Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1918 — FLIP OF COIN LEADS TO DEATH OVER THERE [ARTICLE]

FLIP OF COIN LEADS TO DEATH OVER THERE

Wheeling, W. Va.—Edward F. Bowman, nineteen, is dead in France as the resplt of a flip of a coin. Bowman enlisted in the army in May, 1917, after he and a friend had tossed a nickel to determine which one would enter the service. Bowman called the turn and was a soldier a few days later.