War units increased amid reorganization plan
The report outlines a broad reorganization under Gen Randolph Richards with McCoy detailing the Fourth division staff and Col Marshall Cousin commanding Sixth division, affecting regiments of the 12th and 428th brigades. Wisconsin guards may be reassigned as the overhaul progresses with key officers named and changes pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex
Cal
McCoy
Sparta
Ommander
Lander
Randolph Richards
Marshall Cousi
Richiards
Wisconsin’ ‘Guard
Richfield Community Notes On Sunday Plans And Silo Work
The Richfield column details local visits by families including Charles Ewer and Mrs Gryce Hewitty, church plans for Sunday with Rev Jordon at Epworth, and a Sunday evening entertainment at M E church. It praises Thomas Ewer for event prep, notes John Mathson selling a silo filler and nearby neighbors involved in silo work, mentions a funeral in Hikhorn, a newborn named Wright, and ongoing silo digging as fall work nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanday
Charles
Ewer
Gryce
M. EB
Clinkey
Thomas Ewer
John Mathson
Leith
Gus “Schillar
Pansy ‘Washow
Marshfield
Anis
Bevan
Stringham
Polly
Bolton
Hik-horn
2D Wright
Local residents and visitors noted in scattered reports
Fragmentary notes record visits by Nick Michaels and family of Bakerville to George Zahn and Buckmaster at his home. Fred Duval works on the Frank Herman house. Mrs Peterson of Colfax visited with daughter Mrs Will Hoff. Joseph Exgener and family of Oahkeohat attended a family event, with further wagener mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oahkeohat
Joueth Wagener
War letter from private Sensenbrenner appeals to mother
The Stanely Republican prints a wartime letter from E. R. Sensenbrenner of Company F Thirteenth Engineers asking his mother for tobacco and candy and noting he may have money by early September. He explains mail time from letter to receipt and calls the piece an appealing addition to war literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Sensenbrenner
Thirteenth Engineers
United States Army
Joseph Sensenbrenner
Ida Street
Stanley Republican
Americans urged to join war effort and aid France
A reader urges immediate American mobilization to defeat Prussianism, stressing France’s past aid and warning that without united support the nation risks losing everything. The call emphasizes enlistment, patriotism, and the need for cooperation to secure victory in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofelone
America
France
Aimericane
Germany
Tog
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Richfield
Mann
Bull ‘Durham
Adler
Edward, VII
Hart’s Market and Grocery
South Central Avenue
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