First Great Battle Fought by Pindell in France
Prof T L Pindell former high school principal writes from France after serving with American forces. He describes the first great battle as won with fortifications carried without firing a shot. He details camp life in England and France, Fourth of July celebrations, and cordial contact with locals while praising frontline reports and wellbeing of the units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Pindell
Isguow
France
Gapen
England
Old Newspapers for Sale and Local Social Roundup
Old newspapers offered at the office for pantry shelves and lining. OSBORN'S BATTERY STATION advertises free battery filling and testing. Sunol town notes recount schoolhouse work resuming Howards headed grain and social dances hosted by Home Guards with crowds from neighboring towns. Social visits, travels, birthdays, haying, and farm activity fill the week in Lodgepole Sidney Potter and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howards
Emil Englert
Lodgepole
Friend Dickinson
Chappell
E W. Smith
Ford
John Newton
Floyd Powell
Lincoln
Pert Allington
Henry Pavlat
Potter
Lee Howard
Sidney
Lute Allington
Morris
Millard Paviat
Army Notes Urges Enlistment Before Draft Registration
The Telegraph from Sidney reports the new draft ages 18 to 45 with registration on September 5, affecting about 16 million men. Recruiting stations push to maximize volunteers, noting trades and government schools, free tuition and board, and $30 monthly pay. Local youths Schroeder Bliss Mann plan to enlist, while a German prisoner diary quotes fear of Yankee forces as U.S. troops land overseas, signaling a growing war effort through July.
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Sidney
War Department
United States
McNulty and community harvest notes from Dalton area
Local farming activity dominates the Dalton region with threshing and harvesting in full swing despite heavy rains and an electrical storm. Guests from nearby towns visited Kreader and Eckert households as families travel for illness, church, and scenic trips.
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James McNulty
Colorado
Broughton
Bert Tinsley
Baby
Reddington
Sam Eckert
Grinnell
Sioux City
Iowa
Kreader
Laurel
Neb
Andy Jones
Denver
John Eckert
Lem Eckert
J. P. Eckert
Sidney
Loren Dugger
Carrie Eckert
McNulty
Frank White
Jake Eckert
Ed. Walsh
Quick Home
Hedlund
Dalton
Carr Ross
Alec Ross
Vera Ross
Stoctsel
J. M. Kreader
Miller Home
Aurora
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Pindell
Frank Haler
Otto Otten
Osborn’s
SUNOL
Frank Schroeder
San Francisco
Navy
Glenn Bliss
Dee
Charley Mann
U. S
Lalley
Lalleylight
Chas. Nepinsky
Basement Gapen Bidg
Sidney, Nebr
A. R. LE Sueur
Nebraska
Roderick Lean
J. I. Case
Peoria
Botton Sanders Newell
Sanders Newell
Moline
Rock Island Gang
Rock Island
A. Schmitt
Sidney, Nebraska
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