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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1918
Page
5
German bombing squadrons attacked towns behind the front with raids on Rouen killing six and wounding five. Havre saw no casualties or damage while Vernon endured material losses. Warnings reached Dunkirk and Calais with about 50 heavy bombs dropped on Friday night.
A London dispatch claims the Palestine house where St. Peter stayed will be secured by the church army as a center for care of British troops in Palestine. Authorities say the Tanner’s house is gone and its exact site disputed, a situation likened to Washington’s sleeping house in America.
Bishop John F. Carroll urges Catholic communities to push higher education as government notes danger from college depletion due to underage enlistment. Mount St Charles College plans a military training unit, expand sciences, and seeks 100 collegiate students. Angelus at noon advised for soldiers. The appeal calls for complete Catholic enlistment records and announces institute opening August 20 with a high mass on August 22 and priest retreat August 26 to 30.
London Aug 18 Universal war breach of better quality than last year for all the nations fighting Germany will be one of the chief results of the food controllers conference in London. Herbert C Hoover American food administrator told the Associated Press today that there will be ample supplies of fats and meat if populations are economical and waste is avoided. He said the danger of privation is past and North America can ship the bulk of required food overseas reducing voyage length and saving tonnage for European allies.
Paris August 18 President Poincare and marine minister Georges Leygues returned to Paris after a two day port visit. They inspected Franco American naval bases and saw first hand how the two navies cooperate against German submarines.
The Catholic parish conducts daily high masses for various souls including Patrick Mainilton Monsignor De Siere and John Henry Cronin with special intentions and anniversaries noted. The Sisters of St Lawrence and parish groups prepare return arrangements, while 109 priests attended Monsignor De Siere’s funeral and a memorial requiem for Father English is announced.
Western friends of the 210th engineers selected a full frown baldheaded American eagle as mascot for the fighters. The bird was received without disturbance after its long journey from the Rockies and is being cared for by the regiment's headquarters company.
The article describes pidan or preserved eggs as duck eggs preserved in a tea salt lime and wood ash solution for about six months. After curing the eggs are drained coated with rice hulls and stored.
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