Burial Place of Lieut Walter Schafer Found
The Ottumwa Courier reports Lieut Walter B Schafer son of Mr and Mrs John Schafer 37 South Ward street lies buried in a cemetery in Mirey ur Ves ouze Lorraine France near Nancy east of Saarburg The letter from Bishop John Nuelson Europe confirms he died in a German hospital on April 22 and notes later declared dead in late July He was a Willard Street M E church member and Ottumwa native who starred in Ottumwa high school athletics and Chicago arts studies before enlisting in 1917
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Ottumwa Courier
Walter Schafer
Fairfield
Mirey-ur-Vesouze
Nancy
Luneville
Saarburg
Lorraine
Ottumwans
Walter B. Schafer
John Schafer
South Ward Street
John Nuelson
Europe
Berne
Switzerland
Lieut
Schafer
War Department
Lieut. Schafer
G Company
No Man’s Land
Schafe
Ottumwa
Chicago
Leon
Willard Street
M. E
South
University of Chicago
Art Institute
Phi Psi
Walter
St. Sheridan
France
America
Co. G
No-Man’s Land
Red Cross
Rifle Training in War book issued by Camp Perry chief instructor
Lieut. Col. S. W. Brookhart of Washington publishes Rifle Training in War. The Small Arms Firing School at Camp Perry, Ohio uses the book and lauds its value for improving marksmanship from a leading authority.
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War Department
Camp Perry
Ohio
S. W. Brookhart
Washington
Charles Baird Joins Central Y M C A in Norfolk
A letter to Rev. R. H Polly confirms Charles Baird, who moved to Norfolk Virginia to work in the shipyard near his son Rupert, has secured a position at the Central Y M C A there. He says he enjoys the work and longs to see his boy, asks friends here to remember him.
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R. H Polly
Charles Baird
Norfolk
Rupert
Soldier Dies After Refusing Leave on Western Front
The report notes a sergeant who declined a required leave on April 18 to stay with his unit. Four days later he was wounded and captured. Lieut Schafer, who wished to join aviation, failed to receive timely commission in the air branch after earning a service stripe and nearing a second.
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Schafer
Western Front
Odd Fellows to Meet for Funeral of B M Mikesell
All Odd Fellows are summoned to the North Side Odd Fellows hall on Sunday September 22 at 1 20 p m to attend the funeral of our Brother B M Mikesell by order of the Noble Grand.
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Will Troter
Ainsworth
City
B. F. Mikesell
Odd Fellows
North Side
Odd Fellows Hall
B. M. Mikesell
Life of Carl Lundquist
Carl Lundquist died Sept 13 at his parents home on South Main street after two years of declining health. Born Sept 18, 1888 in Jefferson County near Beckwith, he lived most of his life in the county aside from stints in Kansas. Survived by relatives and friends, with brief note of schooling and work.
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Carl Lundquist
Frank Lundquist
South Main Street
Carl William Lundquist
Frank
Amelia A. Lundquist
Jefferson County
Beckwith
Kansas
Howe
LO Fairvnieia
Reservations for Sunday Dinner by Saturday Six
Notice requests diners to reserve Sunday dinner by six o clock Saturday for planning and dormitory care. The snippet references a dormitory context and asks early bookings.
John Vogalsang practical mano tuner
John Vogalsang promotes a practical mano tuner with contact phone 2412, offering guidance and potential service details. The brief note suggests a product or tool example labeled L-13.
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John Vogalsang
Ex czar’s mother burned in Bolshevik attack
London reports a story that the former Russian dowager empress and four princesses and grand duchesses, unnamed here, died when Bolsheviks set a house ablaze after imprisoning them in an isolated village following the emperor’s assassination. An investigation is said to be underway.
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London
Kill Not Take Germans At Front Lines Luncheon Remark
Sergeant William S Bishop of Battery C 149th Artillery told a luncheon at the Electric Club about JeilIy’s Bucks killing Germans. He said frontline soldiers kill rather than capture as the only way to avoid danger and that shouting amerad can endanger comrades. The talk described front line realities andSoldiers sentiment.
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Chicago
Tneilly’s
Bucks
Sergt
William
Bishop
Electric Club
Sherman
Bishon
Jeiliy
Amerad
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