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Blind Beggar Receives 1000 Franc Aid After Kind Stranger
Brussels reports a blind beggar on a busy corner who wore Cross of the Yser and Order of Leopold received a 1000 franc note from a tall stranger who claimed front line memory of Yser. The act followed a defense minister notice and local distress prompts. A hotel proprietor Enoch Tagin was fined 700 francs and jailed for three months for drunken driving in a separate item.
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Brussels
Leopold
Conrade
Yser
Monsieur Forthomme
National Defense
Tromptacilan
Albert
Mithite
Dor
Enoch Tagin