Escape, Belgium to Luxemburg During War Hidden Marches
The narrator recounts his perilous escape through Belgium into Luxemburg, hiding from German patrols, scavenging for clothes and food, discarding a beloved uniform, and surviving on vegetables and raw salvage as he avoids detection and battles bitterness, exhaustion, and cold while moving by night across dangerous countryside.
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Courtrad
Sam Cinds
Camp Norden
Canada
Anon LE
Felda
Dourer
Waxler
Belgium
Germany
Felyiun
Europe
Belelim
Experiences in Belgium Ditches While Traveling
A fragment from a travel narrative describes the challenges of Belgian ditches faced during a journey through Belgium. The narrator recalls frequent, narrow water-filled ditches that impeded progress, requiring wading and cautious attempts to cross, with implyed dangers and fatigue.
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Belgium
Canala
Ounrae
Kubing
Boele
Mrs Murua Lotter In Missouri Remedy Testimony
A 1916 Missouri notice recounts Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy curing dysentery and severe stomach issues. The speaker endorses the product after two illnesses and urges local readers to consider the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murua
Chamberlain
Dias
Coal Officials and Miners Urged to Unite for War Coal
James H. Neal of the United States Fuel Administration urged operators and miners at Altona Pennsylvania to cooperate fully to speed coal production. He said both sides must act, improving efficiency and conditions, supplying pit cars, preventing absences, and extending daily shifts to meet war needs. He emphasized government obligation and patriotism driving higher output.
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Central
Hennylvania Coal Producers’ Association
Altona
James H. Neal
United Sates Fuel Administration
Weedera Ae
Ciphest Company
Neale
Finn
Government versus private operation of roads debated
A report notes a roughly 25 percent rise in all charges after a 1 percent freight rate increase for eastern roads, arguing that government services cost the public as do private services and questioning whether roads should be government run or privately operated, per Mercantile National Bank of San Francisco.
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Mercantilé National Bank of San Francisco
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Pat O'Brien
Anal
Cuaprie
Telin
Ing Worpe
France
cHarrEn
Esau
Suie
Laix
Bug
Thad
Ixele
England
Wars
Rad
Belesium
O’brien
United Effort
Fuel Administration
Eastman Kodaks
Aud
Colmmina Grapanolas and Records
Sonora Phonographa Conklin Foltn
the City Drug Store
Chas. A. Christmas
Whiston’s Confectionery
Johnson’s, McDonald's and
Sweet
Kemmerer Garage
the Kemmerer Hotel Cafe
Ibdel Kemraerve
Tom Ming
Frup
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