Camp Mills Letter from Benjamin Adkins in 1917
Benjamin Adkins writes from Camp Mills Long Island noting arrival with 168th Infantry. He describes bustling training camps 25 000 to 30 000 troops, costly pies and ginger snaps, sightings of aeroplanes, tunnels under the Hudson and Fast rivers, and plans to write again. He signs off sharing health and progress.
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New York
Livy
Hudson River
Fast River
Benjamin Adkins
Co. M, 168Th Infty
Camp Mills
Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y
Libertyville Family Gatherings Mark Eventful Weekend
A Libertyville family return featured a large home gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Newland’s with guests from Bloomfield Pułaski and Batavia among others. Also a wedding at the bride’s parents home south of town united Miss Grace Fichertsa and Robert Allerdice, with plans to live near Jurbridge. Local society notes include hospital visits, typhoid cases, lodge attendance, and community greetings.
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Isaac Newland
D. EK. Bradbury
Hattie and
Raymond
Bloomfield
BE. F. Hiel
J. F. Newland
Downing
D. H. Newland
Breel
Ruby
Pulaski
FE. R. Newland
Donald
Thelma
Dorthe
Margaret
Drakesville
Co. E. Newland
Charles
H. J. Newland
Batavia
George Newland
CC. M. McBride
Nancy Newland
Frank McBride
Chester
Isaac McBride
Frances
Mary Elizabeth
Frank Stever
Alma
Fibertyville
Myrian Haney
Lowallo
Robert Allerdice
Grace Fichertsa
KB. W. Stodghill
Orde
Jurbridge
Jefferson County
Len Lewis
Perry Lewis
H Watkins
Kd. Bennett
W. A. Fulton
A. P. Thompson
M. B. Williams
Qgivorge Krenger
Frank Fell
Will Swartz
Turnipseed
O. A. Swanson
Lindy
KE. W. Stedghill
A. E. Roliobaugh
Centralia
L. L. G. Club
Bert Cleasby
Earl Burnaugh
Lusk
Wyo
Ed. Hagans
Will Price
Will Tedrow
Missouri
FOR SALE A Jersey cow and farm items in ads
Classified column lists a Jersey cow producing six quarts daily, to be fresh in December, with contact details. Also includes auto parts listings for various makes, second hand tires, radiators exchange, and a refrigerator set with other home items. A Royal Cachan Velvet Rug and Haviland China offered by I N BIDDLE. Also Dukro yearling gifts and refurbished typewriters with sales terms from American Writing Machine Co.
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Kirkwood
E Streets
Juick
Hudson
Regal
Oakland
Maxwell Parts
KE. M. F
Stoddard Dayton H
Overland
Ramon
Empire
Bone Yard
Washington
Iowa
Cole
Davenport
West
Washington Street
Haviland
East Adams Street
I. N. Biddle
H. ©. Gantz
Remingtons
Monarchs
L. C. Smiths
Royals
Ask the Journal
American Writing Machine Co., Inc
South Dearborn, Street
Chicago
For Rent listings from local classifieds
Multiple rental notices list houses rooms flats and ancillary spaces with addresses and phone numbers. Entries include two houses at eight and ten dollars monthly and a nine room house at the Washington and Sixth corner with Peace Machine Shop as contact. Other postings cover furnished rooms near the square and near South Main Street and a barn for two horses with a phone contact.
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Gilbert McKee
West
Washington Street
Lou Thoma
South
Main St
South Sixth Street
Washington and
Sixth Street
Enquire Peace Machine Shop
Square
Louis White
Journal Office
The Town Slouch by Ellis M. Clarke
A reflective column mocks public reactions to postwar issues and wartime profiteering while noting fashion trends and religious unity debates. The piece touches on rationing with millers earning 25 cent profit per barrel and cites global tensions under German influence.
Mother Goose Revised Pat-a-cake The Baker Man
Verse reframes the nursery rhyme into a plan to can dry and store food for winter. It presents a practical approach to preserving provisions for the cold season with added verse about preparation.
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Mother Goose
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Adkins
Long Island
Kiempstead Plains, N. Y
Libertyville
THE
KOZY
People's
Cable Lumber Yard
Fairfield Steam Laundry
J. W. Marshall
Leggett Hotel
Ellis M. Clarke
Uncle Sam
Riga
Kaiser Bill” Thompson
Cy Dawkins
A. V
Frazey
A. V. Frazey & Son
Parsons College Conservatory OF Music
James P. Moorhead
Burlington
4Th St
W. H. Harlan Meyers
Wihan Koop
Kyle
Harkins Bros Ralph Eek
A. Schults
Merchant & Wry
G. Gobble
W. Stephenson
Springer Motor Co
Yeo
Woolsen
Rubio
Coppock
Linby
Hedrick
Fremont
Standard Oil Company
Fairfield
Neel Greenfield
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