Transports Bring About Ten Thousand Men Today
York reports arrivals from St Nazaire Brest and Bordeaux with thousands of troops nurses and detachments aboard several ships including the 125th regiment of the 32nd division. The Great Northern and Santa Cecilia transports carried infantry engineers and sanitary units totaling several thousand personnel. The 125th regiment, largely Michigan National Guardsmen, earned distinction in Alsace Vesle Juvigny and the Argonne after a record Atlantic crossing.
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Salor
Eramaporsion Corps
California
Iowa
New Jera
Great Northern
Brest
Santa Cecilia
Bordeaux
32Nd Divi
Atlantic
New York
125Th
Michigan National
Woolworth Anniversary Story of E. P. Charlton’s Career
The 40th anniversary booklet by F W Woolworth Co. recounts Earle P. Charlton born in Chester Connecticut. He built a lifelong career as a traveling salesman then became part of Knox Charlton and later expanded into Canada and the Pacific East. In 1906 after a San Francisco fire he rebuilt a new store within thirty days, marking a bold early chapter in California retail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Woolworth Co
Earle P. Charlton
Esterter
Earle P. Chariton
New
Buffalo
San
Francisco
Fraternizing with Civilians Costs Army Soldier in Germany
A stranger recounts an incident in occupied Germany where a U S soldier is arrested by military police for fraternizing with locals. The exchange shows strict MP enforcement and soldiers resisting authority as a doughboy argues defiance while a companion laughs at the situation. The scene highlights tensions between troops and monopoly of power in postwar occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Gen
M. P
War Risk Insurance Advice For Discharged Soldiers
Discharged soldiers and sailors are urged to keep up war risk insurance premiums. Those who paid may convert to other forms after a short period without another medical exam. If insurance lapsed, contact Captain T. J. Johnson at 99 Chauncy Street Boston to reinstate and inquire about new policy types and rates. Include discharge date and any premium payments in written requests. He will aid allotment recipients not receiving government allowances.
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T. J. Johnson
Northern Department
Chauncy Street
Boston
Mass
Irony and wit crack on shipboard Doughboys
In New York a regimental transport’s daily “newspaper” invites contributions from all aboard. A graveyard reader adds a line: Join the navy and see the world. A Doughboy displeased with the meals snaps back with an ad: Join the army and see the difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy
Granny the champion egg layer dies at eighteen
Toronto Ohio reports the death of “Granny” the egg laying hen of Jefferson county aged eighteen. Though unpedigreed and never entered in poultry shows, she laid 2 009 eggs during her career tallying a local record.
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Toronto
Ohio
Jefferson County
Thieves Loot Pest House in Fairmont West Virginia
In Fairmont West Virginia thieves ransacked a pest house before a smallpox case could be prepared, carrying away all furniture and leaving the facility bare. The incident disrupted containment efforts and prompted an investigation by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Roosevelt Fails for Legion Chair as Lindsley Wins
At the national American Legion caucus in St. Louis Col. Henry D. Lindsley of Dallas won the chairmanship after Col. Theodore Roosevelt refused the nomination. The vote stood Lindsley 630 to Sullivan 209 with Roosevelt pressured yet declining. Lindsley will serve until the next convention in November amid discussions on I W W and Bolshevism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
National Caucus of the American Legion
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry D. Lindsley
Dallas
Tex
Co. Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Bennett Clark
Champ Clark
Aginst Co
Col
Roosevelt
Jack Sullivan
Seattle
Wash
Pat's Home Rule Idea in a Shell Hole Tale
Dublin soldiers amid gas shells in a Mayo shell hole regain consciousness and joke that home rule has arrived. In St Louis, the U S Free Employment Bureau reports improving job prospects for returning service members with 400 men placed in one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Dublin
Ireland
Erin
County Mayo
ST. Louis
United States Free Employment Bureau
Bureau
Pittsburg Housewife Credits Vinci With Strength and Appetite
A Pittsburg housewife recounts her recovery from a weak nervous condition after using Vinci, crediting it with rebuilding her energy and appetite. The ad touts Vinci as containing essential elements to build up a weakened system and red blood. It also promotes Saxol Salve for eczema and lists Woodward Drug Co and Hartman Drug Co as distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Vinci
James Crocker
P. S
Woodward Drug Co
Hartman Drug Co
Middletown
Soldiers Bonus Bill Passes in 1919 Hartford Session
Hartford dispatch reports the 1919 general assembly closed with a notable soldiers bonus measure. A two and a half million dollar trust fund will be run by the board of control and paid to a veterans organization for relief of soldiers sailors marines and widows or minor children. Republicans and Democrats cooperated to push the amendment to the original plan, crediting leaders on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
General Assembly
Board of Control
Senate
Senator Heald
Music Teachers Elect Officers at Hartford Meeting
The Eastern Music Supervisors conference at its annual Hartford meeting elected officers led by President Howard Clark Davis of Yonkers New York with E W Pierson of Philadelphia as first vice president Arthur L Targett of Cohoes New York as second vice president Miss Mary Shaw of Haverhill Massachusetts as secretary James D Price of Hartford as treasurer Directors include William E Brown New Haven Harriet M Perkins Brockton Massachusetts Harry E Whittemore Manchester New Hampshire Mabel E Bray Trenton New Jersey and W J Kraft New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Eastern Music Supervisors’ Conference
Howard Clark Davis
Yonkers
N. Y
E. W. Pierson
Philadelphia
Arthur L. Targett
Cochoeés
Mary Shaw
Haverhill
Mass
James D. Price
William E. Brown
New Haven
Harriet M. Perkins
Brockton
Harry E. Whittemore
Manchester
N. H
Mabel E. Bray
Trenton
N. J
W. J. Kraft
New York
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Wsports
Mongolia
Onverseas Dock
Woolworth
E. P. Charlton
Firm
Chester, Conn
Cannefar
Cannefax
DE Oro
Robert J. Cannefax
Alfredo de Oro
American Soldier Organization
Col. Lindsley
Pittsburg
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Scribner’s Magazine
the World’s Work
Country Life
the Garden Magazine
Current Opinion
Modern Priscilla
Hazen’s Book Store
Main Street
Victory Liberty
Gove
THE
Middletown Coal CO
J. Mittelman
Leghorns
Madras
Maittelman’s
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