Soldiers Describe Transatlantic Voyage And Early Europe Stay
A serviceman recalls boarding the Leviathan with about 20 000 men, guarding duties, meals, drills and camaraderie with colored troops. After docking in Liverpool and traveling to a Winchester area camp, he notes vivid English towns, barracks, and a hoped front line. armistice futures shift plans and a tank camp in France follows with reflections on Paris and language.
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Liverpool
Red Cross
Austria
Gettysburg
City of
Winchester
Davis
France
Camp Winnall
U. S
Germany
Temple Lovett
Paris
England
Obituary of Homer Herring Dies of Pneumonia in 1918
Homer Harold Herring born near Indianapolis November 23 1880 died near Dennison December 8 1918 from pneumonia while foreman in Effingham railroad yards. He married Olive Edmundson in 1912 and had four children Herbert Arnold Isabelle Walter. Olive died January 14 1910. He leaves one sister Bertha of Vancouver and three brothers Chas Farrell Ivan and Guy in France.
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Homer Harold Herring
Benjamin
Mary Herring
Indianapolis
Dennison
Effingham
Olive Edmundson
Herbert
Arnold
Isabelle
Walter
Olive
Bertha
Vancouver
B. C
Chas
Ferrell, Inl
Ivan
West Terre Haute
Guy
France
Proverb Echoes Lessons From War to Royal Guests
The speech notes that war teaches a lesson once common in humbler circles: avoid starting something you cannot finish. It frames a rustic wisdom as guidance for noble and royal attendees in a wartime context.
Red Cross Vanishing Cream and Remedies Ad
An advertisement touts Red Cross Vanishing Cream with peroxide as a heavy scented day cream for oily skin that softens lines and protects against sun and weather. It claims to prepare a base for Amrico Beauty Face Powder and markets over a hundred other Red Cross remedies and toilet preparations available through the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. “C
England
RED Cross
Amrico
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Tankie
Harry ‘Cole
Marshall
Marshall Band
The
Marshall Herald
Santa Claus
Columbia Records
Homer H. Herring
Altona
Brunswick
W.s. Ss
Fia
J. R. Burnett
E. M. Duncan
the Dulaney National Bank
Harry B. Dulaney
Bert Bryan
J.R. Burnett
F. W. Greenough
Edwin Booth
Fletcher
Heinz
Freestone
Wabash
H. M. Dewey & Co. Furniture and Undertaking
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