Yanks Use Beef Enough In A Day To Cover Block
In Central France on September 10, officers of the army quartermaster’s department described the vast American European supply system. Daily food needs include four million pounds of food, 1,000,000 pounds of flour turned into bread, 76,000 pounds of fresh beef, 75,000 pounds of potatoes, 226,000 pounds of sugar, and 125,000 pounds of tomatoes. The beef alone requires about 5,000 cubic feet of space daily, illustrating the scale of operations to feed and clothe million-man forces through winter and beyond.
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Tours
France
Associated Press
Europe
Army Quarterma Er’s Department
Army
Eaton
Yukon
Alaska
Madson Bays
Turkey Peace Prospects Improve Amid War News
The dispatches outline a softened tone toward Turkey and reflect broader World War I anxieties. Reports mention Generals Allenby, von Stein, and von Bevo with notes on morale, hunger, and resource strain. Warnings of harsher actions if the conflict continues surface amid calls for decisive victories and rough weather impacts.
American soldiers wed French girls in France claim
Charles Edward Russell reports from Europe that hundreds of American soldiers are marrying French women. He says most will settle in France after the war, as France welcomes them after losing many young men. Clemenceau predicts a war end by spring or early fall 1919 unless Germany seeks peace sooner. (advertisement)
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New York
Charles Edward Russell
Europe
France
Clemenceau
Wedding Mixup Stuns California Household
In Jarysville California a wedding tangled family ties when Mrs Janet Traynor wed A G Bremer, father of her son-in-law Frank Bremer. Mrs Bremer Jr worries whether her daughter's husband is truly her son-in-law. The household also features a mother acting as mother-in-law while her husband is also her stepbrother, creating a web of relations.
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Jarysville
Cal
Janet Traynor
Frank Bremer
A. G. Bremer
Bremer, Jr
Bremer Jr
White Wings and Western Wit in Tucson Hunting Tales
A Tucson piece recounts a hunting tour with the Llapshooters and the Sonora Whites Wings. The writer recalls Fort Lowell, Geronimo, Mesquite brush, dramatic aerials, and the thrill of a high point score while noting sociable western camaraderie and challenges from ground-dwelling pests during a monsoon.
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Tucson
Ariz
San Mavier Mission
Fort Lowell
U.S
Geronimo
Nelson A. Miles
Fred Gilbert
Chris Gottlieb
Llapshooters
Sonora
Old Mexico
Fred
Santa Rita
Smith
Hudson
Finger Missing From Gridiron at Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Ta September 28 Coach Finger will miss the Cornell sidelines this fall. Ivan Doseff will take his place as teacher and athletic director after graduating from Chicago University in 1907. Doseff, an all western tackle named by Walter Camp, has coached at La Crosse Fargo Waalamoo and Elgin. He directed playground work with the Chicago parks and coached Lake View high to a championship. Dosef, Bulgarian by birth and naturalized, will teach Russian at Cornell.
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Mt. Vernon
Finger
Cornell
Ivan Doseff
Mount Vernon
Doseff
Stagg
Chicago University
Walter Camp
Chicago
The
Art Institute
la Crosse
Wis
Fargo
Walamazoo
Mick
Elgin
Tost
South Park
Lake View High School
Drowned Naval Aviator Buried in Vermont Cemetery
Joseph John Venton Jr a 21 year old qualified naval aviator lies in St Charles Cemetery Bellows Falls Vermont following his drowning in Pensacola Bay. He sent letters home urging cheer, duty to country and pride in Americans sacrifices. Venton studied at Dartmouth and trained in Key West Miami and Pensacola.
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Bellows Falls
St. Charles
Joseph John Venton, Jr
Pensacola Bay
America
Mr. Fenton
Vermont
Dartmouth
Ker West
Miami
Pensacola
Winthrop Death Leaves Community Mourning
James Diggins of Winthrop born June 14, 1858 on home farm in Byron township died September 23 1918 in People’s Hospital Independence after apoplexy paralyzed from neck down. Survived by brothers William Williston D Patrick Masonville and Terry Winthrop funeral held at Catholic church with burial in Catholic cemetery. Other local notices include births, marriages and residents moving, with brief regional updates and real estate transfers.
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Winthrop
James Diggins
Byron Township
People’s Hospital
Independence
California
William
Williston
D. Patrick
Masonville
Terry
Wiliam Slaughter
Camp Jackson
Alpert, Merrill
Creighton
Neb
Kate Collins
Midland
Mich
Stonard Ryan
Kansas City
Matinda Tdell Bartholomew
Jug
Leake Geneva
Wis
M. J. Goodr
T. Re Anderson
Pine
Joan Gris Misa
Strawberes Point
Chicago
Mabel
Congregational Church of
Christian Church of
Misoula
Mont
Goodrich
Dee
James Hood
MD Goodrich
Caughier
Pine River
Minn
R . Holland
Eelow Cemetery
Homer Norman
Jarvis Smith
Marcus Dunlap Tett
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Gen. von Stein
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Dike
New Bri
Monty” Wells
Waterloo
Riceville
Messrs. Gooder
Mr. Walter
Guttenberg
Russia
YNY
Oscar
T. T
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Filley
M.A. de
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Albert Dressler
Chelsea
Ioan
A. L. Cu
Tom Martial I ¥II
Frank Zentwire
Indianapolis
Peoria
Gary MacDonald
Mo. A
Dawson
Yukons
Dowloon
Mayo
Stewart River
Twelve- Mile
Evans
United States
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
J. Townler
W. Hicok
Rom
RF Jew Add
Emma_C._ Tall
Maude FE. Castle
Ricker & Bratnober Land Co
William H. Lichty
Sis Jefferson
Drard
Reinbeck
Alvin. Hyde
Doris Ruth
S. BR. Kirkpatrick
Ieat
Western
Rock Island
John Murphy
Herbert Braesch
Rex. Shannon
Ceflar
Stayras
Shannon
at_Garner
Bertha Hubbell
Milwauszee
Milton Gethmann
Phelps’ Glasses
Hampton Roads
Iheladie
Jefferson
U. S
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Hed
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E. Howard
College of Commerce
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