18 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
1
Albert N. Depew, author of the story, recalls his U S Navy career rising to chief petty officer, first class gunner. After his honorable discharge the world war begins, and he heads for France with a strong resolve to enlist.
The narrator details his attempt to join the French Foreign Legion at St Nazaire, facing scrutiny over his passport and age. He passes an English examination, becomes a gunner, serves aboard the Cassard, and describes differences with the French Navy, food, hammocks, and life aboard. He recounts a 14-day quarantine in Spezia, gains gunnery bars, and reflects on women, hardship, and frontline trench life in Belgium, including the Menace of shells and the necessity of guides through trenches.
The narrator describes marching to the Flanders front after leave, traveling from Brest to Bergues then Dixmude by rail and truck. He praises French civilian support, noting booths at stations where young women feed soldiers, and lauding their care for the legionnaires deemed “arrangers” who ensure proper meals and morale.
Bepew describes his debut in the front line trenches at Dixmude and explains how the British troops “tarry on” as he recounts what he learned in the next installment.
A fragment shows a girl recounting earning a penny from Carter after a confrontation. The text hints at a dispute, a threat to fight, and a pledge based on a penny given in return. The passage ends abruptly with unclear dialogue.
The American Red Cross urges trained nurses to join the war effort both at training camps and in French hospitals where hundreds of wounded daily require care. Nurses face sacrifice for greater rewards in self respect and patriotism, with five thousand needed now through June and about twenty five thousand by year end. Requirements include graduation from a recognized school, age 21 or older, and possible travel expenses covered when ordered by the Red Cross and War Department. Service may be domestic or abroad, with length of service tied to wartime needs and possible discharge for misconduct or unsatisfactory performance.
A fashion feature notes negligees evolving into trousers and ornate pantsuits. Designers draw on Japan, China, Persia, and Turkey for inspiration showing satin trousers with flowered silks, georgette mantels, and jackets. Bright colors, gold embroidery, and bold contrasts invite a global palette.
The article promotes white shoes in a patriotic fashion push, listing white, buckskin, canvas, and duck as acceptable for dress, with white galters and slippers pairing with evening wear. It describes a decorative wide hexagonal mesh well and a scarlet collar with white silk blouse featuring blue embroidery.
Woman endorses a lemon and Orchard White mix to make a lotion claimed to fade freckles sunburn and tan. The ad promises quick, harmless whitening for face neck arms and hands and notes lemons and Orchard White are readily available at grocers and drug stores.
Humorist King Lardner of Chicago tosses his newspaper in alarm at the Hun methods as bombs threaten London. He describes their supposed device of painting Gothas with jokes to blind the English with laughter and fear.
The State Department reports steep living-cost increases for diplomats overseas in 1917. Italy 65 percent, Spain 25, Greece 250, Switzerland 97, Sweden 226, Denmark 70, France 57, Holland 60, with Switzerland offering some solace as Germany maintains about 400 staff in Bern.
A boy waters the lawn as his mother says he must every evening. He tires of the task due to low water pressure. He tells his mother that a picnic tomorrow will surely bring rain, hoping for a break from the chore.
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