Soldiers held in camp have book Overseas Dream
Chicago readers learn of a 206 page publication titled Overseas Dream by the second provisional wing air service at Park Place near Houston Texas. The 506 men waited months with packed kits for orders to France and action, then shared their longing anxiety and disappointment following armistice. Edited by Lieut Bertram H Yarwood of The Herald and Examiner staff, the volume includes engravings color tones verse and prose about the unit. The book is bound with linen from a wrecked airplane wing and features a random verse about wings clipping and the call of the air.
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Chicago
France
Second Provisional Wing
Air Service
Park Place
Houston
Tex
Tully
Lieut. Yarwood
Bertram H. Yarwood
Herald and Examiner
Former Navy Man Promoted at Citizens Gas & Electric
Marion M. Kenneally, recently returned from U S navy service, has been named assistant superintendent of the electrical department at Citizens Gas & Electric Co. He has worked for the company three years and, with 20 months in naval electrical work, is well qualified. Charles E. Warsaw, former assistant superintendent, has left for Burlington, Vermont, to transfer to a branch company.
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Marion M. Kenneally
United States Navy
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
Kenneally
Ames
Charles. E. Warsaw
Burlington
Brown Beats in Eight Round Bout to Gibbons
In Memphis George Brown loses to Mike Gibbons in an eight round boxing bout. In Uniontown Tommy Milton wins the Victory sweepstakes automobile race covering 1121 2 miles in 1 10 9 32 with Louis Chevrolet second and Ralph Mulford third. In Syracuse Jack Britton defeats Joe Welling in ten rounds. A Courier want ad offers 25 words for 25 cents daily.
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Memphis
Tenn
George
Long Lost Tax Check Recovered After Four Years
Salt Lake May 20 Four years after a $2.60 inheritance tax check for the estate of John F Olson disappeared the instrument reappeared with legal papers showing the tax now due at $3.50. The administrator said the check was misplaced and the money represents the last funds in the estate. A separate court-room incident reports whisky seizures and a jail booking.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Teese Jewkes
Joseph William Taylor
John F. Olson
Taylor
D. M. Draper
Bootlegging case leads to grand jury action in county jail
C Smith jailed after quick county jail visit and arraignment for bootlegging. Waived preliminary hearing set for 9:30 a m in municipal court before Judge W N Birdsall. Remington arrested at 11 40 p m for possessing whisky inside and outside, prompting related charges and potential testimony.
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C Smith
Smith
Remington
Journeymen Plumbers Meet to End Strike
Master plumbers and journeymen were to gather at the Waterloo Sanitary Club on Fifth Street this afternoon at five for talks to reach an understanding and end the walkout. Officials hoped all differences would be settled and work resume immediately. The strike began early this month, halting all such work except that done by employers.
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Waterloo Sanitary Club
Fifth Street
Rooster Fights Jitney Bus and Wins in One Round
An odd clash near Jeanette Pennsylvania ended with a gamecock defeating a jitney bus in a single round. The rooster crossed the road as a horn sounded, turning not in flight but toward the vehicle, and emerged as the unlikely victor in a roadside scuffle witnessed by locals.
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Rooster
Jeanette
Here
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Chase & Sanborn Coil
Bunkles
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