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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
2
An anonymous confession from a soldier in the German engineers corps recounts invasion of Belgium, brutal house to house fighting at Neuve Chateau, mass casualties, and German orders to level cities. He describes thirst, hunger, and cruelty toward civilians, including poisoned water rumors and terror in villages.
The group recalls forming a close circle to help frightened citizens during German occupation. They visited homes to calm fear and wrote chalk messages declaring themselves friends. They note widespread Belgian executions fueled by German officer aggression and a militarized crackdown.
A soldier describes the German army as powerful though overextended, with troops detaching 70 to 80 men to haul mortars and ropes when guns were moved off highways. They reach Abertrix where burning houses line the streets, civilians executed in front of homes, including a man, a woman, and two children.
A German officer rebukes soldiers for giving food to a woman refugee with eight children. The next installment describes refugees suffering as German forces sweep through Belgium into France.
A compact note on the Jerusalem artichoke, its origins and cultivation. Prof T D A Cockerell praises its value as food for man and beast and explains the etymology from Moorish alkinishos to artichoke. The plant is a tuber on sunflowers and was spread in Europe after introduction to Italy and France.
The New York Connecting Railway bridge known as the Bell Gate bridge spans three miles of elevated approaches and carries four tracks. It is a major engineering feat and a vital trade route for passenger and freight traffic. The live load capacity is 12 tons per foot, with a structural load of 26 tons per foot, comparable to 45 large locomotives in motion.
A Swiss frontier incident involved 60 persons crossing for a masked ball in a small town. As cars approached the frontier, Swiss sentinels fired, halting the convoy. German soldiers were among the occupants, who escaped. cars contained large quantities of soap chocolate butter leather and fat seized by authorities.
Off to capture with ironies and humor, the narrator recalls Hugh Gibson secretary to the American legation in Belgium when war broke out. He describes a Belgian house once occupied by German officers and later evacuated as their army retired.
Judge William G. Onate praises Eatonics remedy from Washington, D C, claiming it improves appetite and digestion. Office workers and many suffer dyspepsia and gas. advertisement promises gas expulsion and bloat relief with a money back guarantee. Buy a box from your druggist for a low daily cost.
Albert Spalding of New York, son of A G Spalding, a lieutenant in the American aviation service, played the violin at a tea in Rome hosted by Signora Diaz. His performance drew enthusiastic audience reaction, and he explained his service amid war aims by saying the violin alone would not win the war.
The Mi nois Jewelers association reports a wartime surge in diamond and precious stone buying. Purchases rose over 50 percent from any year in the past fifty, with more people buying high grade watches and jewelry like brooches bracelets and pins. Col John L Shephard of New York predicts a larger investment rush next year.
A reflective remark on national symbols and propriety. The text questions lightness in national emblem symbolism and suggests every humorous take should carry a meaningful lesson.
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