Escape From German Hands Told At First M. E. Church
Private GC V Combe, a Canadian machine corps veteran, recounted trench warfare and German brutality. He described imprisonment, torture, failed escape attempts, and hunger rations, plus warnings about German propaganda and praise for American soldiers joining the fight for world freedom. He recounted three escape attempts, including feigning deafness and insanity, and urged relatives to distrust Hun lies.
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GC. V. Combe
Western Front
Combe
Germany
Holland
United States
Minol touted as aid for thin irritable child
An advertisement story from Middletown Connecticut extols Minol as a remedy for a frail nervous child with poor appetite. It claims rapid improvement within a week, including weight gain and a calmer disposition, and promotes various tonics and cod liver products from Wangler Bros. Co. and C. J. Mille. The notice includes pharmaceutical names and a Saxol Salve claim for itching and healing.
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Middletown
B. Wilkinson
Vinci
Wangler Bros. Co
Drugelgists
C. J. Mille
Drugeists
PB. S
Cocoanut Oil Shampoo Use for Hair Care
An old advertisement touts refined cocoanut oil as a superior shampoo. It cautions against alkali in soaps that dry scalp and brittle hair, promotes cocoanut oil as pure, crease-less, inexpensive, and easy to use for rich lather that cleans dust dirt dandruff and oil. It claims leaves hair silky bright and manageable.
CALCERBS Tonic Promises cough relief and health boost
A wartime style ad touts CALCERBS as a health builder to rid persistent coughs and throat or lung troubles. The calcium formula is claimed to be easily absorbed and to strengthen against illness, sold at 50 cents a box by Aceman Laboratory of Philadelphia.
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Mann
Porstpald
Aceman Laboratory
Philadelphia
West Waterloo Park Plan Listing Cut Short
Mobile note describes a fragmentary section from West Waterloo and nearby Kenwood park. Mentions Jon J. Bach to WW, Chapin, Aldrich's Ada Cedar Fally, and a Cedar Valley area reference. Image OCR garble yields limited readable facts about park proposals or local names with uncertain context.
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Plat
West Waterloo
Kenwood Park
Witerloo
Jon J. Bach
Chapin
Aldrich
Ada
Cedar Fally
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Black Hawk County
McQuilkin
Frederick Spurs
Howrey & McWislliams Add
Waterloo
Margaret L."hewitt
W. Blough
W. Brown
Mary I
Beckner, L
Myer & Apfel
Oseph Allen Stocker
Josiah Stocker
Forest Park Add
Clao Bryant
Willis G. Bryant
la Porte
E. Brebner
Shilfiam
Esas Anna Wilkins Conder
Frank Connor
Aiord
Rose Manton
Kate Grieger
Orig
Eckman
Peninsular
Hao
S. H. Davis Ladies’ Tailor
Dover Street
London
Jay’s
Oxford Circus
Redfern
Nice
Paris
Place Vendome
Lafayette Street
East Side
Citizens Gas Ant Electric Co
Andl Xeo
Eath
East Fourth Street
Mason City
Marshalltown
Charles City
Aberdeen
S. D
Perrins Dents Kayser
Iowa
Unionalls
Women’s Union
Alls
Batiste
New Fall Jersey
Vanta
Minneapolis
Ues
Cardinal, Kelly
Oxford
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