Escape and endurance in a German POW camp report
An American prisoner describes Dulmen and Brandenburg camps near the Dutch border, rough treatment, disease, and improvised coffins. He recalls frequent escape attempts, brutal baths, lack of medical care, and the relief felt when Ambassador Gerard visited, spurring talk of better conditions and eventual release.
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Stimson
States
Boston
Lever
Toyself
Dulmen
Othur
Dizmude
Dardanelles
Georgie
Ger- Mab
Georgic
Moone
Aoen
America
Regi
Baltimore
New London
Ma‘rinoad
Tadmit 1
Mr. Gerard
Ambarsator
Lafterward
bin Ist
Hell-Holce
Germany
Micory
Ambaccador
Gerard
Gerard T
Ansar ‘Jean Navy
Garley
U, G
Wale
Hell Hate of Germany Camp Experience Recalls Englishwoman
A narrative from Brandenburg describes marching to a camp and a Liverpool Englishwoman who conversed with soldiers in song, questioned German reports, and claimed her children were imprisoned. She followed for blocks before guards dispersed her as the march continued to the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulmen
Brandenburg
Havel
Germany
Strouts
Liverpool
Sabe
Prisen
Low Meat Prices Drive Farmers to Raise Less Livestock
The piece explains that when farmers cannot fetch adequate prices for cattle, they reduce production, which lowers supplies to packers. Swift & Company explains that while prices yield only a fraction of a cent in profit per pound, it funds plant operations, freight, refrigeration, and branch offices, aiming to expand plants and improve service nationwide.
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Hera
Helnia
Dulmen
Fritz
Paris
Swift & Company
United States
Large Back Scratcher Novelty Pies Amaze Children
A Cleveland Plain Dealer reader reports a neighbor bought three pies and quartered them in the yard, calling the sight a novelty. Children watch eagerly as the pies seem to scratch themselves, prompting a four year old to joke about the pies scratching with a horse.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pope's Diapepsin For Indigestion
An old advertisement notes Pope's Diapepsin relieves sour stomach indigestion belching and acid distress instantly after taking one or two tablets. The copy promises quick, harmless relief and urges purchase at drug stores with a humorous Louisville Courier-Tourist aside.
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Pope
Drog Btoraa
Adv
Fragmented offer notice with broken names and numbers
A damaged OCR fragment shows an offer of two hundred dollars for a person named Cano and various garbled lines mentioning debtors, a person Halli Cararee, Patarat Medich, and internal notes. Details are incomplete but imply a financial or debt collection context.
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Halli
Cararee
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France
Ain
Cassard
Ighapter
Gatard
Dal- Aestphalias
Gerpiaky
U.S. A
Pape
Louisvilla Cowrier-Tourntul
Phoenix
Ona Dolla
Continental Chemical Co
Denver
Calo
Lees Aa
Epee
SSN
Nerreeenet Cs
Odd's
Moyarsiuld
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