Many Changes In Troy Since First Armistice Day 1918
A review of The Record Newspapers shows how Troy and its residents changed in 27 years since Armistice Day 1918. The piece recalls the Nov 13 1918 war chest drive, sermons by Rev John Walst and Rev Joseph Owell, and a citywide celebration of peace. It notes shifting commercial ads from cars to clothing and collars, with Tro y Savings Bank offering 4 percent on deposits and no car ads on Nov 12 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
BTL
Uo Armisticr
Sericea
Community War Chest
Repaseluer
Pierce H. Russell
County
Sidge
John Walst
Rt. Peter's Church
Joseph Owell
First Presbyterian Church
Ghent
Projang
Cluett, Peabody & Cy, Inc
Okeh
Ide Company
Victory
Troy Savings Bank
Troy Record
Drunelle’s
Fourth Street
Auto Livery ads and nightly entertainments in 1918 Troy
Readable items describe North End Auto Livery offering wedding and party transport on Seventeenth Street and Third Avenue with eight and seven passenger sedans. The issue notes vaudeville shows at Proctor’s and pictures at Lyceum and Gr iswold theaters, plus early talking machines and Vietor advertisements. Community events include Sacred Heart novena and Mother’s Club meeting postponed for Armistice Day. A local PTA meeting is planned with a book week program. Two local residents travel to Washington, D C to visit relatives and a hospital staff member in Bethesda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Bailey
Stanley B. Abe Hott
Seventeenth Street
Third Avenue
North End
Ave
Sidans
Hmosines
America
Germany
Wilson
Troy
Hwaters
Proctors
Fourth Street
Lyceum Theater
Federal Street
Read'’s
Congress
Third Streets
U. S
Alice Brady
Griswold
Charis Chaplin
Proctor's
Steams
Talking Machines
Valentino marriage claim denied by family and friends
Alberto Valentino denied reports that Rudolph Valentino secretly married Marion Wilson in 1925 and fathered a daughter now in Europe. Wilson, hospitalized briefly, offered no further comment. Wilson's cousin Perry Combs and Valentino's manager George Ultman dismissed the tale as unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberto Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
Fim
Marion ©. Wilson
Miss Wilson
Perry Combs
Hollywood
Valentino
Europe
Rudy
Dsevond
Natacha Rambova
Ant
New Jersey
George Ultman
Imam
Shushan Residents and Visitors Reported in Local Notes
Shushan Pte John Doane spends time at home. Alya Roberson and Harry Peck seen in Pittsfield. Ida Boice returns from Boston. Paul Chagnon arrives from New York for a week’s vacation. Thanas Steele accompanies daughter Janice to Cornell University. John McCollum returns to New York. Grange Hall party awards: Clifford Gray first, John Steele second, Mrs Alma Roberson consolation. Manuel Rockwood returns from Camp Fordaville to Clark Wright home. Howard Bedell, Grace Arnold, and Arnold Gibbs visit Judson Shaw at Mary MacMillan Hospital. Eighteen church trustees and their wives dine with Clark Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shushan Pte
John Doane
Alya Roberson
Harry Peck
Pittsfield
Mass
Ida Boice
Boston
Paul Chagnon
St. of New York
Thanas Steele Ae
Janice
Tunigs
Cornell University
John McCollum
New York
Grange Hall
Clifford Gray
John Steele
Ann Consolation
Alva Roberson
Manuel Rockwood
Camp Fordaville
Clark Wright
Rockwood
Howard Bedell
Castleton on-Hadean
Grace Arnold
Arnold Gibbs
Hartford
Judson Shaw
Shaw
Mary MacCiellan Hospital
Cambridge
Paul Graham
United Presbyterian Church of Cambridge
28 000 Troops Return from Overseas
Troops return from overseas as 28 000 soldiers arrive on the East Coast and Pacific ports. The report lists ships and units aboard, including Army divisions, medical units, ordnance, engineers, and several miscellaneous troops. Multiple ports such as New York Boston San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle and Vancouver receive detachments from Antwerp Marseille Oran and Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Throes
Pacific Coast
New York
Rowsville
Antwerp
Gony Victory
Marseilles
66Th Infantry Division
252Nd Ordnance Campan 242Nd Infantry Regiment
266Th Enginser
1St Field Artillery
Rushville
250Th Field Artilery Group
FALC
Muhlenberg
Boston
Hand Vistory
Joseph Leconte
Oran
Frederick Day
San Francisco
Saugus
Sappho
Bev
Los Angeles
Mercy
Poolau Laut
Manila
San Diego
Cal
Bowie
Samar
Heywood
Okinawa
Giestwayer Cook
Pearl Harbor
Seattle
Wash
Alayka
Alaska
Thompson
Alt
Raymond
Mantle
Gambia
J. Branklin Beh
Barnwell
Guam
Vacoma
GH. Randall
Jeune
le Havre
Eighth Armored Division
398Th Field Artillery
405Th Armores Fle
130Th Armored Ordnance Battalion
208Th Armored Ordnance Battalion
Sard
Toth Air Marerial
General Eltinge
Harnehl
Troop Movements Report From Allied Forces Contain Many Units
List of numerous battalions from Dispensary to Air Service groups with hundreds of troops including medical, ordnance, quartermaster and signal units. Mentions ships exchanges from Antwerp Marseilles Cherbourg and numbers such as 1 058 2 093 887 troops plus multiple specialized detachments and squadrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yad Aly
Binet
Marseilles
Nurdes
Adéth
60Th
Field Artillery
Gurkspur
Cherbourg
Patierns
Onry Wilson
Antwerp
Morris Telnatone
Newport
AL Boxtone
Charles
Aycock
Air Service Group
Fragmentary US military roster snippet with scattered names
A partial list of personnel and numbers from an artillery unit appears with mixed spellings and foreign references. Names such as Sam H Walker from Italy and others like Thom pson Le Havre Caleb Strong Le Havre Anna Dickson Barry appear alongside figures including 97 862 581 2 26 44 30 182, all from Newport News and adjacent postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fcraft
Sam H. Walker
Italy
Mith ‘Thompson
le Havre
Caleb
Anna Dickson
Barry
Newport News
Lunsford i Richardson
Timothy Dwight
Harold Dosnerty
Vert
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Rome
Cooper & Corbat Congress
Saratoga
New York State
Saratoga Springs Authority
Willard
McGraw
Desson Avenue
Tilo
Tilo Roofing Company, Inc
Edison Ave
Schenectady
Victory Arch
Wats
Walter C. Bentley
Watervliet
Broadway
Bentley
Troy Department Store
Vietor
East Side
Women's Cin
The
Sacred Heart Contreh
LeRoy J. Hall
Parent-Teacher Association of School 14
John D. Carbyni
Reginald Reichard
Msanal
John J. Knaupp
Pawling Avenue
Marilyn D. Willetts
Washington D. C
Thomas
Franz Dahl
Balant
Theo Precious
TH Stuarts Physical Therapy Health Institute
Beauty Scion
Frears
Eastman Kodaks
Kadatron
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