Letters From Major Brans Highlight Elisabeth Ford Role
Excerpts describe Elisabeth Ford as a unique figure in the regiment with service across Quantico, Bordeaux, and a training area. She carried sick men and hard tack, endured two months in trenches near Verdun, and faced deployment considerations as winter snows fell. The text portrays a resilient, multi‑themed military career with ongoing uncertainty about her future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quantico
Bordeaux
Verdun
Elizabeth Ford A Marine’s Battle-Worn Mail Wagon Becomes Icon
A veteran account recalls the Elisabeth Ford, a patched and battered field mail wagon nicknamed Joan of Arc. Despite twenty gun hits and shell fragments, the vehicle ferried ammunition, rations, and pyrotechnics to front lines near Belleau Wood, with drivers heroic under fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hértop
Paris
Elisabeth Ford
Bourcaches
Belleau Woods
Joan of Arc
Fleitz
Haller
Booneville
Lucy-le- Bocage
Elizabeth Ford In The Corps Poem By Wallace Irwin
The poem praises Elizabeth Ford, a fictional marine corps heroine, recounting her brave service carrying physicians, food, munitions, and water across difficult terrain. It portrays her as sturdy, fearless, and loyal to the Allied cause amid France battles and siege conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Irwin
Alizabeth Ford
Elizabeth Ford
Brakeman Held in Bootlegging Case at Chariton
Frank Savacool a Burlington brakeman on the Chariton St Joe run was arrested as he left a train in Chariton with several gallons of whiskey. He confessed to transporting booze from St Joe to Chariton for three weeks and splitting profits with pool hall proprietor Charles Duckworth. Both men were bonded at $1000 each and face possible fines and Fort Leavenworth terms. Savacool loses his brakeman post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Savacool
Burlington
Leon
Chariton
St. Joe
Bt. Joe
Charles Duckworth
Savacool
Duckworth
Fort Leavenworth
Church Notes from First Christian Reformed and Second Reformed
Rev C Maring of Otley to preach at First Christian Reformed next Sabbath morning and afternoon with no evening service. Second Reformed led by Rev H M Bruins with 9:80 Sunday School 10:45 Morning Worship music anthems and sermons on salvation and unbelief, 7:00 p m Senior C E Society, 8:00 p m Evening Worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Maring
Otley
Second Reformed
H. M. Bruins
Earth
Heaven
C. E. Society
Lost keys and poultry offerings advertised in old notice
Lost items include flat keys. A poultry ad promotes barred rock eggs for hatching with pricing by setting or hundred, plus a lice killer guarantee for chicks and adults. Also features a diarrhoea remedy and a contact blurb from W H Maasdam of Pella Iowa. An advertisement for a two cylinder tractor engine and plow mentions Fremont, Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Maasdam
Pella
Iowa
Moltie Universal Tractor
Fremont, Js
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F. E. “Brans
Peptona
Vander Linden
Rexall
Allen
DR. C. I. Fox
Main and
Liberty Sta
A. J. Visser
Main St
P. A. Edmand
Wagner's
W. F. Crew
Hye
Ofice
North the Square
T. G. Fultz
Vander Zyl Bros
Amaany
F. F. Carpenter Ree
Citizens’ Nat'l Bank
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
Osteopathy
C. B. Robinson
Warner'a Clothing
Ae Ge
Black
Croix de Guerr
Martin
Canal du Nord
Lizabeth
Lisabeth
Bonnie Elizabeth Ford
Elizabeth
Elisabeth
Belloo
Prince Wille
Hijsabeth
Booze Line
N. W
J. C. Boat
Chronicle Office
Evelyn van Dalen
Franklin, St
City
Reliable Mutual Insurance Association
Reliance Mutual Insurance Asan
Polk Bldg
Des Moines
Towa
Pella Canning CO
Armour and Company
Thisusiness
Guatry
Army
Navy
Europe
America
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