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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
7
London reports the U S diplomatic service now aids in locating Teddy Bons, the eight foot tall British giant with a lame left leg, who vanished after a German tour last spring. The conspicuous figure is thought to be at large somewhere in Germany.
In a detailed field account from Aix-la-Chapelle, Harry Hansen argues that reports of German atrocities are unproven, noting most violence appears as reprisals for civilian hostilities. He recounts visits with German troops and observes limited evidence of planned barbarity, citing verified shootings as law of war actions rather than collective cruelty.
Folkstone witnesses wounded British soldiers and Belgian refugees marching to London hospitals. A sixteen year old bugler, grievously wounded with an arm lost and head and legs bandaged, held his bugle until carried off. A Royal Field artillery officer recounts days north of Amiens marching to battle, shellfire, and fierce infantry and cavalry clashes with uhlans. The Gordon Highlanders and Middlesex regiments fight bravely in shelter trenches as bayonets and rifles repulse the Germans.
Paris Times correspondent reports immense casualties along the Marne with railway ambulan ce trains crowded with the wounded. Red Cross teams work nonstop as convoys arrive. A German barrier of bodies six feet high was erected and overtaken after a fierce fight by a Turcus regiment, leaving about 10 000 corpses at the site.
Farmers face a Potash shortage due to reduced German shipments since August. Most fertilizer firms limit potash by selling low-Potash blends, with little relief from switching to phosphoric acid. Ground limestone and similar releases are slow, decaying organic matter offers little effect, and no rapid method exists to unlock inert soil Potash. Remaining stock is ample and can be sent once European export resumes, but soil reserves must be replenished later to maintain productivity.
An old advertisement touts a product branded as Bromo Quinine claiming to cure a cold in one day. It mentions a full name to verify genuineness and urges readers to look for signs. The snippet also references a person named E W Grove and a remark about Dobbs and his wife being visible, with a cryptic question about suspicion.
The text promotes Grove's Tas’ l¢ chill tonic as a general tonic with no quinine or iron. It claims liver support, malaria relief, and blood enrichment as its benefits.
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