Wool Over Border Dutch Lovers Across Barbed Wire Fence
A Netherlands Belgian frontier romance unfolds as Mieke and her Dutch farmer lover Pete risk German patrols and billeted uhlans to meet near the border. An intermediary helps cross the marshes to Holland while a wary sentry and patrols test their daring night ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. L. Kiehl
Chicago News
Hague
Fete
Mieke
Germany
Belisium
Holland
Louis
Bree
Luis
Pete
Oon
Date O
WED ONLY FOR LOVE by Dean Gildersleeve
Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve of Barnard College argues fewer divorces among college women as graduates marry for love not occupation. She calls motherhood a profession and says a good cook may outdo Greek knowledge. Education gives balance and a rounded outlook on life’s values.
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Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard Colege
Dean Gildersleeve
Hfe
Emily's Infant Grave On Ancient Stepping Stone
In Columbia Connecticut Edward Phillips finds on a used stepping stone a buried inscription for Emily daughter of Joseph and Eunice Smith who died April 15 1814 aged six months and fifteen days. The stone long overlooked lies near the farmhouse back door with an unfinished tale of origin and travel.
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Columbia
Conn
Edward Phillips
Emily
Joseph
Eunice Smith
Dutch Frontier Watchers Observe German-Aided Belgian Escape
Bergen op Zoom officials describe Belgian youths fleeing toward Holland to join Belgian forces in Flanders. German sentries restrict crossings with barbed wire and patrols, while smugglers brave patrols for gasoline and horses. Crossing Belgians reach Dutch territory and aim for ships to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergen-op-Zoom
Holland
Neahere
Belgium
Zeebrugge
Flanders
Germany
United States Demands German Accountability Over Seas Sinking
The note from the United States to Germany demands strict accountability for acts on the high seas including the Lusitania sinkings. It urges disavowal of attacks on neutral ships and calls for safe conduct of American citizens abroad amid wartime submarine warfare.
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United States
Berlin
Department of State
Washington
U. S
Falaba
Leon C. Thrasher
Cushing
Gulflight
Germany
Kingdom of Prussia
Great Britain
France
U. Ss
David Accepts the Throne in Hebron and Jerusalem Rise
A lesson recounts David's rise after Saul's death, detailing his anointing, God's decree, and people's acceptance. It contrasts David's godly leadership with Ish bosheth's man driven rule, Abner's fall, and the national gathering at Hebron that proclaimed David king over Israel.
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Saul
David
Ziklag
Judah
Jonathan
Samuel
God
Hebron
Abraham
Lot
Sodom
Jabesh
Abner
Joab
Ish-bosheth
Israel
Jerusalem
Heb
Robbery in Oil Field Near Quitton Reported in County Notice
Jack Mason files complaint after men alleged to have held him up near Oilton Oklahoma six miles south of Quitton. He says the strangers grabbed his chewing tobacco and acted quickly, offering no task to their robbery.
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Oilton
Okla
Jack Mason
Quitton
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