Weaving Through War Trenches and Snow for Survival
An omnibus tale follows Smoke and Labiskwee fighting extreme cold and hunger as they trek west across frozen wilderness. Amid avalanches and frost, they cling to love, endure delirium, and face near death learning to trust each other and neighbor helped by Shorty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCan
Latskwee
Empke
Labiskwee
Smoke
Celed
Leceti
Valler
Vallers
Thays
Lebisenee
Ant
Suis Stolerm Frye
Incredipie Lore
Trom
Klondike
Avare
Benger
Jere
Ptarmigen
Lves
Shorty
Scotte
Shery
Whole gang ready to bike along
A rough fragment shows someone saying they would be ready to ride with others, planning to be parked up and ready to go. The text uses informal speech about horses and bikes and includes a playful tone with a casual greeting.
War Oddities for Here Have Jones and French 606
An odd wartime item notes Jones and French 606 as key figures in a terse report. The piece mentions Jews and a sighting with lines about extensive staff and professors, implying an engineering context and broad coverage. The fragment signals a feature on wartime engineering staff and notable individuals.
War Work Service and Shells at Exmouth in Devon
War effort details from Exmouth and Luddesdowne note locals aiding recruitment and nine sons serving in the forces. The piece contrasts wartime hardship with the humor and resilience of villagers, including a verse about weather, poverty, lending, and contentment, attributed to John D. Wells in the Buffalo News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luddesdowne
Eng
F. G. Goodwin
John D. Wells
Buffalo News
Inflammatory lines and quirky quips in humor column
A collage of jokes and snippets from vaudeville and daily life. The piece collects puns, faux conversations, and light anecdotes about cooking prices, burglar encounters, a furnace of pennywise humor, and a fire station tale, all framed in a playful newspaper voice.
Obituary for Lizzie A Cowder of Clearfield
Lizzie A Cowder wife of epi F Cowder died Sunday May 30 at her Daisy Street home. Born December 14 1865 in Lancaster County PA she married December 25 1890. The family moved to Clearfield in 1901. Survived by husband and children Chester Veryl Ethel Bernant Luther and mother Mrs Kate Esnings. Interment in Clearfield cemetery after services at Eleventh Street Methodist Church on Wednesday June 2 at 2 pm. A precious one from us is gone. God recalled the soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie A Cowder
Epi F. Cowder
Daisy Street
Lancaster County
Clearfield
Cowder
Chester
Veryl
Ethel
Bernant
Luther
Clearfied
Eleventh Street Methodist
Classified misprint prompts canine painter inquiry
A village station exchange features a hoket agent asking if a dog is a painter. The hunter, back to the city with an empty game bag, responds terse and unclear, noting the dog as a pointer.
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Caribas
Labiskwwe
Snevke
Toya
Sky
Mein
Tim Siuest
Erie
Fmoke
Labiekwee
Loti
Seon Wei
Labriskwee
Dove
McCluree
Teddy Herbert
Mattie
Herbert
Teddy
George Davis
Davis
Mattie Herbert
George Dayia
Herberta
Matte
Jones
Easity
Exmouth
Devon
Engsnd
Ben Tarr
Tye
Philadelphia Ledger
Jake
Jacko’ Lantern
Canatie
Washington Star
Samstraw
Ptick
Careleasnese
Rochester Union and Advertiser
Ass Snyder Bldg
Clearfield, Pa
Wille
H. & C. Phone Watts
Curwensville, Fa
Sudan
Joe Allagene Farm
Aldine
Texas
Feir
Dufton Hardware Co
Chall
J. L. Smith & Co
Curwensville
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