Belgians Involved In Boncelles Village Fire At War Time
A letter from a Belgian soldier’s brother in Wales describes the Boncelles burning where 130 houses and the church were set ablaze to clear fire lines for Liege forts. Inhabitants aided soldiers, while women cried and children prayed as homes were reduced to ashes.
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Boncelles
Liege
Wales
Berlin
Frederic William of Lippe
Frank
New York
Favre
South America
Tench
Jean
Spies Swarm United States From Europe and Japan
A U S Navy official warns the United States hosts a large number of spies from Russia Germany France Japan England and Austria. He cites cities such as New York Philadelphia Washington Boston New Orleans and San Francisco and notes spies monitor shipments especially to Mexico and Canada.
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Germany
Japan
Russia
France
England
Austria
America
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
New Orleans
San Francisco
United States Navy
Navy Department
C Sccrel
Chestik
Mexico
Canada
Berlin
London
Tokyo
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Paris
Bandsman
Blake
Martin's Way Quare Speech Described by Writer
A writer notes a slow hesitant speaking style among Irishmen in Martin's Way. He says the talk often stammers but uses careful wording, with a speaker seeming to pick words from his mouth and examine them before delivering them to the listener.
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Martin
Pat
Jean Martin
le Matin
Altkirch
Alsace
Vosges
Paris
Charleroi
In Time of Domestic Stress. Kuicker- What does your wife do if words fail her?
The New York Sun reports on a domestic stress era quip noting Kuicker asks about a wife’s reply when speech falters and Becker suggests she issues emergency currency as a quick answer.
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Kuicker
Becker
New York Sun
Bones Elopes with My Wife Revealed
Bilson tells a friend of the misfortune that Bones has eloped with his wife. The exchange appears in a St. Louis Globe-Democrat item describing the surprising spouses’ betrayal and the social shock.
War dispatches from Europe praise brave acts across Charleroi
Storied packets describe French chasseurs capturing a German officer near Courtrai, British and French troops fighting with nerve, and vivid scenes of war’s human toll. Reports cite Lieutenant Count von Schwerin’s bloodstained sword, Prince Frederic Charles and Lippe fallen, and refugees and civilians amid upheaval.
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Europe
Charleroi
Paris
London Chronicle
Courtrai
Count von Schwerin
St. Ouen
London Times
Algeria
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Juriows
Lore Giles
Washington Harbors
Wishkah Street
J. Carney
Prince Frederick Charles
Balaclava
Parsfron Charleroi
Peart
Foreux
Erquelines
Prince
Rederick Charles of Hesse
Central News of
Bill
Heroes of
Gumbinnen
Novoe Vremya
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Schmidt
Smith
Soho
Cirque de Paris
Mme
Agnes Bourssault
Walkenraedt
Belgium
American Press Association
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Dr. Long
Dabney Block
Heron Street
Messer
Blyth
Heron St. Grays Harbor
Aberdeen, Wash
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