France and England Reflections From a War-Time Traveler
The writer recalls meetings with Miss Elizabeth Kenny in Paris and officers near Le Mans, contrasts past wartime horror with peaceful postwar scenes, and muses on memory, civilization, and the enduring demand for peace across Europe. He visits the ruined front, reflects on France England and Italy, and notes renewed beauty and the sorrow of lost lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Louvre
Paris
Vatican
Rome
Nahire
France
Scotland
Milan
Venice
Florence
Italy
Grand Canal
St. Mark’s
Republics
The
Caesars
St. Peter's
Gibron
Voyage Through War Echoes From Verdun To Paris
Leo J. Rasche recounts a postwar journey from Verdun to Coblenz and Cologne to Paris. He contrasts ruined battlefields with revived German and French cities, notes American administration in Coblenz, and venerates Cologne and Amiens while praising Paris as a timeless muse of history and culture.
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Tenches
Tommy Atkinz
Jock
Hell
Kitts
Culogne
Soissons
Rheims
Albert
Ypres
Amiens
Ruskin
Arthur Symonds
Mexico
Picardy
Somme
France
Cologne
Reims
Farmers and Strahan Held Fast For Court
Farmer George and Charlie Strahan of Preston county, jailed at Kingwood for violating Prohibition laws, were brought here after serving their term and arraigned before U S Commissioner Charles R Lilly on Reed Amendment charges. After a brief hearing they were bound for the next Martinsburg Federal court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer” George
Charlie Strahan
Preston County
Kingwood
United States
Charles R. Lilly
Martinsburg
State Supreme Court rules on tax and city cases
The West Virginia Supreme Court issues three opinions at the start of a special term. It upholds the tax commissioner’s reading of a new one quarter of one percent corporate tax for the 1919 fiscal year to fund the Public Safety Department. Other rulings include a Charleton street improvements issue due to a faulty city charter and a mandamus ordering Huntington to yield the police office to the mayor’s appointee.
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Supreme Judicial Body OF
West Virginia
Charlestown
W. Va
State Supreme Court of “Appeals
New Site Public Safety Department
Johugh
State Tax Commissioner
Turkey Knob Coal Company
State Board of Public Works
Circuit Court
aKnawha County
Supreme Court
Charleton
John W. Coon
Huntington
W. E. Graham
Goon
Graham
Packers in June Put in Storage in Chicago
Chicago dispatch: Illinois Department of Agriculture reports large stocks of beef pork butter and eggs stored in Chicago warehouses largely controlled by the five major packers. Since June 1 stocks have grown. releasing them could ease shortages and pressure prices. DA Clyne will use figures in the federal inquiry into high food costs.
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Chicago
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Clyne
Federal
Overtmerit
Arrest of Raymond Hessian on old Army violation charge
Raymond Hessian was arrested Wednesday evening by Deputy U S Marshal J D Moore of Fairmont on an old Reed Amendment violation while in the army at Camp Lee. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Charles R Lilly and held for the next Federal Court term at Martinsburg in a 3500 bond. Hessian claimed he rode a freight train into town from the east and that two men with whiskey left the liquor on the car. officers unable to locate any other owner, took him into custody.
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Raymond Iessian
United States
J. D. Moore
Fairmont
Camp Lee
U. S
Charles R. Lilly
Martinsburg
Terra Alta
Inwood Chosen for West Virginia Apple-Packet House
An official committee named by the State Legislature announced that Inwood in this county has been selected to host West Virginia's apple-packeting house, replacing Martinsburg as the chosen location. The decision was made July 18 after deliberations involving local officials and state representatives.
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Inwood
W. VA
Lucky
Martinsburg
Atte
West Virginia
Martina
Wan Shopen
Handley
Tuepea
Gas men seek repeal of export law at West Virginia meeting
The Natural Gas Association of West Virginia adjourned its fourth annual convention in Wheeling after electing officers led by President George B. Kiddle and hearing Dr. I. C. White warn that most state gas is exhausted. Resolutions urge repeal of a new tax on oil and gas to fund state needs and call for a revised revenue act with industry involvement. Next year’s convention city will be Huntington or Charleston.
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Germany
Vineclad
The
Moselle
Rhineland
Rhine
Coblenz
Prussia
Bonze
William
Ehrenbreitstein
Cologne
Rome
Ypres
Belgium
Verdun
Wheeling
W. Va
Natural Gas Association of
West Virginia
George B. Kiddle
Pat McDonough
Parkersburg
Edwin Robinson
Pairmont
J. C. Sitts
West Union
H. C. Cooper
Clarksburg
F. P. Pryor
Fairmont
Joseph Nestor
I. C. White
Virginia
West Virginia Rural Gas Association
Huntigton
Charleston
Tomorow
Strangers Arrested After Blocking City Car Line
Two strangers parked a car on a street car line near the post office while seeking mail. Their vehicle halted west side and First ward trolleys, causing about fifteen minutes of traffic chaos. Police arrested them after a misunderstanding with the streetcar dead track claim. Mayor Dilworth presided over the arraignment.
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First Ward
St. Mary _street
Hix
Dilworth
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Chancelien
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le Mans
Uear
Norval Peters
Tygaet
Uur
Jones
Ike
Dustion
Gethsemane
Andi
Mars
Wales
Eres Firearms
Jas
Sedan
Chateau-Thierry
Elleau Wood
St.Mimel
Vesle
Meuse
Marne
Forest of the Argonne
Empire
Notre Dame
Pantheon
Richelieu
St. Bartholomew's Day
Place de la Concorde
Montaigne
Descartes
Pascal
Voltaire
Rosseau
Dumas
Hugo
Zola
Fletcher
Osbab Saad
Perp
Elden
Enuine Castoria
Illinois Board OF Agriculture
State — Association
Roland
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