Four Wound Stripes on Sleeve of Scotch Plains Soldier
Eighteen year old H Bach of Scotch Plains appears in this dispatch as a World War I veteran from the Twenty Sixth Infantry. He earned four wounds while serving with the Fourteenth Corps on the George transport and later fought with the First Division at Toul and the Argonne. He recounts multiple injuries including a bullet through the left wrist at Toul and a near fatal chest wound at the Somme front. The story notes his captain Archie B Roosevelt and Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led his battalion and that the regiment and division earned numerous citations for valor.
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H Bach
Scotch Plas Company
George
Wasback
France
Toul
Somme
Soorte
Schwalbach
Archie B. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Funeral Today for Isaiah L McVoy Civil War Veteran
Private funeral at the late East Front home follows a pneumonia death. Isaiah L McVoy of Plainfield famed for civil war service and G A R work, once a plumber turned inspector, survived by heirs and other McVoy family members.
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Isaiah L. McVoy
Plainfielder Ralph Runyan Receives Second Lieutenant Rank
Ralph Runyan of Plainfield, a former athlete, returned home from Camp Zaco Taylor Louisville Ky after completing the Central Officers Training School. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant days before leaving the service and was connected with Walter Scott & Company before entering the camp.
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Ralph Ranyan
Plainfielders Street
Sam
Tom
Louisville
Central Officers’ Training School
Runyan
Nnance C
Washington
Opdycke Relative Visit Reported in Oldwick
Me Lau ra Opdycke of Oldwick is mentioned with relatives in an item noting family connections. The brief references a household and kin links as reported in local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Opdycke
Oldwick
Muhlenberg Hospital Opens New Power Plant
Muhlenberg Hospital advances its infrastructure with a $10 000 power plant funded by the James DeGraff family. The system features two Erie Ball engines, General Electric generators, a 110 foot stack by Kellog Company, and a modern switchboard, supplying heat light and power for all hospital buildings and the laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muhlenberg Hospital
James DeGraff
Kellog Company
New York
Equipmet
General Electric
Muhlenberg
Timera
Discharged Soldier John C. Traynor, Jr. Mentioned
A discharged soldier, John C. Traynor Jr, of an unspecified street, entered army service at Fort Thomas Kentucky on October 3. He was assigned to a unit at Camp Stanley Texas. He faced charging actions at that location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Traynor, Jr
and Street
Fort Thomas
Camp Stanley
Texas
Organize Gun Club Formed by Nile Bement-Pond Co
An employee of the Nile Bement-Pond Company of Plainfield organized a gun club with John Kinney as president. A range just outside the city has been obtained and the club has twenty members.
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Nile>Bement- Pond Company
Plainfield
John Kinney
Nineteen Eighteen Ring Out the Old Year Poem
Poetic reflection contrasts the birth of 1918 with the horrors of World War I. It laments the bloodshed and devastation while condemning hypocritical charity and self serving religious leaders. The piece invokes images of bells, guns, and moral struggle as nations look toward a new year.
Plainfield Trusts New Christmas Club Still in Formation
The Plainfield Trust Company announces a 1919 Christmas Club expansion with membership open until January 1. Thousands have enrolled in The Great Peace Army of Systematic Savers, pledging 50 cents to $5.00 weekly, aided by a coupon payment system for easy saving and reduced winter expenses.
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Plainfield Trust Company
A A Ae
Common Council to Reorganize on New Year's Day 1918
The 1918 Common Council will meet in regular session tonight and next Monday to close year affairs before reorganization on New Year’s Day. Mayor Calkins will swear in new members Nelson Hull Arthur Lovell and Arthur Fo of wards one two and four. Retiring members include Theodore A. Martin Francis J Blatz and James A Maynard. Thomas F Hylan will become president, with committees to be announced.
