The Brown Redoubt Holds Under Firing In Night Assault
Desperate fighting as automatics and infantry blow in from the redoubt. Brown troops endure shelling and close-quarters combat, with officers urging men onward while casualties mount and the command structure battles to restore order amid chaos. Westerling defies setbacks, planning renewed attack and defense as the gray assault falters.
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Stransky
Juga
Fraoasse
Jacob Pilger
Grimes
Pfizer
Wenterling
Westerling
Starpedia
Laustron
Tureas
Engedir
Belliul
Thelra
Bellini
Retreet
Lanstron
Laree
Henew
Partow
Langtron
Maddy
Godlery
Gustavs Feller
Lanny
Turning the Tables in a Defeat.
Westerling confronts a crisis as the defense collapses amid mutiny and retreat. The premier warns that truth and public opinion compel censure, while Westerling pushes to hold the line despite fading odds and a surrender of control.
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Belial
Tureas
Westerling
Delailon
Weaterling
Staf
Pramner
Lanstron
Weeterling
Uke
Stock Exchange
Asid the Promiser
Reading Derailed by a Busy Bookseller
An unclear note laments a book agent unable to sit and read a favorite work, instead focused on selling them. The fragment hints at frustration with prioritizing sales over literary enjoyment.
Allen's Foot-Ease Foot Powder in War Effort
An advertisement proclaims ALLENS FOOT-EASE antiseptic powder aiding troops at the Front and relief for corns and bunions. It claims wide use by German and Allied soldiers and urges readers to buy locally. The piece includes a humorous aside about a domestic quarrel with a wife described as gaining weight.
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Sanstron
Wagadir
Raform
Drer
Lanstron
Marta
Castoria Ad Ends Fearful Warning About Infant Ailments
An old advertisement promotes Castoria as a safe infant remedy urging mothers to examine every bottle for safety. It claims Castoria has been used for over 80 years and features child patients as testimonials. The ad stresses that children cry for Castoria.
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Castoria
Hetcher
Real love endures like an oak through life’s grind
The passage extols a resilient, enduring love that grows stronger with time. It compares marriage to an oak, weathering storms and opposing conditions, arguing true affection survives monotony and grind, yielding real music, inspiration, and harmony. A noted composer reflects on Als new musical works and the hopeful question of whether love will grind.
Premature Baldness and Oriental Water Bottles in Hebron
An 19th century note discusses Cutleura Soap and Cutleura Ointent as a remedy for scalp conditions and promotes samples by postcard. It then highlights Hebron as a historic center famed for large goat skin water bottles made by tanneries, shipped across the East to Egypt and the Sudan, and used as rafts on regional rivers.
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Cutiura
Dept
Boston
Ady
Hebron
Palentina
Arabia
Lebanons
Egypt
Sudan
Syria
Euphrates
Tigris
Birmingham Post
Look Out for Counterfeit Two Dollar Bills
A passerby jokes about counterfeit currency and prefers genuine ten dollar bills, reflecting a wary attitude toward fake money in everyday transactions.
Woman Overcomes Coffee Habit with Postum Cure
A woman with long lasting heart trouble attributes relief to stopping coffee and using Postum. Her husband carried her away from the table and after eleven weeks of illness she switched to Postum, improved to 158 pounds, and avoids headaches and heart spells. The testimonial promotes Postum products from Battle Creek Michigan with brewing directions and product forms Instant and Regular.
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Postum
Anid
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Superman
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Gadir
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Miei
Engadir
Turcas
Thay
Eibed
Lutstron
Bodien
Whale Brigades
Baloon
Ludge
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