Indiana Boy Saw Five Brothers Enlist in War Effort
Ernest Fowler, one of five brothers from South Sixth Street, writes of their service in the Great War. All five enlisted, with Wilbert and Noble failing the physical, while Floyd, Clarence, and Ernest entered the fighting lines soon after arriving overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Fowler
Wrev
Frank Fowler
South Sixth Street
Wilbert
Noble
Floyd
Clarence
Letter from Ernest Fowler on WWI front experiences
Ernest Fowler recalls front line service from July to Armistice, detailing Chateau Thierry, St Mihiel, and Argonne campaigns. He describes shelling, gas masks, French refugees, and daily life under fire, with note of comrades Floyd and Clarence and hope of return home. Paris glimpsed. gratitude toward Americans and locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Fowlers
Libby
Ernest Fowler
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Argonne Forest
Argonne Front
Verdun
France
Floyd
Clarence
Germany
St. Nazairre
Langres
Paris
Northwestern Mutual Life policy offer
James A. Smith district agent invites readers to consider life insurance protection for a wife children and the policyholder in old age. He promotes learning about merits and applying now through the Northwestern Mutual Life policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Mutual
James A. Smith
301 Savings & Trust Building
County Boy in Supply Train Serves in France During War
Logan Long of Alverda enlisted March 11 1918 in Go C 103rd Supply Train 28th division. He sailed overseas June 1 1918 and writes of Liverpool and Southampton, Paris, Chateau Thierry, Argonne, and other French towns. he notes air raids, heavy artillery, and experiences near the front. He hopes the 28th division will return home soon and promises to map his travels for his father Samuel Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Logan Long
Alverda
Samuel Long
United States Service
Go. C
Dad
Liverpole
England
Southampton
Havre
Paris
Air Raf
Gonessa
Wea
Suablonnieres
Gonasse
Les Lessettes
Chateau Thierry
Nozent
Germany
Chateau Thierry Rive
Nogent
Mezy
Dormans
St. Giming
Toul
Revigny
Les Lessetles
Argonne Forest
Metz
Brest
le Havre
Bordeaux
St. Nazaire
Marseilles
Cleverest portable bath promises room-sized cleanliness
An advertisement touts the Allen portable bath as the era’s clever invention. It claims a full bath in any room with a gallon of water in ten minutes, using only clean water and no repeated washing. It requires a few dollars to buy and should last a lifetime with a money-back guarantee.
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Chas. F. Pauch
Marshall Bldg
Indiana
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Indiana Boy
Yranon
LOT NO
Browns Boot Shop
Indiana, PA
House of Hubbard
Hubbard Fertilizer Company
Eastport
Baltimore City
Norfolk
Sentatives
Coats
Ishin
Bbc
Mackinaw the
Via
TH Allen Portable
Threshermen
Threshermen’s Association
Court House
Lovejoy
Marshall Building
White Township
Chasa, Nichol. I, M. Brown
Nery Late
Bon Ton
Nashua
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