Red Cross Notes Faithful Workers At Sewing Room
Red Cross notes relief at additions to the sewing room staff. Last week workers included Mrs. Bert Lendell, Mrs. Saxon, Mrs. Clark Fuller, Mrs. Ella Burke, Mrs. West. January lists additions such as Mrs. Saxon, Mrs. Spitzler, Julia Mann, S. A Wallick, and many others including Ella Burke and Weeden family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bert Lendell
Saxon
Clark Fuller
Ella Burke
CW West
D. Saxon
A. F. Spitzler
Julia Mann
S. A Wallick
Fred Stowe
Oscar Warris
W O. Weeden
Fin. Weeden
JH OS Tipton
Margaret Martin
Pitman
A Rudd
R Owens
A. & Phelps
Soldier's WWI voyage sketches from camp to trenches
A dated letter recounts a soldier's journey from New York to Camp Mills then voyage to Halifax and England. He describes troop movements to France, Toul, Verdun, Argonne and Meuse trenches, Meuse crossing, harsh conditions, rumor of armistice, and hopes to return home within months. The narrative blends travel details with wartime hardships and personal notes to family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Camp Mills
Long Island
Halifax
England
Thames River
London
Winchester
Winchester, Were There Three Days Then To South Hampton
la Harve
France
Chihvains
Toul
St Mihiel
Verdun
Argonne
Meuse
Stenay
Stemey
Germany
ALL TAKEN OFF SHIP RESCUE OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Fire Island N Y January 6 removal of 200 wounded from the stranded Northern Pacific completed under clear skies. Submarine chasers and launches ferried men to the hospital ship Salace while wrecking tugs and naval vessels worked to lighten the vessel. Rescue operations proceeded with no accidents as troops regained daylight and shore observers watched from cliffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Island
N. Y
Northern Pacific
Salace
Solace
Navy
Haggage
Meade
Russ Chief Wants Yanks
Gen Seiminoff, badly wounded in a theater blast, defies doctors and discusses Russia’s crisis. He says Americans are admired by Russians and would be welcomed to help in the fight against bolshevism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chita
Trans-Baikalia
Seiminoff
Russia
America
Children parade hosts in Posen mowed by German fire
Report from Warsaw on January 6 says several children marching in Posen in honor of Ignace Jan Paderewski were killed when German forces opened fire with machine guns. Five soft-nosed bullets struck the room where Paderewski sat but he remained unharmed, accompanying Colonel Ward of the British army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Posen
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Paderewski
Ward
Prince to Be Prosecuted for Theft Reported in Budapest
Budapest reports state that Prince Livich Windisch Graetz and others face criminal proceedings for misappropriating several million crowns from the Jusngsman potate bureau while Prince Ludwig served as Hungarian food controller. The government in Budapest ordered the start of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Budapest
Livich
Windisch-Graetz
Tjungsman Potate Bureau
Ludwig
Father’s letter from Verdun recounts WWI voyage and front
A long personal letter from Fred, written in Verdun, details travels from Camp Funston to Camp Merritt, voyage on the Mt Vernon, arrival in Brest, transfer to the 16th Engineers, front-line service near Savy-Bevaltte, Le Possier, Longpre, Nevers, and Varennes. He recalls shellfire, a gas attack, a bombing of their camp, and witnessing artillery actions. He mentions souvenirs, German post cards, and hopes to return home by Christmas. The letter closes with family notes and local community snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
France
Father
Daddy
Camp Funst
Camp Merritt
New Jersey
Hoboken
Trowlock
Mt Vernon
Kron Princession
Brest
Blois
Is-Sur-Tille
Chere
12Th Engineers
16Th Engineers
Savy-Beveltte
LePessiel
Abbeville
Longpre
Nevers
Clorrimont
Varennes
Consenvoye
Meuse
Woocuime
Fritz
Vaaranes
Local Social Roundup From Industrial Valley Guests
Industrial Valley reports a series of Sunday visits and Friday calls including Mro and Mrs Otto Krager at Revo and Airs Fonske, Dick Miller families at George Miller, and several trips among the Hinrichs, Thompson, and Miller households. New Year gatherings feature hunting, travel plans, and birthday reminders with a light community tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mro
Otto Krager
Revo
Airs
Fonske
Dick Miller
George Miller
TJ Miller
Carl Kraft
Dalton
Geo. Ainrichs
Hinrichs
Frank Lippstrew
Fred Thompson
Pwin
Thomas Miller
Gurley
Silney
HY. Quick
F. Thurston
Herman Miller
Henry Hinrichs
Geo. Hinrichs
Harry Thompson
Kratzbeer
Harts
H. G Miller
Sidney and Gurley
Geo. Miller
Harm Poppen
Messrs
Garrett, Henry
Cornelius Weyerts
Margaret
Irene Jurgens
Carl
Permanence of the Heroic in Popular Storytelling
The memory of heroes endures across centuries in folk tales and renditions. The Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great influenced Albanian admiration, with locals naming him Isken der Bes. A Steel text notes the lasting impres sion of Alexander in rural India, where villagers recall Suvunder as a conjuring name and a village doctor claims loyalty to the Yue nani medical system. An advertisement in The Telegraph reportedly yields broad countywide reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander the Great
Albania
Iskender
Alexander
Bes
Steel
Suvunder
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sidney Telegraph
Frida
Sion
Sidney
Nebr
J. S. Stafford
Falls Paper
Sade Ratty
Cea Ipa
Chicago
Frances FE
Knox
Red
Qine
Central Meat Market
Peter Peetz
Sint Vance
Belgium
Tome
Deatons
Oscar Nopnson
Ab Mo
Kimpston
Republic
Oslorn
Willain
Osborn
Black
Sidney, Nebraska
Roger Culver Tredwell
State Department
Petrograd
Turkestan
Bolsheyiki Tredwell
Brooklyn
Enarly
Hfe
Russ Chief
Yanks
Seminoff
Babes
Fred
Kruger
Ho Quick
Tye Miller Brothers
Otto Kruger
Gurley Monday
Farmers Union
Juris Jan. T Therbert CL. Lleaver
Europe
Hardy Hardware Store
Industrial
Telegraph
Gars
Wier & Hamilton
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