Air Heroes to Rest at Verdun Memorial Garden for Lafayette Flying Corps
The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial association plans a burial garden in France for 64 airmen who died serving France. Sixty-two bodies will be present with two missing, and relatives may choose whether to move remains. The garden near Vernun will honor their shared sacrifice with a two mile site donated by the French government.
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Suluride
Penenth
Sergt
Victor ‘Chapman
New York
Carter Ovington
Mke Guynemer
Raoul Lufbery
Niive
Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Association
B. G. Hamilton
France
Lafayette Flying Corps
Millerand
Poincare
Maginot
Marshal Foch
Ferrick
Alexandre Marcel
Vernun
Man Uses Judge Gibbs’s Name to Evade Charge
In 1916 Samuel Gumpel was arraigned for pocketbook snatching in the Bronx and sent to Elmira by Magistrate Gibbs. He later appeared as Joseph Gibbs in Washington Heights on a vagrancy charge and received four months in the workhouse after a sharp rebuke by Magistrate Levine.
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New York
Samuel Gumpel
Gibbs
Bronx
Elmira
Gumpel
Joseph Gibbs
Max 8. Levine
Washington Heights
New York City
1920 UK Vital Stats Record Low Death Rate
The 1920 registrar general report shows births at 957 782 a new high, deaths 466 136 the lowest rate since 1862, infant mortality 80 per thousand births and marriages 879 082 a new record. Population rise 491 682 the largest ever, divorces nearly triple prior years.
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Andon
Anghind
Wales
Writing At Home With Four Kids In The House
A struggling writer laments four lively children interrupting his work each day. The chaotic scenes include questions about egg costs and requests for sharpened pencils as he tries to finish his thoughts before the sandman arrives.
Painted cup blooms recalled by prairie wanderers
Scarlet tufts blaze in the green as prairie travelers speak of the painted cup a flower known for its flame like color and sturdy growth.
Nut Loaf and Carrot Glaze Cakes from 1022 Wheat Pantry
A household recipe row describes Nut Loaf with nuts bread crumbs and mushroom ketchup baked an hour, plus a carrot dish simmered with sugar and lemon juice. Also included is a sugared cake method using citron, eggs, sugar, butter, flour and cream baked an hour plus.
Something to Think About by F A Walker
A reflective essay on habitual procrastinators who ignore life’s events while chasing fame and wealth. The piece laments postponed action, warns that tomorrow’s promises often fail, and notes how peers progress while dreamers drift toward winter of life.
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F. A. Walker
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Eagle defeated by crows in Williamsport attack
A large eagle from Williamsburg arrived on a farm and toppled from a crow nest after a mob of more than a hundred crows swarmed the scene. Mr. Hall and nearby farmers saved the bird, placing it in a cage. Sol Stephan estimates the wingspan at nine feet. The incident ended with the crow gang scattered and the eagle’s fate secured by human intervention.
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Cincinnati
Williamsburg
Larry Unhl
Hall
Are
Mars
Grow
Mr. Hall
Sol Stephan
Mnager
Stephan
Plover Pargraphs Epworth League Notices
Epworth League devo meeting October 22 on the topic Stirring Up the Gift led by Harvey Minkler. Hallowe en social to be held Friday evening October 27 in the M E church basement with fifteen cent admission to benefit the I Will Maintain Fund. Willing Workers to hold an exchange Saturday October 21. The So-
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Epworth League
Harvey Minkler
M. E
Forging to Feed Dying Wife Leads to Dismissed Case
William Strickler a nineteen year old of Los Angeles forged a check to benefit his dying wife and infant. He admitted the crime to Judge Reeve and sought probation, but the court dismissed the case after the defense’s argument and public defender’s plea.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Strickler
Babe
Strickler
Reeve
Superior Court
Biby
Iis Arms
Unclear Text Summaries Maritime Oddities
The readable passages describe a ship and sea life including chickens ducklings and a sea turtle. A thermometer reads 102 and a tub of seawater is kept on deck for ducklings. The text is fragmented and lacks coherent events or dates.
Fragmentary notices recounts of relatives and visitors in town
The clipping mentions scattered names and places including Petersons Garlock Watts Maurice Northrop and Berthaw Pocashog Plover Harsham Langfitt and a cattle call from Kansas City. It references clothing inspection and family visitors with unclear context and dates like October.
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Minnesota
Speth
Vicinne
Petersons
Garlock Sand Odge
Watts
Maurice Northrop
Fort Dogg
Jas
Berthaw
Pocashog
Harsham
Langfitt
Kansas City
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Lafayette
Escadrille J
Will M. Maupini
Western Newspaper Union
Vag Weld
Dovgn
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Cincinnati Zoo
Peri
Hartung
Dru
Fonda
Alice Cleveland
Earl Cox
George
Theodore’ Truelson
Phung
Poe
Harry Dickey
Florence Keyes
Miriam Battista
White House
President Harding
Laddie Boy
San
Edison Marshall
Wiss Hy
Marshall
Voice
Pack
Oregon Woods
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