Gunner Depew’s Escape From German Camp to Swiss Freedom
Gunner Depew recounts brutal camp conditions in Brandenburg and his release via Spanish ambassador and Swatts. He describes ration raids for bread and imagined meals, the grave detail after each death, selective injuries from a camp doctor, and a long transport to Switzerland ending on the dawn of freedom.
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Aony
Trandenburg
FH. M.S. Nomad
Jutland
Bennett
Chicago
Kelley
Gerard
Gunner Depew
Dulmen
State Department
Germany
Wilson
Brandenburg
Swatts
Albert
Geruaimy
Bellebote
Are
Sole
Arrival Back in the States After War Refugee Journey
The narrator recounts travel from Zurich to New York after wartime captivity, detailing welcomes from American officials and Swiss hosts, gifts, and media attention. He describes romanticized freedom, encounters with Germans in Zurich and Berne, and the pull to return to sea despite wounds and age. He sails via Spain to New York arriving July 1917, reflecting on service prospects and a restless desire to return to the sea.
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Valencia
Almeria
Malays
Cadiz
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
New York
New York Harbor
Marmoset's Rival: Mrs Walker Keeps Turtle Mascot
Mrs Eien Walker of Philadelphia keeps a land turtle as her mascot for twenty five years. The turtle travels with her in a plasket mode, spending summers in the Willir garden and winters in the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eien Walker
Philadelphia
Wiliir
Barbershop Conversation on a Change of Trade
The narrator recalls a barbershop dilemma as a customer asks why a barber shifted careers. The barber replies with blunt humor that better pay and quicker returns in a new trade outweighed his previous hedge trimming job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie
London
Thermostat Regulates Home Heat With Pneumatic System
A new thermostat uses pneumatic regulation to control residence temperature by switching electricity to a motor that opens or closes grafts in the heating system.
War Ends but Soldiers Face New Rural Future in Canada
The article argues returned soldiers should turn to farming to reenter society and help feed the world. It highlights Canada and U S opportunities, low land prices, strong agricultural education, and government support for farmers, stressing independence through farming and cross-border goodwill postwar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
Ternational
Canada
United States
Osanada
Men of Iron and the War's Colorful Tale
Capt Edward Beck of South Bend Indiana describes American colored troops in France as fearless fighters who feel no pain. He recalls a tester dropping mortar and a brick on a fellow soldier, who only then reacted, warning the mason to watch the mortar.
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Edward Beck
South Belt
Ind
France
South Bend
Had ite Drawbacks Mrs Carter's Guide on Marriage
Mrs. Carter notes Emma's view of marriage after three months, saying it is fine yet tedious. The exchange hints at social tensions and the idea that some men create chances for others to profit, reflecting cautious wit in a domestic scene.
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States
Rorschach
Germany
Zurich
St. Guillen
Francis B. Keene
Mr. Keene
Stussehof
Baur Au Lac
Harold McCormick
Chicago
Red Cross
Switzerland
Squada
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Albert N. Depew
Berlin
Lake of Constance
Lindau
Fey
Freuchman
Berne
St. Nazaire
Brest
Hull
England
Barcelona
Spain
C. Lopez Y Lopez
America
Europe
Farmera of
Pederal and Crovinehd
Cascara
Hill
Absorsine, JR
Liniment Fox Mankind
W. F. Young
Temple Street
Springfield
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