Life on a Man o War from the Oklahoma Gun Captain
Chester Platz, a gun captain and boatswain's mate aboard the U S S Oklahoma, writes from New York about the August 13 1918 departure from Hampton Roads to convoy transports through submarine zones. He details ship armament, crew strength rising to 1500, and gun crew duties focusing on No 19 5 inch gun, defense stations, ranges and firing orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Platz
U. S
Oklahoma
New York
Robert English
North River
New York City
N. Y
Hampton Roads
Plant Move Nears as G C Hallauer Considers Martinsville
May Move. Sca Plant, G C Hallauer contemplates moving his ice and power plant from Marshall to Martinsville. He furnishes electric current to Martinsville and is negotiating with Casey to furnish light and power for pumping Station. A deal with Casey would prompt a more convenient plant location for supplying both towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Hallauer
Marshall
Martinsville
Casey
Death of Nina Ellen Wait From Pneumonia
Nina Ellen Wait two years eight months died at her Robinson home December 28 after influenza. Funeral services were at the home with burial in Robinson city cemetery. Mrs Wait, daughter of John L Collier of Darwin township, has many Clark County friends who mourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Ellen
Albert R
Mary D. Wait
Robinson
Nina
National Road to Be Built Across State
Highway Commissioner Rodney Bell says the state plans an 18 foot concrete National Road from the Indiana line to St Louis next year if bidders are secured. Surveying crews are at work using county bond issues repaid by a $60,000,000 state issue. local supervisors must authorize $112,000 in bonds at the March meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Bell
Indiana Line
St. Louis
Board of Supervisors
Trying to Save a Railway
Citizens along the Sidell and Olney line meet in Danville with the chamber of commerce to stop its closure. A Danville and Olney committee will travel to Chicago to press the C and E I company to buy and operate the railroad after a U S Railway Administration move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidell & Olney
Danville
Chamber of Commerce
Cooley
Brocton
Drewel
Westfield
Wilson
Olney
Judge Snavely
Danville Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
C & E. I. Company
U S. Railway Administration
Letter from Warren Pickens Describes WWI Voyage and Navy Service
A wartime letter from Warren Pickens in Brest outlines his journey from New York to Liverpool Holyhead Kingston in Ireland and Queens town then training at West Passage. He served a year aboard the U S S Downes helping sink six U boats and endure 24 more jarred out of action. He names many cities visited in England Ireland and France and notes a peace celebration before a grand fleet review with President Wilson planned. Arthur is stationed in Bordeaux Aranea Camp Equipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Pickens
Brest
France
New York
Liverpool
Holyhead
North Wales
Irish Sea
Kingston
Ireland
Queenstown
West Passage
U. S. S. Downes
London
Manchester
Birkenhead
Seacomb
New Brighton
Southampton
England
Bere Haven
Belfast
Cork
Dublin
Aghada
Shannon River
St. Nazaire
Criss
Wilson
United States
Arthur
Bordeaux
Aranea
Cam
Roosevelt Dies at Oyster Bay After Illness
Ex President Theodore Roosevelt died at his Oyster Bay home Monday at about 4 am from a blood clot in the lung linked to inflammatory rheumatism from an infected tooth. At 60, he had remained active in public affairs and urged preparedness as sons Quentin Archie Theodore Jr and Kermit served in various theaters of World War I while his daughter Ethel’s husband Dr. Richard Derby held a medical post in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore M RooSevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Africa
South America
Col. Roosevelt
United States
Quentin
Archie
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Army of Occupation
Germany
Kermit
Near East
France
Richard Derby
Ethel
Army Medical Corps
Death of Mrs Ernest Ohm in Anderson Township
