Chateau of Coucy Razed by Bombing in Spring War
The Château de Coucy, a 600 year old fortress once a fortress bastion, was toppled by German bombardment as they retreated in 1914. The great donjon cracked, walls toppled, and the medieval monument collapsed after months of siege and artillery fire.
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Sires of
Coucy
Reims
Blanche McManus
Chicago Herald
Ballades Francaises
Cafe Procope
Paul Fort
Chateau de
En Guerrand
Louis
Orleans
Chateau de Pierrefonds
Zone Des Armees
Tournois
France
Cardinal Richelieu
VioletteJe Duc
Europe
Chateau of
Lyon
Soissons
Chauny
Donjon
Coast Line of Belgium and Allied Advantage in War
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes that controlling the thirty miles of Belgian coast would yield a dual victory by halting German submarine bases and opening a new Allied front in northern Europe. The piece contrasts Belgium’s peaceful 1913 coast with the war’s disruption in 1917, highlighting coastal towns as symbols of peace lost.
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West Flanders
National Geographic Society
Belgium
Europe
la Panne
Cosyde-Linge
Oost-Duinierke
Nieu
Belgian seaside towns amid war toll and want for liberty
The piece lists coastal Belgian towns Ostend Nieuport Bain and Blankenberghe, noting their resort fame and wartime strain. It mentions Hooge Blikker dune crest, Lombartzyde Madonna figure, and Flemish fishermen appealing for liberation. Ostend’s oyster trade and shellfish served straight from the wartime harbor are described.
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port-BainsWestende
MiMichelkerke
le Qoq-sur-Mer
Wenduyne-sur-Mer
Blankenberghe
Heyst-sur-Mer
Knockesur-Mer
New Jerscy
Ostend
Nieuport-Bain
Atlantic
Cape Mays
Asbury Parks
Belgium
la Panne
Oost-Dutokerkée
Hooge-Blikker
Niewport-Bains
Lombartzyde
Simla as India’s English summer capital and its changing world
The piece portrays Simla as the British Empire’s English outpost in India, famed for its Anglo culture and Kipling era image. It notes the Kalka rail line, the shorter sea routes, and its transformation into a modern, globally connected summer city while retaining its local flavor. Winter residents number about 15,000, swelling to 40,000 in hot weather with many officers on leave and advisers to native rulers among the newcomers.
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London
Melbourne
Simla
India
England
Tundia
Kipling
Kalka
Tonga
Europe
War Beer in Germany Reports From Berlin
Reports from Berlin received in London indicate a German beer shortage as malt quotas shrink. Next year only 10 percent of the peace quota will be allocated in North Germany and 15 percent in Bavaria. Army and munition needs consume precedence, leaving civil beer at about one third of peacetime use. Barley harvests worsen, forcing more barley into food.
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Germany
Berlin
London
New York Times
Begarla
Plevna's Symbol Powers Roumania To Mark Anniversary
The London Chronicle notes King Ferdinand of Roumania will mark the Plevna anniversary with significance. He carries a steel crown forged from Turkish cannon won by Roumanian soldiers at Plevna, symbolizing redemption from Turkish bondage. The piece laments a dangerous shift in fortunes as the anniversary arrives.
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Plevna
Ruskin
Ferdinand
Roumania
Toumania
Administrators' Notice for Samuel Swarr Estate
Letters of Administration granted to Susanna B Swarr and John B Stauffer for the estate of Samuel Swarr late of Warwick township Lancaster PA. Debts should be paid promptly and claims presented for settlement to Lititz Alf. No. 3, Susanna B Swarr and John B Stauffer listed as administrators with attorney M G Scheafter.
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Samuel Swarr
Warwick Township
Lancaster
Lititz
Administratrix Notice for John B Bachman in Lititz Borough
Addie Bachman as administratrix of John B Bachman late of Lititz Borough Lancaster Co Pa calls for all heirs and creditors to present claims for settlement at once to her residence in Lititz with attention to attorney M G Schaeffer. Letters of Administration issued and administration proceeds.
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John B. Bachman
Lititz Borough
Lancaster Co
Lititz, Te
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the Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh
Rob
Chateau de Coucy
Coast Line
Susanna B.swarr
John B.stauffer
Atty
Addie Bachman
M. G. Schaeffer
Aduiinistratrix
Iom-6t
A. Long,d.d.s. Litit2
Warren A. Wood
Main and Cedar Sts
Edmund A. Devine
E. Main Street
Paone
Joseph B. Wissler
Ate Law
Duke Street
Lititz PA
Hershey & Gibbel Conveyancers, Scriveners Real Estate and Insurance
Geo. L. Keath
Lititz, PA
Justice of the Peace
Brunserville
E. B. Beck
Mrs. Beck
Broap Sr
Lirrra Bell
John Long
East Matin Street
Hassler,s
Lititz, Penna
J. Fred Essig
Lawrence K.grosh
P.O
Frank E. Schnerer
Notary Public
Spruce ST
Ind
H. L. Kramer
Batonic
L. N. Moyer
E. Main St
Hayden N. Mirsch
Lititz, A
John M. Grow
Mary L. Miksch
Executuis
Spruce Villa Farm
J. Clayton Brubakeree
W. M. Grube
Lititz Springs
COA
Long & CO
A. R. Keller
H. P. Gingrich & Co
Haefner’s
Queen St
W. C. Grube, Prop
Hershey, Leaman & Co
Pennsylvania
Liberty New Belmont Mowers
Kreider’s Hardware Store
Main St
W.H. Muth& CO
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