Lester Harter, U. S. Aviator, Is Dead
Long obituary notes the death of Lieutenant Lester Harter, U S Army Air Service, after his plane was shot down on a bombing mission. It recounts his training in 1917, service with the 20th Aero Squadron, prior life in Fort Madison and Keokuk, and letters from a comrade describing the loss. The piece also summarizes a public health-related court action against a local livery barn owner and other community notices.
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George Stever
North Main Street
Lester Harter
Automobile Party
Lester Bates
Myr. Bates
Perlee
Libertyville
Bates
Jefferson County
Ft. Madison
East
Aviation Corps
U. S. Army
Bowie
Germany
20Th Aero Squadron
W. J. Harter
Keokuk
Adjutant General of the Army
Washington
Air Service
Harter
America
New Jersey
Fort Madison
Esther Harter
Aurora
Neb
Brooke Edwards
Leutenant Harter
Dr. Harter
Lester
2000 Victims Lack Graves in Queen's Epidemic Crisis
An appeal to the mayor asks city workers be sent as grave diggers to inter 2000 unburied victims of the epidemic. Queensboro officials note 60 percent of city cemeteries lie in Queens and some relatives have dug their own relatives' graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queensborough
Queen's
French Victors in Italy Take 700 Prisoners
Rome reports French forces penetrated enemy positions in Italy and captured more than 700 prisoners, according to the Italian official statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Madison Aviator's Final Letter Reveals Fateful Mission
A letter postmarked September 17, believed to be the last written by the young Madison businessman turned aviator, details a dawn departure for a dangerous bombing party over German lines. The airman is now officially listed as dead by the war department after the mission.
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Lester
Dick Matthews
Quartermasters’ Department
Pie
Madison
War Department
Catholic Boys Join WAN Work Campaign
The National Catholic War Council leads a drive in parishes to back the Victory Boys and Victory Girls Earn and Give campaign in a week long effort November 11 to 18. Each parish aims to have one sponsor per serviceman, raising at least five dollars for joint welfare work including the Y M C A Knights of Columbus War Camp Community Service and Salvation Army.
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France
United States
National Catholic War Council
Victory Boys
Victory Girls
United World War Campaign
Y. M
Wee
C. A
Knights of Columbus
War Camp Community Service
Jewish Welfare Board
American Library Association
Salvation Army
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eAnthe
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Byron West
East Madison Street
J. J. Morality
Quincy, Ill
Cecil Johnson
Davenport
J. B. Trent
Batavia
Esther Miller
Moline, Ill
C. G. Sparks
Jessie Traxler
Burlington
Ruth Garber Strausse
Mt. Pleasant
Richard Gudgell
South 3Rd Street
Stella
Ethel Silvers
Stockport
C. H. Clapp
Helen West
Jefferson County Hospital
Grace Darling
Harry Titus
Ottumwa
George Patterson
J. E. Fisher
City
Richard
High Seas
Reuben Gilbert
Des Moines
Motor Transport Corps
Ray Bradshaw
Ruth Massey
Ae Tle
Orin
McMurray
Rainbow
Charley
Frank E. Spiers
Ankany
Mt. Zion Church
Martinsburg
State Board of Health
Mt. Zion Cemetery
U. S
Aviator
Christ
Mas
Browning
Iowa Electric Co
Spurgeon’s Popular Price Stores
Fairfield Store
Georgette
Electric Irons
Bilie Burke
Dover Mie. Co
Printz Biederman
Paul Jones
Middies
Muscatine
J, Goldman
Gedar St
Iowa
Formu
Brassieres
W.B. Forma Brassieres
W.B
W. B
Reduso
WeinGarten Bros., Inc
Cnicaco
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