Yamhill County Man Recalls Paris War Visit
Alfred Holman, a native of Carlton near Yamhill, Oregon, recounts his Paris visit during wartime. He describes hotel shortages, severe fuel rationing, pervasive military presence, and lively Parisian life with American and British officers, plus differences between French, British, and American frontline morale and leadership.
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Alfred
Paris
Yamhill County
Mr. Holman
McBride
Carlton
Oregsomian
San Francisco
London
Pershing
Champs Elysees
Avenue de la Montaigne
France
Commissariat
Jack
Paris October Food Prices Rise Amid Scarcity
A October Paris note describes abundant foods but high costs with certain items scarce. a guest is shocked to be charged twenty two francs for an after dinner hair oil service, a rare surge beyond normal prices.
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Paris
Mourning Fashion Grips Paris in Postwar France
In Paris and across France mourning dominates feminine dress reflecting wartime losses. A widow-rich class along the Bois de Boulogne appears chic and demure, with many women enduring bereavements and showing somber yet nuanced fashion in crepe and other fabrics.
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Paris
France
Bois de Boulogne
Former Newberg Girl Marries Regular Army Soldier
Miss Hazel Gertrude Fickes marries Sergeant Ernest LeRoy Weaver in a Nooksack Washington home ceremony attended by family. After a short stay in Okanogan and Wenatchee, the couple will report to Fort Worden. Weaver is a radio sergeant in the artillery with seven years of service. He is noted for bird study and a unique method of song writing that reproduces hundreds of bird songs. The couple plan a brief postnuptial visit before his deployment.
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Graphic
Okanogan
Washington
Newberg
J. L. Marshall
Hazel Gertrude Fickes
J. Fickes
Fairview
Ernest LeRoy Weaver
Sheldon C. Weaver
Fredonia
New York
R. T. Cordry
A. W. Shepard
Third Avenue
Cordry
Shepard
Fort Worden
Weaver
Wenatchee
Dowlark
Gorst
Bird Man Charles Crawford Gorst to Speak Friday Night
Charles Crawford Gorst, known as The Bird Man for his bird song imitations, lectured before the Massachusetts Audubon Society to 3,000 people last fall, the largest audience yet for bird interests in America. He has national renown and his records are widely sold.
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Charles Crawford Gorst
Massachusetts Audubon Society
America
Mr. Gorst
Victor
Edison
John Boroughs
An Apt Pupil by the Fireside Tale of a Seafaring Father
An old sea captain recalls days at sea while his son Jack bursts in reporting rough weather. The exchange turns into a wry joke about storms, anchors, and the captain’s proud memory of past voyages.
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Jack
Mr. Tar
Son
Newberg Club Calls for Increased Community Growth
The annual meeting of the Newberg Commercial Club is set for Friday January 31. Officers will be elected and business transacted. The note urges members to attend to plan boosting Newberg through fruit canning preservation and manufacturing, with aims to attract new residents and expand markets via the Valley Canning Company and state chamber affiliation.
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Newberg
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Valley Canning Company
Newbery Commercial Club
State Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs. Emmeline Vincent at Home
At W. A. Vincent residence on Fifth street a birthday dinner was given for Mrs. Emmeline Vincent. The host’s four sons attended with an out of town group of guests including F. M. Vincent J. G. Vincent and several others as friends and relatives. A noon meal and lively conversation marked the celebration.
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Emmeline Vincent
W. A. Vincent
Fifth Street
What Does Boche Mean In World War I Slang
The origin of boche is obscure says Albert Danzat in the Bookman. It was used in Paris and other cities to describe obstinate heads. In France the term linked to Germans as tetes dures and allemand boche evolving to boche. The Germans take the term seriously.
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Albert Danzat
Bookman
Paris
France
Bird Man to Perform at Wood-Mar Hall Friday Night
The event features the Bird Man at Wood- Mar Hall with a special 25 cent admission for children.
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Wood- Mar Hall
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MAN IN Paris
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Mecca
Argonaut
Rue de la Paix
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Chas. Crawford Gorst
Bird Man
Newberg Commercial Club
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