French Club Formed in Camp Near Front in France
A letter from a trench camp describes five men from Petersburg and Templeton forming a French Club. They share French salad, milk and corn meals, a birthday feast, and 18 hours of daylight. They note travel across France and Belgium, mild pay in French money, and hopes for a future trip together through Belgium and France.
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Petersburg
Vas
Templeton
Avecheny
Indy
Bell
Hugh M. Bell
Indiana
J. A. Gessinger
Altoona
Frank L. Sharafe
Leochburg
Paul Harris
Portage
Geo. Lafferty
Philadelphia
Shadow
Alovia
Faurant
Murphy Hosel
Richmond
Dewitt
Nea Jusi
Elesay
France
Frack
Belgium
Udessu
Your Brother Home from War Says Letter Fragments
Fragmentary OCR note reads a personal message likely from a brother. Early line hints at reassurance that “everything is going OK.” Ends with “Your Brother,” suggesting closing from a family member in a correspondence.
Yanks Have No Brains Won't Quit Says Hun
Fragmentary wartime caption from SEW CASTLE Pennsylvania reports a German POW claiming American soldiers lack brains and will not quit He recounts an observation pad note from Cantany by C Eirper a Pershing era airman noting German chatter about France and America amid war context.
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Hun
Sew Castle
Toy
Cantany $C. Eirper
Pershing
Gemeooroprere
Francis
Emerard
Amelie
Beaten by fortune teller theft charge in town
Mrs Lulu Andress aged 1 was arrested on theft charges after telling police a fortune teller advised her to steal pretty clothes to "catch a beau" in downtown shops. The case links a fortune teller to the alleged shoplifting scheme.
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Louis
Lulu Andress
Storas
Buried Beside His Victim in Gary Cemetery
Gary Indiana July 25 John Lazar hanged in Lake County jail Crown Point after killing Mevea Laas is buried beside his victim in the local cemetery. The shooting occurred during a quarrel between Lazar and Mevea.
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Gary
Ind
John Lazar
Lake County
Crown Point
Mevea Laas
Joan
Mevea
Wolf from shoot circus dies after raid in Coshocton
An escaped circus wolf was shot and killed in Coshocton on July 28 after raiding several chicken coops. The animal then attacked a woman who tried to drive it from her Chicken Ward.
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Coshocton
Ascape
Hee
Chiekon
Serveant Has Qwn Ideas of Discipline
Marietta Ohio report notes a local figure named Serveant presenting distinct disciplinary ideas. The item describes the person waiting at home and outlining personal approaches, with emphasis on community reception and local context.
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Serveant
Unclear fragmentary report from Baii Prod page with place names
Fragmentary OCR lists names and places such as Baii Prod Four Liver te Action and Boyes Daugherty's Drug Store Indians Va. Text is damaged and partial with scattered proper nouns and locations, lacking coherent events or dates for a fuller summary.
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Boyes Daugherty
Sergeant in Camp Sherman Makes Daring Threats
A writer notes a sergeant in Camp Sherman who boasted of handling an awkward squid and warned that anyone offended by his speech should meet him behind a building after drill to settle it. The piece hints the threat could lead to action.
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Camp Sherman
Q Dandy
Alaskan Governor Praises Patriotic Home Guard
Juneau July 28 Governor Thomas Riggs Jr stresses practical patriotism as he serves in the Juneau home guard with ninety privates. He says uniforms will be bought from proceeds of several entertainments.
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Juneau
Alaska
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Juneau Home Guard
Syracuse First In War Chest Movement
Syracuse, N Y led the nation in adopting the war chest concept. Since adoption a year ago over 5,000 cities followed. The first annual report shows receipts of 950161 with disbursements around 0,000. A recent drive for the fiscal year ending July pledges reached 2300000.
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Syracuse
N. Yo
Stockingless Mermaids Face Fines At Wrightsville Beach
Wilmington July 28 reports drastic legislation by the Wrightsville Beach Board of Alderman after complaints. A fine of six dollars will be imposed on any mermaid who appears without stockings or in an immodest costume.
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Wilmington
N. C
Wrightsville Beach
Women of Motor Corps Deliver U. S. Ambulances
Four teen girls from Detroit Red Cross Women's Motor Corps drove seven army ambulances to Pittsburgh for shipment to the Atlantic seaboard. In Pittsburgh fourteen girls of the Pittsburgh Chapter continued to Philadelphia. The drive aimed to prove women are as efficient as men in this duty.
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Detroit
Mid
Red Cross Women's Motor Corps
Pittsburgh
Atlantic Seaboard
Philadelphia
Four-Legged Rooster Noted In Quakertown Report
Quakertown Pa residents report a bizarre poultry exhibit. John Hanselman claims a rooster hatched about a year ago with four legs and a wig, yet the bird moves freely and may perform a useful function in the local scene. Authorities are reviewing the odd case.
