American Hero with Wooden Feet Becomes Airman in France
Owen Cobb Holleran of Atlanta lost both feet but refused to quit. After an initial discharge from infantry due to his prosthetics, he joined the British air service, earned a pilot license, rose to lieutenant and flight commander, and later became a captain.
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Atlanta
Dublin
Fusileers
British Air Service
Huns
France
Owen Cobb Holleran
Owen
Holleran
Leutenant
Holloran
E. G. Lowry
London
United States Army
Owen Cobb Iolleran
Captain Towry
Captain Lowry
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Athanta
Gray
New York
Scotland Yard
Trolleran Reeplied
Soen
Gallinall
Egypt
Gallipatli
Toller
Dublin Pusileers
Serbia
Llolleran
Plollorin
Sorhia
Georgie
England
Cliveden Hospital
Mrs. Astor
Lloleran
Mme
Tie
Halleran
Air Force
Owen Cobb Halleran
Dublin Fusiliers
Inter Tit
Owen Cobb Tloleran
Hero of Zeebrugge Dictated by Vindictive Captain in New York
In New York the Vindictive’s captain Captain Carpenter recalls the Zeebrugge raid and the battered ship. He notes his physical defect kept him from service yet he stayed in the British navy. An American base ball game scene and news of Captain Welleran’s capture add dramatic wartime color.
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Welleran
Leutenant
Helleran
Melleran
Holloran
Hin
Bocies
Holts
Captain Lowry
Castor Oil Imports From Orient Boost U S Airplane Motors
Thousands of gallons of castor oil arrive at Seattle from the Orient aiding airplane performance in World War II. The oil serves as a vital lubricant for motors, with domestic production limited and past crop failures. Imports are expected to rise as air travel expands.
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Seattle
Orient
America
United States
Judge frees man with flu in prompt dismissal case
In Thatsburgh PacWualter Sanowski was brought to criminal court but released after a doctor diagnosed influenza. The judge dismissed his case and Sanowski was sent to a hospital as onlookers fled.
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Judge Frees
Thatsburgh
PacWualter Sanowski
Sanowski
Sunowsai
Indianapolis
A. B. Anderson
Anderson
Asso
Tndianapolis
County Superintendents’ Association of Indiana
Goodrich
Evansvile
Evansville College
Moores Thi College
James Bethel Greshany
Mearnsville
Moores Brill College
Evansville
Methodist Episcopal Church
Captured Hun Band Plays Our Anthem in France
A captured German regiment band in France, members taken prisoner, performed the Star Spangled Banner in a credible salute. Corporal van We Albin of the Three Hundred Ninety Infantry reported the event. The band was captured during a surprise air raid, with specifics clarified in the letter.
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Pittsburgh
Pao
France
Gera Regiment
GO Places
van We Albin
Airarek
Indiana Winter Wheat Surges to Historic Acreage in 1918
Indiana reports 2,891,000 acres of winter wheat seeded for the season, up 22 percent from last fall and the largest on record. Nationwide, U S wheat acreage totals 49,027,000, with favorable fall weather boosting crop condition to 101 percent locally and strong root growth.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
George C. Bryant
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
L. C. Huesmann
State Labor Bureau
Huesimillin
State Hospital
Board of State Charities
G. F
Edenharter
Central Hospital For the Insane
Commission
Searmers
War Department
Tnehamapolis
Medical Adviser and Dr Pierce remedies promoted to home care
The ad promotes the Medical Adviser a 1068 page cloth bound book with sections on First Aid Bandaging care of the sick physiology and hygiene available in drug stores or by mail. It also touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for home women in Tennessee and shares a testimonial from Mia Guan praising the remedies.
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Jeffersonville
United Brethren Churches of
Lenaers
Bloomligtone
Purrodsburg
Sudthuille
Bloomington
Didisnapolis
Indiannapolis
Unipe
Stanteys Wyekalt
Mla
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Tennessee City
Tenn
Giret
Asl
Mia
Bertie Guan
Deserted island prayer appeal in rough voyage tale
Two shipwrecked sailors endure hunger and cold on a desert island. One asks the other if he can pray or sing, then proposes they raise a religious collection to ease their misery.
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Bileno
Dead Shot Worm and Tapeworm Expulsion Claim
An advertisement touts Dr Peerys Dead Shot as a single dose worm expeller with no follow up needed. It also promises gastric toning and a tip about watering hanging plants using a funnel to prevent spills. The text ends with a grim note about a killer never leaving a memory hole.
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Dr. Peery
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Robert Plaughen
Chintonin
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Richard Allen
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William A. Murjot
Transmer
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Federal
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