Letters From the Front from Charles Podhaski in France
Excerpts from a World War I letter to Grace Podhaski describe hard rains and mud on the front, air battles overhead, and life in a wireless unit. Podhaski notes division pride, equipment wear, and hopes for home as Bulgaria and Austria move toward peace, with vivid scenes of dugouts, trains, and hospital life.
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Charles E. Podnaski
Grace Podhaski
Charles Podhaski
France
Bulgaria
Austria
Bowie
Soldier’s wartime letter trusts Kaiser Bill on run
From Sergeant Herman A. Lange of the Medical Detachment in France to his father. He reports being on the move during a major drive and back behind the lines for rest. He describes shelling, airplanes, and a France battered by four years of conflict, with hope to return home soon.
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Herman A. Lange
France
John M. Lange
Scotch Grove
You
Louise
Kaiser Bill
Berlin
Soldier Letter From France Describes Truck Convoy Experience
Harry E Maire writes from St Nazaire on September 25 1918 about eighteen men selected to haul a front line convoy of trucks through France. He recalls sleeping in trucks rain or shine and hearing distant artillery as they approached battle zones near towns with airplanes and balloons overhead.
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Chateau Thierry
Fismes
Vesle
Soissons
Juvigny
Germany
New York City
Harry E. Maire
Motor Truck Co
A. P.O
France
A. Maire
St. Nazaire
Itrance
Norning
Little City
Soldier correspondent recalls front line trek to Verdun in 1918
Roy L. Adamson writes from France about a 30 hour train ride in crowded cattle cars, moving into trenches and dugouts, mud and cold nights, heavy pack loads, and constant shelling. He describes camping, camouflage wires, and a humorous side to grim conditions as he notes intense artillery activity and a retreating enemy.
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Roy EL. Adamson
Roy L. Adamson
Park School
France
S. M. Adamson
Verdun
Bocie
Behrends Letter From France Describes Life At Frontline
In a Sunday letter to his mother Mrs. B B Behrends Henry T Behrends of Company 161st Infantry AEF reports good health and readiness to go to the front He notes distance from the lines in southeastern France no home boys seen yet rumors of German peace unclear news access limited rifle range results and general morale He mentions wine country fine grapes goat milk butter and decent lodging while observing German prisoners and daily life in occupied areas
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Henry T. Behrends
Co. 161St Infantry
American Expeditionary Forces
B. B. Behrends
Monticello
France
United States
England
Glorious Day in France as King Reaches Base Hospital
Lieutenant T A King M R G formerly of Monticello now in Base Hospital No 1 France writes from the American Expeditionary Forces. He notes a sunny day in France despite war wounds and reports receiving long awaited mail and a brilliant victory by American troops. He recalls a 1914 French loss at the same place and comments on mail delays.
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T. A. King
Monticello
France
American Expeditionary Forces
West Union Argo-Gazette
U. S.A
Nurse writes home from France amid rationing and renewal
Mildred Williamson, Red Cross nurse in France, describes cold damp weather, fire relief, and shifts in the operating room. She notes convoy evacuations, bed capacity increases, improving meals, sugar restrictions, and plans for church attendance while hoping for peace prospects in Belgium.
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Mildred Williamson
Red Cross
France
Della Dawson
Center Junction
Iowa
O. R
Belgium
Ice Deposits Lift Northeastern North America
Geologic evidence from Fairchild in Science argues that pleistocene glaciers weighed down land, later melting causing uplift. The Labradorian ice sheet left sea-formed remains inland and beach lines now far from coast, stretching from New Jersey to Hudson Strait and into Wisconsin.
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HH. L. Fairchild
Science
New Jersey
Hudson Strait
Wisconsin
Brief and witty epitaphs found on old UK graves
Readers note odd memorials in cemeteries. In Leamington a stone for J T Burgess, editor of the Leamington Spa Courier, sums up his life with the word Resting. A Worcester auctioneer’s stone reads Gone. In a Sussex graveyard two words say Flo was. Cane Hill Belfast holds two curios Asleep as usual and Left Til Called For. A photographer’s stone proclaims Here I lie Taken From Life.
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Leamington Cemetery
J. T. Burgess
Leamington Spa
Worcester
London
Real War Looms As Stockman Faces Smoke Shortage
A man in a tall hat and fur coat arrives at a downtown drug store to buy Havanas but finds fuel restrictions close the shop. He travels to another outlet, laments the shortage, and then dictates a letter to his stenographer about the iron hand of real war.
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Fuel Administration
Johnny
Thas
Indianapolis News
First Irish Coaching Company and Bianconi’s Long Cars
In 1815 an Italian named Bianconi started Ireland’s first coaching company using long cars on regular routes. By 1842 long cars served 128 towns and offered dry horsehair cushions, with fares of two pence farthing per mile.
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Bianconi
Ireland
Hall
Two apartment flat offered in Cedar Rapids for exchange
Classified notice from John B. Finney offering a two apartment flat with six rooms each for exchange for Monticello property. The Cedar Rapids unit features oak floors hot water heat and proximity to the street car line less than four blocks from the Halil Manufacturing Co. plant. Contact Cedar Rapids Iowa for full particulars.
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Halil Manufacturing Co
New Hall Manufacturing Co
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
John B. Finney
Iowa
You May Run Into Debt but Crawl Out Says Journal
The Minneapolis Journal warns readers about mounting debt and urges persistence, noting the need to steadily reduce obligations through disciplined spending and consistent repayment efforts.
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Minneapolis Journal
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure for Deafness
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and that only a constitutional remedy can cure it. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through the blood to restore mucous surfaces, offering $100 for any unt cured case and providing free circulars from Cheney & Co in Toledo.
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Hall
Zée
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Green's August Flower Uses and Benefits Explored
Description of August Flower as a gentle laxative and stomach liver regulator for ailments from indigestion to sour stomach. Claims it cleanses the stomach and intestines and stimulates bile secretion. Sold by W. W. Stickford.
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W. W. Stickford
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