Outwitting the Hun in a Belgian City
Lieutenant Pat O’Brien recalls five days living in disguise in a Belgian town under German occupation. He scavenged food, hid in a wine cellar as troops searched, observed German soldiers and Belgian reactions, and risked moving between streets and a theatre to secure safety and sustenance while plotting his frontier march toward Holland.
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Cours
Mihough
Wwe
Huy
Niger
Holland
Ted Bern
Traul
L Coult
Hayliger
van Roan
Belgic
Huyliger
Big City
Sown
Haywrek
Halland
Destroyer strength and a salt fate in wartime notes
The piece extols destroyers as rugged ships that shrug off damage and keep convoy duties, noting their flex hulls and steady pace despite torpedo hits. It also highlights a salt industry study showing little profit due to abundant supply, while salt remains unused in munitions.
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Bureau of Mines
United States
Popular Science Monthly
Praying Palm Tree Dead Doctor Fitted For Leader
A Faridpur palm tree once famed for daily self-bowing and temple rites has died. Reported cures from offerings drew many pujahs and attention from Sir J C Bose who recorded plant movements. He concluded vegetation responds to environment, hinting at plant perception and broad medical-law implications for public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faridpur
Ilevata
J. C. Bose
J. C. Rose
Making Her Useful at Aunt's Table During Dimmer Time
Earl begs to sit beside his headache afflicted aunt and nags until she warns her head hurts and things go round. He asks her to pass the potatoes when the dish comes around. A note on Japanese superstitions links a light house to happiness and a morning spider to pleasure while a night spider signals bad luck.
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Earl
Dimmer
Japan
Genesis Call of Abram and God's Sevenfold Promise
A 1918 Bible study note on Genesis 10 1 to 9 focuses on Abram's call to separation from his homeland and family, followed by God’s sevenfold promise. It emphasizes faith that leads to obedience, divine blessing, and the role of Abram as head of a new nation destined to bless all families of the earth.
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Abraham
Noah
Abram
God
Isimmel
Aso
Christ
Israel
Do Your Best and Stay Focused, Readers Noted
Fragmentary motivational note urges effort and attention as keys to success. Text stresses that effort improves mind and discourages disappointment, though several words are garbled. Reflects a historical style of exhortation urging concentration and self-improvement.
Woman's Remedy Claim Prompts Implied Misery Letter
A testimonial from Mrs Lizzie Courtney at 10 Any Ave describes years of misery. The letter urges women suffering from displacement, irregularities, inflammation, ulcers, backache, or nervousness to try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The message notes the remedy's long experience and offers the company address in Lynn Massachusetts for trials.
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Oskaloosa
Lizzie Courtney
Lydia E. Pi Bam
Vice
Lydia E. Pinkham
First Lesson in Swimming and Army Bugle Calls in War Times
A brisk compendium of curios from Forest and Stream notes a muskrat mother guiding her young to swim and seeking shelter from a wary shore. An Alsatian correspondent in France finds Joyous astonishment at bugle tunes among American troops, traced to Lafayette in the War of Independence. Uncle Joe Canton recalls a wedding guest’s tears over a daughter’s departure, with a joking mother-in-law twist.
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Ax Combal Pierre
David Starr Jordan
France
Lafayette
Washington
Springfield
Mass
Joe
Joe Canton
Mllnois
Look What's Here At Srot Barracks Night Patrol
A young man on sentry duty near the barracks initially hesitates beneath the challenge “Who goes there?” and after a moment of deep thought blurts out a startled call, “Look what's here!” signaling a surprising breach of protocol on his first shift.
Sending good money after bad
A brief note critiques pouring further funds into a failing effort, arguing it worsens the reputation of the party or project by sustaining a losing course instead of cutting losses. The remark frames the practice as inefficient and risk laden for stakeholders.
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Lieutenant Pat O'Brien
Buyliger
Mmm
Rem T
Sibiely
America
Woliier
Attrartion
Fies
Portia
Talwass
New York Herald
Zimmermin
Belgium
Mini
Eut
Essen
Don
Wilet
Eli¢Er
Ibly
Theatre
Deer Garden
Gould
Destroyer
James P. Connally
Coller
Charthouse Gang
Frederick Peterson
Iits
YB. Eitzwater
Ein Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Tinton
P. D. Moody
Maryland Tract Society
D. L. Moos
Lau Ghid
Giorge
Muskrat
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