Ex-Bourbon County Boy Wins Croix de Guerre
Lieut Thomas G Holt son of J Holt Grand Rapids Mich formerly Bourbon county, with the American Expeditionary Force in France, decorated with the French Croix de Guerre on June 12 for bravery and fidelity. He is a member of the 101st Field Artillery and distinguished in April under battle conditions. Yale graduate and nephew of J Harry Holt and Mrs H C Buckner. His strong France record is noted by the New York Times June 14 report.
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J. ©. Holt
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bourbon County
France
Holt
101St Field Artillery
New York Times
J. Harry Holt
H. C. Buckner
Yale
Patriotic Foods Oyster Scallop and Stuffed Steak Dishes
A recipe excerpt outlines oyster scallop casserole with rice layers and white sauce plus a stuffed steak variant. It provides quantities for oyster rice bake three cups cooked rice one pint oysters celery milk cornstarch fat salt pepper and two steaks with rice stuffing, parsley onion juice and paprika, plus cooking steps and gravy ideas.
Sugar sale rules and a World War I trench anecdote
Government sugar control limits households to three pounds per person with two pounds to town buyers and five pounds to rural buyers while canning sugar is restricted to twenty five pounds per purchase with a signed certificate. The note ends with a humorous World War I era cartoon caption about soldiers and whist.
Submarine raids hint at longer German presence at sea
The piece notes reports from captured sailors claiming German U boats carry six months of supplies and could stay in American waters a year with plunder, while questioning why they sank small ships and urged caution about their true reach. It asserts a feared but temporary stay and praises the US Navy’s growing strength to counter the threat.
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Carrbbean
Gulf of Mexico
Germany
Hindenburg
W. Ss
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