War era meat packers praise and public notices mix in speech
A speech by Churchill lauds Swift & Company for supporting WWI efforts while outlining production of gylcerine potash sulphuric acid and other byproducts. The text blends with a legal notice announcing sale of real estate in Marshall County Illinois to settle debts, listing the estate of Charles Clifford Doran and details of the auction.
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Isis
Co’s
Nan” Packers
United States
Acrvise
S. Church
Swift's
Geeral Public
Churchill
Gsiwe
Swift& Company
Food Administration
Bureau of Animaly
Talon
Fesons
Illinois
Marshall_county
Qeto
A.D
Les Clifford“Doran
Rt Doran
Charles Clifford Doran
Katherine E. Doran
Ka*Doran
Marshall County
Tober
A. D
Les Clittors
City
Mall
Soldier Letter From Camp Upton Details News and Hopes
Wagoner G. C. Wabel writes Alice Wabel from Camp Upton New York sharing brief war updates. He notes influenza deaths at camp mentions biscuit about fellow soldiers and a desire to see the ocean. He describes uniforms chevrons and future KP relief and hopes for reassignment to the field artillery with possible Christmas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Wabel
Camp Upton
New York
Franci S
Camp Shelby
Capitol
Theo‘dore
86Th
Texas
Alove
139Th F. A
K.P
Harry
Wagoner
Wagoner G. C. Wabel
Soldier Letter From Harry B Ramage to Parents in Magnolia
August 24 1918 letter from 1st Lieutenant Harry B Ramage A 8 S C U S C 462nd Construction dm aids A E F Paris to New York. He describes gas instruction school, moving with Moroccans to a new camp, a billet with a fireplace, stable behind his room, meals in a French village, and plans to return home for pie. He mentions Quentin Roosevelt, Nenette and Rentintin dolls, subscribing to Stars and Stripes, and updates on friends, water supply, and front news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Slettera
Leutenant
400 Squadron
Quentin Roosevelt
Nenette
Union
Paris
Stars and Stripes
R. W. Spencer
Peterman
Texas
Tuscania
Alan Ash
Morrow
AlHes
Harry
Harry B. Ramage
A.-8
Aero Squadron 462Nd Construction Dmaids, A. E. F
Air Service
New York
Black Hawk and Kaiser Compared in War Time Morality
A historical contrast portrays Black Hawk as a humane leader who fought Whites to defend his people, versus the Kaiser depicted as brutal and expansionist whose campaigns included massacres and atrocities. The piece argues Black Hawk fought for homes and children while the Kaiser sought power and territory, and suggests future honest histories will condemn the Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illnois
Black Hawk
Belgium
France
Turkey
Serbia
Ukraine
Romania
Mississippi Valley
Kaiser
Rock Island Union
Letter from Albert Halbleib Aboard a Merchant Ship in 1918
A wartime letter from Albert Halbleib dated October 6 1918 describes traveling, submarine threats, and exchange with a Navy Y M C A address in Brooklyn. He reports explosions near the plant, a casualty named Harney, and witnessing bond sales to sailors in a theater as New York shows strong war bond support. He mentions trips across the ocean and plans for further voyages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Halbleib
Dora
Henry
Harney
Brooklyn
New York
Fifth Avenue
Navy
Albert Hbibleib
Gratitude Letter on Diarrhea Remedy Assistance
Mrs William Bell of Logansport Indiana praises Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for relief during a severe diarrheal attack three years ago. Miss Idelle Schaffer resigns from Wenona public schools and takes a primary teaching post in Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bell
Logansport
Indiana
Chamberlain
Fe Fase
Idelle Schaffer
Wenona
Pekin
Soldier Letter From France August 1918
A brief World War I letter from a soldier in France dated August 1918. He writes to family about sending a German helmet as a souvenir, plans to send more small items, and hopes for a gas mask. He mentions fellow soldiers, local crops back home, a thunderstorm, artillery sounds, and curiosity about acquaintances and relatives, noting the war's excitement and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
O. K
Georgia
Bud Hefner
Marine Aviation
Rube Hindles
Dr. Price
Magnos Iam
James L. Farrell
Jim
O.K
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Gia
Robert Doran
Charles Coe
Jacobs
Atty
HEREY
S Holt
Harry B.-Ramage
Mr. and
Mrs. Ramage
Magnolia
Paul
Louis
Clemens
G. E. Fenwick
Poy Ea Es
Rapy Fa
Ie Ee
Esid Ees
Robert-Clark
Central Park
First National
Henry, “Tl
E. C. Stoneberg, Shoeman
Poland
Toulon
Bradford
Wyoming
Neponset
Golden Prosperity
Orange Boy
J. J. Conrad
Giant Smooth Bone
Gell
Model Mastodon
Springfield
Peoria
G. C. Cox
Iowa
H. F. Adams
Ill
W. B. Duncan
J. GC. Hartley
Mills Dewey
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