Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1918 — FRENCH DIG UP THEIR BURIED TREASURES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FRENCH DIG UP THEIR BURIED TREASURES

After the allied forces had recaptured the town of Hombleux, France, the Inhabitants were able to retrieve the valuables they had burled in order to keep them from the thieving hands of the Huns. Photograph shows a family digging up their belongings stored In a barrel and burled.