Battle Shadows and a Child in the Santiago Wilderness
Lieutenant Wallace of the Seventieth New York is wounded in June 1898 near Santiago. In the jungle he discovers a little girl named Eleanor whose father, an American planter, is dead from a shell. Wallace vows to protect her as he is carried to the base hospital, where the doctor contemplates adoption but warns of a long recovery ahead.
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Mark Wallace
Seventieth New York Regiment
Santiago
Wallace
Red Cross
Jaway
Leutenant
Sagan
Jie
Eleanor
Linares
Mark
Crawford
West Point
Kellerman
Johnson
Man
Major Howard
Howard
Lilires
Soames
Murray
Texas Rangers
Pennsylvania
Bride of Battle and the Man Who Came Back
Foreword frames Victor Rousseau’s wartime romance as a brisk up-to-the-minute novel of America’s world conflict. The tale centers on a soldier who returns from disgrace to serve on French battlefields, reflecting chivalry, bravery, and devotion to the army he once left behind.
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America
France
Victor Rousseau
Plans For The Child Revealed In Lieutenant Wallace Tale
Lieutenant Wallace drafts plans for the child in his care but is stunned by revelations from his commanding officer Major Howard as the incident unfolds in the next installment.
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Wallace
Major Howard
Thie
Truly King of BirdsExpresses Awe for Bald Eagle Strength
A fragment quotes T Gilbert Pearson of the Audubon Society praising the bald eagle as the national king of birds. He recalls an encounter on a Southern prairie where he observed an eagle lifting a lamb while feeding in shade under a small bush.
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T. Gilbert Pearson
Audubon Society
Iron Deposits Drive Russian Steel Growth in Ukraine
Within Ukrainian boundaries lies the principal iron ore deposits fueling Russia's rapid steel industry expansion. The Krivol Reg district deposits have driven this growth, making about seventy percent of the nation's iron and steel output dependent on ore from Ukraine. The southern part of the country anchors this ore-rich region.
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Ukrainia
Ukrainis
Rtussia
Krivol Reg
Rotor
Quote on luck and causation from Emerson
A compact reflection noting Emerson's view that successful men are causationists who reject luck. It asserts that value comes from flaw and effort, suggesting nothing is gained without work.
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Emerson
Iowans Reported Killed in Action in France
The list names many Iowa men reported killed in action or died of wounds or disease in France during the war. It also notes a labor commissioner statement on drafts and workers, six Iowa men receiving second lieutenants’ commissions, Camp Dodge quarantine visitation rules, a Dunlap area protest against a German paper, University of Iowa influenza measures, and Lieut Chester R. Howard earning the Distinguished Service Cross and an honorable mention for gallantry at Trugny.
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France
Snet
Philip A. Brooks
Uynn
Dave Whalen
Tipton
Bryant JD. Badger
Counc! Bluffs
Walter 5. Sayer
Didora
Glenn B. McKinnon
Burt
John & Marshal
James Thomas Nevins
Dubuquey
Harvey L
Norman
Hubbard
Leo M. Cochran
Letts
Willis F. Woodward
Peru
William H. Reddner
Davenport
William Parker
Mverast
George A. Aldinger
Hampton
Murrell W. Starnes
Ottumwa
Walter F. Meyer
Burlington
Leo P. McHuga
Cumming
Este Powers
Kingsley
G. C. Winter
Willisea
Clifford J. Dimmitt
Fairfield
Thomas H. Harmer
Cedar Rapids
William BE. J. Maloney
Charles J. Schmidt
Waterloo
Walter H. Lcott
Ledyard
Ralph Willis
Iowa City
Mark Pooley
Webster City
Fred U. Peetz
Clinton
Glenn J. Mathews
Farmersburg
John C. Henrichs
Atlantic
Everett McManus
Aurelia
George ©. Hardinger
Garrison
Dimitrios G. Stratikopuls
Council Bluffs
George Bauer
Keokuk
Frank Daniel Nowack
Des Moines
Albert
Dethiefts
Manning
Dennis Enright
Manchester
Glen A. Morgan
New Boston
Hodges
North Delwein
Clement J. O'Rourke
Dubuque
Albert E. Schitkie
Waukon
Robert L. Wester
Arlington
Clyde
Heer
Kepeauqua
John B. Wold
Hesper
Emory M. Cox
Newburg
James L. Rooney
Howard P. Zettle
Sioux City
A. L. Urick
Urick
Iowa
Field Artillery Officers’ Training School
Camp Zachary Taylor
Louisville, Ky
John Wallace Burcham
Harlan
William Joseph Kilpatrick
Randolph
Donald Hugo Stamp
Primgbar
Lloyd George Wilhelm
Perry
Ralph Clintor Williamson
Camp Dodge
W. €. Butler
Base Hospital
Dunlap
Arion
Dow City
Denison
University of Laws
Howard
Military Academy
West Point
Trugny
Chester R. Howard
Mount Vernon
One Hyndred Fourth Infantry
Mra
Women urged to study nursing and home care in new guide
An appeal praises women’s sacrifices and calls for war nursing and home nursing education. It promotes the Common Sense Medical Adviser with chapters on First Aid, Bandaging, Anatomy, Hygiene, and care of the sick, available for 50 cents from Publisher in Buffalo New York. It also touts Dr Pierce medicines as tonics for weak or nervous women, with testimonials from Mrs Blackburn about improved health and strength after treatment.
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Common Sense
Washington Street
Buffalo
Pierce
N. Y
Aturphyeboro
Hlackburn
No. 14Th St
Panama and the Canal Zone Palm Reflections
R F Chaddock of Benton Harbor supplies a private brochure titled Panama and the Canal Zone drawn from his Vacation Letters. He argues Twain failed to fully capture the beauty of Panama palms and jungle scenery, praising royal palms and orchids high in ceiba and aba trees while questioning if any words can express the tropical harmony.
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Mark Isvain
R. F. Chaddock
Benton Harbor
Mich
Panama
Canal Zone
Twain
Chasdocks
Ceibn
White Man Stops to Eat in Sioux Loyalty Note
A South Dakota Indian agricultural school teacher commends Sioux loyalty amid quiet enlistment. Neighbour Prisking lk recalls old hostilities, noting contrast between past hunger during battles and present routine of eating between fights. Outlook.
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South Dakota
Prisking 'Lk
Home forms one power that can thrill the heart
A fragment recalling a nostalgic idea that the old home holds a strength to stir the heart with an unseen song. The line hints at sentiment and memory as a powerful, enduring force.
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