Roanoke Veterans Recall Civil War Camp Life
A Roanoke veteran recounts camp life during the Civil War era. He details guard duties on trains to Chattanooga, food improvisations, and a dramatic freight-car incident on a mountain curve. He also recalls surrender dates, postwar muster out, and reflections on returning home.
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Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Edsne
Trip
Eley
J. B. Kenner
Huntington
Jim
Our
Dinning. Com
War Department
Washington
Indianpolis
Louisville
Roosevelt Day Arrangements Planned by Indiana Branch
The Indiana Branch of the Roosevelt Memorial Association plans observances for Theodore Roosevelt's birthday. Officers urge patriotic and civic groups to mark the occasion on Thursday October 27 or the following Sunday. The observance aims to perpetuate Roosevelt memory and patriotism as New York City reopens his birthplace for public access.
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Roosevelt
Indiana
Roosevelt Mem‘orial Association
Roosevelt Mem Orial Association
New York City
Theodore “Roosevelt
Owill
Hefner Warpup Marriage in Roanoke Home
Mrs Flora Hefner and Harmon Warpup of Markle wed at the bride's Roanoke home on Saturday evening October 15th. They plan to reside on a farm near Markle.
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Roanoke
Flora ‘Hefner
Harmon Warpup
Markle
Shroyer-Dennis Marriage in Huntington Indiana
Wilda Shroyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Shroyer wed Eldie Dennis in Huntington Indiana on a Monday in mid October.
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Shroyer
Dennis
Huntington
Indiana
Wilda Shroyer
Charles Shroyer
Eldie Dennis
Postponed Sale Notice Hits Local Listings
A short notice indicates a sale has been postponed to a later date. the readable text specifies postponement and hints at local official involvement.
Overseas Women To See Foch Parade In Indianapolis
Indianapolis to host Marshal Ferdinand Foch on November 4 as the American Women's Overseas League leads a parade with women in overseas uniforms. Indiana veterans from the American Expeditionary Forces and allied armies will march under stars and stripes and the French tricolor. A mass meeting that night will honor Foch with a special tribute.
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Foch
American Women’s Overseas League
United Stars and Stripes
France
Adah Bush
Mgovernor
Indiana
Adah McMahan
Lafayette
Salvation ‘Army
Red Cross
Signal Corps
Palestine
Marshal Fir
Foeh
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Palmetto Ranch
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Jay Court
House
John Button
South Bend
Co. I
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K. Y
Cecil Flock
Lillian McCombs
Helene Wasmuth
Alfred Eddingfield
Nelson Wygant
Milo Dinius
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Roy Faust
F. Wygant
Dorthy Hibbert
Flo van Arsdol
Burell Gipe
Nellie Rupert
Lionel Kelsey
Helen Kitt
Pearl Settlemyre
Garnet Smith
Mildred Welch
Mildred Zent
Velma Patten
Farren
Rupert
Smith
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Ward
Wasmuth
Wilson
Zent
Elizabeth DeLong
Hoshaw
Jordan
Grace
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Richards
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Roanoke H. S
Urschell
N. Wygant
Altman Ebersole
Rinehart
Bechtold Robbins
Diefenbaugh Walters
Garretson
High School
Independents
Roanoke High School
Wygant
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Richards Rinehart
de Light Robbins
Worden Walters
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Gass
Washington Center H. S
Roanoke H.S
D. H. Groves
Near
Chester White
Fort Wayne
Colored Giants
Slater’s Park
Margaret Casebere
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. W. Drinkwater
Emory Gillespie
C. Emery Smith
United Brethren Church
N. S. Highlands
Christ
Christian Endeavor
Simons Church
Byrer
Womans Missionary Association
Otterbein Guild Girls
Kingdom of God
G. F. Byrer
Mickie
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Hefner
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Ben W. Hooper
Labor Board
Brotherhood
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Hooper
Boards of the Roads
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