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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1915
Page
4
An Indian trooper in the trenches lures a German crew by saluting and signaling his intent. The German defenders pause their fire, allowing the Indian to return with others. He is promoted for the exploit and survives the night in German lines.
In Flanders the King of Belgium King Albert spent Sunday in the trenches despite freezing weather. He warmed soldiers by a fire and offered to relieve them, then grabbed a shovel and worked alongside a half dozen officers from his staff.
Paris-German agents used a Lorraine lunatic asylum as a spy base as French troops advanced. Doctors and attendants fled, spies replaced them, and fighting raged around the facility. Red Cross signals misled artillery, and fifteen people were executed in the asylum courtyard.
Washington declares the Navy adopts dreadnaught as the official spelling and that the term dreads naught, after consulting authorities. The announcement appeared in an official communique to the press as wartime discourse continued.
Public notices describe sales by Frank L. MacVey at his farm three miles northwest of Rolfe on Friday January 22 offering horses cattle and farm machinery. Additional sales include Mr Hansen six miles southeast of Rolfe Tuesday January 19 and the Stovers near Ware one mile east January 21 with 25 horses 28 cattle 16 hogs and extensive machinery.
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