Mail and life with the 20th U S Engineers in France
A correspondent with the 20th U S Engineers describes slow mail service, occasional receipt of letters from Oregon mailed months earlier, and the contrast between hungry letters and good rations. He notes boarding with a private family, a cleaner town, a historic church, and local scenes including a picturesque village square, postcards bought for two cents, and meeting a Lincoln High School alumnus among three local soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis G. Corbitt
Oregon
Rance
Tam
T.minx
States
Alsa
Mother
Aston
Santill
161St Infantry
Lincoln High School
Local notes and travels from Libertyville residents
Libertyville residents report visits to Cen tralia and Ottumwa, a funeral in Batavia, and marriage of Nellie Looney and Aston Hlewitt in Ottumwa. Mentions of guests from Macon and Seattle, a Rebekah Club event, a midweek prayer meeting, and clock changes for daylight time across small towns near the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Shores
A. E. Rodabaugh
Dan Peebler
Centralia
H. D. Davis
Rebekah Club
Henry Hawkins
Lester Burnaugh
Margaret Elder
Ben Ivins
Batavia
Josephine Elliott
Mt. Pleasant
Nellie Looney
Aston Hlewitt
Douds-Leando
Ottumwa
Montana
Paul Tedrow
Macon
Hart Stars in Blue Blazes Rawden at the Orpheum
William Hart stars in Blue Blazes Rawden at the Orpheum tonight as a rugged lumberjack in the Canadian Northwest. The Hart company faced severe cold and blizzards during exterior filming and had to drag sleighs by hand without horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. Hart
Blue Blazes
Rawden
THE
Orpheum
Wm. S. Hart
Orpheum Theater
Ince Star
Artcraft
Canadian Northwest
Hart
California
J. G. Hawks
Bohemian Capital Declares State of Siege
Prague is under siege with police and military reinforced after anti German demonstrations. Czechs and Jugoslavs marched through the streets shouting Long live Wilson Clemenceau and Lloyd George as a Zurich Telegraph dispatch reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prague
Zurich
Wilson
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
For Sale Items and Rentals Local Classifieds
A curated list of local ads offering for sale a house at 705 North Mapy street Fairfield Iowa and other items including a driving mare cabbage plants and sewing machine, two registered Poland China pigs and a second hand auto, plus multiple rental offers for flats rooms and houses with contact details and prices where shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maipy Street
Fairfield
Iowa
Zella Joh.son
High St
Oskaloosa
W. Jefferson Street
Poland
China
C. A. Allard
Draft Evader Kills Sheriff in Nevada
May 21 report from Mallon Nevada says Sheriff Mark L Wildes of Churchill County was fatally wounded by Paul Weters Socialist a draft evader whom the sheriff had arrested. Weters a rancher armed himself and hid in the mountains attempting to elude service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallon
Nev
Mark L. Wildes
Churchill County
Paul Weters
Weters
Servier
Commonwealth to charter American ships for U S service
Melbourne May 21 the commonwealth will charter American vessels to transport cargo and personnel to the United States following a request from Washington. The move aims to bolster transport capacity and support allied logistics during the current period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Austiclia
Commonwealth
United States
Wanted Agents and Help Wanted Notices
WANTED Agents. $60 weekly and automobile furnished. men everywhere placing samples for a fuel product. Outfit furnished free. Ballwey Co. Sta. F. Louisville Ky. 488 WANTED Three aims at once at the Fairfield Steam Laundry. 487 WANTED To buy a second hand cook stove. Phone $804. 491 WANTED A situation by a boy fifteen years of age on farm. Must be
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballwey Co
Sta. F
Louisville
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Austrian Rulers in Turkey
Emperor Charles and Empress Zita of Austria Hungary, with their party, left Sofia Sunday for Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Safia
Charleo
Eepress Zita
Austria-Hungary
Sofia
Constantinople
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
France
Libertyville
Black
Seattle
Helen
Charles Legg
Professor Screecher
Cry “Wilson
Aged
Harper Brush Factory
Shrines & Johnson’s
Leo Russell Smith
West Jefferson Street
North North Street
G, Taylor
East
Washington St
West
Burlington St
George M. — Bailey
Wairfield
Thoma and Thome
Phans
Highland Ave
South Second Street
Wilson’s
South Main Street
H. C. Stevenson
Leggett House
North Main Street
Winder
Journal Office
Fran
Lucksher
Duchanan
Journal
Pence’s
North Fourth Street
Broadway
Lon H
Israel
Larson & Jones
Equate
TAX Service
A. F. Carlson
Barhydt Chapel
Big Red Cross
Thomas H.ince
William Hart
Azes
Francis
Bushman
Cee Ee Bayne
BRASS
Wat
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington Street
Stortz and
Taglauer
Fairfield Agents
C. G. Nelson and Son
Ottumwa, Iowa
Coutil
Contil
W. B
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
Chicago
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