Camping Trip Set for Y M C A Boys to Jamestown
Y M C A officials secured a camping site at Bournes Beach on Lake Erie two miles from Westfield. The ten day trip departs Monday at 8 o clock, with plans for swimming fishing and a Sunday stay on the beach. Parents may attend Sunday and are asked to bring provisions for hungry travelers. Non members pay an extra dollar ninety six.
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M.C. A
Tod
M. C
Jamestown
Lake Erie
Bournes Beach
Westfield
Dboys
Bors
Borys
Clarendon High School hosts inspiring war appreciation gathering
A packed Clarendon High School crowd honored two furloughed local youths Russell and Miller. Rev L A McBride of Warren delivered an inspiring address on patriotism recalling the Stars and Stripes and allied victories. Richard Lavery sang and Joseph Papavero accompanied on piano.
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Clarendon
Russell
Miller
Qlarendon
L. A. McBride
Warren
McBride
Warren County
Richard W. Lavery
America
Mr. Lavery
Joseph Papavero
Sheffield
Plano
MCA To Proceed With Lock In Monday Morning Time
The Missouri Car Association will commence operations with a lock scheduled for Monday morning. Officials expect a clear start time and emphasize timely execution to minimize delays. Local witnesses report anticipation for the event.
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M. C
Too Hot at Camp Lee For Drillings Rookies Sing
Camp Lee reports extreme heat hinders drill but rooks receive vocal instruction in marching songs. A Virginian rookie bursts into a cross between Casey Jones and Away Down in Dixie, tears over wedding day, sergeant consoles him. The piece humorously notes singing soldiers gain fighting prowess and praises a married veteran for resilience.
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Camp Lee
Times
Caruso
Mary Garden
Uncle Sam
Casey Jones
Dixie
Jay
Hun Kilty
Fear selective draft reduces Laredo school census count
War conditions and the selective draft terrorized Mexican residents in Laredo Texas causing families to flee or hide children to dodge enrollment in the scholastic census. The Laredo Independent School District reports a decrease of 7632 in enrolled schoolchildren according to the completed census.
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Laredo
Tex
Laredo Independent School District
Sheffield man brought to local hospital amid community notes
August 16 report from Sheffield details a patriotic meeting at Clarendon High School in honor of Robert Russell and Alsha Mier, plus hospital visits for Dan Brizins and a cancer case at Warren hospital. Church notices cover Lutheran and Methodist services, with concerts by Alexis Bros and Gladiolus Society events.
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Mervine
Sheffield
Dorothy McKee
Pittsburgh
Flora Trenouth
George Hunter
Oil City
Rice
van Ettan Ave
Dan Brizins
Shefield
Warren Hospital
Robertson
Pryor
Lutheran Church
Ludlow
Alexis Bros
Alexis
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Gust Reynulds
Martha Rylander
Akron
Ohio
Emil Lundgren
Gust Nelson
C. A. Christenson
Olean
Truskin
Wm. Epstein
Kane
John I. Colegrove
Buffalo
American Gladiolus Society
Irquois Hotel
Colegrove
Elizabeth
Charles Cohen
Titusville
Methodist Episcopal Church
Johnny
Jesus
Madeline Stanford
Evelyn Peterson
L. M. Barnard
W. Q. Skelton
Warren
Soldier Reno Morrison Writes Home From France
In a letter datelined July 21 1918 Reno Morrison of Co C 305 Engineers details life abroad near Paris including weather, cans and chocolates from English canteens, sightings of Tommies and Germans, and memories of home. He mentions friends James Masterson Tony Regina Bug Kierman Johnie Hale and Ben Kinnear, plus visits with a French priest and an American Aviation Corps gun crew. He notes mail delays, absence of censorship, and plans to write more as campaigns continue.
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Reno Morrison
France
Warren
Morrison
Bill Jaynes
James Masterson
Davie Hughes
Tony Regina
Bug Kierman
Johnie Hale
Jerry
Tommie
Barbara
Ben Kinnear
Pete
A. A. C.american Aviation Corps
Soldier writes from the front amid shells and captured ammo
Private Richard O Walker of Company I, 112th Infantry U S Army writes his mother from the front on July 30 1918. He sits on a pile of Bowie ten inch shells using a gun cotton box as a desk and notes advancing about thirty kilometers, German shells and aircraft overhead, and that the war seems to stretch on with strategic retreats and heavy fighting around open warfare vs trenches. He mentions meeting Harry Wheelock and reports fellow soldiers observing heavy losses and vast ammunition stores.
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Walker
Dick” Walker
Company I
United States
Harry Wheelock
Richard 0
Walker, Co. I
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FR. M’bride
Overland-Warren
Bell
Penn’a. Ave. E
Yarcrive
F. Hall
Youngsville, Penn’a
Dan Brizius
the Sunday Church
Reno
A. R. Morrison
Aml
QAY
Ile
Carver House
Suter
Palm Beach
Warren’s Clothing Company
Suspension Bridge
Jordan
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