Hero Named Escort to Soldier Dead
Sergeant Wile Sunlin of Myilen Kentucky chosen as escort for the return of a World War dead soldier. Named for conspicuous gallantry at Lois de Forges on Sept 26 1918 he advanced upon a machine nest and silenced multiple emplacements with a grenade. He earned the Medal of Honor the French Croix de Guerre and the Belgian Medal Militaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanner
Wile Sunlin
Myilen
Secrmally Laker
Gener
Rogers
Sandin Wee
Hy Weke
Lergeant York
Sundlin
de Guirre
Belgium
Lois de Forges
Sandlin
Dietrich community notes reflect holidays and obituaries
Local column records visits by Mrs Mary I Mathis and others, farm changes, religious meetings, and gatherings. It notes Mrs Mary Pender’s death in Shoshone after fourteen years in Idaho, a Christmas service, a community Christmas tree event, longtime resident Peter T Mason’s passing, and various local travels and farm news among residents of Dietrich and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pender
Pagari
H. M. Fender
J. P. Mustard
Pr. Jones Hospital
Shoshone
Idaho
Talley
Peter T. Mason
Grandpa Mason
Haseen
Veter Mason
New York State
Missouri
Licking
Barbara Collie
William DB. Mason
Lebanon
Herbert C. Mason
Eden
James Mason
Gooding
Maho
Edmund Mason
Jerome
Iaho
Roy M. Mason
Lodgenae
Montana
Krink Maxon
Tlitah Mason
Mes
J.B. Wickman
Hoshone
Tursday
Wis Feler Speais
Seed Wheat Orders Open For Lincoln County Farmers
Lincoln County farmers are urged to order Pure Dick Low seed wheat from Twin Falls’ Twin Brothers. Prices are $5.19 per hundred pounds for Shoshone and Dietrich areas due to freight, with $5.25 for Richfield. Orders due soon to project leaders and the Farm Bureau Wheat Fund, to plant clean land and certify as premium seed for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burewn Ly
Trwin Bros
Twin
Lincoln County
Farmer Wheat Fund
Karey Bureau
Chester Johnson
Richfiehl
Idaho
Sam
Molliner
Shoshone
B. Warren
Sam Bate, Jr
Dietrich
Maho
Twin Falls
Richfield
GEO. FE
Maroney
Pershing Recounts U S War Effort In World War I
General Pershing concludes the final report on American expeditionary forces in Europe shows the U S Army won the war. He notes the spirit of determination in the Meuse Argonne campaign and outlines events from 1914 to 1917 including German offensives, Allied struggles, and the push for a major American force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Pershing
Europe
Gerin Ferres
Helgium
Gerson
Nieipewrse
Mugilen
Marns
Germany
Marne
East Prussia
Warsaw
Turkey
Far East
Dardanelles
Italy
Bulgaria
Balkans
Wem
Anne
Mazurian
Gulleia
Brest-Litovsk
Vilna
Serbia
Montenegro
Austria
Mesopotamia
Russia
Verdun
Galicia
Romania
Somme
Austriaia
Maly
Meue
Altfas
Vie
Gow
Aml Tooly
Amertos
Wright Hosts Christmas Day J C Penny Staff Party
Manager W H Wright of the local J C Penny store invited forty three employees and their families from Jerome Harley and She Shoe to a Christmas gathering at the K P hall. Guests enjoyed a decorated tree, singing and dancing then went to Manhattan Cafe for a supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Wright
W. H. Wright
J. C. Penny
Jerome
Harley
Sheshoe
K.P. Hall
Manhattan
American Legion Banquet and Music Fund Drive
A community event led by the American Legion convenes a banquet on Friday Jan 2 at the Boston Cafe to elect officers for the coming year. Musicians offered help, the club seeks funds for a clubhouse and bathhouse open to the public as a memorial to fallen members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Clarcice Tyilaap
Vicinie Nerv
Christos
Stevens
Tollaiun
Beluney
Boston
King P.m
K. P. Hall
Tneal Post
Hawk
They’ll Not Go Too Far American Veterans Rally
Veterans voice a blunt defense of patriotism and duty, warning that dissenters threaten America’s safety. They recall battles at Chateau Thierry and Argonne to argue true Americanism requires unity against radical agitators and class revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chateau -Thierry
St. Mihiel
Argonne
The Legion at Work
The Montgomery Alabama Advertiser reports The Legion at work after four service men were killed by La. ws at Centria Washington. It argues the murders misidentified citizens and calls for national support to back the American Legion in facing radicalism and preserving wartime ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Legion
Hamburg Starvation Tales From War In Germany
Charles Albers of Lincoln County recounts Hamburg’s postwar misery and bread rationing. He describes scarce bread, eggs unknown, and people lining for milk while police issue bread passes. The blast of inflation and occupation mirrors hardship across occupied Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Albers
Lincoln County
Germany
Mt Wess
Charlie Albers
Will Tan
Warsaw
Morrison
Hamburg
Methodist Church Announcements by Mackey J Brown
Sunday School at 9 30 A M C P Borden Superintendent. Services at 11 A M and 7 20 P M. Epworth League Morning Watch postponed until 10 30 A M Sundays. Pastor returned from Shelley and will preach at 11 A M on The Christian's Ideal. Evening subject The Quality of Spirit in the Believer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden
Epworth League
Shelley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yankee
Dietrich-Besslen
Mary I. Mathis
T. Brennen
Bertha Paterson
DuBoise
Mike Brennen
Missouli
Relves
Mise
Helen Zimmerman
Dietrich Satitndis
LaVerne Stellan Cam
Vocatello
Mra
Chaude Friedtine
Chapman Place
W. Akerman
Claude
Wall
Mickeljohn
Nampa
John Segraves
Taverne Shellman
Mr. S
King
Perry Chapman
Frank
Michigan
Tessien
L. H. Joy
A. B. McGowan
J. M. Churk
St. John
A. BR. McGo
Ber
James Maningh
South Dakota
Te Mustard
Diewrich
Mire
W.M. Pender
Medifield
Leonard Fender
Arthur Fender
Lowell Fender
Earl Fender
J. W. Patterson
Kuna
Jack Pease
Tandalye Fender
al Kershner
Wyoming
Velma
James Manineh
Bier Dodds
Salt Lake
Mrs. Mustard
Jane
Gillie Bate
Leithelar
Main
Second Streets
A. Bate
Bate
Jamey McClors
Hal Mex OL Kennedy
General Pershing
Secretary Baker
United States Army
France
Fliniers
Prench
Paris
Alsther
Verdug
Mets
the Legion AT Work
Vwice
Police
Tea Lind Sontiers
Baptist Church
Rivening
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mackey J. Brown
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