War Prisoners Lot: A Look at Treatment and Rules
The article surveys prisoner of war conditions amid European conflict. It notes 80,000 Russians captured, and describes English and German practices, electric fences, and adherence to Hague and Geneva provisions. It stresses humane treatment, capture protocols, and the code of honor governing POWs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
German War Department
East Prussia
Ortelsburg
Hohenstein
Tannenburg
England
Aldershot
Wales
France
Morocco
Yale Bowl Progress and Cross Country Dates
Live notes detail rapid progress on the Yale Bowl seating and facilities for 61 000 spectators with a 12 foot walk around the embankment and a two thousand car parking spur. Also announced are Dec 5 and 12 cross country championships at Van Cortlandt Park and cooperation from New York city's park commissioner for event support.
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Yale
Bow
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
New York
Grand Central Station
Justice Bartow
Weeks
van Cortlandt Park
New York City
Frederick W. Butten
Metropolitan Association
Thomas W. Whittle
Whit
Thanksgiving Girl Keeps The Kitchen Bright
A Detroit Free Press poem extols the forty year old wife as the reliable Thanksgiving girl who can prepare turkey stuffing and pie. It contrasts seasonal maidens with a mature spouse who cooks, cares for home, and keeps domestic cheer, ending with affectionate praise for Nellie as the Thanksgiving girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu
Nellie
Detroit Free Press
Thanksgiving Humor Across Papers From Turkeys To Automata
A fragmentary collage of vintage quips and jokes from several papers. It mixes turkey humor about roosting and aviation with a clock dough pun and a career gag about finding a manager. The tone mirrors early 20th century light humor in a compressed, headline-like style.
Why the Turkey Is King on Thanksgiving Day
An illustrated essay extols the turkey as American symbol and centerpiece of Thanksgiving. It traces the fowl’s history from Montezuma’s court to Europe, notes Rhode Island and Kentucky as key production areas, and describes current slaughter, packing, and festive traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press Association
Benjamin Franklin
Uncle Sam
Alaska
Philippines
Europe
Turkey
Solomon
Govide
Kaiser
Austria
America
Mexico
Montezuma
Spain
Cortes
England
Indies
Thode Island
Connecticut
Kentucky
Rhode Iland
Bowie Lis
Caesar
Queer Diplomatic Message About Sausages Before War
The last Franco Prussian war telegram from Count Benedetti to Paris mixed with a pork butcher Benedict's commercial telegram. The exchange included a bizarre line about not putting fuel seasoning in sausages, causing astonishment among recipients as war news arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Count Benedetti
Foreign Office
Benedict
Count Benedett
London Standard
Just Tonabie Thanksgiving Hearts and Willing Bands
The fragmentary text presents a garbled line about Thanksgiving hearts and willing bands. Readable segments suggest a period-era tone or poem fragment with names or phrases obscured by OCR errors. No clear event, person, or place can be confidently identified from the legible wording.
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Tonabie
Miligige
tajtaRie
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Ran Press Assoc
Aing
Bruges
Belgium
London
American Prose Associati
Rastus
Chicago
Evening Pont
Washington Star
Chrismas
Atlanta Constitution
Boston
Gabe
Steve
Uinelnwat Enquirer
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