Gossip and Reflections of a War Scribe in Richmond
A long, rambling column mixes social observation with wartime attitudes. It jokes about tobacco use and smoking, notes shifts in fashion and hair, praises soldiers' meals, and critiques politicians. Personal anecdotes mingle with reflections on morale, class, race, and the strange humor of daily life during wartime.
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Broad Street
Richmond
Virginia
Clarence
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San Francisco
Ida Bailey Allen
Germany
Russia
Japan
Billy” Conn
Joe” Louis
Joe
Louis
Navy
Army
Qhip
OPA
United States
Yellow Truck and Coach Company
Bremen
Britain
Royal Air Force
RAF
Hohan-Shansi Mountains
Churchhill
Tiberius
Alien J. Ellender
Louisiana
Churchil
Lillian Harris Payne
St. Luke Herald
Phil
Payne
Lil
Hudson Naval Arsenal
Detroit
Michigan
Frank Knox
Earth
Eternity
Greece
Daniel
Jonah
Palm Beach
Hollywood
Mt. Sinai
Pig Boy
Woodburn
Ferguson
Lincoln Avenue
Walnut Hills
East Walnut Hills
Avondale
East End Madisonville
Glendale
Woodlawn
City
M. L. Zeigler
Chapel Street
Horace Sudduth
Cincinnatis
West Fifth ST
Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati
Truedell Collier
Mer
Your Savings and Your Building Association
Building Association
Make It Your Building Association
Harold Overton
Walters
Gray Building
Sherman’s
Fredonia Avenue
West Ninth Street
Phone Parkway
Henry H. Grandison
Stanley Spragens Insurance Agency
American Building, Parkway and
Walnut Streets
Lavina Ave
East
Parkway
Jamison & Jamison, Jr
E. Cor. Hopkins
John Streets
Prince A
Rankin Brothers
Drucker
6Th and
Mound Sts
Sterling Hotel
Agency For McBrady’s Goods
Nyol Medicines
W. Cor
Sixth and
Smith Streets