Mystery Aboard Alsatia Between Lydia Craven and Family Ties
An Englishwoman boards the Alsatia from Liverpool to New York to meet her father Thaddeus Craven. Lucy Carteret reveals herself as Lydia Craven, owner of a stolen museum necklace, and uncovers Craven with Mrs. Merrilees, a wealthy widow. Mrs. Beggarstaff, a detective friend Quoin on board, and others react to the revelation amid evolving romantic entanglements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
New York
Amelia Beggarstaff
Lucy Carteret
America
Lucy
Quoin
Thaddeus Craven
England
Craven
Lydia
Craven Reveals Hidden Life to His Daughter
In a tender reunion Craven explains his disguise and past as a British secret diplomat in the United States. Lydia learns of his double life and vows to support him while seeking truth about the family’s distant history and the impact on their future.
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New York
Downing Street
United States
Tad Craven
Secret Service
Lydia
Men With Nerves Get Discharges From Camp Custer
An army article notes that mental instability is a rising concern at Camp Custer where some soldiers are sent home. The 338th Infantry has begun classed training A, B, and C to separate the mentally resilient from the fragile, with A having extra bombing bayonet and signaling instruction amid ongoing trench and night drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Custer
338Th Infantry
War Department
Camp Custer under fire over sanitary conditions and camp bans
Reports alleging insanitary conditions and food shortages at Camp Custer were dismissed as false by officials who invited public inspection. Soldiers face restricted town visits to Jackson, Mich, due to saloons, while the army vows to improve ice supply and housing. The state coal committee reports Michigan needs about 1.5 million tons of coal with significant shortages in anthracite and soft coal across the state, Detroit showing a 225,000 ton shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
Jackson
Camp
Dickman
Mich
Michigan
State Coal Committee
Detroits
Promotion Policy Change For Michigan National Guard
A War Department bulletin from Camp McArthur Texas ends seniority based promotion in Michigan National Guard and allows promotions up to colonel during federal service on fitness. It reassures officers about promotions above captain and notes transfers as regiments reform. Some members struggle with company breakups and family members ending in different units seek reunification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan National Guard
War Department
Camp Mc.Arthur
Waco
Texas
Camp Custer Soldiers Aim for Officer Training Openings
War department announces officers training camps to commission privates. Schools start January 15 with one per division across regular army National Guard and draft forces. Camp Custer may host a school or send about 700 men, with total national quota exceeding 6 000.
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Camp Custer
War Department
Regular Army
National Guard
Draft Army
National Army
Sewage plants ordered for Camp Custer area health safety
The War Department orders immediate construction of two cement sewage disposal plants to service Camp Custer. One plant is already under way at the foot of the hill the 40 000 men of the Eighty fifth Division pass. Each plant features eight settling tanks and three intake channels. After chemical treatment the effluent will enter the Kalamazoo river at a cost of 36 000 dollars.
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Kalamazoo
Galesburg
Augusta
Battle Creek
Kalamazoo River
Custer
War Department
Portrait Gift From Mrs Custer At Camp Custer
Mrs Elizabeth M Custer widow of General Custer who gave the camp its name has sent a portrait of General Custer to Camp Custer as a gift. Umbrellas are never seen at the camp as impractical compared with ponchos and slickers. The Officers Reserve corps is represented among the selected men and the surgeon general in Washington has asked for the discharge of a Detroit man called to active duty as a second lieutenant. Discharges for the others may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craven
Lydia
Liddy
Daddy Dear
Young
Keyes
Young Keyes
Elizabeth M. Custer
General Custer
Washington
Detroit
Michigan Happenings Roundup of War Time News
News briefs from Michigan towns report wartime spending on roads, veterans reunions, fatal train accidents, political figures' deaths, coroner rulings, and school programs. Highlights include a $50,000 county road fund, a sixth Michigan infantry reunion, a Hillsdale road contractor killed near Quincy, Benjamin Graves’ death in Adrian, and coroner inquest findings at Standish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petoskey
Charlotte
Sixth Michigan Infantry and Heavy Artillery
Coldwater
Charles HH. Clark
Hillsdale
Quincy
Branch County
Adrian
Benjamin F. Graves
Michigan
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Louis‘joseph
Vance
Louis Joseph Vance
Lydia Craven
Lansing
Germany
Standish
Lucy Billings
Barney Popoleski
Tom Lamoria
Flint
Central High School
War Bureau
Mt. Clemens
Walter E. Lees
Selfridge Field
Lees
John Davidson
Clawson
St. Louis
Port Huron
Board of Education
Muskegon
Muskegon County
B. G. Oosterbaan
Monroe Avenue
Russell Street
Grand Rapids
Michigan Potato Shippers’ Association
Hoover
Decatur
Misa Bina M. West
Women's Benefit Association
France
Eric Globbisch
Globbisch
Alma
Alma College
Lemuel Gibbs
H. Turrell
Cadillac
Donald Young
Monroe
Graessly
Knights of Columbus
Thumb
Waterford
Floyd Harris
Smith
Harris
Pond Street
Haretis
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