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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
6
In a daring daylight raid over German lines a U S bomber crew flies through huge searchlights and anti air fire. They press on despite damage to the aircraft and score a direct hit after dropping bombs over the target. The plane returns to base with tears in the fuselage. In California there are 80,852 irrigated farms.
A young American airman describes a solo mission behind German lines in a small bomber crew. The aircraft carried heavy payloads and three guns with three crew men. They crossed into enemy territory, dodged anti aircraft fire and a searchlight, then reached their objective before retreating as explosions roared below.
The article notes apprentices aboard a United States Shipping Board training ship display knitting skills while learning new duties. It mentions a boy weaving and creating fringe on canvas for various fittings and sunlit covers as part of the shipboard occupational training.
A Lincoln corporal captured April 11 1917 near Algicourt describes harsh abuse by German guards at camps behind the lines and in a Minden munition camp. He notes hunger and strict censorship, with some guards replaced by civilians and a fatal shooting of a Frenchwoman who aided prisoners.
French scouts report widespread wanton burning and mining of villages along the Retourne and nearby valleys as German troops retreated. Junville and Mont St Remy suffered deliberate fires and mines, with residents pleading for libraries to be spared. Some locales were only partially damaged due to close French pursuit and mine detonation.
Hermill Ohio reports the Pepples family of this city has served in every American conflict. The Revolutionary war through the Spanish-American war saw Peppleses bearing arms, and during the present world war five sons serve, bringing the family total to 22 soldiers across all wars.
Close Court Pick Cotton Macon reports Judge Beverly D Evans postponed October term to keep attaches and witnesses free for cotton fields amid high phearerg demand.
The article honors Lieut H T C Walker of the British navy as a Zeebrugge raid hero. It notes Vice Admiral Keyes directed from the destroyer Warwick and the Vindictive endured heavy bombardment. Walker, with an arm lost, waved greeting to his rescuers and survived to continue service.
Mrs Robert Lansing wife of the secretary of state arrives at the department of state auxiliary of the Red Cross each morning to gather and sort hospital clothing materials and other garments for soldiers and sailors. Her bandbox sales are famous in Washington as gifts pour in from cabinet members wives and war workers.
At the Flatiron building in New York a young exiled aviator from Russia, Prokofieff-Seversky, who lost a leg, has earned nine crosses for gallantry as an aviator. He fled Siberia with his mother five months ago, worried for his father and brothers who served in military aviation. His father, a Russian opera baritone, was a pioneer pilot who owned two airplanes in 1910.
John Quincy Adams of Pittsburgh is No 1 on the American army roll in France as part of a New York hospital unit that departed for France after the war began. He is among the few with three gold bars for service and witnessed German brutality while supporting American valor. He studied lithography before enlisting and joined the unit within days of war declaration, helping mark America's first war presence in London and Paris.
A Fremont Ohio reader describes relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the menopausal change at age forty six. She reports heat flashes nervousness backache and irritability fading and overall improvement following the remedy and invites further guidance from Pinkham Medicine Co. for any complications.
A new ragtime song release advertised with textual note. Call for reps in counties, physicians, and merchants urged. Pleasant work and pay in room 3 Wells Building Quincy. LiL HOMES for all in Southwest Arkansas described as healthy and good climate. Hortons Hope Arkansas invites letters. Illinois Chicago offer.
Prince Carol of Roumania is described as marrying beneath him in a geneal ogy view. The Hohenzollerns share a mixed pedigree with royal links across Europe including Coburg, Murat, Beauharnais, and connections to English nobility via Miss Maria Bruce and the Earl of Ailesbury.
A brief exchange notes awareness of national debt and gratitude for Liberty bonds. One speaker asks if the country’s debts are realized, the reply affirms understanding and thanks for the investment in liberty bonds.
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