Jeff in ND
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Since tomorrow is Veteran's Day aka Armistice Day, aka end of WW1 I thought I would put together this post on some WW1 related stuff I have.
From 2010 to 2017 I did some remodeling work on my house that was built in 1918.
I pulled a lot of old newspapers out of the walls. Most of them date from March-September 1918. A even mix or so of the Minneapolis Daily News and the Fargo Forum. Minneapolis Daily News tended to more big headlines that are easier to see so that is what these pictures are of.
Array of typical headlines:
March 30, 1918:
July 19, 1918:
July 21, 1918:
August 11, 1918:
August 13, 1918:
August 24, 1918:
They published weekly casualty lists with names and state by rank and status. Here are couple of example.
August 27, 1918 Casualties.
September 2, 1918 Casualties:
My paternal grandma was born in 1897 on the farm near Winsted, MN. She was #4 of 13.
Her 2 older brothers served in the Army. Family lore is the eldest one was injured in a gas attack and had only 1 working lung the rest of his life.
Here is great uncle Frank (b 1893) in his uniform on a postcard dated from 1919:
This M-1917 helmet is either Frank's or his brother Louie's. My aunt has it and I took this photo 4yrs ago.
I remember grandma referring to WW1 as the "Kaiser war".
Grandma left the farm at some point and worked as a maid in St Paul for a few years during the WW1 era. I found her listed working for a family in St Paul in the 1920 census. She and grandpa were married in 1921 and they farmed in Renville Co, MN.
Grandma had a Kodak camera and I have custody of her album from that era and picked out some appropriate photos from it for this post.
Here is my grandma circa 1918-1919 from the album. Probably taken at her parents farm.
Grandma must have had a whole different life in St Paul prior to marriage. This album has photos of unknown friends at parks and other attractions. 2 of her other sister's were also working as maids in St Paul and they show up in some pictures.
These 2 men in uniform in front of some fancy building are an example.
No idea who this couple is:
Men in uniform to get on a street car. The sign on the car says "CHARTERED"
There are some other photos with men in uniform but these are a good example.
My grandpa (b 1896) was registered to the draft but was never called up apparently.
Finally, to keep this post somewhat farm related, this picture from grandma's album of an unknown man smoking a pipe and with his team and wagon next to a hay stack.
From 2010 to 2017 I did some remodeling work on my house that was built in 1918.
I pulled a lot of old newspapers out of the walls. Most of them date from March-September 1918. A even mix or so of the Minneapolis Daily News and the Fargo Forum. Minneapolis Daily News tended to more big headlines that are easier to see so that is what these pictures are of.
Array of typical headlines:
March 30, 1918:
July 19, 1918:
July 21, 1918:
August 11, 1918:
August 13, 1918:
August 24, 1918:
They published weekly casualty lists with names and state by rank and status. Here are couple of example.
August 27, 1918 Casualties.
September 2, 1918 Casualties:
My paternal grandma was born in 1897 on the farm near Winsted, MN. She was #4 of 13.
Her 2 older brothers served in the Army. Family lore is the eldest one was injured in a gas attack and had only 1 working lung the rest of his life.
Here is great uncle Frank (b 1893) in his uniform on a postcard dated from 1919:
This M-1917 helmet is either Frank's or his brother Louie's. My aunt has it and I took this photo 4yrs ago.
I remember grandma referring to WW1 as the "Kaiser war".
Grandma left the farm at some point and worked as a maid in St Paul for a few years during the WW1 era. I found her listed working for a family in St Paul in the 1920 census. She and grandpa were married in 1921 and they farmed in Renville Co, MN.
Grandma had a Kodak camera and I have custody of her album from that era and picked out some appropriate photos from it for this post.
Here is my grandma circa 1918-1919 from the album. Probably taken at her parents farm.
Grandma must have had a whole different life in St Paul prior to marriage. This album has photos of unknown friends at parks and other attractions. 2 of her other sister's were also working as maids in St Paul and they show up in some pictures.
These 2 men in uniform in front of some fancy building are an example.
No idea who this couple is:
Men in uniform to get on a street car. The sign on the car says "CHARTERED"
There are some other photos with men in uniform but these are a good example.
My grandpa (b 1896) was registered to the draft but was never called up apparently.
Finally, to keep this post somewhat farm related, this picture from grandma's album of an unknown man smoking a pipe and with his team and wagon next to a hay stack.
