Soldier letters back from Jim Patton on the 1918 Front
In a November 24 1918 letter from Blarcourt France Jim Patton writes of rain cold and woolen gear. He recalls religious services on the line and the Fathers Day mail home. He describes joint fronts near Belleau Woods Ville Sur Marne Chateau-Thierry Beauvardes Verdun and the Argonne battle as shells fall and the German lines retreat after hard fighting. The narrative details daily movements and the shift from Belleau to Verdun and the Argonne offensive with vivid frontline experiences.
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Daddy
Chaplin
Belleau Woods
Ville Sur-Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Chateau- Thierry
Beauvardes
Fere-en-Tardnois
Compeigne
Buche
Aisne
Chauncy
Vere Marne
Verdun
Dead Man’s Hill
Mount’Facon
Baisy
Letter From Jim Describes WWI Front Life And Armistice
Jim recounts moving along the Muese river and the Aisneville front in 1918 with the 6th Brigade of Army Artillery. He notes daily shelling, heavy guns weighing 14 tons, 80 horsepower tractors, and 12 mile range, plus planes bombing at night. He mentions the Armistice, uncertainty about next moves, and eagerness to return home and farm.
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Muese
Nantillores
Aisneville
Montigny
Paris
U. B
Wyo
O. K
U.S. A
6Th Brigade of Army Artillery
First Army
Jim
Grazing Permit Applications Open in Black Hills National Forest
Notice announces that all cattle and horse grazing permit applications for the Black Hills National Forest must be filed in Deadwood SD by March 1, 2019. Details on fees grazing season length and form provided on request. Supervisor Guo A rib urges timely forest use and wood payment note included.
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Black Hilas National Forest
Deadwood
South Dakota
Guo
DU Rib
Local notes and town updates from Sheridan to Mayo Hospital
Cecil Storm joins the Sheridan Post Office. Mrs Inez Chittim operated on at Mayo Bros Hospital Rochester Minn and is recovering. Winter weather arrives with Californiag weather praised. Wayne Moore reports a successful sale though horses stay unsold. G A Bush travels Moorcroft to fetch his wife from Omaha, returning Sunday amid a storm. Steve Wright injures a hand badly while butcher ing, requiring a doctor.
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Inez Chittim
Mayo Bros. Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Moorcroft
Omaha
Steve Wright
Butcher
Catarrhal Deafness Claim and Cure by Constitutional Remedy
Advert reads that local applications cannot cure catarrhal deafness and a constitutional remedy via blood is claimed to heal inflamed mucous membranes and the Eustachian tube. It asserts Mall’s Catarrh Medicine cures all catarrhal deafness and offers free trials through mail order, with Toledo company contact. It notes a sister was improving and leaving indoors.
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Mall
Ts. Chene? & CO
Toledo
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Patton
Blarcourt
France
U. S. Army
Ochdale
North
Wyoming
Hulett
Hulett Merc.co
Deering
MicCormick
John Deere
Cecil Storm
Sheridan
Wayne Moore
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