Freedom At Last From German Camp Aboard Swiss Bound Train
Gunner Depew recalls brutal hunger and forced serums at Brandenburg camp. After weeks of starvation and fear, a Spanish ambassador and Swiss guards aid his release from Germany on February 1917, culminating in a gratefully elated crossing into Switzerland aboard a boat to Rorschach and freedom.
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Brandenhburg
Hue
H. M
Nomad
Jutland
Ine
Bennett
Chicago
Tie
Tve
Kelley
Mr. Gerard
Gunner Depew
Gerard
Dulmen
State Department
Germany
Wilson
Lranenburg
Lindau
Lake of Constance
Rorschach
Switzerland
States
Flarge Hall
Return to America after escape and voyage home
A soldier recounts his voyage from Zurich to New York in July 1917 after being taken prisoner. He describes hospitality from officials, Germans in Zurich, and in Berne, and a long sea journey aboard Lopez y Lopez with a shipboard menagerie. He notes continuing wounds and uncertainty about reentry to service.
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Red Cross
Switzerland
United States
Mr. Keene
Zurich
Brest
Hull
England
Brandenburg
France
Barcelona
Spain
Lopez Y Lopez
Valencia
Almeria
Malaga
Cadiz
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Las Palmag
Canary
New York
New York Harbor
Temperance Advocate Quoted Differing Phrases Angers
A temperance advocate who once declared drunkenness is folly was later reported as saying drunkenness is jolly, a discrepancy that likely annoyed him.
Danderine Promises Beautiful Hair For All
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a quick inexpensive cure for dandruff itch and hair loss. It claims you will see abundant soft glossy hair within minutes and new growth after about two weeks, with dramatic before and after effects.
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Knowlton
Ady
Leading Actress Declares Star Status Then Met with Meteor Remark
An author recalls two young actresses in an early play. The leading star, noted for being slim, quarreled at rehearsal. She asserted, Remember, please, that I am the star. The other actress retorted, You’d look better if you were a little meteor.
Castoria Endorsed for Over Eighty Years in Ad Claim
An old advertisement extols Castoria as the famous remedy for infants and children. It urges buyers to look for the signature and notes use for over 80 years, with children crying for Metcher's Castoria.
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Castoria
Metcher
Duchess of Marlborough at charity event with sons
London correspondent notes the American duchess, called the duchess of Marlborough, appearing at a charity concert last month with her two soldier sons the marquis of Blandford and Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill. She kept her girlish wit, joking with her sons about a surprise extra number from Lady Constance.
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Duchess of Marlborough
London
Engilab
Marquis of Blandford
Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill
Denar
Constance
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Albert N. Depew
U.S. Navy
Foreign Legion of France
Cassard
Reilly
Swarts
Swatte
Barrieks
Dotira Vetshov
Albert
Berlin
Chapter XXIV
St. Gallen
Francis B. Keene
Santa Claus
Stussehot
Bour Qu Lac
Harold McCormick
Wrath
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