Pershing Praises Army In Wartime Forum
General Pershing and Speaker Gillette lauded the American army for its courage and self sacrifice as they addressed a war tribute. They commended the force’s discipline and the nation’s unity, noting how soldiers endured hardship with faith and resolve. The speakers emphasized national pride and the army as a symbol of America’s strength.
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América
Cummigs
America
Sweaker Gillett
Cemmins
Senate
Gen. Pershing
Gillette
Aaid
Fife
Bam
Mer‘ean
Lesrud
Montisiing
Noted Civilian and Military Passengers Arrive in U S
The steamship Ordvun brought 184 passengers to New York including Sir Croy den Marks a prominent critic of the delay in ratifying the treaty by Congress and Lady Lethbridge wife of Captain Sir C W Lethbridge. Also aboard were Mrs TL Ward an American resident in England and six Australian officers who served in Mesopotamia and Palestine.
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Ordvun
New York
Croyden Marks
Lady Lethbridge
C. W. Lethbridge
Horse Guards
TL. Ward
England
United States
Aliens of Army Melt Pot Show N Y Drill Pioneers
Twenty eight graduates from Camp Upton Recruit Educational Centre demonstrated their first New York exhibition drill in Madison Square and again in Seward Park. They came from fourteen nationalities and had all enlisted since May 1 with little English, yet performed with veteran precision and drew hearty applause from crowds.
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Linw
America
Armae
Camp Upton
New York
Madison Square
Seward Park
Rngiage
Framed tribute to soldiers and nation’s unity
A veteran era speech lauds soldiers return in vigor and discipline, praising public service, drafting policy, and wartime leadership. It honors officers, nurses, and workers who sustained the war effort, emphasizes unity with allies, and ends with a pledge to remember the fallen as the nation’s heritage continues.
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Fire Rages Through Alexandria Home Endangering Family
A two story frame house on Migg street near Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria burned overnight. Mrs. Hutchison and her five children escaped from the second floor aided by neighbors as flames cut off the stairs. The house, owned by J T Narmoyle, was insured. Police, fire crews, and neighboring residents aided in rescue and efforts to salvage belongings. In other local news a special election will decide council manager form of government. Police Sergt Wilmer Snoth resigns to assume a new post with the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation. Funeral notices for Thomas G Trenary and Horace H Alten, and obituaries for Elizabeth Slack.
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Warrington Post Bumeli
Warrest F. Hutchison
Southern Railway
Aer
Swere
Migg Street
Alexandria
Jugge S. G. Brant
Circuit Court
Wilmer Snoth
Serst. Scott
Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation
Sergt
Scott
Obits and local deaths and a theft report from several towns
The report lists a death in Washington at a sister's home on Tuesday afternoon, burial at Bethel Cemetery, and notes in Hagerstown a marriage in Rt Johns Church. A Hagerstown drug store robbery with typhoid patient injured in hospital is reported, plus a death of Rev Martin Hickman in Williamstown and death of Robert Walker in Martinsville due to an iron safe accident.
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Thomas G. Trenary
South Pitt Street
E. B. Jackson
Spiret Baptist Church
Bethel Cemetery
Len
Washington
J. J. Garvey
Prince Street
P. P. Phillipa
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Washington Post
Hageratown
David P. Schindel
Hagerstown Hospital
Williamstown
W. Va
Martin H. Hickman
Methodist Episcopal Church
Martinsville
Robert Walker
Action Mills
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Het
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Cites Omer Welcomer
Yarhd
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Wilson
Paris
Provident
Don Pershing
France
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Mesopotamia
Palestine
Ordina
Geporge Crayden
William KH. Ross
Al.gan Maloney
LIBUT
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Ewin G
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GAP
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Sy Cai Allan Robertson
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Sypms
Wison
Navy
Tiritsia
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Jhealth
Sameer
United Enatar
Nien
Siena Heries
Aterbet TV
I Tion
Daxthong Camuieeta
Gee Ee
Hoffman
Braecher
News OF Alexandria
Savings Division
United States Treasury Department
War Camp Community Service
Players
Interior Department
War Camp Community Service Club
Guy C. Harper
T. G. Trenary
Elizabeth Slack
Oligabeth
Richard N. Aionland
South Lee Street
Richard Nats
Eddington
Melor
H. H. Alten
Horace H
Veanut
Aek
Piedmont
Miss Mason
Hagerstown
Rt. John's Protestant Episcopal Church
Mary Langdon Carter, Mason
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Edwin Galliard Mazon
Carroll Henshaw Hendrickson
J. D. "Hendrickson
Fred~erick, Md
Shilton Orrick
Magerstown Drug Store
Welen Op
Holland
U. S. Treasury
Federal National Bank
Parker
Bridget CQ
Norfolk
Rys
Barker
Carroll Electric Co
12Th Street
Domentic
the Commercial National Bank
the Bank of Personal Service
C. P. Wilhelm Md
State College
College Park
Sunda Port My Mall
Bardwood
Wekknact
Eve Sthot
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Mentiss
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