Honor Dead Heroes Camp Funston Names and Camps List
A long list of World War I era camps is provided with names after Civil War and Confederate figures. It names Camp Funston in Kansas for Kansas Missouri and Colorado troops, plus Camps Travis Pike Lee General Jackson Gordon Sherman Taylor Custer Greene Wadsworth Hancock McClellan Sevier Wheeler McArthur Logan Cody Doniphan Bowie Sheridan Shelby Beauregard and more, with locations in several southern and midwestern states. The piece ends with a brief ad for Blue Ribbon Bread from Brinkman.
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Germany
South
Montgomery
Alabama
Sheridan
National Guard
National Army
Southwest
Camp Lee
Parkersburg
Robert E. Lee
Jackson
Columbia S. C
Andrew Jack
North Carolina
Tennessee
Zachary Taylor
Kentucky
Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
George Aster
Michigan
National Guards
Nathaniel Green
Continental Army
Rhode Island
Camp Sevier
Greenville
John Sevier
Congress
Wisconsin
Logan
Houston
Texas
John A. Logan
Ilinois
Cody
Deming
N. M
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
William F. Cody
Doniphan
Fort Sill
Okla
Missouri
Kansas
W. F. Doniphan
Missouri Cavalry
Bowie
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
James W. Bowie
Alamo
Montgomery Alghens
P. H. Sheridan
Shelby
Hattiesburg
Miss
Isaac Shelby
RB P Waggener Picnic Sees No Special Trains To Atchison
Hundreds of visitors from this part of the state attend the Forest Park basket picnic honoring the seventieth birthday of B. Waggener former state senator. War conditions prevent special trains as rolling stock is needed for troops and supplies. Waggeners health improves and he may join the day’s events with children and friends.
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Atchison
Forest Park
B. Waggener
Windshields Put In At C E Matthews Lumber Co
Wichita kansas July 18 merchants and business men seek young women to fill men’s war jobs as about 400 men are drafted for the new national army. Some underage men are also being called to fill vacancies.
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C. E. Matthews Lumber Co
Wichita, Kans
National Army
University of Kansas medical school expands summer classes
Amid war induced doctor shortage twenty five medical students petition for special summer term classes July 19 to August 15. Five new medicine courses added with Bell Memorial Hospital hosting four pathology and bacteriology classes. Dean Kelly notes high demand. army navy calls limit supply as staff already deploys. New invalid chair offered for sale.
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University of Kansas School of Medicine
F. J. Kelly
School of Medicine
Bell Memorial Hospital
Rosedale
University’s Hospital
K. U
Ralph H. Major
Kansas
Missouri
Mervin T.sadler
Army
Navy
France
Fort Riley
Will Build The Bridge To Kaw Beach
A local bathers committee seeks funds to build a temporary bridge over the channel to Kaw Beach. The project aims to ease boat traffic and provide a safe crossing, costing about 75 dollars with 25 to 30 more needed. Patrons are urged to donate Wed Thu or Fri evenings, with remaining funds to go to the Social Service League if surplus.
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Kaw
Kaw Beach
U. S. War Department
Uncle Samis
Social Service League
Royalist Meeting Doused by British Searchlight in Greece
In Volo Greece on July 17 a British cruiser searchlight disrupted a street gathering of King Constantine supporters who railed against the Entente Allies. Amid shouts of down with the dogs of Allies curse Venizelos and long live King Constantine the crowd dispersed as the beam fixed on each speaker, leaving them in silence. The light controlled the scene for several minutes before attendees slipped away.
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Volo
Greece
Constantine
Venizelos
New Director At People's State Bank
At a recent directors meeting of the People's State Bank a vacancy on the board was filled by electing Mr Robert A Steele as director He is a leading stockman and cattle breeder near Belvoir and will strengthen the bank Milton Asher Dead H B Asher learned last evening of his brother Milton D Asher's death in Hutchinson Kansas He was a lawyer and Justice of the Peace and had lived in Lawrence Holton and Oklahoma among other places
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People's State Bank
Peoples’ State’Bank
Tech
Robert A. Stéelé
People’s
Steele
Belvoir
Milton Asher
H. B. Asher
Milton D. Asher
Hutchinson
Kansas
Lawrence
Holton
Oklahoma
Survivors of Torpedoed Ship Endure Harsh Sea Plight
London reports quote official account from A H Blackman chief officer of the steamer Alnwick Castle sunk by a German submarine. Survivors suffered thirst salt drenched gear and mental strain with one drowning and two crewmen demented, two women and a baby aboard. At a Spanish village two crewmen were dragged from a lifeboat, one man died. Marjorie Marts, daughter of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Marts, is gravely ill with typhoid fever.
