Travelogue Through Maryland and Antietam Battlefield Tour
The writer describes a journey from Fort Lowden to Chambersburg via Hagerstown and Williamsport Md, visiting a large Friday market, the Potomac crossings, and the Antietam battlefield. They note monuments, the 12 acre cornfield of the battle, 70 000 Federals and 50 000 Confederates, 22 000 dead or wounded, Antietam National Cemetery with 4773 Civil War burials, and Rommel's 1936 visit study of Civil War tactics. They mention James Rumsey Bridge, Shepherdstown and its colonial heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Potomac
Potomac River
Katherine Byron
Congress
Maryland
Wm. Byron
Mexico
Rockville
Antietam
Bloody Lane
Cornfield Avenue
McCallan
Lee
Sharpsburg
National Cemetery
South Mountain
U. S
Marshall Rommel
Egypt
James Rumsy
West Virginia
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Traveler recounts a wartime Washington to Thomason journey
The writer details stops from Hagerstown to Washington D C through Boonsboro Harpers Ferry and Winchester describing monuments memorials and historic sites. He notes architectural sights the White House Lincoln and Jefferson memorials the Smithsonian collections and wartime city activity. The diary shifts to Bridgeport and Savanna with travel delays and a lengthy August itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercersburg Academy
Joe FE
Calvin Coolidge
Widernde
Belrourn
Harpers Ferry
Boonsboro Mountain
George Washington
Roheraville
Gapland
Weverton
Potomac
W. Va
Thomas Jefferson
Potomac River
Stone Methodist
John Brown
Charlestown
Buck Hamilton
Berryville
Clark County
Winchester
Frederickstown
Acre
Hanley
Sheridan
Battle Field
Cedar Creek
Washington
Harry K. Thaw
Stanley White
D. C
Hagerstown
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pierre L‘enfant
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Sterling High School Hosts Language Teachers and Visitors
Preston Prairie Esther Merchant teaches Span ish and English at Sterling high school. Mrs. John Coleman visited the Web Wagner home. Mrs. Dick from Lanark spent a Saturday visiting in this vicinity. Crystal Hartman visited her sister Mrs. Preston Downing in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Merchant
Sterling High School
John Coleman
Web Wagner
Dick of
Lanark
Crystal Hartman
Preston Downing
Chadwick Nell's Dinner Honors Mrs Curley's Grandson
Emma Curley hosted a Friday dinner honoring grandson Pfe Robert Hicks who left for Coffeyville Kansas Saturday night. Attending were George Hicks Savannah, Mr and Mrs Frank Curley and son David Milledgeville, Mrs CC Curley Dixon, and Walter Jacobs hosts Charles Jacobs Morrison family Louis and Christina Jacobs Argona Omar Pitts Frank Jacobs Malvern and William Dambman family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Nell’s
E. Curley
Emma Curley
Pfe
Robert Hicks
Coffeyville
Kans
George Hicks
Savanna
Frank Curley
Con David
Milledgeville
Cc. R. Curley
Dixon
Walter Jacobs
Charles Jacobs
Morrison
Louis and
Christina Jacobs
Argona
Omar Pitts
Frank Jacobs
Malvern
William Dambman
Morrison Guests and Dinner Gatherings Highlight Weekend
Chadwick brief notes visiting pairs from Morrison and Rock Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rawlins and daughter Jean joined Mr. and Mrs. Sam Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shanafelt hosted guests including Henry Wiersema and Joyce. William Stapleton hosted Charles Smith and George Bechtel. Bert Nelson celebrated daughter Marilyn’s birthday with guests. Friday evening Vernon Smith of Morrison visited at the Stapletons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Rawlins
Jean
Sam Patterson
Morrison
Walter Shanafelt
Henry Wiersema
Joyce
William Stapleton
Charles Smith
Rock Falls
George Bechtel
Bert Nelson
Marilyn
William Stapelton
Vernon Smith
Wade's Wide Cracks by Wade Guenther Editor of Sabula Gazette
A column of wry observations touches on war humor and social quirks. It riffs on self made men, drinking birds, cowboy play, technocracy jokes, and a Colorado town letting cows roam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Guenther
Sabula Gazette
Sabula, Lows
Local social notes from Carroll area visits
Thomson Brie and Emma Van Buskirk with Clarence Van Buskirk and others took Mrs. Cora Schmidt to Dubuque on Tuesday to visit her aunt Mrs. Frank Fink before returning to Sioux Falls. Mrs. Charlies McGinty visits Carroll McGinty home in Rock for. Mrs. Paul Lewis spent Wednesday in Town City. Edward Holland spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. N. D. French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma van Buskirk
Clarence van Buskirk
Chas. Sacks
Cora Schmidt
Dubuque
Frank Fink
Sioux Falls
Charlies McGinty
Carroll McCinty
Rockfor
Paul Lewis
Town City
Edward Holland
N. D. French
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BBL. SK
Welch
LA France
Woodbury’s
R. B. Egg
Ige
Pke
Fort Lowden
St. Thomas
Chambersburg
DOLLS
Fulton
Ill
Washington Monument
Jefferson Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Weahington Monument
Lincoln
Daniel Chester French
Smithsonian Museum
St. Louis
Fairchild
Smithsonian Institute
Capitol
Treasury
U.S. Post Office
War Dept
Army
Georgetown
Bridgeport
Conn
Lucille
Vernon
Fredericks
Baltimore
New York
Cavalier
Wilbur
Red Cross
Trail Blazer
Chicago
Thomason
Phillips 66
Phillips “66
Will Rentschler
Thomson
National Defense
McCullagh Brothers Fulton, Ill
Preston Prairie
Chadwick Briefs
Catoots
Windsor Paca
Mary
Martin Morris
Clinton, Iowa
Wade
McCarthy
Bellevue
Colorado
Thomson Brie
G. H. Thompson
Walter Electric Shop
Tri-City
Swett’s Cafe
Hallowe’en
Hallowe'en
Considine
Fulton’s Meeting Place
Fulton, III
Clinton
Savanna Cleaners
Savanna Cleaners & Dyers
DIAL
Illinois
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