Refugees Describe United Germany Ahead of War
Boston and New England refugees aboard the Holland American liner Rotterdam report Germany as a single united nation ready to fight. They praise German treatment of Americans and recall conversations with German officers about swift victory and reclaiming personal belongings.
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New York
Germany
Boston
New England
Rotterdam
Hoboken
New
Berlin
Clayton Johns
Frothingham
Beisenach
Martin Luther
Henry E. Reuter
Sterlingale
Martha FE
W. &. Rueter
Conrad J. Rueter
Henry Claussen
Frances Claussen
Gardner Wegshburn
Europe
Rueter
Empire
Mr. Rueter
America
Belgium
Eugene Kuehnemann
Breslau University
Harvard University
United States
Refugees Reach New York as Liberty Welcomes War Wounded
Boston and New England refugees arrive in New York aboard the Minnetonka from London. A cheer greets the Statue of Liberty on arrival. George S. Dunham of Brockton recalls witnessing the landing of British expeditionary forces in Havre and details the wartime upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Havre
Chicago
London
Scotland
Archangel
North Cape
Belgium
Great Northern
Edinburgh
St. Pancras
Boston
New England
Minnetonka
John and
Duncan Foster
Bay State Road
James M. Smith
Milk Street
Archibald Welsh
Hartford
Margaret
Elizabeth
Francis O. Williams
Francis J. Williams
Helen Watson
James Street
George Lee
Willimantic
Conn
Bernice Everson
Whitman
Bessie Wheeler
New York
Atlantic Transport Line
George S. Dunham
Brockton
Lasell Seminary
Auburndale
Mass
Quincy
Bridgewater
Post
Refugee steamship Bergensfjord reaches Brooklyn
The Bergensfjord of the Scandinavian American line, sailing from Bergen on August 29, docked safely at the Bush terminal in Brooklyn on September 7. The voyage was uneventful with no warning cruisers encountered and Boston and New England passengers listed among the travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bergensfjord
Bergen
Bush Terminal
Brooklyn
Boston
New England
Sarah Paulson
Everett
Margaret
Elinor Rantoul
Salem
Percy Raymond
Cambridge
Igna Pearson
Worcester
Lars Ridderwold
Houstonic
Olga Thoen
English home front letter paints war strain and high grain costs
A Boston woman shares a letter from England detailing wartime hardships. She notes 24 shillings per sack of grain, keeping poultry, feeding pigs to aid rent, and a good haystack. The writer mentions neighbors sent to Spithead and France, a newborn baby, and Sickly fears as the fleet war looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Boston
Mr. Cheary
Spithead
Emmy Randall
France
Ditchling Commons Bur gess Hill Wartime Letter
A wartime letter from Ditchling Commons Bur gess Hill expresses calm under declared war. The writer notes worry from rumors and rising food prices but praises government efforts to stabilize prices and mentions earning 2 shillings sixpence per dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ditchling Commons
Burgess Hill
England
Minnie
War Letters Describe England's War Anxiety and Hope
Jessie writes from England during the early war days describing Molile in France, fear for Jim, and their chateau turned to aid wounded. She notes censorship, mobilizations, stockpiled troops, Belgian refugees, and daily dread as thousands march to New Haven and battle rages rattle nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Molile
France
Germans Fear Belgian Advance Near Brussels
Antwerp dispatch says German forces nervous about a Belgian push, their northward expedition meant to keep the Belgian army at home, not seize Antwerp. Brussels reports American minister Brand Whitlock appoints Max as secretary at the legation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Antwerp
Brand Whitlock
Burgemaster
Max
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Byron Croce
Schuyler Street
Roxbury
Minnie Goldsmith
Jennie Goldsmith
Commonwealth Avenue
Josephine Fence
New Haven
Henry Rueter
Martha E
William Rueter
Henry Clausen
Frances Clausen
Conrad Rueter
John Rueter
Gardner Washburn
William Sullivan
Thoeas J. Conaty
Pittsfield
Hyman Klinke
Holyoke
Oliva
Jane Sullivan
Middleboro
Annie KE. Trumbull
Charles Palsifer
Newton
Louis A. Frothingham
Clayton Johnson
Library Bureau
Federal Street
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Harrington
Temple Pl
Wast
Liberty
Gers
Phila
Tremont St
Emile Brunel
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AiBo
Masa
W.l.douglas
W.L. Douglas
Washington St
Essex St
Court St
Howard St
Hanover St
U. S.A
William
Arthur Cheary
Amey
Mollie
Brighton
Goodby
Jessie
Schlitz
Jos. Gahm & Son
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