Bonetraill Social Roundup Shows Local Visits and Gatherings
Local items note stray sheep sighting reported to Mikel Harstad and names such as Harstad Williams Alberts Katze l, Sites. Monday evenings feature visits at Mike Harstad's and Bert Rap’s. families from Williams, Azar, Aspland, Christensen, and Kaetzel attend card parties and social calls through the week. Williston shoppers and Friday calls headline the small town social calendar.
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Mikel Harstad
Bonetraill
R. J
Frank Williams
Dick Alberts
Albert
Otto Hints
Bert Aspland
Cyrus Sites
H. C. Kartzel
Henry Hanson
Mike Harstad
Bert Rap
Joe Azar
Bruce Christensen
K. C. Kaetzel
H .C. Kaetzel
Williston
John Kulseth
Cyrus
Groundhog Day Weather Signals Six More Weeks of Winter
In Sunnyside North Dakota Mr. Groundhog saw his shadow signaling six more weeks of winter. Ed McMillen and family visited M E Webb. Pete Fredrickson and Frank Shanks shared an evening. Frank delivered hay in Williston to Mrs Eta Zimmerman. Harold McMillen was noted in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. I .Webb
Judson School No. 3
M. C. Webb
Farmer
J. P. Pippenger
Misa Emogene Grey
E. I. Webb
Frank Shank
Ewald
Nelson
M. C.webb
Ethel
Viola
Florence
Don Shanks
Guy Shanks
Guy Shank
Camp Custer
Pippenger
Don Shank
J. B. Pippenger
Mr. Victor Anderson of
Zahl
Ewald Nelson
Onrts
Groundhog
North Dakota
Ed McMillen
Harold
Nellie
Johnnie
M. E. Webb
Pete Fredrickson
Frank Shanks
Frank
Williston
Etta Zimmerman
Harold McMillen
Ex-Gunner and Chief of Foreign Legion Capt Gunturrets Cassard Croix de Guerre Winner
Ex-Gunner and Chief of the Foreign Legion of France Captain Gun Turret Cassard, Croix de Guerre recipient, recalls brutal treatment under German captors during winter, detailing starvation meals, barbed wire restraints, and repeated shootings threats. He describes cold, injuries, and forced endurance while prisoners.
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Foreign Legion OF France
Cassard
German Prison Camps Chapter XIX Describes Detention Route
The narrator recalls being separated as a neutral and then as an American in a German camp system. He describes segregation, mistreatment, transfer by rail, brutal guards, and harsh conditions from the barbed wire to the Neu trelitz arrival, with cold, hunger, and crowded barracks.
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America
Alt-Danin
Neutrelitz
Mud, slush, and hunger in a German prison camp
Survivors describe bleak conditions at Neustrelitz and Swinemunde style barracks with benches as beds, muddy bread and rank barley coffee. They complain about footwear shortages, lack of socks and underwear, and a mocked letter-writing ceremony where officers tore up all messages.
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Germany
England
Neustrelita
Bwinemunde
Fritz
Swinemunde
Prisoner of War Camp Marked on Door in Mock Address
A group learns the chalked inscription KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER on a door meant as a return address. They initially think it a town name and nickname the place the Brewery. The sentry laughs as he writes the word, suggesting amusement at the misunderstanding.
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Neustrelite
Sage and Sulphur Compound for Youthful Hair
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a home remedy to darken gray hair, restore natural color, and add shine. It claims the product darkens evenly and naturally, making users look younger, with instruction to apply to a strand and repeat as needed.
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Wyeth
Wyett
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Eden Valley
Ray Marsh
Earll Smith
Miss Lovel
Claude McCoy
James Sheppard
Ie Moorfield
Earl Smith
T. M. Kauffman
Ben Frank
O. A. Myer
Goldie Joyce
Miss Forsche
Jack Pankowski
Jessie Brown
Dan
Sunnyside
The
Williston State Bank
Simon Westby
S.M. Hydle
Bank Depositors Guarantee Fund
State of
Murray
Brown
Portsmouth
Kriges Deransent
Lovejoy
Avoca
E. H. Laird
North Oak
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