Letter from Ray Van Zandt Describes Frontline Battle Experience
A long letter from Ray Van Zandt of Dietrich recounts bitter combat in France during World War I. He details troop movements from Montreal to Liverpool to Valdahon, then the St Mihiel offensive, gas attacks, and hard marching across no man’s land. He describes digging in at Girard Woods, suffering exposure, and the brutal toll of battle while urging Lincoln county readers to judge a controversial German fund campaign.
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Lincoln County
Gor
Ray van Zandt
U. S
Dietrich
Dad
Foreign Service
United States
Montreal
Canada
Novara
Liverpool
Winchester
St. George
France
Lahavre
Valdahon
Fosges
Frapelle
Vosges
St. Mihiel
No Mans
Girard Woods
No Mans Land
George Washington
Junior Red Cross Drives Continue Among School Children
The article lauds the Junior Red Cross as a leading postwar force with school children driving a 100 percent membership drive in January. It praises youth for sacrifice and service, noting the persistence of junior efforts despite school closures and wartime hardships.
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Europe
Alexander
Napoleon
Atilla
Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
America
Belgium
Geatinaed
Soldier Ray VanZanut Reflects on WWI Front Experience
Ray VanZanut recalls surviving a bombardment as his unit, the Fifth Division, occupied, believes the war ends in November, and predicts moving toward Germany. He writes from Camp Neuwezin, expresses pride in the occupation army, hopes to return home in spring, and sends greetings to family, siding with Sherman’s view that war is hell.
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Girard Wad
Camp Newezin
Occupation Army
Germany
U.S. A
Ocupation Army
Sherman
Ray VanZanut
DIETRICH A HERO'S GRAVE NEWS AND NOTES
Tuesday reports from Bellewar Loho Co tell of the hero’s grave at Bellewar with a claim agent present. Various local items include a funeral in Salt Lake City and a daughter ill with the flu. Community updates mention a new garage, a possible marriage, soldiers returning, school openings, a nurse on duty, and local visits from Shoshone to Albion. A Boise delegate heads a committee from Twin Falls for irrigation reform proposing a three member commission with nine year terms to depoliticize irrigation work.
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Dietrich
Tom Theyenin
Rasmuesen
Bellewar
Loho, Co
Hary Reed
Salt Lake City
James
John Badley
Tues
Boise
Irrigation Congress
Twin Falls
Grace Thevenin Yeomanette attends Bellevue funeral of Brooklyn casualty
Grace Thevenin Yeomanette, first Indy Naval officer to visit Shoshone family, traveled to Bellevue for brother Tom Thevenin’s funeral. Tom, a U S Navy sailor aboard the Brooklyn, died after a coal dust explosion in Yokohama harbor. The family notes Tom’s service in two campaigns and honors his bravery. Memorial services were held aboard the Brooklyn on December 14, 1918.
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Yeomannette
Grace Thevenin
Tom
Bellevue
U. S
Brooklyn
Yokohama
Japan
Doe & Mixa Thevenin
U. S. Navy
Yeomanet
Bremerton Navy Yard
Tom Thevenin
Shoshone
Mexican
Fred
California
Germany
Navy
Dee
Harley and
Ketchum
Tom Leaven
Fils
Mary Randall
Prinville
Oregon
Grace
Bremerton
Wash
Katherin
Boise
France
Stephen
Boys and Girls of
Idaho
United States
Asiatic Fleet
Fishah
Tekes
H. A. Lowell
U.S. Navy N. B
FL A. L
Influenza Serum Arrives for Free 2 to 3 P.M. at DUT Hospital
The influenza serum secured from the Miyo Brothers of Rochester Minnesota has arrived and will be available free of charge to anyone seeking treatment. Distribution runs daily from 2 to 3 p.m. at the DUT hospital.
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Miyo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
Dut
Chautauqua deal in Shoshone rejected by townsmen
Ellison White company representatives visited Shoshone with a contract said to be signed by about 20 local business leaders. Some names appeared on the list though attendees did not recall such parties. After a clubroom meeting, the Chautauqua proposition was voted down and the rep left amid threats of legal action. The piece ends with a wartime draft jab.
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Wednnes
Wan
Stitt
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L. Ho Jey
Porthind
Larry Reed
Salt Lake
John S. Mataon
J. R. Smith
Fred Lehman
Martin Suhr
Frank Scheihing
Sth
F.C. Smith
Mise Mertha, Paterson
Mise
Mary Harrie
Susie Harris
The
Borden Mercantile Co
P. Kelly
Missouri
T. J. Messervey
J. H. Wolfe
Eveline Donovan
Amand Tamhere
Mre
Fort Beach Snet
Carl
Carol Borden
Grace Patterson
Buster Patterson
Mek King
Jack King
Delevan Smith
B. F. Snoderasa
Albion
Snodgrass
Frank
Maxiimelian Hansen
Kaiser
Chicago, Daily News
Alt Street Journal
Pittsbury Gasette Times
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