Letter from Dr D H Bush back from the front at Verdun
In Verdun France January 5 1919 Dr D H Bush writes to his wife and children about marching from Rimancourt to the front passing through Nieuf Chateau Toul Canmercy St Mihiel Verdun Aubinville Varnum Romange and lodging in a German built house. He describes the fighting near Verdun the destruction of towns underground tunnels and dug outs and the American approach to battle praising soldiers courage and the impending return home or assignment to a hospital in Vichy.
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Verdun
France
Rimancourt
States
Nieuf Chateau
Toul
Canmercy
St. Mihiel
Aubinville
Varnum Romange
Argonne Forest
Butter and Milk Prices Expected to Fall Again
Butter prices in creameries have declined by 10 to 15 cents per pound due to lower army demand. Industry insiders anticipate further drops, which will also pull down country butter and milk prices, delighting consumers who paid 60 to 70 cents for country butter.
Soldier Arthur Frodge Back From France to Germany
Mr. Henry Frodge and family receive a letter from Arthur Frodge stating he is stationed in Germany after months in France. He was wounded October 16 and writes that he hopes to be home soon, bringing relief and joy to his family.
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Henry Frodge
Arthur
France
Germany
Young Frodge
New Repair Shop Opens on Locust Street
Mr. H. Coppage opens an auto repair shop opposite Monarch Milling Co. He employs an expert mechanic and offers reasonable prices inviting the public to give him a trial.
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11. H. Coppage
Locust Street
Monarch Milling Co
Good Sale At Reid Farm Despite Inclement Weather
The sale of H. P. Reid, livestock and farming implements agent, drew a good crowd despite bad weather. Items sold well with many farming implements fetching higher prices than two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Reid
Sanitation Drive in Wartime Epitomizes Clean Future
Wartime troops enforce sanitation in theaters, taverns, and eateries with warnings and bayonet presence. Citizens praise the new standard, hoping postwar America remains rigorous about cleanliness and public health as envisioned by Century Magazine’s wartime vision.
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America
Century Magazine
High Class Women Writers Highlight Emancipation in Print
The piece notes rising female representation in books and magazines with women authors outnumbering men outside war fiction. It recalls Jane Austen, the Brontës, George Eliot, and others, and points to growing prominence of women dramatists on Broadway alongside men.
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Jane Austen
George Eliot
The
Brontes
Farm sale inventory list with multiple livestock and implements
A list of livestock and farming implements for sale including a 7 year old driving horse, a 5 year old milch cow, a 1 yearling mule, a heifer, two cows to calve in spring, four calves, hogs weighing 80 to 100 pounds each with a sow and eight pigs, a four year old horse mule, a five year old horse, a Deering binder and mower, a McCormick hay rake, a two horse slide, breaking plow and double shovel plow, 30 barrels of corn, 25 bushels shelled oats, and 150 bales of first class clover hay.
Paquin Turns Out Army Clothes For U.S. Forces
Mme Paquin the renowned modiste now makes army clothing. The late M Paquin credited his wife for success, after a career shift from bank clerk to owner of Maison Lelan ne, which evolved into the Paquin firm later sold for 2,500,000 dollars.
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Paquin
Mme. Paquin
M. Paquin
Madame
Paris
Maison Lelanne
No title due to fragmentary text
A fragmentary quote notes that some people measure worth by working for another man rather than themselves. It reflects a social critique of ambition and identity through work. The source provides no names, places, dates, or organizations to anchor the assertion.
Montgomery County Chapter of American War Mothers Formed
A meeting at the Woman's History Club on Wednesday February 5 organizes the Montgomery County Chapter of American War Mothers. Officers will be elected a constitution draft committee named enrollment as charter members closes April 1. War mothers invited to join and help form the chapter. A lease of a local property is noted and $40,000 in stock subscribed by county residents.
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Woman’s History Club Rooms
Montgomery County
American War Mothers
National Organization
Eureka
New Oil Firm Formed The Flescher Development Co
A new oil company named The Flescher Development Co was formed last week with headquarters in Lexington. Mr M C Clay of Lexington is among the directors. The firm plans to acquire 2500 acres of land for development.
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Flescher Development Co
Lexington
M. C. Clay
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. D. Hazelrigg & Son
the House OF Dry Goods
Hazelrigg
J. D
D. H. Bush
Vichy
U. S
M'Cann & CO
Lexington, 403
Trust Company
Davis Crear
Spencer Pike
Mt. Sterling
Deering
McCormick
Robert Lockridge
Albert Atkinson
NEW Oil Company
NEW Auto Agency
E. ©. Bradley
Pan-American Motor Cars
Bradley
A. C. Stallard
Pan- American Cars
Mary Divine
H. H. Pieper Company
Eastin & Harris
MT. Sterling, KY
Co-operative Land and Development Co
Miller Freeman Farm
Royalty
Fee
J. D. Guerrant
Co-Operative Land & Development Co
Paris, Ky
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