Balloon ascent and battle in Verdun era memoir
A narrative recounts a World War I balloon mission with General Rechere and Adams. The craft is shot, the balloon plummets, and survivors cling to a rope net before crash landing near a French chateau. The narrator awakens in a French manor cared for by a young woman and her father, learning he has recovered his identity and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
West Point
Paris
France
Germany
Marcin Rechere
Car- Henry
Mear Salicen
Germat d
Earth
Bart
Chateau Lac ‘Nay
Meu ' River
Verdun
Chateau
Rourh
Paradise
Rand
Aimee
Oene
Porte-Cochere
Balloon bride and invasion schemes in Lagunay tale
A narrator recounts romance with Aimee in Lagunay amid a German invasion in the waning days of a century clash. Balloons, guards, and a retreating frontier push as Ramune faces bombardment and French mobilization unfolds near the Meuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee
Bethel
Meuse
Chateauagueny
Ramune
Prussia
Baden
Saxony
Wurtemburg
Brunswick
Hesse
Mecklenburgs
Lorraine
Luxemburg
Euse
Chalons
Lancers
Hussars
la Jaune
Paris
Martini
Luneville
Belfort
Soancon
Nipper knitting sustains Hancock County women wages for seafaring gear
In Hancock County Maine, over a thousand women knit nippers for Gloucester fishermen each winter. They earn about four cents per set, though cash value may be under three cents, with production peaking December to New Year. The work funds railroads, steamboats, and stages, totaling about ten thousand dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Hancock County
Maine
Gloucester
Mass
Penobscot River
I Am the Kaiser War Lord in a Bold Encounter
A narrator from West Point confronts a Colonel, defends a lady, and battles a rival in a dramatic salon scene. A sudden intrusion reveals the narrator is actually the Kaiser, and the captor is Mr. Adams, leading to a formal acknowledgment of superiority. The scene ends with a promise to continue next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seontie
Aimee
America
West Point
Hyacinths and lilies dyed by stem immersion
Hyacinths and lilies are colored by placing their stems in liquid dye. The process uses artificial coloring to tint the flowers for display or sale.
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Synorsis
Lagunay
Wim. Rmaackrill
North
Big Maine
W. M. Crane Company
Broadway
New York
N. Y
Chicago Copy Co
Dept. T
Milwaukee Ave
Cicago
Target
W. Lath Street
Ur Kiine
Mintean
Remi
Winera
Heave Remedy Co
4Th Ave
Pittsburg
Batiste
Birdley Somers
19Th St
Nottingham
Columbia Novelty Co
Saratoga ST
Boston
Opportunity Publishers
Dearborn St
Chicago
Opportunity
Post Office
All Newsdealers
R. Reute Or
Street
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