Leviathan Sailors Remembering The Queen Of Transports
Veterans recount the Leviathan voyage from Jersey City to Brest on July 4th, detailing crowded bunks below deck, life aboard, and the ship’s transformation from war ferry to luxury liner. The account notes guards, Abandon Ship drills, rationed meals, and the ship’s storied role in transporting 12,000 troops and 1,400 crew to France.
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Jersey City
Hudson
Hoboken
France
Army
Navy
Port Holes
Atlantic
Whitehall
Brest
Leviathan
American Merchant Marine
Charles E. Murphy
The
Texaco Star
Willie’s Dog Life Ends With Class Ad Echo
A playful scene from a reading lesson ends with Willie's canine pun. The wacher prompts Barque and Willie answers Bow wow wow, in a moment that would sell itself as a quirky classified ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
How and When Travel Together in Life’s Time
The Big Spring Herald notes a Lincoln quote about doing the right thing at the right time and warns that knowledge without self control is dangerous. It stresses that youth rushes to delight or work, lacking discipline, and that knowledge and self-control guide all choices. There is a time for everything.
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Horatio M. Pollwock
New York State Hospital Commission
John A. Houston
Massachusetts
Diagnostician
Abilene
Lincoln
Big Spring Herald
How They Get That Way First Egg and Second Egg
A playful dialogue snippet features two eggs in hot water. The first egg complains about the heat while the second reassures that eventual hardening will come as the process continues.
Painful Teacher Joke Leaves Pupils in Laughter
A classroom exchange features a teacher asking if anything is worse than a giraffe with a stiff neck and a pupil retorting that a centipede with corns is worse. The lighthearted quip highlights schoolyard humor.
Public Notice Suit in Reeves County Texas
Citation by publication summons P T Hammond and Mrs P T Hammond to appear at Reeves County District Court Pecos Texas November 16 1923 to answer petition filed September 17 1923 by R N Sewell seeking judgment on a promissory note of June 23 1921 for 3344 with interest and attorney fees secured by vendor's lien on land lots 13 14 15 in Block 32 Pecos City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Reeves County
P. T. Hammond
District Court
Texas
Pecos
R. N. Sewell
P. T Hammond
Pecos City
Pegos
S. G. Vaughan
Vannie Ingle
Probate Notice in Reeves County Texas for J B Sullivan
Carrie F Sullivan filed in Reeves County Court an application for probate of the Last Will and Testament of J B Sullivan deceased and for letters testamentary. The hearing on the matter will occur at the next term beginning October 8 1923 at the Pecos County Courthouse where interested parties may appear to contest the application. Vannie Ingle Clerk of the County Court Pecos Texas.
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State of Texas
Reeves County
Texas
State OF
Ben Palmer
Pecos City
Peeds
A. D
S. C. Vaughan
Vannie Ingle
Txas
J. B. Sullivan
Carrie F. Sullivan
Pecos
O Connell Rodebaugh Company Sued for Unpaid Salary
J P Reynolds sues O Connell Rodebaugh Company in Reeves County Texas for 600 dollars unpaid wages owed to Reynolds as superintendent and driller at Willoughby No 2 well. Citation by publication issued September 6 1923 requires appearance October 5 1923 at Pecos court.
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Brocat’s Barber Shop
Brocat
Business Directory
Palmer
Hubbs & Palmer
T. F. Slack
RST National Bank Building
Pecos, Texas
Qersey Oven
Pecos Valley
a_i
G. Murray
Pecos Mercantile Company
Mm” Thos. H. Bomar
Joan Ff
Grogan
P. O. Bex
John Hibdon
Enterprise Office
Gur
E. L. Collings Insurance Co
Joseph A. Daniel van Horn
Ae Russell
Iskice Over Fize
National Bank
Geove
Greve
Burich
Tom Green
City of
San Angelo
Commonwealth of Texas
Concho
Tom Green County
W. S. Metcase
Monroe Slack
Optometrist
I. W. O'Connell
T. W. Rodehaugh
J. P. Reynolds
J. W. O'Connell
T. W. Rodebaugh
O’connell-Redebaugh Company
Nebraska
Willoughby No. 2
O’connell-Rodebaugh Company
Reeves , Jenas
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