Lee Lain Remembers France From The Front At War's End
Lee Lain writes from France about hospital stays near Verdun and Chalons, front-line service with his battery, and the march through St Nazaire and Rheims. He describes mistletoe in the hospital, his longing to return home, and President Wilson’s visit while noting the division’s wartime glory.
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Lee Lain
France
Tam
U. S.A
Old North Judson
Huntington
Champaigne
St. Mehiel
Verdun
Nevers
St. Nazaire
Rheims
Versailles
Paris
Chalons
Ptoor Chathoaudad
Tye
St. Melnel
Esemoant
Lisa Am
Lees
Germany
Hess
Wileson
Wilson
Tee KB
Religions at Peace Table Leaders Represent Diverse Faiths
The peacemakers gathering includes Marshal Foch a Roman Catholic, Marshal Haig a Presbyterian, Lloyd George raised Unitarian, Clemenceau and Petain agnostics, Arthur Henderson a Methodist, and Hughes a fighting Baptist.
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Marshal Foch
Marshal Haig
England
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
General Petain
France
Arthur Henderson
Hughes
Local Credit List and Community Notes From No Judson Era
A long list credits readers and names residents with addresses including No Judson Marion Ind San Pierre and Chicago. The item mentions subscriptions and payments from numerous individuals and towns plus brief notices on deaths on Friday and upcoming services. The piece includes local letters about influenza payments and a convention attendance, plus several small community vignettes from San Pierre Knox and Kouts praising local figures and business shifts.
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Herman Trinoskey
Judson PD
J. Aforan
San Pierre
Carrie Ulsh
Wabash
Ind
B. Dusek
Chicago
Geo. Lightcap
Isabel
N. D
Clarence Phillips
Judson V. Chvalosky
Judson
W.N. Megquier
Toto C. Sautter
Frank Pulaski
Medaryville
B. McClain
Stanley Jaros
Jim Kalina
Otto Wobith
Julius A. Stine
Sauk Centre
Minn
Frank Jachim
Wilder
J. R. Phillips
Colusa
Cal
Death of Jos Hernigle After Brief Illness in North Judson
Jos Hernigle aged 70 died at his home Sunday after Wright's disease. Funeral high mass at S Cyril and Methodius Church Tuesday. Burial in Medaryville. Born in Bohemia in 1848, he came to the U S in 1869 and married Marie Sedtney in 1870. Survived by wife Mrs Jos Stech, four children, ten grandchildren, one great grandchild.
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Jos
Hernigle
Wright
John Hernigle
3. S. Cyril & Methodius Church
Father van Rie
Medaryville
Joseph Ilernigle
Bohemia
Jane Bunton
Laura Tressel
Star City
LaPorte
Bert Fruits
Dorothy
George Sanford
Chicago
Fruits
Mr. Sanford
B. A. Constable
Belshaw
Flo
W. W. Dye
Alr
Dye
Schneider Yard
Gongcland Hherald
Pete Grousky
Vanek Propery
Prarnkina Street
Securives Fatile
Main Street
Bon Danebon
Wikitar DL. Plottman
Mamie Irmiter
Englerth
Ed. Clark
Fla Sramek
Ella
Joseph Nornigle
Simon Thiel
Chenoa
Frank Burish
Lawrence Burns
Shirley
Ind
Frank Hornigle
Tid
John Steel
Kuchery
Chicaro
Capu
Enelerth
Oll Dasek
Piekolls Bureka Cafe
Petition for Gravel Road Sparks Local Elections
A large number of Dewey township freeholders filed a petition requesting an election to decide building a gravel road from one mile west of LaCrosse due south 34 miles then one mile east through Wilder to connect with the LaCrosse to Kankakee stone road. It cites Ed Wittmer and Geo Wadsworth as organizers.
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Dewey Township
LaCrosse
Wilder
la Crosse
Kankakee River
Ed Wittmer
Geo. Wadsworth
LaPorte Sentinel
Stone Road
English Lake
Death of Mrs Patzke in Aldine area 71
Mrs Jos Patzke aged 71 dies at home near Aldine from dropsy. Funeral services today at the Catholic church with burial in the Catholic cemetery. Survived by husband and seven children. Disparities in coal distribution noted by local observer groups amid broader concerns.
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Joseph Patzke
Jos. Patzke
Aldine
Unclaimed Letters and Local News Recap
Unclaimed letters remain in the office with two weeks to claim before sending to the Dead Letter Office. The Royal Centre Record notes visits and travel by local residents with several returning home from Chicago and attending funerals, plus a soldier's report from Fort Benjamin Harrison and France.
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Elma Brown
May ¢Juen
Errine Walton
Joseph Fushelbergger
James Conrad
Frank J. Wessely
P.M
Obituary and Local Notes From North Judson District
Obituary for Matilda Ross notes birth in North Judson January 1898 and death January 12 1919 at Wankakee Illinois age 21. Survived by husband children father two sisters and two brothers serving in France, with relatives and friends. Remains shipped from Kankakee by New York Central. interment on Tuesday in old cemetery after services by Elder Geo W Larber Church of God Knox Indiana. Local items mention dispatch of news, editor recovering from flu, Camp Mills arrival of Clyde Tanner from France, a Denham store robbery, a Hazel Altmann sixteenth birthday surprise, and various small society notes.
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J. 2. Plotner
C. M. Phillips
Monon
Russel Bolen
Irene
Oak Park Cemetery
Knox
Squire Kilgore
San Pierre
Boy Daly
Squire
Ford
Dos
Lattin
Washington
Jackson Tw
Hurtal
Fribabe Werth
Barde
Joseph Paiogal
Pwodoes & Co
Dolevzal
Wakeman
United States Merchant Marine
L. B. Wakeman
Fred Zahra
Emly Family
la Porte
Aldine
Kouts
Rudolph Kuss
Rosenbaum
Matilda Ross
North Judson
Cad
Wankakee
France
N. Y. GC
Kankakee
Fred Sramek
Alma Spenner
Herman Wothke
Wanatah
A. McCormick
Clyde W. Tanner
Battery C. Stst Div
Camp Mills
N. Y
Clyde
B. F. Tanner
Rosenbaum Bros
Denham
Ed Rosenbaum
Winamac
Ropkey
Miss Aliene Atherton
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Woods
P. O
Tom
J. Moran
Chas. Downie
James
Fismes
Europe
United States
Peace Board
America
Moo Church
Phillips
Hamlet
E.G. Davis
J. F. Manz
Prof Johnson
Collier
U.S
Mathews
Cass Township
Pick
Otto Altmann
Paul
U.S. S. Montana
Pier Hoboken, N. Y
Azores
Indiana
Willard Atherton
Hotel Astor
Natio Dly
Congress
First State Bank
United States Depository
Atollon
Arthur Wail
Ontario
Canada
G. B. Corbitt
Alma
Adeline Spenner
August Spenner
Joe Plotner
Ife
Royal Centre
C. Christensen
Foglish Lake
Kent and
Marin
Ste
Woman's World
No. Judson
J.B. Leoner
Marion McCormick
Crown Point
C. A. McCormik
Auditor's
California
Davis
Jatksal
Bend Tos i
Crevon
Railroad
Washington ‘ Wey
Hailet
Orparat Knox
Ksolosz
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