Sullivan reminiscence column prompts memory prompts
A history oriented item invites readers to submit anecdotes and names from Sullivan past events. It lists figures such as Andy McClanahan Cuddy Sherman Dr. Riggs Ed Reed Billy Crowder Jim Stewart W. H. Crowder Sr and many local sites and moments offering a local society archive through community recollections.
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Cuddy Sherman
Dr. Riggs
Ed Reed
Billy Crowder
Opera House
Jim Stewart
W. H. Crowder, Sr
Sullivan
Jeff Bass
Walloon
Hervey Dutton
Prin
Phil Koltinsky
Hud Crowder
Dr. Stewart
North Main Street
Foxy Grandpa
New Lebanon
Jeff Able
Jim Riggs
Nick Davis
Price Albert
Wake Giles
Ron Stivers
George Dutton
Ward Wawkins
Trawler Skipper Wins Victoria Cross in Submarine Fight
The Daily Telegraph recounts Skipper Thomas Crisp and his son Thomas William Crisp earning high honors after a Nelson trawler battled a submerged U boat. With both legs gone and most crew dead or wounded, the skipper ordered books thrown overboard and perished as the vessel sank.
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London
Daily Telegraph
London Gazette
Thomas Crisp
BR. N. R
D. A
Thomas William Crisp
O. N
Nelson
Mgr. Crisp
Tom
Opened Theater Near Big Training Camp
Camp Gordon Gy. to provide more entertainment for soldiers from New York and other sections. Jake Wells, manager of the Atlantic Lyric theater, will complete a big theater near the camp and have it operating within a few weeks. Keith's vaudeville will be featured with popular prices.
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Camp Gordon
New York
Sourthern
Jake Wells
Atlantic Lyric Theater
Keith
Westfield Man Re-Enlists in 25th Engineers After Pension Fight
Fred If Lenotis of Westfield re enters service with the Twenty fifth engineers after being twice rejected due to a disability discharge from ear trouble. He served in the Philippines and Cuba and was once an orderly for Maj. Gen. Frederick Furlston. After legal help he secured a Washington pass to a physical exam, passed, and was assigned for service and pension testing.
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Westfield
Mass
Sithioeegti
Fred If Lenotis
Twenty-fifth Engineers
Tenois
Philippines
Cuba
Frederick Furlston
H. E. Howard
Washington
Caiming
Red Cross Ships Supplies To Europe
The American Red Cross transported about 33 000 tons of war relief material in three months through its national clearing house. Increased hospital supplies anaesthetics surgical dressings and foodstuffs go to war hospitals infirmaries recuperating stations and nurse homes in France and Europe as cold weather raises needs.
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Washington
Ovcean
American Red Cross
National Clearing House
America
Red Cross
Europe
The
France
Have Snake for a Mascot Portland Company G Bulllsnake as War Mascot
Portland Oregon reports Company G Second Washington state infantry of Aberdeen plans to bring a pet bullsnake to France as a morale mascot. The snake, once a Cascade mountains outpost pet, reportedly killed a large rattler in combat and then repelled another attack, prompting soldiers to capture it for recognition.
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Portland
Ore
Second
Washington State Infantry
Aberdeen
France
Teutons
Cascade Mountains
Bugler in brig for taps on voyage to Europe
A marine bugler aboard a transport bound for Europe sounded taps at sea. The commanding officer jailed the bugler for three days as punishment, citing the premature surrender to danger and discipline.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Poilu Mistakes General Bullard for a Sergeant at Charity Event
In France Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard visits a charity theater where a wounded Poilu mistakes him for a sergeant. The officer’s courteous, democratic behavior inspires the Frenchman to request instruction for machine-gun crews, highlighting American officers’ popularity with French troops.
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France
Robert Lee Bullard
Franze
United States
Bullard
America
Conquest and Kultur Germanization Seen Accelerating In U S
A September 20 1962 letter from New York German Robert Thiem argues the Americanization trend is irreversible and predicts a future vast German empire within a century, claiming stronger German spirit will prevail over American resistance.
Canton Walls to Make Way for Trolley Line
Gen Chiang Ting Psu reports Canton China will cut a belt railway along a new path, replacing river dipping with a bathtub and noting a completed survey.
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China
San Francisco
Canton
Chiang Ting Psu
United States
War Department
Germany
Chiang
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Andy McClanahan
John T. Hays
Wake Ciles
Sulli
Pat McEneney
Ed Lacey
Bill "Amison
Theodore Hutchison
Ben Davis
Sullivan Union
Terre Haute Daily Star and Sullivan Union
Home Life
Terre Haute Daily Star
Boys Magazine
Womans World
the Household
the Sullivan Union
Peoples Home Journal
Terre Haute Daily Star Cou
Peoples Popular Monthly
McCalls Magazine
Metropolitan Magazine
Clube
Sullvan Union
Kimballs Dairy Farmer
Greens American Fruit Grower
Reliable Poultry Journal
Womans W’ i
St. Louis Republic
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Terre Haute Star
P. O
Sullivan, Indiana
John C. Chaney
Citizens Trust Building
W. H. Eaton
Sherman Building
Mian
Funston Flakes
Leo F. F. Warner
Felix
Madison Square Garden
RED Cross Ships
Washington Company
Polly
Chap
Sarment
Globe
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