County Town News Blacklick and Nearby Health and Travel Notes
County town notes list residents traveling to Blairsville and Pittsburgh visitors, moved families, new arrivals, illnesses, and upcoming church collections. Mentions of Indiana Fort Benjamin Harrison training, Latrobe and Verona trips, and local social visits across Blairsville, Avonmore, Apollo, Derry, and other towns. Chief names include Dixon, Maxwell, Grater, Clark, Widdowson, Smith, Haddon, Hildebrand, Huston, Muse, Helfrick, Kennedy, Clowes, Russell, Wibmer, Donahey, Mardis, Smith, Sides, and Heck tags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Ben Marshall
Freeport
J. J. Evans
Verona
J. A. Hays
Cleveland
Jean Wibmer
Canton
Will Donahey
Wilmerding
David Mardis
Indiana
J. R. Smith
G. Br.smith
Wiley
Scottdale
Etta Williams
Richard Kelly
Frank Buzzard
Maurice Raleigh
New Kensington
Irma Mock
J. Sides
Red Cross
Harl Smith
Apollo
Chicago Mayor Accused of Aiding Enemies of U S
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson is accused of anti-ally utterances and pro pacifist positions. A loyalist was mobbed by mistake for him and Thompson has been depicted in effigy amid the wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S
William H. Thu
Thompson
Germany
A General Survey Of The War Advances On Fronts
The fight near Gorizia remains continuous with near equal forces in a tight arc. Russian troops push the German lines near Riga at Segevold, claiming gains by their death battalion. German air raids hit Chatham Sheerness causing 107 dead and 86 wounded, plus damage at Scarborough where three killed and five injured. Germany plans a strategic retreat in Flanders to free about 225 square miles of Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorizia
Segevold
Riga
Petrograd
Chatham-Sheerness
England
Chatham
Sheerness
Isle of
Thanet
Katham
Scarborough
Lord French
Home Defense
North Sea
York
Germany
Flanders
Ypres
Dixmude
Courtrai
Thovrout
Belgium
DRAFTED MEN ARRIVE AT CAMPS ACROSS THREE STATES
Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia draftees pour into Camp Lee Petersburg Virginia while 46 000 total are expected. Draftees join the One Hundred and Sixtieth Infantry brigade under General Lloyd M Brett. Simultaneously Camp Sherman and Chillicothe Ohio receive recruits and officers for training with Fort Benjamin Harrison in reach. Ohio and western Pennsylvania draft troops continue arriving with 6 percent under arms by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Camp Lee
Petersburg
One Hundred and Sixtieth Infantry Brigade
Lloyd M. Brett
Camp Sherman
National Army Training
Chillicothe
Ohio Nation
Montgomery
Ala
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana visit and Sunday gatherings in Kenwood
Mary Stephens and Wilda Roberts spent Sunday with friends in Indiana. Mary Sides and Edna Stephens were hosts and visitors moved between Nebo and Lucerne mines area. Several locals attended camp meetings at Tipperary and Cockport last week. Elizabeth Elwood visited Nebo church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
B. L. Young
Seaman
Paul
Woodlawn
William George
Dave Barr
New York State
West
Lebanon
Lysle Myers
Gon. Wesley
Springdale
Mra
FL W. Meyers
Jamey Campbell
Indiana
Charles Johnston
Apollo
W. P. George
Quintin
Ernest
Pins Flats
Mary Stephens
Mary Davis
Wilda Roberts
Mary Sides
Holtha Smith
George Huston
Margaret
George Stephen
B. J. Williams
Arthur
Clyde Williams
Ming Wilda Roberts
Edtha Smith
Edna Stephens
Tipperary
Cockport
Hazel Davis
Lucerne Mines
Helen
Huston
Henry
Ae F. C. Adams Ig & Juryman
Indiiana
Elizabeth Elwood
John Sides
Nebo
Zenas Hines
Frank Amond
John H. Smith
Ford Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Town News
Will Seeman
Pittsburg
Margaret Graf
Whensburg
W. C. Widdowson
Medical Officers Training Camp
M. C. Smith
Latrobe
Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. HB
Nippes Bungalow
John Hildebrand
Helen O’brien
Derry
Eliza Huston Ui
W. H. Heiser
Henry Schontag
Barnesboro
James Giles
Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corporation
Forest Wolfe
Lovejoy
Jack Wright
HB. H. Napp
Sadie
Henry Schostag
Heilwood
Brody
Cor. Phila
Indiana, PA
America
Fashion Crea
Tors
American Press Association
Kenwood
W. W. Huston
Ghay’s
Coats
Aden
Will Velvels
W. R. Loughry & Co
Goodyear
Goodrich
Conklin
Brookville
Odel
Earth
Canada
Wilmer Stewart
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