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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1918
Page
8
The excerpt recounts prewar business ties with a German agent who sought arms and aid, followed by contact with another German-linked businessman. It notes later letters from a German American citizen and mentions Allied prisoners, hospital conditions in Aachen, and medical procedures including anesthetic use and a nurse’s daily routines.
The account recalls a prisoner’s daily life with bunk anecdotes from a camp. Food and hygiene are described, including soap shortages and bath duties. A pig pen incident leads to egg theft and a planned breakfast while August arrivals and parcels bring welcomed relief.
The account describes English and Canadian prisoners receiving parcels from home and Switzerland, with care from better off soldiers. It notes moldy bread due to censorship delays, Swiss bread arriving in good condition for some, and meat shortages with questionable sausage and bones. It also mentions hospital rations, farm to city shortages, and a hidden phonograph used for records amid strict controls.
Camp Lewis notes indicate Leist infantry and 316th engineer regiments plan a big regimental night at the YMC auditorium Thursday. A4th and 40th field artillery units join Friday for a battalion night program featuring a land concert and music. A large tobacco shipment arrived for Santa county men in the cantonment and about a thousand soldiers were fed by young women from Tacoma and Seattle at Knights of Columbus building. Elaborate programs were given by Seattle and Tacoma performers.
Fragmentary OCR lists cities including Bismarck Duluth Huron Moorhead Omaha St Paul and Calgary Lamonton Medicine Hat with scattered fragments such as Denver Havreseeevsere Balt Lake see Minnedos Winniper suggesting a transportation or regional reference.
Washington dispatch reports a Red Cross plea for anti typhoid and smallpox vaccines to supplement food, disinfectants, and shelter supplies being prepared in New Orleans for Guatemalan quake victims. No current disease danger noted, but crowding risks prompt vaccine needs.
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