Yank Infantry Helped by Air Barrage in Night Assault
American air forces supported the advance by low altitude bombings and night flights across Longuyon Audun Trieux Govraincourt and Sten. Pilots fought German formations in groups and singly, with li eutenants Boover White Buckley Curis and Butz among the aces, while observation planes reported troop movements and directed artillery. Carrier pigeons carried vital messages back to bases aiding barrage calls and frontline coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boover
Styry
White
Montfaucon
Buckley
Curis
Brieulles
Wight
Uni
Cha Llu Sour-Les Cots
Wiese Paid
Oriers
Moselle
Routhswest
Metz
Aud
St Etain
Flers Doring
Tornation
Pershing
Corps
Ouly
Udy
Germains
Prices and goods listing from RALN ITEMS COMPANY
A dense OCR style price list shows commodities and unit prices across a wide range of foods and farm products. Items include potatoes, butters, beef and veal weights, hides, poultry, flour and feed products, and miscellaneous farm goods with figures like per bushel, per dozen, per ton, and per hundredweight. The fragment ends with a line noting company value and a small monetary figure.
Montague Lyon Finally Joins Naval Aviation After Repeated Rejections
Montague Lyon of St. Louis endured eleven rejection episodes due to a foot injury before his twelfth attempt, was accepted into the Naval Aviation Corps, and is now undergoing training at Lake Minnetonka Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague Lyon, VI
St. Louis
Naval Aviation Corps
Lake Minoetonke
Minn
Waves of Michigan Reflected in a Snowbound Break
Emerson notes in his journal that Tennyson’s eagle over the set proves sufficient, contrasting it with the waves of Lake Michigan and a small common pact seen in a snowstorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Tennyson
Emerson
French Wounded Prisoner Describes Tuberculosis Hospital Brutality
Sergeant Chevalier, a French aviator returning home after 17 months as a German POW, reports brutal treatment of wounded soldiers in German hospitals. He recalls tuberculosis patients and wounded sharing facilities, harsh conditions, and forced washing with contaminated water, with his cousin Macywell Villaueve mentioned. Chevalier, a recipient of the Medal and Cross de Guerre, was captured after a Metz bombing raid, wounded in seven places, and escaped death when his plane crashed. he spent a year in a German hospital before being exchanged and plans to return as a naval aviator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof Chevelier
Paris
Chevalier
Chevalier Tor
Macy Wel Villaueve
Knights of Columbus
Metz
Gers ‘Man
Switzerland
Haircut Costs 25 Dollars Draws Fort Chester Visitor
Dr. George Nelson Dobeck of New York City paid 25 dollars for a haircut in Port Chester, N Y, and told the judge who fined him that New York barbers could not satisfy him, so he came to Fort Chester. After the trim he met old friends who recalled that beer would not be manufactured after December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nelson Dobeck
New York
Iron Cross Wins Dowry Scam Fazed by Fake Lieutenant
A young salesman Hildebrand posed as a first lieutenant in Hamburg, wearing the Iron Cross and other decorations to woo a rich merchant's daughter. He obtained a 5,000 mark dowry in advance, then vanished with another woman. He is now jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Hildebrand
Yeutenant
Quote on speaking straight from the shoulder and flowers
A humorous remark riffs on language and expression. The speaker muses about how one can speak plainly only when communicating through flowers, blending whimsy with a metaphor about earnest speech and metaphorical bouquet talk.
Three Yankees Win High Honor in French Legion Award
Lieutenant Bender earns Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for a Marne front rescue mission. He braved gas shells, searched for unexploded ordnance amid heavy shelling, found two duds, and reported back before being wounded twice. Captain Cook also cited for leadership under fire and post-wounding command. First Lieutenant Barry Coggill receives the honor for gallant company leadership at Vierzy with direct combat.
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Bender
Captain Cook
Caygilus Hersh
Daniel W. Bender
Hender
Burenge
Todk
Als
B.A. Cook
New York
Cook
Barry W. Coggill
Legion of Honor
Tory
Vierzy
Fear of Cold Steel in Sixty-Ninth Regiment
A private of the Sixty-Ninth New York Nehdag regiment testifies there has been no German bayonet fatalities among his unit in France. He recalls personal clashes and notes his company has driven back many Germans, while Prussian Guards reportedly avoided close combat.
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Olf
New York
Nehdag
France
Aviator Seeks Anti Aircraft Battalion Transfer
Private Harold A. Homan, after service with the British aviation section and a previous downing, asked to join the anti air machine gun battalion to avenge being shot down. Major Coffin granted the transfer to the Fifth Anti Aircraft Machine Gun battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linia Airaftmen
Gimp Wadsworth
Harold A. Homan
Chicago
Coffin
Apti-Adreragte
Chile’s Musical Training for Gifted Children
The article argues early musical talent should be nurtured with general training and vocal conditioning before intensive study. It favors gradual exposure to piano or other instruments and stresses that gradual development protects immature vocal organs for serious study later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
State of Wisconsin summons in Wood County suit
State of Wisconsin Circuit Court Wood County. Plaintiff Edwards, attorney. Defendant summoned to appear within twenty days of service to answer the complaint or judgment by default will be entered. Also listed plaintiffs Hansen Jungwirth and many named defendants in a separate action in Wood County Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Wisconsin
Wood County
C. B. Edwards
P. Q
Wool County
In Laprana Lapps divided into Worl and Coast groups
The passage describes the Lapps of Laprana, noting a large class of poorer Worl Lapps whose deer herds are too small to sustain mountain subsistence, living in woods. and the Fishing or Coast Lapps who have fixed abodes and travel only short distances when they move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laprana
Lupludd
Summons On Defendants In Marshfield Wisconsin Case
Summons directs each defendant to appear within twenty days after service to defend the titled action. If not, judgment may be rendered. The case concerns land on Central Avenue in Marshfield Wood County Wisconsin beginning at a point forty eight rods south from the street’s eastern line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Wisconsin
Wood County
Nervous tired housewife praises Vinol tonic
Berkeley resident Mrs. N. Edmunds reports relief after using Vinol a liver and iron tonic. She describes improved appetite sleep and energy after prior medicines failed. The ad invites troubled women to try the product with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
Vinci
N. Edmunds
Dwight Way
Property Traced in Wilhelm’s Addition Marshfield
Legal description of Lots 13 and 14 in Wilhelm’s Addition Marshfield Wood County Wisconsin. It details a parcel bounded by the North line of the Southwest Quarter and Central Avenue with distances 20 rods east 8 rods south 20 rods west back to the starting point.
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Central Avenue
Sixth Street
Maid Central Avenue
Rid Central Avenue
Wilhelm
Marshfield
Wood County
Wisconsin
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Foe
Raln Items Company
Ormosey
Ash
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Preacher
Vin Ridge
Arthur K. Terman
Camidian Blick Watch
Defiance County Teachers Institute
Beige
Herman
Milton
Queens County
Nova Scotia
Iron Cross
Franch
W. Rho
Hannah Rhodes
Andrew G. Hansen and
Alois Jungwirth
Vic Adam Wilhelm
Jacob Wilhelm
Mary Diem
George Bauer
Margaret Kramer
John Bauer
Howdy
Peyton Brand Real Gravely
Humphreys
Hidney
Mumpheys
Cruggis
Mio
Mice
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