Deeds of Daring and Bravery Cited in War Heroes
Germany honors a long list of battlefield heroes including Immelmann Wed digen von Muecke Boelke Schlodien and others with credit for daring feats in World War I. Stories cover U boats Emden and Ayesha exploits and Pour le Merite awards.
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Immelmann, Weddigen
von Muecke
Boelke
Schlodien
Berlin
Germany
Immelmann
Carl Theodore Koerner
Otto Weddigen
Koerner
German Marine
Aboukir
Hogue
Cressy
Hawke
von Mueller
Sea of Bengal
Keeling Islands
Arabian
Hedjas
Constantinople
Moene
Dohna Schlodien
Lost miner found after twelve days in salt mine shaft
Benny Niegodowsky, 21, was rescued from the 2000 foot level of a salt mine west of Geneseo, Rochester. He had no food or drink for twelve days and slept after wandering, saying he had worked a day and a night without sleep. He survived despite extreme exhaustion and darkness.
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Rochester
N. Y
Geneseo
Benny Niegodowsky
Benny
Family Reunion as Mother and Daughter Enter University
In Des Moines a sixteen year old Elinor Douglas starts as a freshman at the University of Iowa while her mother Mrs F L Douglas enrolls in the same class. They plan four years in Iowa City for degrees and will be reunited next year when Elinor’s father completes his MA. The family follows a tradition and sentiment of studying together in college.
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Des Moines
Elinor Douglas
University of Iowa
F. L. Douglas
Highland Park College
Iowa City
Douglas
Elinor
Macbride
Old Dog Saved Two in Illinois Farm Attack
Danville Illinois report says Shep a collie saved Henry Miller and two sons from a bull attack. Jake Miller twenty three and Valentine Miller fifteen remain seriously hurt. Shep is bandaged with a leg splint and cared for by a veterinarian after distracting the bull that gored the boys. The family spared the dog after the incident.
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Danville
Shep
Owens Alters Verdict To Affects Sentencing In Denver Case
Samuel Owens faced a charge of incident with intent to cause fatal harm but addressed the jury himself leading to a guilty verdict downgraded to incident. The maximum penalties range from one year in county jail to up to fourteen years in the penitentiary. Owens had struck his wife Lillian with a public safety item during a quarrel and was found while sewing up the injury with a needle and thread. In a separate note, a four year old girl in Ann Arbor had a screw removed from her lung by Dr Canfield using forceps and no knife with specialized instruments.
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Denver
Agnes C. Adams
Jefferson County
Davis
Samuel Owens
Westside
Owens
Lillian
Ann. Arbor
Mich
Margery Pearce
South Haven
Canfield
Legless men buy out Nashville artificial limb firm
Three legless men Walter Herrn Charles Sirgon and W A Johnson have bought a Nashville artificial limb company and will run it. The firm says no employee with more than one leg will be hired in any role from office boy to bookkeeper.
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Nashville
Tenn
Walter Herrn
Charles Sirgon
W. A. Johnson
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METRO
Ewer, Igger
City Dray Line
Auto For Hire
L. J. Howerton
Wenatchee
Elman Hotel
W. E. Tomlinson
Prop
Echo Office
Dohn Aschlodien
Atchison, Kan
A. J. Haskins
Haskins
American Press Association
Young Pole
Illinois
Man
Prince Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N.C
Dente
Winston Salem
the Echo
Superior Court of
State of Washington
Chelan County
Olive Swayze
A Grover
L. P. Hamilton
Jane Doe Hamilton
W.J. Kerrigan
Jane Doe Kerrigan
John H. Hayes
A. Grover
L. P Hamilton
W. J. Kerrigan
East Willamette
Eva Stevenson J. EK. Willis
Postoffice
Chehalis Ave
Chehalis, Wash
Nar Patterson
Chelan Co
A.J. Tower CO
Boston
Standard Oil Company
Mutual Mercantile Co
Leavenworth Market
Chas. Eckhart
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