Wounded Briton Escapes After Two Months Behind Lines
Private J Taylor of the London Regiment recounts his escape from behind enemy trenches after lying hidden for five weeks with fellow stretcher bearer Peters. Despite a shattered thigh and starvation, Taylor crawled through No Man's Land under fire, reached British lines, and was aided by comrades who lifted him over the wire. Other awards noted include sergeant A W Bennett and Private J W Barker for bravery in early battles.
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Trench
No Man’s Land
France
J. Taylor
London Regiment
Taylor
London Express
Hindenburg Line
Eto
Pe‘ters
Peters
Trey
London
New York Herald
A. W. Bennett
East Surrey
J. W. Barker
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Barker
T. W. Allison
Northumberland Fusilisers
F. Nowell
Royal Scots
T. H. Seel
Northumberland Regiment
C. F. Passoe
Manchester Regiment
W. T. Smith
Royal Flying Corps
Smith
Foreign Sailor’s Society
Four Sons for Service Exemption Plea Heard
Mrs. Nora Gearin of St. Louis asked the district draft board to exempt a son from service. Her four sons are in France and at Camp Funston, and she urged that one be allowed to stay home if needed, with the chairman hinting a solution might require bending draft rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Gearin
St. Louis
District Draft Board
Jimmy
France
Pershing
Danny
George
Camp Funston
Leo
Dennis
Spencer
Colorado Farmer Builds Straw House Near Denver
A Colorado farmer constructs a straw bale home near Denver at a cost of 270 dollars. The walls use straw bales with Gemenique finish and a shimmed roof, exemplifying an economical rural dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Fuel Crisis Met by Regulation Across Nation
E D Leach, assistant US fuel administrator for Ohio, explains the coal shortage during wartime. The Fuel Administration regulated production, distribution, and prices, diverting coal to essential war industries and controlling mine and retailer margins to ensure government and domestic needs were met amid transport limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Leach
United States
Ohio
United States Fuel Administration
Harry A. Garfield
Fuel Administration
Garfield
Stamps Carry Spy Message Across Nation
Government findings indicate German agents used postage stamp arrangements to relay military data to Berlin. The American Stamp Dealers association discussed the censor’s halt of letters since December affecting stamp imports and exports and harming the U.S. stamp trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berlin
American Stamp Dealers Association
Night School In Prison In Rawlins Wyoming
A night school program for inmates grows under the Prisoner Welfare association at the state penitentiary. Led by Prof. L. C. Martin with Gov. Frank L. Houx as honorary president and Senator J. B. Kendrick as honorary first vice president, the program includes reading classes and a prison band. Members vow to assist eligible prisoners in finding employment after release.
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Rawlins
Wyo
State Penitentiary
L. C. Martin
Frank L. Houx
United States
J. B. Kendrick
Same Name Two Soldiers At North Island Aviation School
Two 28 year old men named Joseph Novak arrived at the North Island aviation school in San Diego for enlistment on November 7 1917 and were assigned to the same company. Joseph J Novak from Kansas City and Joseph S Novak from Detroit share a birthday and were not related. Initial roll call confusion delayed identity confirmation.
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San Diego
Cal
United States Aviation School
North Island
Joseph J. Novak
Aviation Corps
Kansas City
Joseph S. Novak
Detriot
Man Prefers Prison Life in Jackson Penitentiary
Portland detective notes recount Charles Peterson a 65 year old who requested return to prison after 29 years served on a charge he does not recall. He sought the Jackson Michigan penitentiary as his only shelter and food source, unable to adapt to modern life and returning to confinement.
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Portland
Ore
Charles Peterson
Jackson
Midh
Peterson
Thief Overpays Watchman In LA Jewelry Theft
In Los Angeles a burglar overpaid the night watchman, giving him five dollars for a monthly guard, then returned to discover the Meyer home ransacked and jewelry worth two hundred dollars stolen. The misstep left the thief with sixteen dollars paid to secure the loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Lewis Meyer
Dlosick
Hosick
Widow Receives Long Delayed Civil War Era Debt
Mrs. George of Selby South Dakota, widow of a former mail carrier, finally receives owed sum from the last office department in Washington. The debt dated to before the Civil War and was lost amid Civil War and West Virginia split era records. An inquisitive clerk located the account and forwarded settlement.
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Selby
S. D
George
Washington
Virginia
West Virginia
Catalogues Mistake Causes Odd War Questionnaire Return
In Tulsa Oklahoma Ysidore Orjado a Greek resident at Escale sent back a questionnaire to the exemption board misreading it as a catalogue and wrote in Greek there was nothing he wished to purchase. A second questionnaire returned by a Mexican included a note acknowledging U S effort to aid the war and enclosed five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Ysidore Orjado
Escale
United States
English Women Doings Bit At Imperial War Exhibition
London reports forty uniforms worn by English women in service at Burlington House show women as messengers, munition and agricultural workers, nurses and more. Exhibition organizers appeal to add women in out of the way positions to the daily growing employment lists.
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London
England
Burlington House
King's Messengers Outsmart German Officers In Transit
London reports a King’s Messenger evaded loss of dispatches after hiding five bags as a train moved. With no porter available he appealed in a South German dialect to two German cavalry officers and they helped stow the remaining bags before departure, allowing the mission to proceed.
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London
Admiralty
War Office
Bride-To-Be Journeys 7000 Miles To Liberia Wedding
Miss Serena Knapp leaves Sunbury for a 7000 mile journey to Liberia to wed Rev. Charles H. Brosious, a Lutheran minister a former Sunbury resident who met his fiancée during a vacation here.
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Sunbury
Serena Knapp
Liberia
South Africa
Charles H. Brosious
Mr. Brosious
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Wyoming Penitentiary
Prisoner Welfare Association
Oregon
South Dakota
British Isles
Ashion Art
Signal Corps
Bell
Bell Telephone Coo
John C. Beam
Warren, PA
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