Local Boys In France Cherish Fond Indiana Memories
Letters from John W. Barr and Sergeant Lisle Moorhead of town long with comforts from home reveal the Red Cross and Comfort Fund aid soldiers at the front in France. The messages describe daily life, foxhole humor, aerial activity, and hopes for a safe finish as the big fair ends.
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France
Cherisse
Indiana
John W. Barr
Joe King
Lisle Moorhead
110Th Regiment
Barr
Pat
Mr. Rabbit
Butch Bath
Mc Jain
Clark Wineman
Jerry
I'ritz
John
Harry (Cobb) Wallace
Sinceraly
Toi
Red Cross
Mac Wig
Davis Boys
Bill Caldwell
Kellar
Red Lichteberger
Fritz
Unclear excerpt with local dialogue and scattered items
Fragmentary OCR text shows a school reopening, mentions aeroplanes or bombs, fields turned into fish ponds with water, food and smoke scarcity, and a remark about LISLE MOORHWEAD. No coherent event or date can be determined.
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Jita
Lisle
Smicksburg News Roundup Details Local Visits and Illness
County town notes report family visits illness recoveries and travel among residents. Harold Dunbar of Camp Greenleaf N C improved at home. Verona resident John Bond visited his mother. several locals hosted relatives from Punxsutawney New Kensington and Johnstown. Burial at Pine Vale for an Infant. other social visits noted.
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A. N. Gahagan
Harold Dunbar
Camp Greenleaf
N. C
John Bond
Verona
Cynthia Bond
Chas. Hellbrun
Near Punxsutawney
G. 2. Condron
Leroy
Adam Black
J. W. Griffith
Pater Hrech
Georgeville
Pull Pennsylvania Out of the Mud Action After War
The text argues voters favor a postwar enabling act by the legislature to build roads after the war. It frames the measure as necessary now to lay groundwork and facilitate immediate postwar infrastructure development.
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Pennsylvania
Brumbaugh
Local News Briefs From Marion Center Area
Marion Center reports Walter Kelly arriving safely in France joining two brothers in service. Ralph Meanor born to Mr and Mrs J M Meanar in Mosgrove. Lloyd Roberts ill with Spanish influenza at a Florida training camp but improving. Presbyterian communion Sunday at 11 with preparations Saturday at 2. Schools reopen. Liberty bonds purchased by section crew. Penn Run notes Edwin Haspilald and Ted visit Jas Fowler. Norman Fowler, newly employed near Clymer, visits home. D G Groft visited Frank Uncapher Spruce. J W Burkhart and family visited Kittanning.
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Doyle Hollis
Rural Valley
Pine Vale
Samuel Burkett
Mary McQuown
H. W. Lloyd
Virginia
Ted McQuown
Bernaun
Hast Run
Bart Reithmiller
Joese
Marion Center
N. G. Kelly
Walter
France
J. M. Meanar
Stork
Ralph
Mosgrove
R. J. Roberts
Lloyd
Florida
Presbyterian Church
Jas. Fowler
E. H. Gibson
Norman Fowler
Clymer
D. G. Groft
Frank Uncapher
Spruce
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