Church towers for use in war in Belgium list of observation points
Berlin dispatch reports fifty six Belgian churches designated as military observation points in a British War Office guide on roads rivers and billeting. It details towers at Tournai Bruges Ghent Lokeren and more as prime signal stations with ranges of several miles. It notes Mont Saint Aubert St Trieste and Belfry Bruges among top vantage points and mentions possible use of convent clock towers for observation.
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Oswald F. Schuette
Chicago Daily News
Berlin
Germany
Belgium
British War Office
General Staff
H. E. M. Government
Tournai
Wournai
Renaix
Ste. Trieste
Mont St. Aubert
Mont St. "Aubert
Celles
Avelighem
Audenarde
Roubaix
Lille
Leuze
Pecq
Averghem
Mont de Venclus
Scheldt
Weghem
Bruges
Courtrai
Ghent
Antwerp
Lokeren
St Nicholas
St. Martin
Nieuwekerken- Waes
Termonde
Zele
Waesmunster
Overmeire
Enghien
Alost
Dendewindem
Minove
Riviere
Soignies
Godinne
Chievres
Bauffe
Lens
Rance
Philippeville
Marcinelle
Silenrieux
Hales
Valennes
Valcourt
Chaulet
Givet
Vieux Leuze
Maubeuge
Hal
Bettignies
Dinant
Eupen
Achene
Maffe
Woman of 40 No Chance in Belleville Suit for Breach
Miss Lillian West, 40, sues Frank Atwater of Belleville for 10000, claiming seventeen years of courtship and a broken engagement from 1906. She says she has suffered financial and emotional damage and that her age left her with little chance of marriage.
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Norwalk
Lillian West
Frank Atwater
Belleville
Miss West
Atwater
Best of France Behind German Lines Reveals Industrial Might
A National Geographic summary outlines that 10,000 square miles under German control in northern France hold nearly half of the country’s industrial output and a tenth of its population. It notes Pas-de-Calais Nord Aisne Ardennes Meuse and Meurthe-et-Moselle as iron coal and manufacturing centers with major mines furnaces mills and factories, plus dense agriculture and dairies.
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Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
France
Pas-de-Calais
Nord
Aisne
Ardennes
Meuse
Meurthe-et- Moselle
Republic
Great Republic
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Europe
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Belgium
Meuthe-et-Moselle
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Largest woman in America attends husband’s funeral
Alton Michigan report notes Mrs Claude Barber of Oklahoma City was the sole occupant of a funeral carriage at St Patrick s church. She weighed 635 pounds and drew a show title as the largest woman in America, occupying most of the carriage space at the service.
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Hack. Alton
Mich
Claude Barber
Oklahoma City
Okla
St. Patrick's Church
America
Lesson on David and Jonathan Friendship Gains Courage
A devotional analysis of 1 Samuel 20 32 42 outlining Jonathan’s loving loyalty to David. It contrasts Saul’s pride with true friendship, notes covenant faithfulness and the costly care of friends, and links to Christ as the ultimate ideal friend.
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Jonathan
David
Saul
Naroth
R. W
God
Jesus Christ
Frozen Macaroon Pudding
One pint whipped cream and staled macaroons rolled to a quarter pound with candied fruit chopped, plus sugar to taste. Flavor with vanilla or maraschino if desired. Freeze for three hours.
Oatmeal Cookies Recipe Fragment
A fragmented recipe lists ingredients for oatmeal cookies including one egg one cup sugar one cup lard two tablespoons molasses one half cup milk or water one teaspoon soda two of cream tartar two cupfuls oatmeal and the roast.
Night Watchman Judgment Call Sparks Legal Mixup
A new night guard in the department of justice followed an instruction to use his own judgment. He answered a California official by telegram that there was no known law against a requested act. The attorney general later noted the reply was accurate, as no such law existed.
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Department of Justice
California
Department
Washington Star
Getting All Sewed Up From The Front
A wounded soldier with two broken ribs sits up at home and smokes a cigar as a doctor checks healing stitches. The patient notes a stitch in the side, the doctor confirms it shows bones are knitting.
Easter Parade Observation Sparks Quiet Appraisal
In a brief exchange, Mr. Meekton recalls observing Henrietta walking in an Easter event and notes the scene felt more like a simple hike than a political display. He admits he enjoyed watching rather than participating.
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Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
No man who has tried to split kin dling with one believes
A half formed quotation challenges belief in the cherry tree myth attributed to George Washington. The saying notes that no person who attempted such tasks would credit Washington with chopping down the cherry tree using a hatchet.
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George Washington
Full dress suit fools as waiter by clerk double claim
A clerk wearing a full dress suit passes himself off as a waiter earning $600 while posing as a $1,200 staffer. The disguise highlights issues of deception and value in service roles observed in the local scene.
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Mlawa
Poland
B. 0. Sellers
The
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
I Samuel
Cain
Groters
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