Seven Sons of Hoboken Woman Serve in Allied Forces
Mrs. W. J. Tisdall of Hoboken and her seven sons, all electrical engineers, join allied nations in WWI service. Eldest John and Edward served in Canada. Victor joined Canadian Scots. Henry is a British Army colonel. Trevor Hastings Tisdall with the Eleventh New York. William and Mark drafted in the U.S. Selective Act. Mrs. Tisdall hopes to knit for the cause.
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Hoboken, N. J
W. J. Tisdall
Dublin
Allied
Victor
Hoboken
Red Cross
Henry Tisdall
Trevor Hastings Tisdall
Engineer Corps
Eleventh Regiment
New York
France
William
Mark
Connecticut
Thomas McCurdy
Wellington
Waterloo
Napoleon
Aden
Egypt
Indians Take Auto Journeys To Meskwaki Harvest Powwow
Marshalltown Ia. Automobiles from Nebraska and Oklahoma carried Meskwaki allies and former Towa Sac and For members to the harvest celebration near Tama. The party then traveled via the La Crosse Tama Kansas City route toward La Crosse to visit Wisconsin tribes.
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Marshalltown
Longfellow
Tama
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Girls Help in Harvest in Osage County Kansas
In Osage county Kansas women enlist in the wheat drive facing field mice snakes and big spiders. Michigan Valley farmers say Osage county women pitch wheat and oats and aid harvest amid frequent showers delaying stacking. Even Eve’s College girls abandon fancy work to assist in harvest effort.
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Michigan Valley
Kan
Osage County
Kansas
Eves College
Baervester
Matches Coin With Wife Enlists in Fresno
W. S. Desmond, a car penter from Huntington Lake in Fresno county, above draft age, sought to join the army. He proposed a penny match with his wife, who agreed after a coin flip. Heads keep him home, tails send him to the front, and tails won as Desmond enlisted in field artillery. My wife's a good sport, he told the recruiting officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Cal
UrvalS Fights Draft Substitution Request For Brother
The Cope family story shows Robert C Copeland seeking to substitute for his drafted brother Rex in the selective service act. Authorities including Lt Col Hugh S Johnson and Gen Crowder reject substitutions as prohibited. Copeland appeals to President Wilson urging approval citing family hardship and duty to the flag.
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Young Copeland
Curtis
Pittsburgh
Rex
Hom
Rea
Mr. Wilson
Copeland
Hidden bicycle helps eloping couple in Northumberland
In Northumberland Pennsylvania Miss Mabel Merle aided the elopement of widow Lydia Kirkendall and George Oswald. Kirkendall's father Samuel Nuss pursued by bicycle but reached the station after the train left. Merle hid the angry parent’s bike to help the couple escape.
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Northumberland
Mabel Merle
Cupid
Lydia Kirkendall
George Oswald
Old Friends Return to Brave Dog's Grave in San Francisco
In San Francisco after sixteen years Jack Neating revisited the grave of Bob Evans the Pinole powder works dog famed as a fearless collie. The dog died after six powder explosions and a train accident. workers raised 100 for his funeral. Neating left in 1901 for the Boer war and later worked as a railroad man in Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Jack Neating
Bob Evans
Pinole
Nearing
Dewey
Manila
Bob
Los Angeles
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First National Bank
Warren, Penna
Man
Warren Trust Company
Citizens National Bank
Warren
Pennsylvania
Warren National Bank
United States
England
W. J, Tisdall
Iowa
Indiana
Brave Dog
Pickett Hardware CO
Third Avenue
Hickory Street
Goodyean Welt
Redding Shoe Co
Warren, Savings, Bank
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