Remarkable WWI letter describes melting pots for bone and corpse processing
Arthur MacKnight of the Forty-first Canadian Highlanders writes from France to his father in Atlanta. He recalls a “melting pot” used to boil down German corpses and a bone crushing machine, noting few bones remain. He describes early heavy shellfire, fog, and German soldiers surrendering, plus a tank crew capturing a German general.
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Arthur MacKnight
Forty-first Battalion
Canadian Highlanders
Atlanta
Young MacKnight
France
Dr Elizabeth Blackwell Pioneer Woman Physician
The first US woman doctor Delizabeth Blackwell earned an MD at Geneva New York seventy years ago after facing rejection by many medical schools She trained in Europe and New York founding an infirmary for women and children and a women’s medical college Her story notes ostracism but highlights her trailblazing career In Arizona and federal efforts to curb predatory animals skilled hunters are employed with thirteen on duty Two hunters killed eleven mountain lions and fifty five coyotes respectively within two months and a month.
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United States
Delizabeth Blackwell
Geneva
N. Y
Mise Blackwell
Bristol
England
Canada
Attle Medical College
Genever
Arizona
No Can't in Banking Reveals Banker Resourcefulness
A San Francisco bank vice president notes the institution operated without a bank after the 1905 fire, with no money before clearing-house certificates, and without staff during the 1918 influenza epidemic, underscoring banker ingenuity.
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San Francisco
Pacific Banker
W. O. W. Meeting at Purgeson Cemetery in June
The W. O. W. of Hatton Jamp 306 will meet at Pur gerson Cemetery on the 2nd Sunday in June to unveil the Monument of Spy. Marlen Craig. We invite all W.O. W. to be present. Ben Hagood Clerk.
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Hatton
Purgerson Cemetery
Marlen Craig
W.O. W
Ben Hagood
Sprained Ankle Advice From Sendlin Cowse Drag Co
Immediate treatment guidance after injury advises obtaining Chamberlain's product bottles and following the simple printed directions that accompany them, as recommended by Sendlin-Cowse Drag Co.
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Chamberlain's
Sendlin-Cowse Drag Co
Fables That Point Morals About Horse Races
An excerpt from Peace magazine prints a Vienna racecourse dialogue between a mare and a stallion. They discuss duty, endurance, and the narrow line between sport and suffering, noting the rider’s whip and the horse’s loyalty amid war and hardship.
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Vienna
Peace
New York Tribune
Crafts by prisoners in Trolland show resourceful German work
A Westminster Gazette correspondent reports from The Hague that prisoners transferred to Trolland displayed ingenious handiwork. A colonel bound books in blue and white from cardboard, knitted items used pulled down wool, a motor chassis model formed from meat tins and hinges, rubber tires from a tennis rocket, and even sabots crafted from pressed bread. London may soon see this exhibit of resource and courage.
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Hague
Westminster
England
Germany
Trolland
London
White hart emblem through ages linked to Diana and heroes
Fragmentary record traces the white hart as an ancient emblem linked to Diana and legendary figures. It mentions a stag linked to various rulers including Agathocles and Julius Caesar, with tales of royal hunts and seals carved in stone across cathedrals in Windsor England Lubec and elsewhere, culminating in Richard the Lionheart slaying the beast.
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Diana
Bert
Agathocles
Ping
Alexaner
Julius Caesar
Bart
Windsor Forest
England
France
Germany
Charlemagne
Richard Coeur de Lion
Cathedral of
Lubec
Open All Night Nitrous Oxide Sign Misread by Boys
A teacher notes a shift in youth language as a pupil misreads a dentist sign that jokes about Nitrous Oxide. The boy asks what the sign means and another replies that it is Latio for Open All Night, illustrating slang and misinterpretation at a teachers meeting.
Notorious outsider opens Grudge grocery store says citizen
A Grudge resident criticizes Oscar Snort who travels from Allegash to open a local grocery. The speaker predicts the venture will fail within six months and alleges he is conceited, unmannered, and a blowhard who will blame others for poor outcomes.
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Oscar Snort
Allegash
Kansas City Star
Internal Revenue Licenses for Lawrence County May 1919
Sheriff James T. Masterson of Lawrence County Alabama receives notice that no U S Internal Revenue licenses were issued in May 1919 nor in February March or April. The certify statement confirms the county record is complete and correct.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jas. T. Masterson
Lawrence County
Moulton
U. S
Internal Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
Americans Largest Flying Camp in France Reported
The article details a vast American aviation camp in France spanning nine fields with Liberty and other aircraft, training three warfare branches, and advancing aviators through rigorous stages from grasshoppers to fast pursuit planes. It notes barracks, aloft drills, acrobatics, and the resolve of pilots including references to Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt.
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France
Associated Press
No. 1
No. 5
No. 6
Quentin Roosevelt
Life Enjoyment Tip From Health Adverts
An advertisement urges that good physical condition leads to enjoying life while the chronically bilious feel miserable. It claims Chamberlain's tablets can tone the stomach improve digestion regulate the bowels and asks readers to try them. For sale by Saudlic Cowan Drug Co.
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Chamberlain
Saudlic-Cowan
Cause of Headache and Relief with Chamberlain Tablets
A short article notes headaches often arise from a disordered stomach or constipation and can be relieved by Chamberlain's Tablets. It claims many have obtained permanent relief, describing the tablets as easy to take and mild in effect, with the Ssad lin-Cowen Drug Co as the source.
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Ssadlin-Cowen Drug Co
Alaba ma legislature to consider school district mortgage bill
Notice states that a bill will be introduced in the current Alabama Legislature when it convenes in July. The act would authorize W. J. Lee E. E. Etheredge and R. N. Streater trustees of School District 59 Town Creek Lawrence County to execute a mortgage and borrow money on specified lands to build a town Creek school. The description covers two parcels in Town Creek and surrounding land, with proceeds for school buildings and related acts. May 16 1919. Also a for sale note: poplar lumber at the mill and contact H. W. Wiesen han.
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Alabama
Town Creek
Lawrence County
W. J. Lee E. E. Etheredge
R. N. Streater
W. J. Lee
E. E. Etheredge
Greens Bluff
Courtlaw and
Tuscumbia
Section
Lawrence
Sai Town
W. J. Lee E. E
Etheredge R. N
Streater
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R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
C. M. Sherrod
Attorney-At-Law
Courtland
C. W. Carnes
E. Z. Mathews
P. C. Parks
Normal
W. E. Storrs
M. D
Decatur
H. C. Binford
Huntsville
T. J. Lynch
J. L. Greene
D. D
Florence
J. H. Bynum
W. A. Wilhite
Cedar Lake
E. J. Moore
J. L. Warren
Danville
Oak
J. H. Freeman
C. Campbell
M. J. Alexander
A. W. Owen
C. W. Carus, Jr
H. W. Wiesehan
Tennessee Poultry & Hide Company
W. M. Fuller
Moulton, Ala
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