Letters from World War I soldiers in France 1918
Private Wesley Pierce reports from Aix les Baines and Toul as armistice ends. He describes leisure at the Y and hotel, shares weather, food, uniforms, and muddy conditions, notes excitement over celebrations, division bulletins, service stripes, and hopes for home before Christmas. He signs as Private Pierce to his father and Joe.
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Wesley Pierce
Aix Les Baines
France
Dad
Outfit
Funy
Que
See This Thing Through Liberty Loan Call
The ad urges finishing touches on the world’s command for peace and urges individuals to do their share in the next Liberty Loan. It cites vast wartime expenditures and the potential humiliation if Germany prevailed, framing financial support as essential to global order.
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Sam
Germany
Rasdia
Uncle Sam
Hig al- Asmust
A Shifty Plot and a Soldier’s Quiet Romance
Nat Dover, a slacker, becomes entangled with Dalziel in a gas mask scam aimed at profiting from government contracts. Nat weighs a potential marriage to Alice Lisle as Alan Drury serves in the war, while Nat plots to marry Alice and secure a farm as he eyes a risky, illusory windfall.
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Bryce Dniesel
Nat Dover
Nat
Bryte Dalwiel
Bolan Nite
Aiware
Alin Drury
Wit
Alice Lisle
Alice
Alin
Nat Ema
Alan
Tye
Inthart
Drury
Tila
Taste
Lisle
Tim
Chauffeur Don Lewis Writes From Frontline France
Don W. Lewis, a chauffeur, mails a wartime letter from Conflans France dated November 2 1918. He describes passing through destroyed towns held by Germans for four years and sleeping in a former German building with a makeshift coal bucket. He notes trench lines, bombardment ruins, and meeting Indiana soldiers Charlie Yarman and John Trainer, hoping for a quick return home.
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Don W. Lewis Conflans
France
Sis
Tam
Metz
Verdun
Meta
Charlie Yarman
Vomes John Trainer
Indiana
Howe
O. K
Don | P. S
Sniper Threats Mentioned in War-Time Exchange
A wounded Lewis recalls near death during combat near Nam a, recounting how a sniper pressured him over life insurance and the fear of sleep in a frontline setting. Comrade dialogue hints at the harsh realities of shelling and danger amid armistice debates.
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Lewis
Community News From Brushvalley and Surrounding Areas
Rev F D Ehlenberger presided at quarterly conference in the United Evangelical Church and preached in the afternoon. Christmas activities included Sunday School treats and an entertainment by the Methodist Sunday School. Ed Buchanan received a fine 18 pound coon Monday night. George McCutcheon is on the sick list. Walter Cunningham known as Teddy visited Mechanicsburg during Christmas. Wesley Shannon returned home from Blacklick where he worked on concrete for Anderson Contracting Co. Walter Mock married Mellie Carothers at Vandergrift on Christmas. Rev Sprinkle officiated. Scott Sprinkle of the U S Navy was a guest. Mrs Chambers Rummell returned from Washington DC to visit Otis. Lawrence Roser recalls two hours peeling onions at Camp Lae, a time that brought tears. Raymond Miller, home from Lucerne Mines over Christmas, and Daniel Miller who was in Homer on business. Samuel Rugh suffered the loss of 20 hogs to hog cholera recently.
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F. D. Ehlenberger
United Evangelical Church
United Evangelical Sunday School
Methodist Sunday School
Buchanan
George McCutcheon
Walter Cunningham
Teddy
Butler
Mechanicsburg
Wesley Shannon
Anderson Contracting Co
Mothers Guide Mus terole Promises Quick Croup Relief
A vintage ad touts Mus terole as a first aid remedy for mothers warning symptoms may progress to croup or worse. It claims prompt relief for adults too, removing sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis and numerous pains. Jars priced 30c and 60c with a hospital note.
Licenses Record Shows Names Across Avonmore Clarksburg Areas
A list of individuals including William Gray Avonmore Maude Rearick ALG Shields Love Joy Rebovew Reid Clymer Paul Lowman Rose Ann Nau Brackenridge is presented as licenses. The fragment notes multiple names tied to local districts and indicates a roster update for area permits or authorizations.
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William Gray
Avonmore Maude Rearick
Avonmore Alg
Shields
Love Joy Rebovew Reid
Clymer
Paul Lowman
Clarksburg Rose Ann Nau
Brackenridge
Transfers of Indiana lots involve two real estate deeds
Bertha Greenlee transfers to Edith BD Snyder a lot in Indiana for 92,500 dollars. Tra A Myers transfers to Kathryn Tippery and others a lot in Indiana for 1,500 dollars.
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Bertha Greenlee
Edith BD
Snyder
Indiana
Tra A. Myers
Kathryn Tippery
State War History Commission seeks full Pennsylvanian service rolls
The War History Commission urges the public to submit names of all Pennsylvanians who served in the United States or Allied forces or were drafted. It warns against incomplete Civil War recording and asks relatives to clip and mail details to complete the official honor roll, honoring those who sustained the state’s reputation in war.
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Sylvania Mer
War History Commission
Wanted Distributing and Selling Agent in Indiana County
A high grade motor truck firm seeks a distributing and selling agent in Indiana County. Machines in Pittsburgh factory branch. Applicant need not purchase demonstrator yet must be a man of character and responsibility with bank references. Profitable opportunity for the appointed man.
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Indiana County
Pittsburg
Tradesmans' Engineering Co ad reads and casualty list notes
Tradesmans' Engineering Co at 589 Union Arcade Bldg Pittsburgh advertises insurances and Northwestern Mutual Lite rates. Casualty list continues with Torlay's totals 424 names: killed in action 3, died of wounds 56, died of accident and other causes 13, died of disease 7, wounded severely 146, wounded, degree undetermined 26, wounded slightly 27, missing in action 116. Pennsylvanians listed: Died from Wounds Private Tomer D. McFatt Tarentum wounded severely Privates George H. Gehhart Euston Michael Filey Pittsburgh George Williams Hazelton John Robert Betton DuBois
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Torlay
George H. Gehhart
Euston
Michael Filey
Pittsburgh
George Williams
Hazelton
John Robert Betton
DuBois
Provost Crowder and the Draft
Washington says the first world war proved selective service essential to mobilize 23.5 million volunteers and build a 2.75 million fighting force in ninety days. He notes wartime industrial and domestic adjustments, a five million army by war’s end, and urges preserving the selective service system for future crises.
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Washington
America
Crowder
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