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Calkins
Messrs
Nelson ¥. Hull
Arthur Lovell
Arthur E. Fo
Theodore A. Martin
Francis J. Blatz
James A. Maynard
Maynard
Council Graves
Platz
Thomas F. Hylan
Ailias
Graves
G. Herbert Condict
Charles S. Sminck
Fiiance Com
Hylan
Edmund V. Waldorf Dies After Illness at 68
Edmund V. Waldorf long time Plainfield resident and clerk to the Board of Assessors and rent to Tax Collection William R Townsend died at Muhlenberg Hospital at 4 24 after heart trouble and complications. He was 68 and survived by his wife Mrs Alice Macorf and a son Waldorf of 134 Crescent Avenue. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Edmund V. Waldorf
Board of Assessors
William R. Townsend
Muhlenberg Hospital
Mr. Waldorf
Plainfield
New York
Alice Macorf
Waldorf
Crescent Avenue
Body of Charlie Smyer to be sent for burial in Dallas
The body of Charlie Smyer, twenty five, will be sent today from the former home in Dallas, Texas, for the funeral and interment. Smyer worked at Brook and was taken ill.
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Charlies Smiyer
City Officials Move to New Municipal Building
City offices including the city clerk tax collector and city engineer will be on the first floor of the new municipal building on Watchung Avenue. The second floor will house the District Court room and Council Chambers while the Board of Health rents the third floor. Public inspection is postponed due to unfinished upstairs sections.
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John J. Carroll
Willam RR
Townsend
A. J. Gavett
Garret T. Dunham
Watchung Avenue
Board of Health
City National Bank
Doane
North Avenue
Leighton Calkins
District Court
George Tt. Rogers
Winfield Scott Post
Charity
Organization Society
P. F. Kenny Company
New York
Peck & Bottomley
Automobile Firm May Take Over Factory Site
Readable fragments suggest Woolverine Automobile Company of Detroit may acquire the Aero factory at North Avenue and Berckman Street for aircraft and later machine production. War orders delayed a suitable plant but new conditions could repurpose the Standard shop for rental or purchase.
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Runnors Havin
Adard Aero
North Avenue
Berckman Street
Woolverine Automobile Company
Detroit
Yolverine
Munitio
Upper North 2
George Noonan Ill With Trench Fever After War Service
George Noonan, a private in Go. K 107th Infantry with the 27th Division, is reported ill with trench fever after months of combat and six weeks in a prison camp. He was sent to a Government hospital at Fox Hills, N. J., for medical treatment following overseas service.
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George Noonan
Joseph Noonan
West Third Seventh Street
Pershing
Hingenberg
Maximus and Daisy Allen wed in Brooklyn ceremony
Miss Daisy B. Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry G Allen of Brooklyn married Sergeant Max A Maximoff known as Maximus now at Colonia Hospital as assistant in physical therapy The ceremony occurred at Mrs Emily Ware home Terrill Road and East Seventh Street in the presence of relatives and Colonia Hospital officers The couple met at a summer musical and engaged weeks earlier Rev Dr Siegal officiated They honeymooned in Atlantic City awaiting his discharge after wounded soldiers are cared for
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Daisy B. Allen
Henry Gilbert Allen
Brooklyn
Max A. Maximoff
Maximus
Colonia Hospital
Emily Ware
Terrill Road
East Seventh Street
Siegal
New York
Oll
Maximoff
William Day Recovery Report
William Day of 241 Street recovers after detention and remains under care as he regains strength. Medical staff report steady progress and family seeks updates on his condition.
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William Day
241 Street
Eos Eer Emer
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Argonne
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Isaiah L.mcvoy
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B. H. McCoy
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Collis H. Case
Winfield. Scott Post
William C. Smyth
Meoy
McVoy
Scotell Plains
Michael McVoy
Hilda
Plainfield Board Earth
Winfield
E. Casefi
Herbert L. McVoy
Geo Scotchins
Arthur McVoy
Percy A.mcvoy
Ralph Ranyan Ret
Muhlenberg’ S Newes
Hell
Christ
Son of God
England
Canada
America
Plainfield Trust
Common Council
Bopy
George Noo Home
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