Captured By Lieutenant J Harvey Douglas Fourth Canadian Mounted
A wartime memoir recounts the escape and capture of a wounded Canadian officer, his days in Murren and Lausanne, hospital ordeals for appendicitis and a shattered thigh, and his life with Brewster among Allied officers in neutral Switzerland during World War I. The piece notes Swiss internment zones, hospital scenes, and the arrival of the United States into the war, ending with a return to Murren and ongoing duties.
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J. Harvey Douglas
Canadian Mounted
Public Ledger Company
Jack Pletbrook
Germany
Berne
Murren
Brewster
Lausanne
Switzerland
Theospital
Aly
United States
Chateau D'Oex
War-Saving Lesson From Robinson Crusoe Coat
Ellis Parker Butler uses Robinson Crusoe’s goat skin coat to urge thrift and war savings. He argues time spent saving and working for goods and services helps the war effort, contrasting money’s uselessness on a deserted island with savings stamps and government bonds that fund equipment and payrolls for the war.
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Robinson Crusoe
Bam
Ellis Parker Butler
Robinson Crusoelle
Robinson Cruson
Tasson
Tie
United States
Mohinson Crusoe
Germany
Thrift Stamps and War Aid Message
A reader urges buying thrift stamps to fund the war, arguing that spending now supports the government through tax and services. The note recalls Robinson Crusoe and promotes saving money to earn and aid the war effort.
Back From Blighty and the War Weary Front
Philip Gibbs reports from London about soldiers returning from leave to snowbound France and the trenches. On the voyage home they recall Christmas and New Year and the harsh, cold deck scenes, coughing, and quiet farewells. France remains wintry as staff cars head toward the front and soldiers speak of distant dangers and secret burdens of war. Baker as a Prophet is urged to clarify wartime expectations, questioning whether his field travels shape policy or merely reflect curiosity.
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Philip Gibbs
London Chronicle
France
England
Goodby
Ike
Baker
New York Evening Post
Arehey
War Department
Church Vital to Nation Needs Fuel Crisis Addressed
A speech by John Robertson Macartney urges the church to lead in sustaining moral welfare amid fuel shortages. He argues religious institutions must preach virtue, support families, and mobilize charity while urging fuel authorities to protect essential services.
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Haymu Benea
Abes
Soem
Wayrol
Defense
Pieler Ministry of Want
Meyer
Vinornus
John Robertson Macartney
Germany Demands Territory and Subjugation of Russia
Indianapolis News reports Germany’s demand for territory and the subordination of Russia as a peace basin. It claims Prussianism would enslave all but Prussia, seeks Russia’s Baltic provinces and control of grain and food, and aims to erode western Russia to Germanize the region. It notes Trotzky era statesmen’'s reluctance to such terms and previews allied war terms if Kaiser’s aggression endures.
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Indianapolis
Germany
Russia
Prussia
Franco
Wartime London News Roundup and Local Incidents
The Times reports dockers in Liverpool halted work over khaki dockers policy while a Peterborough factory manager helped start an engine as a worker was injured by a flywheel. A steamship Gurley crew rescue followed a gale near Bergen. Yarmouth market saw three fat pigs. lots drawn for pies. A House of Commons tribunal granted May exemptions to Burgoyne and Co. Burgoyne apologized in court for stolen robes. Suitcase misdelivery at a local hospital. A naval engagement off the North Atlantic coast left one officer dead after a pistol misfire. Lambeth Police Court fined a butcher £50 for overpriced mutton. Clerkenwell heard a tax case. Billingsgate fish intake and spoilage figures noted. A Glasgow shaft accident killed one and injured four. Birmingham frost reduced water supply, urging conservation. Marlborough Street Court jailed Norman Smith for a month for stealing mutton cutlets to give to his mother.
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Paul
Gurley
Bergen
Randher
Yarmouth
Mitchin
House of Commons
Eaguln
Cuthbert Burgoyne
Menora
HB. Burgoyne and Co
Granger
Rocket
Meutenant
Felumen
Lambeth
Brixton
Clerkenwell
Reighin Damond Polleher
Atntad
Billingsgate
Slobcross Quay
Glasgow
Birmingham
Marlborough Street Palie Court
Norman Smith
Gansiott-read
Francatl
Rastaurant
Mathar
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Murrep
de Place
Eiror
Nospi- Tata
Tommy
Lake Geneva
University of
Paris
Mondar
Daniel Defos
Moncey
Crusoe
Daniel Defoe San
Budey
Chocoleta
Vreau
Osinson Crusoe
Abe Jnsom Crusoe
Wien
Poglilia
MR Wien Douneé
Lhendistigg
Thin Seitone
Atecaetdee
Tony
Wpal
Church of the
Church of the Living God
the Times
London
Liverpool
Mr. Hoover
Women of America
U. S. Government
America
Chicago Examiner
Washington Street
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