Yankee Fought for Mexico and Canada but Cannot for U S
Private Donald Campbell of the 62nd Infantry at Camp Lewis, reported with an "assy heart" and "gassy eyes," challenges his discharge despite physicians saying he cannot be a good soldier. He claims he will stay as long as allowed, recounting service as Captain Campbell for Mexican federalists during the Vera Cruz episode.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Donald Campbell
Plandera
Sam
Campbell
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Poor John 7 Foot Tall Cannot Fight in War
New Rockford North Dakota April 19 John Aasen a 22 year old 7 feet 1 inch tall weighing 340 pounds seeks military service arguing his size could aid ammunition conservation and intimidate Germans. Doctors say he suffers from a growing disease and sightseers agree.
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New Rockford
N. D
John Aasen
Hia
No Man's Land
Mrs Bailey Credits Tanlac for 15 Years of Relief
Mrs Mildred Bailey of 2622 West 68th Street recounts how Tanlac eased fifteen years of stomach gas indigestion rheumatism and nervous headaches. She reports weight gain from 130 to 140 pounds and says Tanlac improved her appetite sleep and overall health aided by Bartell Drug Stores Seattle as the local distributor.
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Mildred Bailey
Weat 68Th Street
Tanlac
Seattle
Bartell Drug Stores
Taniac
Private Campbell Biography Thumbnail
A brief sketch outlines Campbell’s varied career from newspaper work to stock trading, poultry farming, and military service. It traces service as Captain, Lieutenant, and Private across Mexican, Canadian, and United States contexts, noting a pattern of coming and going.
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Private Campbell
United States
Private Campbell The Soldier Who Straddled Borders
A Seattle born Canadian raised Royal Highlander who enlisted in Vancouver on August 22, trained in England and France, endured Verdun and Vimy, suffered gas exposure, joined the U S Army after a furlough in 1917, and later hoped for film work while recalling a varied Seattle past as a newspaper man and stock player.
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el Paso
Seattle
Vancouver
B. C
Province of
Ontario
Dominion of Canada
Americana
England
Campbell
Dickebush
France
No Man's Land
Royal Engineers
Seaforth Highlanders
Verdun
Vimy Ridge
Lens
Seaforth Regiment
America
Royal Army
U. S. Army
Highlanders
U. S
Kansas City
Salvation Nell
Mount Washington
Legion of Death
Tabby
Eaid
American Lieutenant Honored by British for Gallantry
Lieut T H Sweetser of the American medical corps is recommended for the British war cross for gallantry near Passchendaele on March 14. A battalion HQ was hit by a gas shell and the medical officer gasped, yet Sweetser treated 40 gas victims and helped rescue a dugout party.
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France
T. H. Sweetser
Passchendaele
Sweetser
Altho
English Scientist Proposes Dense Earth Core Theory
Based on the speed of seismic waves, an English scientist advances a model of a dense central core in the earth. The theory suggests core size or presence can be inferred through travel time analyses of waves.
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Earth
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron for Spring Health
The advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron as a combined tonic and blood purifying remedy for spring ailments. It emphasizes iron’s tonic power and the boosted effect when taken before meals and after Peptiron, noting benefits to nerves and overall vitality while recommending Hood's Pills for constipation or biliousness if needed.
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Hood
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