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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
14
In Belgium during wartime I resist a scheme by Huyliger and a linguist to seize my passport. I threaten with a deadly bluff, escape the city, and reflect on Belgian hardship, moral choices, and the danger to locals who aid fugitives.
The narrator endures hunger and surveillance as German troops occupy Brussels streets. He scavenges scraps, observes a sausage window attraction drawing officers, and braves a wine cellar hideout during a tense German search. He notes German metal raids and contrasts soldier demeanor with American troops.
Stanley J Weyman argues that revolts fail against modern military tech including machine guns and high explosive shells. He contends that nations cannot be overthrown by improvised forces once weapons are advanced and trained troops prevail.
Field headquarters detail large scale construction by 120 civil engineers aided by army engineers. 2,448 miles of railroad rebuilt or repaired and 590 miles of new railroad built, 30,000 miles of telephone wire, 10,000 new buildings, 200 miles of narrow gauge rail, 10 bridges for 2,040 miles of operating road, with 200,000 workmen and 100,000 army mules involved.
The English Co-Operative Wholesale Society stands among the world’s largest manufacturing enterprises with factories across England plus farms dairies and creameries. It has $50,000,000 invested in member homes and, with Scotland, produces about $500,000,000 in yearly commodities. Its tea warehouse distributes 25,000,000 pounds yearly from own tea lands in Ceylon.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that after the fall of Constantinople Turks suppressed western learning and many manuscripts were destroyed. Some believe vast stores remain hidden in Saint Sophia vaults and other places, with recent reports raising hope of recovering priceless books.
Mr G S Thompson of Kirby Knowle Thirsk died in York at eighty three. He rode his first winner at age seven after his father backed another horse and a stable rider entered against him. Young George Thompson was urged to gallop and won the race, returning to his mother through the carriage window.
The notice reports complaints from Washington about rising prices blamed on pathological experimenters. Monkeys once at 8 dollars each now cost 18 dollars, per the New York World.
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