Local residents keyed to trains and enlistment moves
City notes volunteers and travelers with mentions of Dude Brown heading to Nebraska, Mrs. Krollpfeiffer bound for visit, 50 Roy Bates applying for forestry unit enlistment, Alice Lingley visiting Seattle, and the Maccabees women preparing to install officers at the Masonic hall. Also cited are Clark Towne at Camp Grant and Albert Coleman's aviation enlistment efforts with hundreds applying for mechanic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Benefit Association of the Maccabees
Masonic Hall
M. O. Klinkner
Peshastin Lumber Co
Portland
E. C. Work
Chicago
Great Northern Lumber Co
Geo. L. Gardner
Robert Craig, Jr
Wenatchee National Forest
Michigan
Peshastin News Roundup Endorses December Travel and Local Changes
Dennis Hennansen reports a Chicago bound car load of apples arriving safely and to be returning December 18. Peshastin Fruit Growers shut the packing shed for an indefinite period due to car shortages. Local residents head to Seattle for enlisting, and several boys join the colors. Christmas preparations and social notes fill the town row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Hennansen
Chicago
O. K
Quotations Reflect Social Jabs on Wealth and War
A string of wry observations critiques wealth secrecy and personal virtue. Line snippets touch Lloyd George’s boldness, business transparency, and public charity while lampooning morale and partisan aims during wartime. The tone satirizes American drought optimism and Kaiser Christmas plans.
Redfield Urges War Support Before Scranton Socialists
Secretary Redfield spoke to a largely socialist audience in Scranton stressing why the United States must join World War I. He argued pacifists and socialists share a goal of happiness but cannot defend it under blood and iron, condemning German aggression and the embassy’s influence as part of a broader will to power. He called for sacrifice and national resolve, citing grave provocations abroad and within borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redfield
United States
Germany
Scranton Board of Trade
Also Mentioned on This Page
ANSCO
Koerner
City News
Dude Brown
Nebraska
Harry Krollpfeiffer
Roy Bates
Twentieth Engineers Regiment
Forestry Battalion
Alice Lingley
Seattle
Lee Friend
Leo Ahearn
Clint Towne
Camp Grant
Illinois
France
C. Warren Reid
Wenatchee
Reid
Camp Lewis
B. C. Rutherford
Spokane
Albert Coleman
Signal Corps
Wilbur Aston
Coleman
Blewett
Peshastin
Clare Ludwig
Whitefish Montana
John Donovan
The
Colors
Harvey Otis
Lenard Harvey
Engineering Corps
Dad Reid
Frank Jaque
Peshastrn
G. N. Mill
Joe Coons
Dave Coons
Fat Chambers
P. G. McClure
Leavenworth
S. P. Beecher
Mrs. Couchman
Couchman
Golden Rule
Meadow Brook
Leavenworth Meat Market
Sampson Grocery
Lloyd George
Piavo
Los Angeles
Kaiser
Rutherford Merc. Co
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Arlington
Vancouver—Shipyard
Vancouver
Standifer Co
Edison
Victor
F.E. Cariquist
Wheeler’s Drug Store
Rexall
Phong
the Boulevard Cafe
Frank Yama
G. N
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