Leroy Temple writes home to Elizabethville, Pennsylvania from his training camp at Fort Riley, Kansas in the summer of 1917.
“To the Readers of The Echo” – A World War I Soldier’s Letter in the Elizabethville Echo
“Cut Off From The Rest of The World” – Life in the Upper End in 1917
Residents of Northern Dauphin County complained after a change in train schedules left them "cut off from the rest of world" in July 1917.
“For Honor’s Sake, Enlist” – America Enters The First World War
"Where is the spirit of the men who risked Libby Prison and of the men who stormed Missionary Ridge?" asked a Chicago newspaper editor in April 1917.
“Blood of the Civil War Veterans” – A Fiery Speech Advocating War in April 1917
A minister in Wisconsin summons the memory of his father, a Civil War veteran, while advocating war against Germany.
Two Upper Dauphin Pilots Killed in November 1918
As World War I came to a conclusion in 1918, news filtered back to Dauphin County about two local pilots killed overseas.
