Life in Camp Rankin Praises Y M C A Support
Lieutenant John S Rankin writes from Camp Lewis about camp life during WWI. He praises the Y M C A for moral uplift and leisure facilities, notes clean messes in selected companies, and expresses pride in drafted soldiers, officers, and the 463rd Infantry as they approach active service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Rankin
Camp
Camp Lewis
Ross Miles
363Rd Infantry
C Company
G Company
Newberg
Prune Crop Storage Strains Packing Firms Amid Car Shortage
In San Jose prune packers face car shortages as space in packing houses fills. Much of the crop sold, but deliveries blocked. An inquest into the death of a 12 year old boy linked to a bridge collapse on a street car line while freight cars crossed. a milk delivery cyclist died. Nine lawyers expected at the inquest as potential damage suits loom. The city operates under a commission form with a city manager, and rail use of electric tracks is begrudgingly tolerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
John T. Bell
Calif
Candy Enjoyed By Our Boys In France
A letter from Arlie describes receiving sugar and tobacco abroad, noting high prices for cigarettes, candy and a fond memory of home. He mentions football practice, a Y M C A visit with French officers, rain and hard marching, and hopes for farm prosperity back home. He closes with loving assurances to family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
James
London
States
Grandma
Clarence
C Company
Arlie
Infernal Region letter targets Kaiser Wilhelm in 1917 satire
Louis Sybercrop of Creston gains attention for a virulent satirical piece on Kaiser Wilhelm of Prussia. The severed invective blames the ruler and his allies for mass slaughter, portrays Hellish manipulation, and depicts war crimes from Belgium to Poland, with continued discussion promised on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Sybercrop
the Kaiser
Creston
Kaiser Wilhelm
Daniels
Roosevelt
Canada
Mr. Syberkop
1918 Maxwell Touring Car Sets Endurance Record
W J LaCasse Pacific Coast supervisor for Maxwell Motor Co. drove a 1918 Maxwell touring car with four passengers from Oakland to Yosemite Valley in 5 hours 15 minutes at an average 36 mph over 189 miles. The run was clocked by Western Union Naval Observatory time and cited as exceptional for speed on that route. LaCasse also holds records Portland to Mount Hood and Portland to Seaside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. LaCasse
Pacific Coast
Maxwell Motor Company
Oakland
California
Yosemite Valley
Western Union Naval Observatory
LaCasse
Portland
Oregon
Mount Hood
Seaside
Bill LaCasse
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Maxwell
Bill
Yosemite
Letter from the Flying Squadron describes early training at Kelly Field
A June 1917 dated letter from Louie Allison in So. San Antonio details enlistment in Vancouver, travel by train, quarantine, tent life, infantry drill, and early aviation training at Kelly Field. He mentions two aviation fields, guard duty, camp facilities, and sending some photographs and Mexican money home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Dad
Vancouver
California
Louie Allison
Kelly Field
No. 1
P. S
L. A
Farm Notes from Dayton on Straw Feeding and New Jersey Cattle
Roseman and Suse of the Alderman farm near Dayton joined the cowtesting association and entered two registered Jerseys for official work. They moved from Corvallis with a dozen registered females and a Golden Glow Chief bull. The note discusses feeding straw, its low protein and high fibre, and the need to supplement with bran or oil meal, using a feed cutter and soaking straw before mixing in mill feed or concentrates. Bran is described as the cheapest supplement.
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Army
Arlie Evans
Ottumwa
Iowa
Wilhelm von Hohenzollern
Prussia
Germany
Wilhelm
Rome
Nero
Earth
Leagy Yeo
England
Globe
Bismarck
Nietzsche Treitschke
Bernhardt
Mediterranean
Egypt
India
Dardanelles
Bagdad
Archduke
Hell
Servia
Norway
Frederick
Denmark
Hohenzollern
Belgium
Lusitania
Poland
Galicia
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