Faithful war horses remembered in battle tales
Rousing anecdotes from WWI front lines recount horse loyalty and trauma. Riders describe mounted cavalry, riderless horses returning to lines, and horses recalling shell shocks and battle routes. A mare named Dolly is highlighted for remembering the avenue where a shell struck, hinting at a lasting bond between horse and rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althoug
Volvera
Loos
Ines
Rmiy
oMcer
England
Planders
Caprici
Ralasance
Dolly
Blighty
C. W. Forward
Buup Cross Worker
Wide World
Broadmeadows Remembered Amid Dust and History
An evocative piece urges honoring Broadmeadows Melbourne as a plain suburb with a storied past. It recalls 100000 fighters, 45000 fallen, and a monumental memory to mark a suburb that helped spark a vast crusade, with a suggested obelisk visible from the plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Broadmeadows
Melbourne
Man in Bozeman Challenged by Draft Injustice
A Bozeman man faces draft grief as a letter from his wife is cited to justify exemption. The missive complains he cannot read or work, muddling the case while alleging he spends time fiddling and drinking. The wife pleads for support, noting many children and begging for relief from service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Ment
Ubat
United States Army
Dowry Bride Confides Frightful Wedding Day Church Tale
A Nanty married lady tells a friend about a dowt awful fright at her church on the wedding day. A busy bystander says he was present and saw him, despite idle chatter from others.
Spinning in a Handley Page Bomber Flight
An overseas journalist recounts a Handley Page bomber flight with novice airmen aboard. The piece describes the aircraft’s size and power, the disorienting sensation of speed, cockpit duties, and the awe of aerial spectacle as London and surrounding landmarks shrink beneath the bomber’s path.
Bertha Krupp Heads Krupp Works In Liquidation
A profile on Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, head of the Krupp works in Essen, amid rumors and mystery. The piece details her lineage, the Krupp family influence, imperial ties, and the succession of the Krupp name, plus glimpses of her role and public perception in Prussia Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Eisen
Rhenish Prugsia
Berthas
Liege
Namur
Manhage
Laon
da Pere
Antwerp
Bertha Krupp von Bohlen
Halbech
New York “World
Krupp
Krupps
United States
Bertha Krupp
Kaiser
Essen
Bertha
Germany
Krupp Gin Works
Krupf
Nka i
Prussia
Primogent Store
Fran Krupp
Gustav Krupp von Bollen Und Halbach
Dr von Boblen
Barbara
Ley
Therese Krupp
Friedrich Krupp
Alfred
Bertha Krupp and the Krupp Works in Essen
A detailed profile of Bertha Krupp, heiress and head of the Krupp steel firm, her rise after her father’s death, and the management structure of the Krupp company. The piece notes her philanthropy, labor relations history, marriage speculation, and the family’s influence in Germany including census figures and wealth rankings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Herr Krupp
Germany
Krupp
Istance
Krapp
Heck
Berths Krupp
Hertha
Essen
Akiiengeselleschaft
Friedrich Krupp
von Bohlen
Frau Kruppa
Max Goldschmidt
Kateer
Electrified Clothes Line Threatens Wollongong Barber
Charles Taylor a barber in Bulla Bull, Wollongong, escaped serious injury after a worn rubber on a telephone wire touched an electric light cable near Bull Post Office. Taylor, in his yard, was hanging a towel on a clothesline when the current gripped his hands and kept him strapped to the wire for minutes. A bystander was knocked down by the shock as others tried to help. the current released him just as he would have suffered worse harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Og Cor
Bausfrau
Krupp
Wilhelm
Frederick
Auf Dem Haegel
Wsren
Krupps
Wollongong
Charles Taylor
Busiess
Bulll
Hai
Ualng
Bir
Taylor
Dob Fle
Alcofles
Tyberia
Dade
Sydney
Fragmentary wartime musings and oddities from Table Talk
A collage of wartime vignettes and poems from Australian press notes. Items include soldiers’ reminiscences, love letters, legal notices, and social snippets about Digger heroes, river ferries, and a divorces court report, all amid satirical verse and column chatter.
Lady Clarke yarns about S Rupert nurse contradicts tale
The letter argues rumors of Lady Clarke nursing S Rupert at Salonika are false. It states S Rupert was in Melbourne with an uncle in Tyted Meads when births occurred, and suggests instead a quieter family scene. Prices, wages, and postwar goods inflation are discussed, noting expected slow drops and ongoing advertising influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Press
Ames Yn
Krupp
I van Krupp
Berlin
Abel
Frau Bertha
Ken Comnga
Ruhr
Rhine
Lady Clarke
S'Rupert
Salonika
Owens
Melbourne
Mr. Merson
Tyted Meads
Rupert
Daday
Coures
Engeland
London
Uguery
Avery
Hine
Sal
Eesti Ur
England
Errime
Sims Rice
Winitiea
Qureely
Sui
West Summer
O.B.E
Alfred Deskin
McMillan
Australia
British Empire
Deskin
McMilan
Lualr
Anzac Paser
Base
St Kilda-roud
Mire
Dia
Ainee
Mise Deekin
Egypt
Engand
Tranaporta
Charming V.A.D
Gary
Priews
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Scaffold
Lee
Ihlee
France
Rawand Clarke
Rounne
Lone
Inter Nations
Teele
Elmo
Wan
Selva
Basha
Great Britain
Alexandria
Hawn Ium Reeps
Alexaynista
Alser
Celmes
Kainer
Erlan- Wal
Mary
Sours
Everty Pulit
Glen A
Far & Crite
Blue Crocn
Celestial
H. Campbell Jones
Ediier
Sun
Imperial Press
Sten
Air Force
USA
Sunyrol
Ure Ile
Sannot
Palace of Westminster
Hyde Park
Epping
Gala
Handiey Page Ie
Mckeen
Bia
Iere
Editéra
Bua
Bashamdin
Jean
Sinbad the Sailor
Erassin
Royal Air
Purus
Dr. von Hollen
Charitian
Berth Krupp
Raven
Tubét
Bolai
Welgut
Villa Huegel
Kranp
Barber
Sullerer
Rayo
Terre Toath
Kaleer
Bas Caived
Jett Collinweizeet
Tie Domain
Colums Street
Budapest
Wilhelm Honenzollern
Gott
Himmell
Bimmell
Guy Fawkes
Royal Acce
Holland
Baohete
Willie
Mary Pickford
Emile
Norine Strough Wintrow
Pirat
Lone Pins
Pouleres
Ypres
No Man's Land
Satba
Billys
Telia
Billy
Pater
Trna
Gabe
Ohare
A. Nevilla Brand
ANWR
English Review
Bisdal
Perth
Satan
Jesus
Willernesses
Harold Redclife
Holy Land
Sal Redoutte
Mount of Temptation
Umen
Kalgoorlie
Cain
Hell
Alsters
C.J. Brennan
Daily
Benalla
Brom
Bal
Rene
Jane
Queensland
Sunday ‘Times
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