{"id":818,"date":"2017-06-14T19:14:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T23:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/44parkave.com\/holdernewt\/?p=818"},"modified":"2022-03-16T11:15:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:15:23","slug":"log-of-earl-w-baker-451917-4171917","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/44parkave.com\/holdernewt\/2017\/06\/log-of-earl-w-baker-451917-4171917\/","title":{"rendered":"Log of Earl W Baker 4\/5\/1917 \u2013 4\/17\/1917"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 5th, 1917<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balances off. G H L. Co talks of guarding central station using own men. Crude reasoning. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 7th, 1917<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bal. off I &#8211; cash posted up\u00a0to date. I readings posted.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 8th, 1917<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easter Sunday. Elmer preached on \u201cArise America\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 9th, 1917<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invited by Marion Fleming to attend High School society dance. Enjoyed same immensely. <strong>British are making gains.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 10th, 1917<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British drive still continues. <strong>Saw a dandy play \u201cCapt. Kidd, Jr.\u201d* funny, sentimental, fine.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Made into a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Captain_Kidd,_Jr.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">movie <\/a>in 1919 with Mary Pickford, only 2 of 5 reels survive. Spoilers: the protagonists dig for treasure which turns out to be a note saying the &#8220;real&#8221; treasure is &#8220;the good health (they) will have from all of the exercise spent digging.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 11th, 1917<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J.R. called on Wilson &#8211; offered his plan of volunteer army to go in advance of regular army. Col. Watterson writes a striking editorial advocating furtherance of J.R\u2019s offer. \u201cJ.R. has a positive genius for the spectacular.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Saartje note: Any WWI buffs got any idea who JR is?<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sun. April 15th, 1917<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congress &#8211; ie the House unanimously passed the 7 million war loan bill. Sat. Aunt Carrie arrived, that eve. I went out to Vassar to arrange meeting Sun. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sun. A.M. went to Shear\u2019s class then to hear Elmer on \u201cStandards\u201d. Helen V came for dinner &#8211; we went walking P.M. <strong>seems an agreeable all-round girl.<\/strong> Work statements off -began billing on 14th.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 17th, 1917<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Joined Provisional Company<\/strong> &#8211; given a good healthy setting up drill. Billed B on 16th. Posted same today.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 5th, 1917 Balances off. G H L. Co talks of guarding central station using own men. Crude reasoning. 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