Prison Camp Mischief and Surviving the Germans
The narrator recounts being moved to a prison barracks where hundreds of Russians and Belgians died from disease and inoculations after a German warned of typhus. He befriends a sentry, hides wood for the hospital, and schemes for food with fellow prisoners, including a Barbadoes cook and an English officers’ barracks, amid scarce rations and brutal conditions.
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Fmin
Schwartz
Iuess
Swatts
Sal
Jim
Jhmn
Germany
Cambrian Range
Despair and Freedom in a German P.O.W. Camp
In Brandenburg, a French fireman Fontaine and two others disappear at roll call leading to a brutal punishment sequence. Food is scarce as guards enforce harsh discipline. escapes by Russians and Britons color daily life. The narrator details hunger, forced march to a lake, killing cold, and the grim coping of prisoners.
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Fontaine
Cambrian Range
Nomad
Ontalie
Brandenburg
Fantaine
Burrnecks
Kurtur
Sentry Snags Messenger in Germany Barracks Return
A correspondent recalls a field march through mud and bread in Germany then slipping past barbed wire only to be halted by a sentry. He fears a rift with Kate though suspects the guard acted alone. He carried carrots and graham flour for an ally and was booted back to his old barracks.
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Barbadoes
Jim
Tit
Kate
Garden Gate
Hospital
Slim
Siim
Wood
Germany
Ike
Force of Compressed Air in Simpson Tunnel
The article describes air resistance in the twelve and one half mile Simpson tunnel. A ventilation system moves 3550 cubic feet per second with two blast fans at Brig and two exhaust fans at Iselle. Trains face significant resistance, limiting speed to 15.5 mph with current and up to 35 mph downhill despite gravity.
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Simpson
Brig
Iselle
Traina
Joy of Motherhood Prompts Praise in Ellensburg
Mrs. O. R. Arline of Ellensburg Wash credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from ill health after marriage and childbirth. She says the remedy helped her regain strength to perform housework and care for a young child, a result she attributes to the medicine's 40 years of experience and its claim to assist women with female functions.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ariaine R
Pinkham
Lydia EB
Lynn
Inventor Develops Collapsible Para Sol Converts to Knitting Bag
A woman invents a parasol that can be collapsed and transformed into a knitting bag. The ad also promotes Cuticura remedies for dandruff and itching with instructions to use Cuticura Ointment and Soap and to request free samples from Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston. Available at druggists or by mail, prices listed.
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Dept. X
Boston
Evidence of Electric Car Sparks in Military Ride
The quoted remark notes a coquettish girl’s car as electric and jokes that the military sparks have been riding in it, suggesting a charged or provocative context. The line hints at social commentary or gossip about technologized transport and military presence.
What Kind of Fish Is That Judge Interjects
Mabel questions the fish on the plate asking if it is trout Norma suggests asking the chef The chef confirms the fried fish is what it is in a brief restaurant scene with a judge present
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Mabel
Norma
Hazel the new cook with mud smeared hands
Hazel, a young girl, proclaims herself the new cook after stirring batter with mud on her face. Her father interrupts, telling her to wash up, and she responds that she is a negro cook in a moment of innocent mischief.
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Hazel
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