From The Boys Active Service November 1918 Letters
Letters from soldiers describe travels in England and New York City during World War I. Anton Lempke writes from Eastleigh and the South Hampton YMCA while awaiting movement. Maurice Rosensweig’s note places him at a base hospital in New York City awaiting escorts for discharged fellows, with a probate notice following for an estate in November 1918.
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Harry
Fritz
South Hampton Ymca
Philo
Anton F. Lempke
Naval Air Station
Eastleigh
Eng
New York City
Maurice Rosensweig
Medical Department
Sth St
7Th Ave
Administrator's Notice in Estate of Minnie Compasso
Appointment of administrator for the estate of Minnie Compasso, deceased. The administrator will appear before the Bureau County Court at the Princeton courthouse during the January Term on the first Monday in January to hear and adjust claims. Creditors must attend. debtors to the estate should prepare to settle amounts owed.
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Minnie Compasso
Tne
Min- Compasso
Bureau County
Court House
Princeton
Executor's Notice for Sam Froelich Deceased
The undersigned as Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Sam Froelich late of Bureau County Illinois declares intent to appear before the Bureau County Court at the Court House in Princeton in January term to proceed with probate and related actions.
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Sam Froelich
Bureau
State of
Ilinois
Dean's Kidney Pills Proved Helpful by Local Reader
Spring Valley resident Mrs G Alexander of 120 E Iowa St reports backache dizziness and leg swelling eased by Dean's Kidney Pills from Thompson Drug Co. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises the kidney remedy as the same used by Mrs Alexander.
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Dean
Thompson Dru, Co
Alexander
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo N. Y
Tales of Bravery and Tears Reach Red Cross Hq
Read by staff from overseas dispatches two brief items recount a nurse lighting a discharged soldier’s cigarette with matches while he recalls his near German captures, and a husky Black canteen cook reading a cookbook that stirs homesickness and a shy smile.
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Red Cross
Canteen
Mahse
Red Cross Women Cited for Bravery at Epernay Canteen
American women at Epernay south of Rheims are cited in an order of the day for remaining at their posts in a Red Cross canteen under bombardment for six days. They continued to feed and care for wounded throughout the battle.
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Epernay
Rheims
Red Cross
What Red Cross Means
A brief quotation from Mrs. Lars Anderson’s recent book on wartime conditions describes the Red Cross as aiding homeless motherless children. The passage stresses that frightened crying or dying children evoke deep sympathy, helping to temper the wider horrors of war.
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Great American Red Cross
Lars Anderson
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Cai Cae
Ette
Baker Piano Company
East ST. Paul Street
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Illinois
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Thompson Drug CO
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