Local News Briefs From Batavia and Surrounding Areas
Notes from the city report social visits illnesses and hospital stays. Mrs Henry Bevans Corrine Gentry and Mrs Horace Gentry appear in medical updates while births marriages and travel plans are announced. Several residents travel or return from service with other personal notices and a death in Ottumwa.
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Henry Bevans
Batavia
George Patterson
Henry Titus
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ottumwa
Soldier’s wartime trek from Luxemburg to Mayen and Coblenz
A serviceman recounts moves from Luxemburg to Bitburg and Mayen Germany in December 1918. He notes shortages, hospitality from nuns, and discharges at Bitburg with lieutenant rank, then describes Mayen’s shops and streets, and plans for Coblenz and home. He observes poor daylight, logistics, and German conditions, including food scarcity and redeployed trucks.
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Luxemburg
Aeouinee
Bitburg
Germany
Mayen
Rhine River
Coblenz
Rhine
24Th Engineers
Third Army
Hades
War letter from France from Charles Maxwell of the 77th Division
Charles Maxwell writes to his parents in December 1918 from France. He recounts landing and service near LaHarre and Le Mans, notes the Argonne front near armistice day, describes poor conditions and a scarce Thanksgiving, and urges support for Salvation Army and the Knights of Columbus rather than the Y M C A. He expects return home within three months and requests pies on his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Charles Maxwell
France
Ray H. Maxwell
LaHarre
LeMans
Argonne Woods
Jerry
Red Cross
Apple
K. of C
Salvation Army
Soldier writes from Germany awaiting voyage to the United States
The writer recounts moving through three armies and awaiting final relief in Germany, hoping to board a ship bound for the U S A. He notes Brest, France as the likely embarkation point and describes becoming an officer with a private room and access to the officers' mess.
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Germany
Brest
France
Ex Kaiser a Physical Wreck in Exile
A hospital worker returning from Holland reports the exiled Kaiser at Amersfoort is a physical wreck. He has white hair a livid face shrinking body and eyes that stare. In company he talks endlessly and ignores others while alone he is restless or deeply melancholy.
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London
Kaiser
England
Victoria
Holland
Amerongen
William Hohenzollern
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Corrine Gentry
Jefferson County Hospital
Horace Gentry
District Court
Henry Faulkner
Henry Lewis Faulkner
E. A. Stoner
Ray Stoner
Kansas City, Mo
John Hammes
Oskaloosa
H. E. Wisecarver
Chicago
Ilinois
Walter Johnson
Ben West
College Station
Texas
F. A. Gageby
Paul Gageby
Margaret Hillman
James MecDown
Patavia
J. C. Gov
Orville Nott
New York
U. S. S. New York
Lela Lamberson
Fairfield
Clarence L. Hall
Eldon
Bernard Damm
Camp Dodge
Edward McKee
St. Paul
McKee
Army
George Yarrington
Son Brainard
Los Angeles
California
City
Johnson
Ruth Wisecarver
V. A. Wagoner
Madison
Indiana
Libertyville
J. W. Wagoner
Engand
Daily Journal
Post Office
Frank D. Wredicv
Tripone
Kaiser Physical Wreck
Richardson Hardware CO
Matinee
Orpheum Cremona Pipe Organ
Artcraft Production
Wallace Reid
Dorothy Dalton
Yeoman Hall
Nerd. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Tas Weld
Prince Albert
P. A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
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