Allied forces in Archangel adapt to arctic Russia mission
Allied troops in Archangel number about six thousand, with American Red Cross support. Two ships carried 4,600 and 200 tons of food and supplies, including sugar, chocolate, lard, condensed milk, and cereals. Red Cross provisions, clothing, books, and entertainment goods ensure comfort and morale for winter. Major C. T. Williams leads the mission. a weekly Sentinel newspaper keeps families informed.
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Ponder
Arctic Circle
Archangel
Russia
France
England
Italy
America
Red Cross
John J. Frost
American Red Cross
American
Ascutney
London
Great Britain
Home Service Branch
The
Sentinel
United States
Wisconsin
O. K
C. T. Williams
Baltimore
Kirkpatrick
Army Medical Corps
R.L. Barr
D. O. Lively
W. H. Dudley
N. R. Clifton
H. M. Wyckoffs
J. A. Stalinski
R. L. Lewis
H. C. Hibbard
Aurora B. Merriam
Beatrice N. Gosling
Alma E. Foerster
Picture Brings Joe Home to Effie After Years Apart
A lonely man, Joe Annerly, longs for a picture from his hometown shop. A young woman, Effie Farmer, deposits on the same picture and fate brings them together when they meet in the rain. The photo becomes a symbol of home and reunion as Joe and Effie recall old friends.
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Joe Annerly
Joe
Bill Smith
Larry Jones
Effie Farmer
Joe Annerley
Effie
Soldier balks at scissors in hospital tale from war ward
A Ted Cross nurse at Army Debarkation Hospital No 3 recalls a southern Wildcat division soldier badly wounded at the Hindenburg line who screamed when his toenails were trimmed. The patient endured many operations, never lost consciousness, and faced pain with grit. The anecdote cites a New York Sun report.
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Ted Cross
Army Debarkation Hospital
Wildcat
Hindenburg Line
New York Sun
Peach Sugar Content Stands Low Among Fruits
Reading notes that the peach contains the least sugar of common fruits at about 1 percent, a fact cited in a brief nutritional observation.
Steak honored with salute by sleeping Mexican soldier
Thord Gray, veteran of the British army and Canadian expeditionary force chief of intelligence in Liberia, recounts his arrest in Hermosillo Mexico. A steak and champagne feast trigger a guard salute as a friend arrives with a proper meal, prompting Gray to praise the Mexican soldier's readiness when asleep.
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1. Thord-Gray
Liberia
Hermosilla
Sonora
Mexico
Gray
Equal to the Occasion in a Military Parade
A humorous scene describes a sentry at a post challenged by a man convinced he was letter-perfect for the part. The reply names Lieutenant Breckenridge, his wife, infant daughter, and a dog, with the sentry ordering formal acknowledgment and playful marching poses.
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Breckenridge
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Endorsed by Nebraska Woman
Mrs. Kopppelmann of McLean Nebraska recommends Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to women suffering from various disorders noting health improvements and a healthy baby. The ad urges trials for displacement inflammation ulcers irregularities backache headaches nervousness and the blues with a contact for Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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McLean, Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Koppelmann
R. No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
America
Lydia E
The Staring Man at the Diner
Mrs. Hopkins notices a stout man across the cafe fixed on her. Fear grows as she recalls Black Hand tales. Hopkins confronts the rotund stranger and discovers one eye is glass, shocking them both.
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Mrs. Hopkins
Black Hand Society
Pet
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