Frontline Heroine Makes Hot Chocolate For Soldiers
Clara Simmons cooks in a shell damaged shack near the front line amid German advances, using a large bowl and condensed milk to make hot chocolate for American troops. A convoy of trucks passes by as planes report the date, while she remains calm in gas mask and helmet, serving the weary soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Durstine
Paria
France
Clara Simmons
America
Hove
Shea
Gas Maska Honeng
AID TO REDFIELD Volunteers Help at Camp Mantelpiece
Mrs Simmons tends to the soldiers with care in a camp scene. Youngsters cluster for cookies and drinks as tales of missing friends and measles circulate. She speaks of the wives and mothers left behind and the joy of helping these boys through hardship and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BU Johnson
Mrs. Simmons
Johnnle
Thane
Mrs. Stimmons
Haa
Local Officer Rescues Girl After Fountain Doll Incident
An officer at the Civic Center and a girl playing near a fountain reportedly saw the girl toss several German made dolls into the water. The officer rescued the unconscious child and recovered the items, noting the German trademarks on the dolls. The incident prompted a brief investigation into the girl’s actions and the doll store involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Clvie
Soldier Back From Front Describes German Atrocities
Robert Forbes of Heilaire Ohio recounts brutal German actions after returning from France. He details the mutilation of comrade Johan Leb Pelkey, including throat wounds and abdominal injuries in the same battle Forbes endured gas exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Forbes
Heilaire
Frahce
Johan Leb Pelkey
Pelkey
Forbes
Lincoln Letter to Mutter of Five Soldiers
A fragmentary wartime note describes Lincoln offering solace to a Massachusetts mother of five fallen sons, invoking the republic and freedom. A counterpoint imagines Kaiser Wilhelm expressing gratification and sending a photo to the same mother, who later falls into street beggary in Delmenhorst Oldenburg.
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Lincoln
Lear
War Department
Adjutant General of
Massachusetts
Republic
Delmendors-Oldenburg
Job Printing Note on Cure Cent Offer
A terse note signals a cure cent offer and hints at printing tasks. It mentions job printing actions and a response to proceed with the reat. The fragment alludes to a small-scale local trade item without clear dates or names.
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Redfield
William ©. Redfield
Commerce
A. C. Stewart
Port Wichmond
N.Y
Stewart
Redffeld
Bowser
Oline
Southern Auto Company
Vhone
War Industries Board
C. Mt Richards
Groves Lumber CO
Mermod Street
Court House
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