Marines Worldwide Notes From Island Outposts
Letters from Corpl Lester F. Scott and Lieut Carroll J Single describe Bluebeard legends in the Virgin Islands and Rhine border life in Germany. Marines on Guam and in Charlotte Amalie share daily duties, travel, and encounters with locals, castles, and jungles.
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Bluebeard
France
Virgin Islands
Lester F. Scott
Thirty-fifth Company
United States Marines
Charlotte
Amalie
Amalie In the Title Island
United States
Leeward Islands
Charlotte-Amalie
Blackbeard
Germany
Rhine
Lieut
Carrol J. Single
Sixth Regiment of Marines
Stockton
Cal
Lake That Disappears In Georgia's Viadosta Region
A three mile long lake near Viadosta Georgia vanishes every three to four years then reappears regardless of weather. It is three quarters of a mile wide with an average depth of 12 feet. Water exits via subterranean passages leaving a mammoth sandy basin for two to three weeks. Water returns after about a month restoring the lake over two to three weeks.
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Georgia
Viadosta
Next Scientific Triumph Thrift Magazine Snippet
The passage jokes about future scientific triumphs after an Atlantic crossing and mockingly imagines a shirt stud that resists exploding at dramatic moments, satirizing the era’s eagerness for grand developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Weater
Thrift Magazine
Indiana News highlights diverse early 20th century events
Lafayette celebrates Rev. John R Dinnen's golden Jubilee. Rev. W. E. Anderson declines a Neb. church offer. Lightning kills Andrew Richardson and Albert Hansen near Losantville. drowning near South Bend endangers Tarnest Rogers and Francis Van Fleet. County taxes rise. several local leaders change posts. Community notes cover bridges, annexations, and planned public works across multiple Indiana towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
John R Dinnen
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Greenfield
W. E. Anderson
Christian Church
Cty
North Platte
Neb
Richmond
Andrew Richardson
Arty-siz
Albert Hansen
Brazil City
Kokomo
Tifford Carter
Nicholasville
Lebanon
William P. Kibbey
Jackson Township
Boone County
James A. Bowman
Advance
Cleve Boodwin
Huntington
First Church of Christ
Linton
Teachers’ Union
Stockton Township
Catte
Jesse Eschbach
State Board of Accounts
James Roach
Rochester
John E. Troutman
Akron
Here
Joe Keever
Newcastle
Portland
Waysrith
Union Traction Company of
Indiana
Delamore
Cartwright
Notre Dame
United States
University of Notre Dame
Joseph Schrembs
Toledo
Maes
James A. Burns
Plymouth
Board of Commissioners
Yellow River
Luton
Conagraville
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Ie Marines
Joe
Gladys
Aliso
Bronx
Rhineland
Tirei
America
Paris
Baden
Ponce de Leon
Florida
Neuenahr
Wienbergen
Brohl
Captain Stone
Guam
Corp
Fred G. Taylor
South Sea
Corporal Taylor
Philippines
States
Walla
LY Lee Des
Pre Buca
Ow” Gerllainy
Indiana News
Fort Wayne
Jonn Urim
Ste
Tocsin
Wells County
Winamac
Sullivan
Hymera
Warsaw
Charles A. Rigdon
Center Lake
Vincennes
Louis A. Wilkerson
Adler M. Lyons
Evansville
Evanaville
Alexandria
Alexandria Preserving Company
Spem
Ron
Roy Belkin
Monroe Township
Muncie
George Anderson
Clyde Benadum
Harvey Lawson
Greencastle
A. Wade
DePauw University
Lagrange
Noah K. Blough
Frankfort
Constance Taylor
Liverpool
England
Jesse L. Cox
Columbus
Heart Wagner
Bartholomew County
Princeton
Lemuel Gentry
Spurgean
Methodist Hospital
Elwood
Soldiers’ Memorial Commission
Callaway Park
Purdue University
Agricultural Experiment Station
Terre Haute
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Frederick EH
Overholser
Liberty Light and Power Company
Greeville and Richmond
Boston
Chicago
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