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Quakertown
John Hanselman
Sclom
California Farmers Solve Labor Problem
Auburn California farmers report a solved labor issue as autoloads of women, girls and boys travel from Auburn to nearby cherry orchards at 6 AM to pick and pack fruit. Wages range from 2 to 4 dollars daily for women and 1 to 5 dollars for children, with return trips each night.
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California
Auburn
Cal
Placer County
No More Running Sores San Cura Ointment Ad
San Cura Ointment heals sores by drawing out poison and is backed by a money return offer from Thompson Medical Co. Daugherty's Drug Store sells it for 200, GNe and 1.20 per jar with a related San Cura Soap for 25¢. Demonstrations boast rapid relief from skin and ulcer conditions.
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Daugherty Drug Store
Thompson Medical Co
Daugherty
Mule
B.D. Dutton
Titusville
Daugherty’s
French Retake and Front Advances From July Front News
Allied artillery shells the German salient between Aisnes and Marne. Three villages recaptured in Picardy operations with 50 prisoners taken. Typhoid outbreak in Berlin worries the city. Americans at the Marne report progress near Epieds and Barbillon Wood. German torpedo boats sunk in Zeebrugge raid. British line extended at several points as war continues.
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London
Aisnes
Marne
G Central
Paris
War Office
Aisne-Marne-Champagne
Berlin
Amsterdam
HE Marne
Monte St. Pierre
Barbillon
Chateau-Thierry Salient
Zeebrumee
Busted in St Louis With Confidence Game Paraphernalia
A man identified as Edward H. Daniels of Hannibal Missouri was arrested in Louisville Missouri while possessing a confidence game kit a trick telephone a hundred thousand dollars in stage money and counterfeit newspaper clippings found among his effects.
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TV. Louis
Edward H. Daniels
Hannibal, Mo
Conductorette romances and bigamy charge in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn a conductorette forgets her husband and marries another, becoming Mrs Foster while a second conductorette faces bigamy charges as her motorman husband is said to be involved. The story blends romance and scandal among Brooklyn Rapid Transit workers with tangled relationships.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Mary Schellach
Mathew
Alury
Foster
Schellbach-foster
Powdered morphine hidden under stamp aids prisoner
WAUKEGAN July 2. Morphine crushed to powder under a postage stamp was the novel method used by friends to supply Oscar Blue a federal prisoner in the Lake County jail. He had been receiving an unusual number of letters daily from Chicago until the sheriff uncovered the scheme.
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Waukegan, Db
Friends
Oscar Blue
Lake County
Blue
Chicago
Alleged Fakir Wore Flag to Obtain Fund in Jasper
J. M. Hail, who has solicited Red Cross subscriptions in Jasper, was taken into custody. He allegedly wore a flag draped over his shoulder and collected a large amount by representing himself as a Red Cross representative. He gave gifts to white and colored people before soliciting funds.
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Jasper
J. M. Hail
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Penn Run Social Notes Incomplete Visitor Counts
Karl Findley of Cramer was the guest of W. Burkhart Saturday. J Bert Halsapple and family of Pittsburgh are visiting friends here. Mrs Power Houech of Tanana is visiting at the home of her son Lowry of this place. Vinton Edwards and wife Delores Welle and Bess Santh of Indiana were mentioned in the notes.
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Karl Findley
Cramer
For Sale Rabbits Cheap Tou Quick Buyer
Local notice offers rabbits for sale at 250 with a quick buyer sought. Inquiries directed to Kinghorn at 6th Street.
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Rethy
Louis T. Burning
Main Street
Greensburg
Fk Forth 6Th Street
Nitrate Plant Seeks Workers With Clean Records
CINCINNATI Ohio July 26 Persons without clean records had best not apply for work at the big Government nitrate plant to be erected soon at Broadwell eleven miles east of here. The plant will provide work for thousands and aims to draft age youths seeking deferment by securing war plant jobs. A detailed questionnaire covers past life including ancestry habits misfortunes and other matters.
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Cinginnatt
Ohio
Broadwell
Here
Aoman
Mach
Negress Cut to Ribbons Angers Patient in Atlanta
A fragment from an Atlanta report describes a patient slashed by a physician or medical staff, with graphic violence implied as the woman’s heart was visible through her chest as she reacts to slow medical care.
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Atlanta
Night attack leaves Daisy Wallace injured at Grady
Daisy Wallace, a Black woman, was found with a gash in her side and throat wounds after an assault. Doctors at Grady Hospital, consulting in a low tone, later said she might recover. The assailant taunted nearby white bystanders as officials prepared to treat her injuries.
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Daisy Wallace
Grady Hospital
Loky Head
Colored Boy Scouts Organized in Kansas
In Wichita on July 24 a tent Negro troop of Boy Scouts became the first organized in Kansas under the Kansas Scout Council. Thirteen colored boys joined, three of them members of Galvary Baptist Church, and they plan to meet in their own church for instruction.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Scout Council
Galvary Baptist Church
Fwa
Kansas City
Kaw
Tat
Missouri
Gouneil
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