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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
3
Lieutenant Pat O'Brien recounts escape from Belgian and Dutch internment during wartime. He describes capture, negotiations, fellow detainees, and a cautious return toward freedom in Rotterdam, noting Dutch neutrality, consuls, and the peril of capture by German forces.
Pat O'Brien describes a perilous voyage to England escaping Germany, the delay from disaster, and the nerve shattering arrival in London. He recalls crossing with help, letters to his mother, and reporting to the war department while officials questioned him about German tactics, food conditions, and morale.
American Pat O'Brien recounts his escape from Germany and a rare audience with King George V at Buckingham Palace. The king congratulates him on his pluck, asks about treatment by Germans, and encourages future service, praising American efforts before the United States entered the war.
Lieutenant Louis Grand recounts return from Germany, a Christmas banquet at the Hotel Savoy hosted by a fellow officer who bet he would be home by Christmas. After surviving nine banquets he sails for home to Mere and a loving mother, then meets a former IBC lieutenant who fails to recognize him at first.
A captured airman recounts a tense meeting with a comrade from his flying days. He recalls a perilous fall, the belief he might be dead, and the strange satisfaction of returning to childhood hometowns in Momence, Illinois, after a long voyage home from foreign service.
A New Jersey camp preacher describes a busy Y M C A role beyond preaching. He tended fires, laundry, sports, ice cream sales, taught English, wrote home for boys, kept heart secrets, and safeguarded Liberty bonds. One night he housed blasting detonators for T N T mines, sleeping under high explosive danger.
The article traces how the name America entered use after Vespucci claimed discovery in 1497, the 1507 St Die judgment, and Waldseemüller’s Cosmographiae Introductio, noting later corrections about Columbus and Cabot. It contrasts a market basket vignette about a family flower with reflections on public perception and responsibility.
A collage of household advice and social notes touches on fashion trends, washing and laundry methods, and a window-closer device. It mentions schoolgirl fashions, a Hallway Mall Clerk’s group, and a boating era of travel, with a nod to Beel crops and farm machinery advances.
The War Council salutes 3,864 Red Cross chapters at their 1918 annual meetings. It notes enrollees climbed to over 206 million in members and 118,000 volunteers, with $325 million raised in war funds and $44 million in national headquarters products. Women produced 221 million articles and 192 million surgic al dressings, aiding France, Britain, and other fronts. The message emphasizes the organization as the mobilized heart of American service and calls for continued support this Christmas season.
A fragmentary wartime note expresses gratitude from an Italian soldier to a wife he credits with support through the American Red Cross. The piece hints at cross-national aid and personal ties forged during the conflict, reflecting bond between nations and individuals.
Fragmentary text presents officers and duties with jumbled phrases and names. The readable parts suggest a ceremonial or military context but lack clear events, dates, places, or outcomes to summarize into a coherent news item.
American Red Grass opens a dining facility in Greene Gardens London for U S Army officers and attached personnel. The restaurant aims to serve 250 patrons with meals provided by service staff, under supervision of Army representatives and local staff to support daily operations.
A Red Cross volunteer reports soldiers in a hard pressed village overrun by Germans. Cigarettes and a French chef’s meals provide rare relief as exhausted troops press forward through battle and bombardment.
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