EASY PICKING FOR SCOTSMAN REMINISCES OF GERMAN PRISONER LIFE
A Memphis Commercial Appeal letter from Captain Morris recounts a German prisoner experience. The Scottish corporal Allen oversaw boots and soup duties while a siege of affection unfolded with a German nurse. Steamboat dominated gambling, hoarded money, and bought cigarettes and wine for officers as beans and distress rose among the wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Suemubet
Joe
Rhett
Crown
Captain Morris
Memphis
Gersman
Health in City and Country Dwellers and Disease Rates
An editorial notes that city residents harbor more germs yet show relative immunity, while isolated island natives resist civilization’s diseases until introduced by whites. It cautions rural districts, though naturally freer from disease, may suffer faster infections once exposed, aided by mass army camps enabling unprecedented statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the American Medical
Birhar
Tslands
Poselbty Na
Thonh
Wireless Signals During Eclipse Test in Meudon Paris
Reports from May 29 observations describe how daylight signals from Ascension Island could not be received by Meudon during daylight yet were detectable in darkness. Tests during the eclipse showed signals fading as the moon’s shadow passed, supporting theories that solar radiation affects long distance radio waves. The text also mentions preservation efforts for Paul Jones House in Portsmouth and a 19th century heritage note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forthcom
Endler
Meudon
Paris
France
Ascension
Mendow
Quite Gone. A Strange Phrase Sounds Like a Clue
The garbled text hints at a puzzling line about a person seeking renewal in California. Register notes a year related item and mentions items such as Planta Testis and Hetors irons Mandarin, suggesting a fragmented historical snippet with unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
A Woman's Question on Love and Life in Verse
A garbled dramatic piece lifts Elizabeth Barrett Browning themes of costly demands of a woman’s heart and home. It contrasts ideal love with practical duties including cooking and keeping a household, while questioning if a partner’s loyalty and sacrifice meet the true measure of love. The tale shifts to a sea deserter, reporting Patty O’Callaghan’s desertion after the Norwegian bark Hebe collision and aftermath near Fayal, with authorities charging desertion in midocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lorraine
Eastern Art Gulf Sailor's Association
Hebe
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Indies
Falmouth
Patty O'Callaghan
Enemes
Patty’ O'Calaghan
Tayal
Azores
Hoboken
Fayal
Patty
Ture
Lorcaine
Dr Fahrney Practice Spotlight in Hagerstown Maryland
A historical notice from Hagerstown highlights the Fahrney physicians who have long served the area, specializing in chronic diseases for over a century. The ad invites patients with tough cases to write in, promising study of their ailment and careful treatment upon acceptance.
Wild claims of hot water cures and horse chestnut lore
A rambling column parodies miracle cures, recounting a bald man’s claim that hot water heals all diseases and a stall boarder’s tale of horse chestnuts curing rheumatism. It mocks self styled healers and notes a failed “water” scam that left patients worse off, while urging skeptical examination of health fads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecvld Jingleson
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ifa Iin
Star Boarder
Inger Dones
Jasper
Echo
Ira
Way of Escape
A humorous exchange unfolds in Bensonhurst as a speaker riffs on a howled man and a sad dog in a narrow alley. The punchline plays on hawdegged language and comic curbside banter from the street scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bensonhurst
Aharrow Alley
Fragmented dialogue on marriage and pets in old column
A garbled text presents a quirky exchange about arranging a home for a mother figure, mentions a bull, a fighting cat, a parrot, and a chimpanzee as possible gifts. Other lines reference smiles, fur smut, and a $150 price, all within a chaotic excerpt from a vintage page.
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Milton Kohler & Sons
Jewelers
Hagerstown, MD
Icecream
the Model Bakery
Shepherdstown
W. Va
ALL
Pennsylvania
Waverly
Waverly Oil Works Company
Pittsburgh
L.A. Ambrose
Shepherdstown Plumbing, Heating and Tinning Co
Shepherdstown, W Va
Hurwitz Creamery Company
Charles Town, W. VA
Paul Jones
Pyates House
Portsmouth
Thi
Etry
Jones
Wilidel
Renzor
Charli
Firth
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
DR. Fahrney
Hagerstown
Maryland
Stician
Walt
XX Sure Cures
Shuphe Ny
Ir Hopkins
G. P. Morisu
Prowse
E. Douglas Davis
North Potomac
Roy S. Proctor
Martinsburg, Wong
Geord Graduate Veterating
Martinsburg ST ‘A
Owens
Harris
Shervows
Dora
Doris
Crossett
Lawn A. Cromer, Inc
Mater
North Abington, Mas
S. J. Fi
Y.blackford
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