Death tale of T Mathers told by a shipmate
A letter from Ralph McKinley Roberts, radio operator aboard the Lake City, describes the sinking off the Florida coast after a collision with the tanker James McGee that claimed John Terry Mathers and others. Roberts recounts the rescue, the sinking, and Terry's last moments, expressing deep sympathy to Mrs. Emily Mathers Brown and noting hope for further details.
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Emily Mathers Brown
West of Town
Ralph McKinley Roberts
Terry Mathers
Lake City
Florida
Terry
Roberts
Washington
John Terry Mathers
Merchant Marine
Foley's Honey and Tar Aid Crouped Child
M. T. Davis a Bearsville West Virginia merchant states a patron’s small child was treated with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for croup at midnight and recovered before morning. He adds parents cannot say enough for the remedy. Lem Monn's Pharmacy.
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Croup
M. T. Davis
Bearsville
W. Va
Foley
Community Notes From Over County
Nelson Woodford of Clay and Homer Morrow went wolf hunting today and the dogs’ racket suggested good sport. O O. B. Bennett stays this week with his uncle R. E. F. Waggoner northeast of Washington. Happy New Year from the Journal staff and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Woodford
Clay
Homer Morrow
Oo. B. Bennett
R. EF. Waggoner
Washington
Force
Local Happenings in Crawfordsville This Week
Crawfordsville December 27 local notes report Mr and Mrs P L Huber visiting Washington for a belated Christmas dinner at the M C De Long home. Several residents return from travels and camps including Lee Rhea from Americus Georgia on furlough and Mina McCleary for a brief hometown stay. Roof fire damages J D Martins house while others visit Washington for visits and family care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
P. L. Huber
Washington
M. C. De-Long
Lee Rhea
Americus
Georgia
L. L. Neiswanger
Victor
Joseph Murphy
Mina McCleary
Cedar Falls
A. Wwinell and
Columbus Junction
Fred Graham
Barnes City
Iowa
Ainsworth
W. E. Stump
C. ©. Moorhead
Elwyn Davidson
Wm. Reubsam
Canary Birds Helped Win War
A Philadelphia Evening Bulletin piece on munition workers nicknamed canary birds a term for the Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun. Ida Lennox and four companions sew boosters into shells, discuss pay, hair staining from tetryl, uniforms, service stripes, and wartime patriotism with the United States Employment Bureau and physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
United States Employment Bureau
Miss Lennox
West Chester News Notes Brighten Holiday Week
West Chester reports visitors from Burlington at the Bauer home for Christmas. Sheriff McCarty arrived on horseback in a nostalgic note. Dr Wickham treats the Bosley family in Washington. School may reopen Monday if conditions stay. Jeff Taft endured a gun shell fragment for five years until Morris Crayne removed it. Kupka from Rock Island visited on business. Hog shipments were light due to the embargo. Some boys hunted rabbits in the snow as weather worsened. Church services resume after two week gap. Roads are poor for travel and the ground lies soft beneath the snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Kupka
Rock Island
Pain Kept Him Awake Nights
J. W. of Coraopolis Pennsylvania writes of severe nightly pain and insomnia. After trying three doctors, he began Foley Kidney Pills three weeks ago and reports marked improvement in kidney and backache symptoms. Ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills via Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W
Peck
Coraopolis
J. Pa
Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Greed Fueled Ambush Ends In Cook’s Death In Indiana
In Lanorte Indiana two men shot Carl Ti Cook a grocer after a prosperous day taking receipts. A third man is believed to have aided as an accomplice. Cook died after being shot twice and collapsing while pursuing the assailants. Alvin Vandewalker and his father helped the dying victim to his home before he passed away.
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Lanorte
Ind
Dee
Carl Ti
Cook
Alvin Vandewalker
Young Vandewelker
Zeppelins to become merchant ships New York Hamburg route
Paris dispatch reports disarmed Zeppelins to be converted into merchant ships for service between New York and Hamburg. Echo de Paris cites reliable sources for this plan and mentions advertisements as the source of the information.
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Paris
New York
Hamburg
Echo de Paris
Desler
Lesher Whitman & Co, Inc
Broadway
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James McGee
McGee
Conownade
Community News
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Ida Lewis
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Topay
Leslie Booker
New Castle
Lulu King
France
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Mabel Larkey
Clara Prettyman
May Jones
Great Britain
Fox Theatre
Fox
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Russell Thaw
Miss Nesbit
Jessie Wilcox Smith
Harrington Mann
Charles Dana Gibson
Colette
Isola Forrester
Elice
Indiana
Skiret
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Washington County
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Holt County
Nebr
J. F. H. Taylor Office
Pf, & M. Bankaya
Washington, Iowa
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Michigan Boulevard
Lexington Hotel
Chicago
Lexington
Famous Michigan Boulevard
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Rrvat Excellence
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