Mrs Ernest Ohm died last Thursday at her parents home in Anderson township from influenza. Funeral services were held there by Rev. C. R. Dierlamm and burial was in Marshall cemetery. Born January 16 1896 in Anderson township she married Ernest Ohm May 6 last. A daughter born December 31 survives with her husband and parents, two brothers Albert and Allen Kile, and three sisters Mrs A D Beckett of Zanesville Ohio Mrs Herman Spittler and twin sister Cora Kile. A large circle of friends mourns the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Ohm
Leonard Kile
Anderson Township
C. R. Dierlamm
Marshall Cemetery
Albert
Allen Kile
A. D. Beckett
Zanesville
Herman Spittler
Cora Kile
Accidents Strike Several in Greencastle Area
Mise Cook of Greencastle fell on an icy sidewalk near the Marshall House and broke a wrist. Albertus Bush, while manning a boiler whistle at Artisan Mill Work, suffered a broken arm. Cora May Allen, 14, slipped at North Side school and sustained a badly broken ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Cook
Greencastle
Ind
Marshall House
Albertus Bush
Cora May Allen
North Side
Speakership Fight Shapes Illinois House Vote
The Illinois House convenes at noon in Springfield to settle the speakership amid factional maneuvering. Shanahan backers claim 58 of 90 Republicans are pledged. opposition comes mainly from the Anti-Saloon League of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minors General Assembly
Springfield
Shanahan
Anti-Saloon League of
Illinois
Bolsheviki Seize Berlin as Anarchists Rule Streets
Rebels control Berlin with machine gun fire. Banks and businesses close as barricades rise. Hundreds killed in street fighting as citizens flee to safer areas amid a reign of terror in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Letters From Belgium Describe Meuse Argonne Service Near Ypres
Oliver Baxter, a Clark county soldier now in Belgium, writes Dec. 14 about Crombeke near Ypres, frontlines in Belgium, and Meuse Argonne battles. He names Clark county peers Glenn Beeson and others he has met since arriving, noting desolate war-torn landscapes and the experience of reserve duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Baxter
Clark County
Belgium
Crombeke
St. Mihiel
861St Inf
Meuse Argonne
Ypres
Roulers
Glenn Beeson
Cline, Fields, Fort
Gegan
Mrs Berner Dies of Influenza in Darwin Township
Mrs William Berner died at her Darwin township home Saturday from influenza. Funeral services were held at her late home Monday led by Rev J W Feller Emma Beltz, born in Darwin December 13, 1866, married to William Berner April 13, 1897, with three sons and one daughter. Survived by husband, two sons John and Edgar, five brothers, two sisters, and many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Berner
Darwin Township
J W Feller
Emma
Beltz
John
Edgar
Farm Bureau Establishes Branch Offices in Four Towns
Branch offices open in Marshall West Union Westfield and Casey assisting farmers with adviser visits. First Marshall office day set for Saturday January 18 with additional sessions on the first and third Saturdays thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
West Union
Westfield
Casey
Bank Robbers Narrowly Miss Teutopolis Heist
Two men entered a Teutopolis bank at noon last Saturday and, at gunpoint, forced the cashier to surrender several thousand dollars. They fled but left officers with a clear description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Teutopolis
Airplane Flights Fast Round Trip In Cold Weather
An aircraft piloted by Captain Robinson and Lieutenant Adams flew from Houston to Detroit, passing over Marshall on Friday. The crew covered 250 miles from St. Louis to Indianapolis in 106 minutes, likely to escape the zero temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Robinson
Lieut. Adams
Houston
Texas
Detroit
Marshall
St. Louis
Indianapolis
New Circuit Court and County Cases Listed
New cases in circuit court include Byram and Baird versus Nathan Tingley and Trout B York versus Mary O York a divorce. County court entries show The People versus Orva E Coulter for neglect and refusal to support wife and children and The People versus Thos G Smith for neglect to support family with $500 bond. Red Cross secretary Nelle Warriner reports about 1100 members in Marshall chapter with 650 renewed for 1919. renewals will continue to be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orva E. Coulter