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London
A. H. Blackman
Alnwick Castle
Carino
Marjorie Marts
Aubrey Marts
Professors Get Pay Decision After Auditor Reversal
Chancellor Frank Strong secured an agreement from State Auditor Fred Knapp to authorize summer session professors salaries. Knapp had issued an ultimatum against extra vouchers but changed course after Strong’s letter to the state board of administration. The decision affects nine months of regular pay plus summer extra pay for instructors. Strong and family depart for Estes Park, Colorado, and will not return until September.
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Colorado
Frank Strong
Fred Knapp
K. U
Knapp
State Board of Administration
Strong
Emporia
Mrs. Strong
Evelyn Strong
Estes Park
Colo
Strongs
Removing Old Cables Along Kaw River Bridge
Cables along the Kaw river and old bridge piers are being removed this week while linemen install new cables on the new bridge. The new cables have been in use about ten days and the scene includes workers on the old piers and fresh connections. In other notes, a Munich paper reports the German Chancellor Michaelis will seek peace with similar terms to leftist proposals, aiming for economic and judicially organized international peace. A fainting spell interrupts Clifford Schooley at Citizens State Bank, revived by Dr. Simmons and returned home. Clyde C Harding and wife return from Stratton, Colorado, planning to settle on a farm near Lawrence.
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Kaw
Basil
Switzerland
Munich
Michaelis
Reichstag
Clifford Schooley
Citizens State Bank
Dr. Simmons
Stray and wanted notices from city listings
STRAYED SATURDAY Likely going south from Fourteenth street Buy pony branded M and Heen right side Bell Wid W Home 829 FURNISHED or 4 furnished 22 room house at 1 Trin Street Bose session by Aig Bell 407 Mrs da A. Leslie FOR RENT Reoaming he tautant with fixtures fer sale Ho Call either phone Noe 9 STRAYED OR STOLEN One whit fe male Wall terrier pup ficense fae 47% reward Utecurnt Restaurant Yt Mass. Plame qe
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CO Aey
M. and. Heen
Bell Wid W
Aig
Bell 407
da A. Leslie
Postman Must Have Walked A Postal Card
A postal card dated January 7 from Michael Friedman, jailed in Germany, to his brother A Friedman in Lawrence, notes receipt of money sent. Michael and a brother served in the Russian army and lived in Poland. Michael was captured two and a half years ago. no word on his brother. A bank sign at State Bank Building is repeatedly smeared with greasy fingerprints by an unknown vandal. Mrs O C Le Suer and sons Nelson and Marvin plan to leave Pratt Kansas tomorrow to visit Mrs Albert Fincham and others.
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Michael Friedman
Germany
A. Friedman
Lawrence
Russian
Poland
Michael
State Bank
O. C. le Suer
Nelson
Marvin
Pratt
Kansas
Albert Fincham
All Traces of Scrofula Eradicated from the System
An advertisement extols S. S. S. as a purely vegetable blood remedy for scrofula, criticizing mercury and mineral mixes. It touts over fifty years of use, urges obtaining S. S. S. from drugstores, and invites readers to contact Swift Spec Co Dept F Atlanta Ga for medical guidance.
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Swift
Speci! Co
Atlanta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Camp Funston
Bein
Brinkman
Guaranty Law
Hanna
Mass
St. Sella
Schulz
the Blacksmith
Vermont ST
P. Waggener
Foley
Ries Foer
Bailey
Lancaster
O. P. Barber & Son
Lawence National Bank
W. S. Ball
Call Bell
Manley
Chas. Decker
Fred A. Clarke
Jack Sinclair
Billy Moys
Pete Underwoold
McNish
Dr. Orelup
Dick Building
State Auditor
Washington
Senate
Pomerene
Ohio
National Defense Council
Clyde C. Harding
Stratton
A. W. Lamb
St. Bell
Shrey Ford Ear
R. Dodds
H. L. Winey & Sons
Lawrence Produce & Junk CO
Wrigleys
Europe
Wrigley’s
Rae
Mi Aagles
Evan
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