Verdun, meditated water shortages, gas exposure, wireless training, and Muelsom in the Cote Doron area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville
Aigny le Duc
Simon
Aragon Woods
Grand-Pre
LeHavve
New York
Halifax
Mike
Cote Dor
Chaumont
Muelsom
Iowa
AFL unit appeals to Gompers for Europe boycott
The executive council of the building trades department cabled Samuel Gompers in France asking him to urge European labor leaders to oppose contracts sought by the Building Trades Employers' Association in New York. The move follows a general strike of basic building trades workers by the same association, with estimates that about 100,000 men in several cities could be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Building Trade Department
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
France
Belgium
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Builders’ Association
Vittel memories and WWI observations
A wartime letter recalls Vittel as a summer resort with Red Cross officers and American medical staff. The writer notes churches, chateaus, rain, and Grand Pre, where gas attacks once occurred. He recalls gas masks failing, pig iron bombardment, and a mistaken purchase of a woman’s lung for cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vittel
Detroit
The
Red Cross
Grand- Pre
Fritz
Lost and Found Notice With Several Items
Found an auto chain on West Broadway. Owner may claim by calling this office and paying for this ad. A lavender set with a bluish green sapphire is lost on the square. liberal reward for return. Finder call 278. Lost gold wristwatch on the road between Fairfield and Bernhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weat Broadway
Golé
Fairfield
Bernhart
Wanted Help Sell Hosiery in Norristown Mills
Wanted man or woman to sell guaranteed hosiery to wearer. Salary 24 dollars full time or 60 cents an hour spare time. Experience unnecessary. Apply Mills, Norristown Pennsylvania. 687-5 12 19 26 5 12 29 26-2.9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Public cattle and farm sale near Fairfield
Public sale of cattle horses hogs and farm implements announced by M Damm at his farm south of Fairfield on Thursday February 20th at 1 PM. Adults and all interested buyers invited to attend. Nonlisted items will be removed from sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
M. Damm
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Orville M. Tracy
le Havre
Vassy
Verdun
Cascara
Mr. Hill
Europe
Cable Samuel Gompers
John T. Davies
Wilson Real Estate Agency
H. L. Redman
New Haven
Conn
Miles
People's
Durham
J. T. Rodgers
Sauers Bakery
Court House
H. H. Snyder
South Park
W. Monroe St
Sas
E. Kirkwood
Walter Harris
Clifford Leon Sherman
Theodore
Dexter Company
John Bartholomew
Court Hotel
E. Burlington
Jacob Scheffel
8. A. Power
Journal
Rumley
Rumely
Great Northwest
Hyatt
John M. Brant Company
OllPull
E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Illinois
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