Postal mixups plague Siberian mail to doughboys
Hundreds of letters destined for American soldiers in Siberia went astray due to wrong addresses. S. A. Cisler, U.S. postal agent, explains mistakes moving between Archangel and Vladivostock. Correct format includes soldier name, unit, AEF, Siberia, via San Francisco, saving delivery time.
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Vladivostock
Siberia
S. A. Cisler
United States
Archangel
A. FE. F
San Francisco
Japan
America
Shkotova
Spasskoe
Verkhne Udinsk
American Red Cross
Russian Railway Service Corps
Russian Post Office
Java Leads Quinine Cultivation Over Peru
Java has emerged as the leading producer in the quinine cultivation race, surpassing Peru. The shift marks a significant change in global sourcing dynamics for the medicinal compound.
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Java
Peru
Stags Bred in China for Horns Used in Medicine
Report notes stags are bred in China for their horns which are cut while soft each year and processed into traditional medicine products. The practice highlights wildlife farming and herbal medicine uses, raising questions about animal welfare and regulatory oversight.
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China
Large new books listed for library shelves
This week the library adds many valuable books, including fiction such as Bridges and Shady From Long Acre and reference works like Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and American Year Book for 1919. The list features works by Rinehart, Wright, Conrad, and Stevenson among others.
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Bridges
Shady
Long Acre
Dodge
Rinehart
Wright
Brian Kent
McGrath
Washington
Beacn
Bosher
Miss McFarelane
Conrad
King
Brewer
Cunliffe
Cooper
Robbins
Shorter
Schauffler
Twin Falls Briefs List Local Shoppers and University Moves
Local residents and visitors frequent Twin Falls for shopping and brief trips. Names include Musgrave, Banks, H R Smith, Hall, Speilberg, Dwight, Eva Wise, Eugene Hart, Fred Berkholder, Izora Anderson, Edward Robinson, Gladys Channel, Peter Trappen, Eugene Ostrander, and families from Jerome, Hansen, Filer, and Isler. Several plan moves to the University of Idaho in Moscow for the upcoming term.
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George Fisher
Murtaugh
Twin Falls
Fisher
Charles Pitcairn
University of Idaho
Vernon Walters
Twin Stalls
Moscow
W. T. Lock
Kimberly
A. V. Wise
Jerome
E. D. Utt
Archie
Eden
Marion
Marion Plumb
Francis I. Johnson
Filer
Frances Fields
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
J. C. Musgrave
Null
Walter Musgrave
Iriler
Mable Banks
Piler
Miss Banks
Twin Ialls
H.R. Smith
Kansas City
Missouri
Mroo
A. J. Hall
Hall
Mrma Speilberg
University of IT
Aho
Eldred Dwight
W. H. Dwight
Eva A. Wise
Miss Wise
Eugene Hart
Sam Hart
Fred Berkholder
Buhl
Twin Walls
Izora Anderson
Hansen
Edward Robinson
Robinson
Gladys Channel
Peter Trappen
Eugene Ostrander
Gibbons
War memorial tablet honors 25 tenants of 212 rue Saint-Maur
Paris marks a tablet on 212 rue Saint-Maur listing 25 former tenants who died in World War I. Of 180 workers in the tenement, 85 served. 60 returned. Names range from Corporal Charles Bonnet, first to fall, to Andre Labainville, killed November 11, 1918. Dedication praises the boys who died for Fatherland and liberty.
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Paris
Rue Saint-Maur
Charles Bonnet
Andre Labainville
Rue Saint- Maur
France
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Mal
Mel
Ichberia
Russia
Builders Hardware
Reynold
C. V. Hinkle
Second Avenue
W. F. “Hays
Burley
H. A. Rowlands
Boise
Jack O'Neil
Shoshon
O. H. Banks
Albert McLay
W. A. Howards
Howard
California
Miss Howard
University of California
I. Il. McAfee
Entz
Seattle
Wash
Jedith Ramsey
Burley High School
T. E. Hunter
East
Jessie Frazier
Liberty Bell Home Bank
Twin Falls National Bank Capital
Harriet Dwight
Miss Dwight
theUniversity of Idaho
Dénmark
Theovernment
Hortense Zann
Boise Payette
B-P
B.P
Idaho
D. W. Updegraff
Harris Combined
C. H. Weed
Kearns Building
Idaho, Nevada
Utah
Perrine Hotel
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