Prisoner of War Banquet and Escape Dreams in Germany
The narrative recalls a prison camp banquet for eight officers in interior Germany with improvised jam from sugar and apples, fried potatoes and bread, plus a shared meal with a wounded English officer. Plans for escape range from disguise as women to attempting to seize a German aircraft, while any successful break would face deadly wire barriers to escape to neutral Holland.
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America
Sauve
Ourtral
Ciméra
Germany
Occanion
James Henry Dickson
Royal Irish Fusilvers
Pat O'Brien
O'Brien
Declan
Gotha
London
Sittios
Lilo
Walt
Ani
Sunseles
Ewini
Holland
Helgiu
Aix
Mulland
Liberty
Tow of Us Earliest White Help Appears Ahead of Expectation
A terse remark notes that an expert was expected to arrive with a white solution sooner than anticipated, while the speaker reports the mine arrival occurring earlier than they had thought.
Leap for Liberty Behind German Lines in War Prison
The narrator recounts being transported from Courtrai to a German camp with seven fellow officers. He hides a map from an interpreter and plans a dawn escape through a train window. After weighing risk against recapture, he resolves to act, aided by a fellow officer’s cautious counsel and a disguising trench coat.
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Tin
King George
Germany
Belgium
Pat
Thad
Karl Hamilton Enlists in the Tank Corps
Karl Hamilton has enlisted in the Tank Army after passing the examination. He awaits assignment to a training camp near Kemmerer within two weeks. The Tank Corps offers ample opportunities for active service, while reports indicate low wartime recruitment in Colorado with 400 sought and only 60 responding.
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Karl Hamilton
Tank Army
Hamilton
Kemmerer
Tank Corps
Itte
Colorado
Local notes from Daniel area reflect war draft era visits and farewells
The Daniel community reports visits by Mr o and Mr OC G Jewett of Meena, farewells for drafted Walter Brewer and Myron Bakerey, and travel to Kemmerer Fall River Basin. Residents attend dances, knitting sessions, and preparations for enlistment while families visit relatives and plan moves.
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OC. G. Jewett
Meena
Cantel Inet
Miri
Soo Hen
L. J. Querry
Fall River
Daniel
L. W. Sargent
Calven
Parry Howlsby
Perry Lewis
Tretch
Sre
Glenn
K. 8. Alley
Red Cross
Mra
F. Webb
Hoya
Lara
Myron Bakerey
Harry Connor
Walter Hrewer
Bonting
Big Piney
Chas Noble
Kenneth
Fall River Basin
P W. Conwell
Kemmerer
Homer Brown
Mr. Brown
Iowa
Brown
Guild meets Thursday at Guild Hall
The Guild of the Episcopal church will be entertained at the Guild Hall Thursday afternoon at 2 30 by Mrs C A Christm. The ladies will spend the afternoon sewing for the Red Cross.
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Guild of the Episcopal Church
Guild Hall
C. A. Christm
The
Red Cross
Chamberlain's Tablets Promoted for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as remedies for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. It urges readers to try the medicine and assess its effect, noting a price of a quarter.
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Pat O'Bri
Telta
Courtrat
Germanny
Strassburg
France
England
Heutenant
Heidelberg
Rhine
Ghent
Laive
Con Aining
Bortin
Kraken Bognah
Tag
GUILD
Chamberlain
Eastman Kodaks
Columbia Grafanolas
Sonora Phonographs
Conklin
the City Drug Store
Chas. A. Christmas
Whiston’s Confectionery
Johnson’s, McDonald’s and Sweet’s
the Kammerer Hotel Cafe
Plat and Oyaterston Semson
Hotel Kammerer
Tom Mung
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