Gandhi Appears In Good Health Amid Independence Hopes
Report from Poona describes Gandhi touring the city and visiting the Aga Khan Palace shrine after release from imprisonment. Observers note his alertness and efforts to regain strength, while jailers recount his kindness and loyalty of followers. The Mahatma plans a return to public life and a bid for India’s independence.
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Press Star
Gandhi
Amar
Sarayy Toph
Eerizia Gauni Feck
Juhu
Boxibay
Parnauti
Aga Bhan Palace
Bahadus Haieli
Palare
Mahatma
Jeilers
God
Second Quads for WN Disputed by Turner
New York report contests that the Zarief quadruplets are the citys first four of a kind. Violet M Turner, an amateur genealogist, cites a 300 year old Dutch cow file with Henry and Sara Piesse in New Sora C. The claim appears in Volume Two of the Collections of the New York Geographical and Biographical Society.
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New York
INS
Zarief
New York City
Mise
Violet M. Turner
Miss Turner
Vierlingen
Henry and
Sara Piesse
New Sora C
Graveyard Near Fuel Historic Coup’s Hill Buries Ground
Boston reports Copp’s Hill graveyard near fuel hub will see its last burial in coming years. Six vacancies remain for graves all reserved for elderly individuals. Notable grave includes Corwen Mather among those interred at Copp’s Hill.
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Boston
Coup's Hill
Copp's Hill
Corwen Mather
Second Lieutenant Werlin Commissioned in Army Nurse Corps
Second Lieutenant Anne T. Werlin of 103 First Street has been commissioned in the Army Nurse Corps and will report May 31 to Atlantic City for basic training. A graduate of Jewish Hospital Training School Philadelphia she previously served at Pawling Sanitarium and Beth El Hospital Brooklyn. The fifth sibling to volunteer she has three brothers in active service and a brother at home after 15 months overseas duty.
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Anne T. Werlin
Dauhter
Rabbit
Isaac Werlin
Strein
Army Nurse Corps
Atlantic City
N.ad
Werlin
Jewish Hospital Training School
Philadelphia
Pawling Sanitarium
Beth el Hospital
Brooklyn
Armed Forces
Music Planned As Cure for Nervous Soldiers of Army
A report from Bridgeport outlines use of music therapy for nervous and amnesiac conditions among soldiers. Psychologists say music penetrates deep into consciousness and may gauge treatment dosages, aiding pilots and other personnel.
Poestenkill News Notes Honor Roll and Meetings
Poestenkill updates show Andrew Prediger of New York at the weekend visit his Lummer home while Rev Lauren Grandy attended the Mi Assy Seminary Institute at St John s Lutheran Church Albany. Irving Heffner Jr in Coast Guard spent days with his parents. The Ladies Auxiliary requests additional service men names for the honor roll via Miss Florence Rippie at the Village postoffice by Monday. Parent-Teacher Association plans its monthly meeting at School District No 3 with officers for next term to be elected and installed by Mrs Nelson H Schmar president of the Troy Council.
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Andrew Prediger
New York
Ty Gpe
Lummer
Lauren H. Grandy
Mi Assy Seminary
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Albany
Irving Heffner, Jr
Coast Guard
Nes
Heffner
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Poestenkil! Fire Company
Florence Rippie
Parent-Teather Association
Nelson H. Schmar
Troy Council of Parent-Teather Association
Patriotic Arab Enlists in U S Army After Crossing Ocean
Abraham Osnin, born in Highland Park, navigated barriers to join the U.S. Army. After Liberia duty was denied, he paid his passage home to Highland Park to enlist. His father, a Syrian-born naturalized citizen, had taken him to Syria as a child where he studied before returning to Sierra Leone with a Syrian Arab trader and later entering dry goods work.
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Fort Sheridan
Til
Highland Park
Auch
Freetown
Sierra Leon
iWest
Syria
Abraham
Tabnin
Damascus
Sierra Laon
Business Ties Between Father and Son in Liberia
In Liberia, the American protectorate in West Africa, Abraham and his father pursued business activities. American forces intervened in Libesia as Genin attempted to enlist, but recruitment of an American citizen was not authorized, highlighting the complex colonial presence and local control dynamics.
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Abraham Algo
Liberia
West Africa
Libesia
Genin
Denis Uses Contacts To Raise Provisions For Army Trade
A fragment notes Denis could not serve in the army yet used his native contacts to source fresh produce and meat for the past cam and move supplies to his trades, while Osnin expressed dissatisfaction.
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Denis
Meath
Osnin
War Effort Belief Sparks Return to Service
An American citizen argued that every able-bodied American should serve in the armed forces. He believed his duties to the war effort justified joining the United States military, and he announced his return in October.
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United States
Unclear historical note on Conte and poets arrives
Fragmentary OCR places Conte with the Army by December 19 and arriving near poet Sheridan two weeks later. The text then drifts to mentions of Piperne Chief and Virgig Eslanda bay run, bay oil, and sugar cane, with no coherent narrative or clear dates.
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Conte
Poet Sheridan
Bay Run
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India
Mahetma Gindhi
Ana Lee
England
Hansridgeport
Rervies
Tischler
Vienna Academy of Music
Pelix + Weingartner
University of Vienna
Bridgeport
Yale
Lackawanna
Paul S. Roland
Beitinghem Steel Co
Rocco N. de Dominici
Poestenkill
Montgomery
Styer
Dengle
Deece Trope
Stver Bel
Cindy Eerdcopr
Meso
Columbia
Decca
Victor
Stephen Foster
Alee Jampleter
Merry -Winow
Sarg
Kitty Castisle
Feliz Knight
Mother Sa
Victor Herbert
Andre Kostelatetz
Oreh
Howard Zarow
N. B.C. Symphony
Davee
Montgomery Ward
Menands, N.Y
Troy
Ids, NY
Wards
Fontgomery Retail
Menands, N. Y
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