Life Aboard a U S Ship En Route to France
Lieut. John R. Buckley writes home from an army transport sailing from Camp Mills toward France. He describes the ship’s amenities, the crew of officers and enlisted men, daily routine, and sights including the moonlit sea, Ireland, and the voyage’s calm and stormy spells as the convoy travels toward the danger zone.
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John Buckley
John R. Buckley
France
Camp Grant
Camp Mills
Washington
Bill
Raymond Buckley
Buckley Brothers
Army
The
Artllery
Harold Or “Pick
Rainbow Division
Frank
Camp Zachary Taylor
Kentucky
Pacific
Gulf Stream
New Foundland
Michigan
Ireland
Denison Brothers Reunite in France During War
In France, Charles and Dale Denison, sons of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Denison, reunite after months apart. Dale, back from the hospital, visits Chick in a nearby camp and describes a drive, wounded comrades Frank Rice and Palmer Wilson, and a front-line push. Sergeant Charles Denison reports a visit with Dale, living in a dugout with four others, and plans to find Dale's company while requesting home papers.
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Charles
Dale
D. M. Denison
France
Company K
168Th Infantry
Chick
Charlie
Frank Rice
Palmer Wilson
Frank
Palmer
Harry Swift
Charles Denison
Ray Guest
Ray
Guard Duty During Explosions At Port Amboy
Navy guard and rescue detail describes volunteering to aid New Jersey ammunition plants after a night of successive blasts. The writer recalls hauling bodies, aiding civilians, aiding a wounded woman and baby, and rescuing a dog, as 500 Camp Dix troops prepare to relieve them. The accounts emphasize bravery of women ambulance crews and the peril at the site two miles from the magazines.
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Fred Fleming
J. P. Thomas
Washington
C. E. Fleming
New Jersey
Navy
Tama Herald
Naval Base NO. 6
Bensonhurst
N. Y
Bugle
Port Amboy
S. P
Red Cross
Camp Dix
New York
Jersey
Germany
Junction Soldiers In Hospital From France Influenza
Columbus Junction reports Lt George Oakes at a French hospital with a light influenza illness. He is reunited with former Columbus Junction man James Stanley Colton, recently cited for bravery, now in a Paris hospital.
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Columbus Junction
Frank Oakes
George Oakes
France
James Stanley Colton
Paris
Community News From Over County Lexington
Oct 21 report from Lexington notes Mr and Mrs Sam Sigaufoose and Mrs Ida Patterson hosted at Blaine Holmes home for dinner. Various visits include Warren Matthess family at Charlie Faulkner home and Clyde Fishburn and family at Winfield. Blaine Holmes and wife visited Washington. Mildred Kurtz recovering from last week’s operation. Charlie Crawford husking corn for Blaine Holmes.
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Lexington
Sam Sigaufoose
Ida Patterson
Blaine Holmes
Warren Matthess
Charlie Faulkner
Clyde Fishburn
Winfield
Scott
Eunice
George
May Teets
Toney Shalla
C. C. Patterson
Ainsworth
John Patterson
Everett Young
Palmer
Charlie Crawford
Eighty eighth division in trenches gains and losses noted
Minneapolis reports the Eighty eighth division now in front line trenches in France after leaving Camp Dodge on August 8. Captains Hunt and Kraft describe quiet sector activity with gas shells and occasional explosions as troops prepare for possible fighting. Other dispatches note unit actions, letters home, and concerns of soldiers in Des Moines and Washington about postwar land surveys for veterans and job prospects.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Eighty-eighth Division
United States Army
Hunhusker
Camp Dodge
France
George Milan Hunt
Harold D. Kraft
Hunt
Eighty-Eighth
Des Moines
Associated Press
Second Army
L. W. Ainsworth
Three Hundred and Thirteenth Field Signal Battalion
R. L. Bullard
Three Hundred and Fiftieth Infantry
Ainsworth
Washington
Committee On Public Lands
The
Senate
Duchess of Marlborough Elected to London County Council
A new portrait reveals the duchess of Marlborough, formerly Miss Constelo Vanderbilt of New York, elected as a member of the London County Council to represent West South work, a working class district. She is said to be the first American to win the post.
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Ireland
America
Duchess of Marlborough
Constelo Vattederbilt
New York
London Corty Council
West Southwork
London
Loss Toll Rises to 213 From Ticonderoga Sinking
Washington reports two army officers and one enlisted man died when the American steamer Ticonderoga was sunk on September 30. The war department says total fatalities now stand at 213, with ten officers and 12 crew previously dead and two officers captured by the enemy submarine.
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Washington
Ticonderoga
Blood Purifier Slogan from 8 8 8 Advertisement
An old medicine ad touts 8 8 8 as a reliable blood purifier. It urges readers to keep blood pure and offers free medical advice from the Swift Specific Company Medical Director in Atlanta.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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Lieut. Buckley
Sol
Dol
Kate Pat
Mabel
States
Denison Boys
Flifteen
Baw
Pick’ Buckley
J.P. Thomas
G. P. Dept
Port Ambrose
Over County
Averts
John Q. Barnes
Sergt
Secretary of the Interior
Washington, Iowa
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