Letters From the Front by J P Wesley in 1918 France
Soldier J P Wesley writes to his parents from somewhere in France during World War I. He notes the fall season, winter plans in New Mexico not changed, shares a French dinner and routine work, praises health, and asks for family news while mentioning aerial skirmishes and rain. He hopes to return within a year and reflects on experience with the American Expeditionary Forces.
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Wesley
Ady
Ord
P.O Ilane
New Mexico
Gaual
Job
John Westey
France
H. D
Bowie
Peart
Dean Smith
Carlsbad
PVT
J. D. Wesley
Mobile Ord
P.O
Richard Grantham died in McGregor aged 85
Richard Grantham, who would have been eighty five on February 7, died in McGregor morning after a long illness. He moved to Navarro county as a teen with his widowed mother and lived in Cook's School House area, Corsicana, then McGregor for about 25 years. A longtime local Methodist preacher noted for steadfast piety and courage. Survived by his wife of 60 years and ten children: D. G. Grantham, W. B. Grantham, Mrs. C. H. Thomas, Mrs. E. B. Huckabee, Mrs. L. M. Jackson, and James John Hiram Luther Nathan Grantham, plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Richard Grantham
McGregor Ulta
Navarro County
Cook's
Corsicana
McGregor
D. G. Grantham
Carlsbad
New Mexico
W. B. Grantham
C. H. Thomas
Mra
Huckabee
L. M. Jackson
East Texas
James
John
Hiram
Luther
Nathan Grantham
Texas
In Memoriam for Gaines A Soldier Brave and True
Poem-style obituary honoring Gaines who died serving the United States in 1918. It laments wartime losses, praises his noble sacrifice for the red white and blue, and offers religious consolation from Texas, San Angelo, dated October 16, 1918.
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Gaines
Price of Feeding Stuffs Controlled by U S Food Admin
In Albuquerque on October 20 the United States Food Administration outlined price controls for feeding stocks including cottonseed meal and cake, rice polish, rice bran and dried beet pulp. Prices set for Texas mills and Oklahoma sacks, with refunds for substandard protein and defined retailer profit margins.
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Albuquerque
N. Ob
United Elites Food Administration
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
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Swift & Company
Henry F. Bock
Lepter
J.P. Wesley
raAppen
Muchard Granta
Great Son of
Galilee
Christ
Death's Sea
Johnson
San Angelo
Menentaalion
Jacob J. Smith
Jass
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