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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1919
Page
3
A romance set amid the American Army in France describes love and hardship on wartime battlefields. The narrative follows soldiers and nurses amid sieges, with themes of courage and devotion under fire.
Lieut Mark Wallace is wounded at Santiago and finds a dead traitor in a hut with a girl. He adopts the child, learns the traitor sold secrets to an international gang. Years later he faces Eleanor and Kellerman, tracks a mysterious man to Mrs Kenson gambling house, and resigns after missing documents reappear.
Captain Wallace visits Ada Kenson after a cryptic call. She reveals she leads an international peace group with influence in Washington and proposes he work as a paid agent. Wallace refuses and is ambushed in a dark hall, blurring lines between patriotism and treachery.
Mark Wallace and Hartley flee through a cellar door as raiders overwhelm the Kenson house. In safety Hartley confesses a trap and vows to aid Wallace, who pledges to stand by his ally and expose the conspiracy to clear his name. They plan future action to destroy the Kenson gang.
The Boy Scouts of America outline who may wear the uniform and when. Eligible are enrolled boys twelve and older including associate, pioneer, veteran scouts, and certificated service members in good standing, plus all adult officials. It may be worn at meetings, hikes, camps, rallies, church services, official duties, and exams during the war, but not while soliciting funds, campaigning politically, performing on stage, or during unauthorized parades. A boy loses the right to wear the uniform if he ceases to be a scout through nonregistration or expulsion.
General Baden Powell sends greetings to American Sea Scouts praising the movement. He notes Sea Scout popularity in Britain and urges U S youths inland or coastal to join, highlighting Twain’s sea scouting inspiration and James A Wilder’s program as a boom. He cites wartime service opportunities and river and lake resources for practice.
A cablegram to the Boy Scouts of America at 200 Fifth Avenue New York from Archangel Russia reports that the First Archangel Boy Scouts union sends greetings to American colleagues. The note implies allied forces are restoring livable conditions in Russia amid German and Bolshevik disruption.
In a war weary scene Corporal Weston is hailed and rushes to report to the matron Negeting at the base hospital. The base echoes with distant guns as orderlies assemble for a convoy from the front led by Hartley.
Private Weston of the medical service meets former companions by chance and gains a new perspective. The incident unfolds in a forthcoming installment, revealing how events lead to his awakening.
The first successful iron and steel mill in southern Russia, founded forty years ago by Hughes, anchors Yuzovka as a major steel center in Ukrainia, bearing his name in honor.
Mrs Alice Heller of Christopher Illinois reports four years of irregularities and nervous weakness cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the tonic with making her regular and healthy and recommends the remedy for female troubles. The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co offers guidance for ailments.
Retribution acts as a watchful guardian over life’s path, and many people attempt to evade its presence. The saying implies moral consequence follows actions and urges steadiness in conduct.
An advertisement extols Boschee’s Syrup as a trusted remedy for coughs bronchitis colds and throat settles. It claims fifty one years of nationwide use providing restful nights easier morning expectoration and natural healing, with the product made in America and sold for over fifty years.
A nostalgic description of how Christmas creches are set up in French churches from villages to cathedrals. It recalls figures from the Nativity, the realistic addition of a shepherd dog, and families visiting la Sainte Vierge et le petit Jesus. The scene portrays generations coming together after work to observe the holy tableau.
A New Brunswick scout highlights the twelve points of the scout law with traits like trustworthy loyal helpful friendly courteous kind obedient cheerful thrifty brave and reverent. The note humorously credits the father with consideration, but focuses on the rabbit loving scout.
In New Bedford Massachusetts the Spanish influenza struck suddenly and spread rapidly. The emergency medical relief committee chairman appealed to boy scouts for help. Six scout troop headquarters and three hospitals in Fairhaven were opened, with city emergency hospitals set up to treat patients.
A Louisville Courier Journal note cites a gag where a child asks why a parent is punishing him, with the punchline pointing to the uncle’s habit of delivering a firm whack as the comic end. The line reflects humor about parental discipline in vintage comic papers.
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