Canadians Advance Through Flanders Trench Fight
BR A Quigley, former Franklin resident, recounts Canadian soldiers forming a new regiment that charged German trenches in Flanders. Five days of bombardment and heavy fire preceded trench capture as aviators dropped bombs and shells shattered the line. He recalls the sight of wounded families and the brutal power of high explosives.
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Flanders
BR. A. Quigley
Franklin, D
Chicago
Igiey
Quigley
Soldiers of the Common Task and Humble Deeds
Poem praising unseen volunteers and workers who sustain the nation in war and hardship. It honors women and artisans who feed and clothe, and celebrates the quiet courage of those who defend the republic through faith and steady labor.
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France
Tricks Hunt Officers British Courier Gets Help From the Enemy
London reports a British king’s messenger managed 17 dispatch bags for the British embassy. Two German officers aided him at a neutral station by helping load a fifth bag before the train departed. The messenger thanked them and locked the compartment door as the train began moving.
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London
War Office
Judge Takes Sliver Dollar Wedding Fee
Justice of the Peace John Pollock receives a single silver dollar as a wedding fee after agreeing to wed a Tulsa oilman and his partner at the Baltimore hotel. The judge had planned to wait for proper payment. The anecdote unfolds with a cigar and a home library setting before the hurried ceremony.
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Justice of the Peace
John Pollock
Blank
Tam
Baltimore
Fidge
L. Chamber of Clovis
Local notes from El Paso Gap recounts residents and travels
April 16 El Paso Gap item details J K R Jones and his mother seeking a buyer for goats in New Mexico, Kuykendalls traveling from Skull Valley, and various posts about Shattuck’s truck runs, water issues, health updates, and regional news including Roswell family reports and Dayton hotel stay.
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J. KR. Jones
Pinion
N. M
B. Kuykendall
H. Kuykendall
J. E. Coffey
Rocky Arroyo
Skull Valley
Ariz
Heck
Hoover
Shattuck
Carlsbad
Scyba Cox
Keller Tank
France
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Daniel M. Henderson
Vigilantes
Eich
Wrigleys
Bobby
Wrareeo
EL Paso Gap
W. PR. Shattuck
Susie
Gus Dean
Dave Meives
Black River
Efferdale Ranch
Madan Thorne
Roswell
Harry Thorne
David
Ruth Galton
Thorne
Clarence Bell
The
First National Bank
Dayton
M. 1
Ray Davia
New Mexico
Harry Woodman
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