Thos G Smith
Nelle Warriner
Marshall Chapter
the Red Cross
Farm ers' Institute Day in Marshall with notable speakers
On Wednesday January 15 Marshall hosts Farmers Institute day with soil expert Ralph Allen from Delavan and Mrs Grace Viall Gray guiding the Domestic Science session. County advisor Walworth joins in, with morning and afternoon meetings. F B Keifer of Marshall will discuss Poultry and officers are elected at this event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Marshall
Ralph Allen
Delavan
Grace Viall Gray
Walworth
F. B. Keifer
Lost Soldiers List Reveals Returns and Wounded
Casualty report notes Warren Hukill of Marshall Ill and Milo Fessenbeck of Martinsville Ill were returned to duty after being reported missing in action. Harry F Lindsey of Dennison is listed as slightly wounded. Lee Neibler of Casey died of wounds and Francis W Miller of Martinsville is severely wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Hukill
Marshall
Milo Fessenbeck
Martinsville
Harry F Lindsey
Dennison
Lee Neibler
Casey
Francis W. Miller
Marriage Licenses Listed for Indiana Couples
Nathan Graham of Melrose Junction and Mary Sherrowe of Terre Haute are listed for marriage. R. B. Boyce and Luetta M. King of Casey, Elmer Matherly of Terre Haute, and Elsie D. Earls of Darwin also appear. A note recalls that Civil War era papers printed no pictures and used daguerreotypes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Graham
Melrose Jp
Mary Sherrowe
Terre Haute
R. B. Boyce
Luetta M. King
Casey
Elmer Matherly
Elsie D. Earls
Darwin
Is the Climate Changing Frank Hippard Reports Severe Weather
From Blackwell Oklahoma on January 3 Frank Hippard notes the heaviest snow and coldest weather ever seen locally. Temperature dropped to eight below and below zero for a week with two days of heavy snowfall delaying trains into the city. Nellie Garver returned to Tarra Hevie after a month visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hippard
Blackwell
Okla
Nellie Garver
Tarra Hevie
Death of Dr. Bradley Marshall physician dies suddenly in office
Dr Robert H Bradley a well known Marshall citizen died suddenly Saturday morning while at work in his office. He was 64 and had practiced in Marshall since 1867 after study at Chicago Medical College. He served as pension examiner and surgeon for the Wabash Railroad and was active in church and medical societies. He left a widow two daughters a son and a grandson in military service. Funeral held Monday at the Methodist church with biographical sketch read by Rev P Powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Bradley
Marshall
Miss Mary Plaster
Mitchell
Methodist
P. R. Powers
Robert H. Bradley
Gallia County
Ohio
Clark County
Isabel Campbell
Coshocton
S .O. Tibbs
Samuel Prevo
Lawrenceville
Stephen Bradley
Siberia
Marshall College
I. B. Payne
Chicago Medical College
Wabash Railroad
American Medical Association
Illinois Medical Association
Ilinois Medical Society
Aesculapian Society
Clark County Medical Association
Mrs Philip Boehmer Dies Near Marshall After Prolonged Illness
Mrs Mary Boehmer nee Koch died Sunday at her home northwest of Marshall after a long illness. Funeral services were held in St Mary's church yesterday. Born in Flenheim Germany on December 14 1848 she married Philip Boehmer November 7 1867. Her husband died four years ago. She was mother to eight children with five surviving Henry John Woch mer J R Ells Mrs Jacob Dia trich and Mrs Mont Liffick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Boehmer
Koch
Marshall
St. Mary’s Church
Flenheim
Germany
Philip Boehmer
Henry
John Wochmer
J. R. Ells
Jacob Diatrich
Mont Liffick
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Marshall Boy
Fleet
S. Setter
Trayman
Shellman
Powderman
U. S. Navy
Gol. Roosevelt
Apostle
Farm Bureau Notes
Red Cross
the Farmers’ Institute
H. B. Dulaney
Lawrence Rhoads
Caroline Millhouse
Clifford Elledge
Sophia Griffith
John Weir
Lizzie Lewis
Daniel Lewis
Mary Walker
Edward Pearce
H. B. DeVol
Ben T Baird
Orig. Marshall
Octavia Maddox
Lloyd Baker
Bessie M. Maus
W. T Berkley
Suennes
Daguer Rotyne
DR. Bradley
Clark County Medical Society
Bradley
Aléle
Skatow
Mic Lal
Santa Claus
Ill. Ness
Pais
Thava Ware
Iayis
Fen
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