Hundreds Throng Armory for 156 Local Volunteers to Camp Teree
A large crowd gathered at the Warren Armory as 156 local men prepared to depart for Camp Tee to join the National Army. Speakers urged duty, liberty, and democracy while detailing insurance and Red Cross aid, with parade plans and baggage checks outlined for the sendoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Camptee
National Arc
Warren Coun
Arme
John G. Smith
the Red Cross
Order of Red Cross
Liberty
Third Ave
Armory
John Siggins Jr
Board of Unsey
Surgeon's knife leaves bad scar and Tanlac recovery
Erie residents know Louis Goebel, a carpenter, who suffered long after abdominal surgery thought to address gallstones. He credits Tanlac for his recovery, claiming one bottle restored strength and he plans to return to work soon. Siegfried's Pharmacy sells Tanlac locally.
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Erie
Louis Goebel
Tanlac
Siegfried
Adv
Booze order questioned as troops head to Camp Lee
Local officials probed a liquor supply for a large group bound for Camp Lee but found no evidence of illegal distribution. Also in Warren County news a rural carrier resigns, another returns, a Democratic district meeting at Arlington hotel discusses campaigns, and a Grand Patron visits Nossyth Encampment. Substitutes for sugar proposed by the U S Food Administration aim to help hotels conserve sugar. Sugar beet seed found in the post office basement tied to wartime farming plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lee
LO. To. F
G. H. Banes
Philadelphia
Banes
Erie
Howard Heinz
U. S
Pennsylvania
Joe Sibley
Germany
France
Reist
Heist
Warren County
Retreating Germans Leave Personal Keepsakes Beside Fatal Stakes
An article recalls a stubborn retreat where Bodie machine gunners held their lines as Germans fled. Corpses in a dugout show one soldier clutching a rifle while a grenade ended his last stand. A German’s farewell includes a picture of a woman and child and blue baby shoes. Another pair of shoes observed on Hill No 203 near Vaux.
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Germany
France
England
Italy
Bodie
Eeather
Hill No. 203
Vaux
Allied forces push toward Hill No 204 in Vesle theater
Charlie’s Daily Review reports Allied units pressing from Vrigny toward Hill No 204 facing heavy German numbers. Progress includes northeast of Chateau Thierry gaining up to 14 miles and west of Rheims widening gains while narrowing the German salient on the Vesle front.
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Vrigny
Rheims
Fismes
Vesle
London
Aisne
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Dammard
Beauvardes
Soissons
Laversine-Cutry
Courmelles
Chateau-Thierry
Fragmentary call to defend democracy amid mob action
A fragment urges citizens to resist mob violence and defend democracy. It calls on state governors, law officers, and all community members to protect the weak and uphold the rule of law, contrasting America with revolutionary Germany. The text stresses earnest, solemn appeals to civic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Warren Woman Becomes Totally Blind After Illness
Mrs. Fred M. Lash formerly Hazel Lydiatt of 11 Crescent street has become totally blind from a cold. Doctors in Erie and daily treatment by Dr. McDonald aim to restore sight. Five x-ray pictures showed pus on the optic nerve. hopes remain for recovery. Signed Woodrow Wilson.
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Fred M. Lash
Hazel Lydiatt
Crescent Street
Lash
Erie
Dennis
McDonald
Insurance agent asks about appendicitis on form
A humorous exchange shows an agent asking the applicant if they ever had appendicitis. The applicant replies with a broken line that suggests doubt whether the condition was appendicitis or curiosity, reflecting a sly, jokey moment in printing.
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United States of America
Patrick Henry
Washington
Selective Service Act
Navy
Marine Corps
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Provost Marshall
Genreal Crowder
Goebel
WERE
Isaac Siggins
Fred Baldensperger
Democrats
Owl City
28Th Congressional District
Arlington Hotel
Oil City
E. H. Beshlin
Crowder
Marine Corps of Emergency Fleet Corporation
Grove City
Charlton's Daily Review
Pepraach
A.géhius
Woodrow Wilson
Warren’s Clothing Co
Knox Duples
Warren’ Clothing Co
Arerive
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