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Library of Congress1856

Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte--Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc. : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u. Seedampfschiffahrt

Post-road/railroad map of Central Europe (Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary, and adjacent regions). The component German states/principalities and adjacent countries are shown in distinctive border coloration. Title from map-content area (recto). When affixed to the cloth backing the map sheet was sectioned to 24 panels. Handwritten (cursive script) inked identification statement on paper label affixed to cloth backing (verso): German post and rail in 1856, Millard Fillmore, May 16, 1856. LC sheet imperfect: Use-worn, LC accession rubber-stamp in map-content area (top recto), lead-pencil annotations on cloth backing (verso). Includes notes, indexed table titled "Statistische Uebersicht der 38 deutschen Bundesstaaten", railroad distance table, waterways distance table, and key to abbreviations. Five paper panels with statistical tables, panel with spa/health-resort locations, panel with 6 trans-Alpine road profiles, and cover panel affixed to cloth backing (verso). Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

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Library of Congress1874

In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 709.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a memorial praying for the relief of the trustees of the German Evangelical Church at Martinsburgh, W. Va., and an appropriation of $3,500 to re-imburse them for the destruction of their church edifice, submit the following report

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Library of Congress1918

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 21, 1918

6 all sorts _A11 Ships Huns Damaged Now in U S Service Despite all the efforts made by their crews to render them useless nearly a hundred formerly interned German ships are now flying the Stars and Stripes in the service of the United States navy says the March Popular Mechanics Maga zine It develops that although the Huns were convinced their vandalism made our use of the boats impossible the navy has not only managed to repair all of them but has done the work so skill fully that in no case has failure or weak ness since developed Fire extinguishers were filled with gasoline incendiary prep arations made and gauges reversed Steam pipes were plugged by disjointing them driving in slugs of solid brass and then concealing the work by renewing the connections Meter Which Registers Telephone Calls A recently invented telephone meter described and illustrated in the March Popular Mechanics Magazine is designed to prevent errors in charging calls and t make the service more satisfactory to the subscriber in other respects Being of comparatively simple construction it can be installed in the signal case of a coinoperated telephone with slight alter ations The device comprises two

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Library of Congress1942

Image 4 of Browning chief (Browning, Mont.), December 4, 1942

The Browning Chief Entered as 2nd class matter July IS 1931 at the pastoffice at Browning Montana under act of March 3 IS7S Subscription 200 year tn advance Mis Annie Duncan Owner A weekly newspaper published every Friday at Browning Glacier County Montana Germans and Generals General Waveils recent choice of the worlds halfdozen great est generals is particularly inter esting because it does not in clude the name of a single Ger man of the last hundred years in spite of the fact that this emi nent British soldier recognizes that modern Germany is probably the greatest militarist power known General Wuvell places the American Robert E Lee on a level with Napoleon though re garding him as rather more of a gentleman than the celebrated Corsican adding also the names of Frederick the Great of Prussia and the Duke of Wellington Leading these four in General Wavells opinion are the two greatest soldiers the world has yet seenWinston Cnurchills ancestor the Duke of Marlbor ough and the famous Byzantine Belisarius The reason for the omission of modern German generals like Ludendorff is that German vic tories are characteristically the result of close organized staff work and that no

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