Veteran Comrade Sholes Faces Wounds and Valor
A Civil War veteran from Kilpatrick Post No 276 Austin, Charles W Sholes born February 10 1840 in Danville Pa recounts his service from 1861 to 1865. He was wounded at the Wilderness May 5 1864 carrying the ball from a shoulder wound and survived a near miss at Petersburg. He later settled in Chicago and became a compositor with ties to the Kilpatrick unit and the Grand Army of the Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Sholes
Kilpatrick Post
No. 276
Austin
Comrade Sholes
Danville
Danville Democrat
Abraham
Sholes
Young Sholes
Dee St
Petersburg
Richmond
Gen. Lee
Sheles
Chicago
Daily News
Reporter Argus
Tounnher
Grand Army of the Republic
W.H. C. Ambrose
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Ambrose
Milkau
Waldheim
Bertha Martin
Massillion
Ohio
The
Daughters of Veterans
Sunderlin
Forty-ninth Street M. K
Veterans Observe Day Reflections On War Remembrance
The article recalls Memorial Day observances with Grand Army of the Republic veterans, including W H C Ambrose, a drummer at age 12, and Luther Lathin Mills delivering the address. Services at First M E Church, decorations at Forest Home, and notes on post activities and local civic discussions follow.
Lecture The Bashful Man at First Congregational Church
Charles Pierce Burton, a renowned lecturer, will present The Bashful Man at First Congregational Church on Monday evening June 4 at a to be announced o clock. The event, under Men's Club auspices, seeks a large attendance and features Burton's celebrated storytelling. Doris, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Jugle, died after two weeks of pneumonia, with services at the family home and Forest Home Cemetery officiated by Rev Dr Armes.
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Claus
First Moe
Repuast
Geo. W. Jones
M.A. Richardson
J. H. Finley
J. B. White
United States
Ivory H. Pike
Board of Education
Pistakee Bay
M. B. Williams
Sampson Rogers
Henry Date
No M. Jones
Jess GC. Smith
B.C. Wood
IL. P. Magill
Charles Pierce Burton
First Congregational Church
Burton
W. C
Ugle
Woodbine Avenue
Doris
Jesus
Forest Home
Armes, Strong
Third Congregational Church
Manhood
Dr. Bar
Juttons Return to Kenilworth Home for Bridal Tour
Mr and Mrs Lee Jutton return from a bridal tour and set up at 114 South Kenilworth avenue inviting friends to visit. The Kenilworth home has had three brides in two years. Post office workers plant shrubs and bulbs around the building. Joseph Schwalbe, at Indiana military school, excels as a young student. W E Mellinger and family move to 179 West Ind avenue. No Austin elopements in a week. First band concert slated for July 3.
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Mrs
Lee Jutton
South Kenilworth Avenue
Mrs. Jutton
Kenilworth
Joseph
Bertha Schwalbe
Plaza Hotel
Indiana
Special church service with music in Oak Park June 4
First Congregational church hosts a free evening service under the Men’s Club on June 4 featuring Dr Bartom W Grant Smith and Al S Roetzman. Miss Bergman sings The Stabat Mater with conductor Louis Park, aided by a local choir and listed volunteers. Public welcome.
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W. Grant Smith
AL Sroetzman
Holdrege
Miss Bergman
Bergman
Julia Herrick
Mars. Iulf’. Me. Cullogh
Mabel Thain
W. C. Warner
Bh. W. Dakin
J. I. Pearson
J. EB. Khan
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Grand Army
Charles Wo Seo Ts
Phil Sheridan Post
Luther Latlin Mills
M. J. Churet
Ralph Branch
G. No Luecock
Ros. Thain
Harold Hulbert
Luther Lathin Mills
Camp Ceround
Ada Milligan
Ladies of the Post
America
Oak Park Trust and Savings Bank
Marion Street
W. E. Mellinger
Oak Park
City
West
Ind Avenue
Tom
Kilpatrick
Letter Carriers’ Association of Jilinois
Elgin
Andrew ©. Tuethe
Posane
Lord’s Park
Girnees
State Supreme Court
Coal County
Supreme Court
Orcin N. Carter
Willenimore Cooper
Elphick RR. de
Seymour Stedman
Benjamin D. Magruder
J. T. Lewis
Briday
Long Island
King’s Model Laundry Co
Wesley
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