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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1914
Page
5
By a correspondent the article recalls the siege of Vitry le Francais near the Marne as French resistance halted a Teuton breakthrough. It describes shattered trees, cannon fire, and the threatened fall of Europe’s fairest city, with vivid imagery of battlefield devastation and strategic stakes.
A fragmentary diary style narrative covers kidney symptoms and home remedies then shifts to wartime scenes near the Marne and Vitry. It describes trench hazards, shell holes, a burned village, a ruined churchyard, and a nurse’s memory amid German aggression, ending with hunger and martial scarcity in a besieged town.
A Baltimore style legal notice reports a government action seeking 61 million dollars from Oklahoma alleging misappropriation in a three million acre railroad matter. The piece notes new German offensives at Dixmude with repulsed attacks and mentions Marshal J W Baker and others traveling for conferences.
A York assembly voice warns American women to heed health signs such as headaches backaches nervousness and depression. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a simple remedy made from roots and herbs to restore a healthy normal condition.
Mrs Sarah Box aged 67 died at her home on North Street Saturday night after a ten day illness due to pneumonia. Burial services were held at Mount Pleasant church Sunday afternoon. She had been a resident of Dothan many years. Survived by husband J R Box aged sixty five and by four daughters and three sons.
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