North Star and a Yellow Pat O'Brien Shape Escape
A wartime narrator recalls a perilous trek through Belgium and Holland fleeing German forces. He describes hunger, improvised disguises, and cautious foraging in villages while shedding uniform, gloves, and gear to avoid capture. He details near misses with German sentries, a canal boat encounter, and the ongoing struggle to reach safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
North Star
Holland
Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brein
Huns
Courstrai
Felow
Yma
Wes
Alunk
Experiences In Belgium Describe Ditches and Wet Trials
In Belgium the author recalls constant small ditches that halted progress every half mile. Canals and rivers were manageable, but the narrow, two to three foot water-filled ditches forced weary wading. A failed jump left him soaked and strained, forcing a slow, arduous trek despite occasional luck with a wider ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Camp Borden
Canada
England
France
Belgium
Surviving Occupied Belgium on the Run
The narrator describes eight weeks wandering Belgium under occupation, noting scarce horses, use of cows and donkeys for transport, and German rubber shortages. He avoids fires to prevent detection, relies on vegetables for food, and speeds travel from sunset to sunrise while avoiding attention and sleep deprivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Holland
Jess Skeltje
Goldiera Beng
Rhageve
Germany
Lorey
Europe
Rock Island Time Cards Westbound and Local Trains
Timetable notes Rock Island line with westbound No 18 6 14 am No 87 local freight 9 55 am No 5 flyer 1 1 am No 17 local 2 45 pm No 7 flyer and local 9 27 pm. Passengers between Stuart and Council Bluffs daily except Sunday. Audubon and Griswold branches listed with arrival and departure times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Council Bluffs
Peaubound
Audubon
I Arriva Ea
Griswold
Local Funeral and Embalming Services and Tobacco Supply
Historic Atlantic area notices list Palmer School graduates and local offices for Peacock and Baxter, J L Winne furnitures, Earl Hobbs embalmer, DeWitt Manning funeral services, Osborne funeral director, Tomlinson funeral director, and Butler Transfer offering tobacco products and freight services. Contains multiple business names, addresses, and phone references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt M. Manning
Aulantle
Tora
C. B. Osborne
C. M. Tomlinson
Also Mentioned on This Page
TE Hun
O'Brien
Phe
Courtral
Persant
Royal Flying Corps
Rane
Foads
Hia
Rock Island
Atlantic Norther
DR. 0. & Mulling
S. Greenleafhusician
Postoffice
Fulton
del C. L. Campbell
Gillespie Building
Black
T. IL Swan H. B. Swann
Swan & Swan
H. 4
Boorman
Charles A. Grubb
Law Office
D. C. Herbert Abstracts of
East Fifth Street
NOYER
Noyer Chiropractors
Palmer School
Weat Fifth Street
Green
Realesence
W. Floyd Smith
Gil Chestnut Street
Atlantic
Iowa
E. A. Smith
Central Life Thrift Policies
Atlantic Beauty
King
St. Atlantia
Butler
Daten
Raibaliton
Eggers Bros
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