Shot for Picking Up Food From Bentries Fire on Starved Prisoners
A Lincoln shire corporal held since April 1917 recounts capture near Algicourt and brutal treatment by German guards at camps in Maretz and Mind en. He describes hunger, poor rations, and executions for stepping from ranks to collect food. He also notes a later transfer to Minster and Minden with worsening conditions and hard labor in a Hattington munitions yard.
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Bentries
Tondton
Lincolnshires
Jyne
Algicourt
Vaa
Rm Place
Maretz
Feldwebel
Betula
Tage
Bogeland
Minster 2
Germany
Minden
Hattington
Berlin Rots After Christmas 1617 Armies Reported
An 1617 Berlin report notes rots, several people shot, guards lament the loss of good men in the army. They flag AS sold, and praise a corporal described as intelligent who offers bare facts without comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rots
Berlin
Sugar in cash register trend shocks Columbus diners
A fragmented Columbus article notes sugar kept in cash registers at several restaurants. Patrons receive sugar when paying their check, with a small bin between coin slots. The piece describes how opening the drawer reveals the sugar bin and hints at a broader, humorous take on tipping and allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Braddon S NSW Parliament Member Highlights US Australia Ties
Mr Braddon, a member of the New South Wales parliament, holds a position described as the flat of its kind, signaling the expanding intercourse between Australia and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddon
New South Wales Partiment
Australia
United States
Farmer Mitler Recruited After Liberty Loan Quota Defiance
Amboy farmer Harry S Mitler faced an exemption board after allegedly threatening to shoot anyone selling a Liberty loan. He was lectured, required to observe his quota, and sent for military service amid wartime demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Harry S. Mitler
Amboy
Vox
Meets His Son in Trench In Northern France
In a frontline trench in northern France, Lonnie Smith aged seventeen reunites with his father Oscar Smith, thirty-eight, who had enlisted after serving in the Spanish-American War to be near his son. Mrs Smith works with the Red Cross in Toledo while keeping three other children in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
France
Mia
Oscar Srohih
Lonnie Smith
Oscar Smith
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Lucky Tiger
Oceana
Sonvines
Shove
Raer
HY Ton
Star Pharmacy
Veauaage
Ohio
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