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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1915
Page
3
John Morse recounts his year with Russians and Germans after fleeing Germany. He describes a Polish town massacre, shelling horrors, Cossack charges, and brutal combat, including frostbite from freezing conditions and escape from a German firing squad before reaching Riga.
In an Atlantic City hotel wedding scene guests scribble wishes as the couple writes. The bride seeks help spelling a word, annoying an old man nearby who is relieved when the groom leaves. The bride then asks how to spell Cincinnati and is told Cincinnati honey by Mr. Grouch.
Four year old Donald, scrapping with an older boy, cleverly shouts for his mother. No response leads to the other boy continuing, until Donald loudly calls again, hoping to summon a rescuing parent.
The university president shows extreme distress with dark circles, pale cheeks, and tremulous lips after recounting a nightmare in which the trustees demanded he pass the freshman entrance exam. His wife asks about his ailment as he reveals his shattered nerves.
Two men on the way to work notice a crowd of women gathered before a department store doors. The group bands to follow last night's ad urging customers to come early to avoid the rush.
A torn supplicant asks a benevolent, selfless woman for old clothes for a European war victim. He explains his wife sent their garments to the Belgians, leaving him in need. The exchange reveals hardship caused by the conflict.
Bil the poet bursts into his friend's room mad at a newspaper compositor who altered his opening line My son! My plainy counterpart to My son! my pig my counterpart revealing a comic printing mistake and quarrel over a poem.
A mother’s harsh threat fuels a frightened four year old on his first errand to fetch flour. Each trip to the grocer ends with the boy in tears as the clerk’s whispered promise to “attend to you in a minute” terrifies him.
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