Army enlistments list local men for various branches
Local men enlisted in the U S Army are assigned to Air Corps Infantry Tank Corps Field Artillery and other branches. Names include Eugene B Look William W Ashton Ralph J Knowlton Garrett T Stickel with assignments to Langley Fort Meade Fort Sam Houston Fort Monmouth and Panama Hawaii and the Philippines. Enlistment terms are one or three years. interest should contact the Army Recruiting Office at 5 South Potomac Street.
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U.S. Army
Eugene B. Look
Air Corps
Langley
Sme
William W. Ashton
Infantry Tank Corps
Bchdot
Camp Meade
Ralph J. Knowlton
Artiery
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
New York City
Galveston
Army Signal School
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Ftedio Engineering
Garreld T. Stickel
Afr . Corps
Langley Wield
U. 3
Army
South Potomac Street
Panama Canal
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Namara to Europe in Tank Corps race assignment
Memri Shilitto of Greencastle Pa and Namara winners enlist for service in Camp Meade Maryland. They plan to compete in a winter Europe meets, with a year of duty expected. Preliminary heats are to be organized by Otto Petri, a German Army radio figure, as part of the training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vis Valiroad
New York
Jen
Meggie
Merie Shilitto
Greencastle
Namara
Tank Corps
Camp Meade
Bekersville and Hakersville Church Notices and Oddities
A jumble of local items reports communion services on Sunday January 3 and preparatory services Friday January 7. It notes the Sunday school reorganization with officers including Superintendent Charles Irven and secretary Paul Culler. Gossip mentions residents visiting kin in Hagerstown and Shenandoah Virginia, a chicken and wanla supper, a grip epidemic, and Midway Council No. 44 officers for six months.
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Hakersville
Our Sunday Achonl
Charles Irven
Oran Dayton
Paul Culler
Asaietant
Charles Lewis
Maurlca Culler
Roy Cave
Inor
Thera
Tilghivanten
Mongan
Tilghmayton
Chinese Legislator in Honolulu Makes History
Yew Char, born and educated in Honolulu, becomes the first American citizen of Chinese ancestry to join the territorial legislature. He rose from door black to professional photographer and politics, saying he desires to fulfill his duty as an American citizen in a greater capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Yew Char
Woo Wik
St Jacobs Oil advertised for backache relief
An old ad promotes St Jacobs Oil as a quick, harmless remedy for lumbago backache sciatica rheumatism and sprains. It claims instant relief after application and urges purchasing a 26 cent bottle from a druggist.
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St. Jacoba
St Jacobs
Coughing Like Man Stirs Sousa Tale in New York
A fragment from a New York despatch recounts John Philip Sousa at an opera in Philadelphia being interrupted by a boyish cougher who pretended to be a man. The composer offered drops to the cougher as a young beauty, noting the amusing misidentity and the deep bass coughs.
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New York
John Philip Sousa
Philadelphia
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M'Namara
Europe
Spirin
Bayer
Ebbatidester
Salley Hencit
The
Sahara
Johiun C. Bisbow
Kiel
Germany
Disha
Bekersville
Son Kemp
Annellor
Harry Davis
Geo
H. Shaw
Jeremiah Mongan
Outside Sentinel
Melvin Shaw
Inside Sentinel
Frisby T. Smith
Thomas’ H. Shaw
G. Yarvey Sprecher
Josiah Bloom
Jeremiah Monnan
Phillips’ Milk
Magnesia
Phillips
John D. Myers & Co
N. Potomac St
Ludwig Motor Co
West
Franklin Street
ViRcaney
Mahogany
Miller’s
Biche Weenicke Agency
E Snardi
Potomac Street
H.R. Wagner
R&g
Girls Lace
Potomac
Powerline Gas
Crown Oil and Wax. Co
Frederick Street
West Washington Street
Hagerstown
Maryland
Dan Kirson Just Call ME
Dan
Worth’s
Washington St
Dan Kirson
Worth
Hagerstown, Md
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