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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
3
A garbled mix of whimsical lines and cartoonish dialogue references to war and domestic tasks. The text hints at playful sketches about marriages, women writers, and the home front, interspersed with wartime buzzwords and comic cues.
Virgil Gale Morgan, known as Dini, former Columbia City high school star athlete, now serves in Pershing's lines in France. A former district mile record holder, he rose from artillery training to the tank corps and earned the rank of sergeant through steady work and cheerful conduct. His parents moved to Teuwansport, but he remains in Conrite? county awaiting safe return.
Fragmented OCR reveals a call to all 25th precinct conscripted men of selected and deferred classes to meet at McCulloch school tomorrow at 8 o clock. Captain H. G. Berghoff signs the notice amid a broader wartime context of Austrian and German forces and impending offensives.
The article reports a wartime gathering of about 100 men from fourteen central states at the Hotel Morrison in Chicago. It notes Fort Wayne and Allen County representatives and mentions speeches by Gen Sher and other YMCA leaders praising volunteers and the war effort, with figures on YMCA war funds and aid to soldiers.
Fragmented OCR text outlines Allied wartime planning with references to American and allied leadership. It mentions committees, delegates, and prep for a major October campaign. Notable figures and places are obscured by garbled wording, but the emphasis is on mobilization, training, and coordination across nations for a joint operation.
An artillery regiment in France adopted an eight year old boy whose mother died at Verdun. The troops fed him and gave him care while in a French town behind the front. Before heading to the front, they raised 2600 francs to support the boy’s future.
A June report from Washington lists 56 names of casualties from a disaster involving airship service. It names Lieut James T, Lt Dan H. Cope, and Lt The Ace thar Goodwin among the wounded and killed, with residences in Maryland Texas Washington and Kansas.
The report lists numerous privates and corporals from various states and cities by name, address, and status. It details deaths from disease and an airplane accident, plus other casualties, including Lieutenant James II Washes and Private Albert Enhouse among the named individuals.
Mrs John Korrellmann of McLean Nebraska reports health gains after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The letter touts the remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities backache headaches nervousness and the blues urging others to try it. The ad cites forty years of use and invites personal ailment advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
Mr. Noblet, secretary of the Hoosier Automobile Association, is in Fort Wayne meeting A. L. Randa of the Tipcal auto association. They plan eight render trails starting Monday including the Lincoln highway from Kalamazoo to Cincinnati and other routes such as the Hoosier highway from Bryan to Danville. The project aims to mark new trails and extend the network.
Fort Wayne to Valparaiso and Fort Wayne to Butte Creek routes are outlined as part of twenty nine Indiana highways. A quarter map distributed will depict trails and include surrounding states with routes to Columbus Detroit Cincinnati and Chicago. Martia Larecke chairs the local group and serves on the state road making committee.
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