Letter From Lieutenant W G Child On Italian Front
A letter to W G Child of 2624 Adams Avenue from his son Lieutenant W G Child in Rome Italy describes a four day stay in early 1917, a dirigible flight over the city at 500 feet, travels through northern Italy including Turin Genoa and Milen, and first line trench experiences with Austrian shells nearby. He mentions leave for Paris and London home, noting Gerard Child’s Annapolis background and long service in the navy air service. Merchant tickets note for Alhambra and a school garden program outline follows.
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W. G. Child
Adams Avenue
Rome
Italy
Liutenant Child
United States
Army
Mary
Turin
Genoa
Milen
Belgium
Paris
Paria
London
Montha
School Gardens For Next Season
Report on summer work by TRFE Wilson as supervisor of school gardens sent to Bupt IL C Johnson with list of prizes for the school garden contest. Gardens organized under city school supervision remained school gardens though prize jury implied other direction. Johnson said the garden work will be expanded next year.
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TR. FE. Wilson
Bupt
IL C. Johnson
Chicago Man Lester Found Dead in Salt Lake Hotel
Colonel Andrew J. Lester, described as a Chicago attorney, was found dead in his hotel room at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City. He had irrigation interests in Twin Falls, Idaho, and was in Salt Lake on business related to a project. Relatives in Wheaton, Illinois, were notified. a business associate from Twin Falls was en route to oversee the disposal of the remains.
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Salt Lake
Andrew J. Lester
Utah
Lester
Twit Falla
Dabo
W. Therson
Chicago
Salt Lake Developments
Arcee
Wheaton
J. B. Perrine
Twin Fale
Idaho
Destructive Fire in Jerome Destroys Homes
A Sept. 2 Jerome Arizona fire destroyed nearly a thousand homes in the Mexican Hallan and Austrian quarters, sparing the business district due to concrete and iron buildings. No lives were lost. a kerosene stamp explosion caused the blaze. Labor Day celebrations were canceled and prize money intended for donors will aid survivors.
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Serome
Jerome
Ariz
Hallan
Austran
Chicago Defies Governor in Pacifist Meeting Clash
Chicago reports a clash of authority as Mayor Thompson authorized a pacifist meeting, while Governor Lowden ordered troops. Four National Guard companies sped from Springfield to Chicago to prevent the gathering, which proceeded with police protection and a 6:50 pm adjournment.
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Chicago
People's Council of America For
William Dale Thompson
Frank Q. Lowden
Rushert
Thompson
Lowden
Esterday
Lake Forest
Follee Schuetter
Pacifius
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Tulnose
West Side Auditorium
Atresta
Seymour Stedman
Ilinois
sTroons
Londen
drAake
Dickean
Minois
Milneis National Guard
Springfeld
Gisl
Dickson
J. D. Works
United States
Los Angeles
James H. Maurer
Reading
Pennsylvania
Scott Nearing
Toledo
Jacob Panken
New York
Morris Hillquit
H. W. S. Dana
Columbia University
M. A. Toohy
France
J.D. Works
Stedman
Lie
Pala
Herman Schnelder
William Hale Thompson
Butien
O. K
Meeting Ends as Taxicabs Evacuate After Soldier Stand
Service men were told the meeting was over as a taxicab meet awaited troops to escort soldiers to the gathering. Sheriff Traeger led deputies in meeting attendance, reporting governor orders to cooperate with federal officers. Major Thompson disappeared after authorizing the meeting, but resolutions thanked him for his stand against the governor and authorities.
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John E. Traeger
Thompson
Lowden
Discovery Plot to Seize Government in Petrograd
Sept 2 report from Moscow court shows counter revolutionary conspiracy to arrest the provisional government. Officers and civilians linked to the plan are being investigated in Moscow and Petrograd with headquarters in the Villa district of Petrograd. Premier Kerensky is directing a preliminary inquiry.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Jnutaide
Kerensky
Irish Workman Quizzed With Odd Questions
A New York World item recalls an Irish immigrant applying at a Detroit repair shop. After the foreman tests his credentials with random queries he is asked about care poetry and making Venetian blinds. He responds with a quip about using a chisel to his eye.
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Detmit
Bute
Ian
New York World
Douglas Fairbanks at Alhambra in Down to Earth
Announcer notes Douglas Fairbanks screens next week at the Alhambra in Down to Earth. The ad promises a top quality program selection from worldwide cinema and assures a delightful evening with a careful preselection.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Alhambra
Ogden Men Injured In Automobile Accident
Prominent Ogden men Harry Koowlden and W JH Childr were badly hurt when their car crashed through a fence at Beck Street and Eighteenth North in Salt Lake, rolled down a bank, and struck a telephone pole. They were taken to St Mark's hospital with injuries described as serious but improving hours later. Childs, president of Oxden Pressed Brick and Tile, and Koowlden, sales manager of Oxden King Auto, escaped fatal harm thanks to being thrown from the vehicle.
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Ogden
Harry Koowlden
W. JH. Childr
Salt Lake
Beck Street
Eighteenth North Street
Mr. Child
Ume
St Mark’s Hospital
Chida
Krowlden
Easny
Inn
Childs
Oxden Pressed Brick and Tile Company
Harriaville
Koowlden
Oxden
Auto Company
Soldier Boy Loses Foot in Utah Canyon Accident
Ernest Fenstermaker, 1947 Van Buren Avenue, riding with two companions on horses, was rushed to Dee Hospital after a runaway horse struck his foot near Idlewild in Ogden Canyon. Doctors fear amputation as bones were crushed. a city patrolman stopped the mounted pair from colliding with a motor van. The incident occurred when the horse reared in fear of a passing vehicle, tearing Fenstermaker’s right foot and forcing emergency care bystanders and medical staff. The Utah Field Artillery member was treated at the Hermitage and Dee Hospital before transfer.
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Dee
Fenstermaker
Caneyon
Idlewild
Fenstermakers
Jensen
Toto' Standpile
Ernest
Ernest I. Fen
Stermaker
van Buren
Avcaur Cca
Van
Hermitage
E. M. Canaway
Horace War
Mobite
Air raid on English coast reported by bombers
London dispatch states German air raid struck the coast of England last night, with bombs dropped along the rivermouth and near strategic targets. Authorities say the attack caused damage to port facilities and prompted air raid warnings throughout the region.
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East Kent
Costila
Pan
London
England
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Gerard Child
Annapolis
Vic
Bavy
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
the Hermitage Park
Cather-Wheelwricht
Ogden Conservatory OF Music
Washington Avenu
Mra
John Culley
Rachel Farley
Squire Coop
Miss Louise Pierce
Vera Frey
Miss Carrie Browning
Arthur Pedersen Freber
Soldier Boy
Ogden Steam Laundry
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