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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
6
The narrator details night raids on barns for clothing including an old coat and scarf, and the emotional cost of discarding a WW II Royal Flying Corps uniform. He avoids dogs in Belgian villages, narrowly dodges a German sentry on a crossroads, and slips past a road lined with troops while spying canal boat thieves nearby.
The narrator recalls eight weeks wandering Belgium facing narrow ditches, swampy ground, and mud that forced wading. He recalls jumping failed and getting soaked, the danger of noise giving away his position, and sightings of cows hitched to wagons in place of horses as rubber becomes scarce. He notes few horses remaining among locals and German use of donkeys and cows as draft animals.
The article notes a fifth day Chautauqua event featuring the Community Sing led by Mr. and Mrs. Eichhorn as a nationwide effort to foster solidarity and unity through collective song during wartime. It explains the role of community singing in promoting harmony and mutual goodwill among Americans.
Chicago July 20 The quartermaster department U S A placed the largest order in world history for bacon and canned meats for the American army overseas. The order totals 99 60 000 pounds of bacon and 134 000 000 pounds of canned meat. Louis F Swift notes the bacon would come from about 1 900 000 hogs and six months will pass before delivery is complete. He adds packers would pay livestock producers about 80 000 000 for hogs and over 50 000 000 for cattle at current prices.
Baby Marie Osborne star of the Pathe play Dolly Does Her Bit at the Royal theater is noted for her initiative at the Diando studio. She used a bowl and demanded cigarettes from entrants claiming they were for the boys at the front. She plans to collect one from each person daily and ship them Over There weekly.
The ad argues good health brings joy and that clogged bowels spoil life. It suggests Chamberlain's Tablets move bowels, aid digestion, and reduce headaches, promising readers a chance to realize the real joy of living.
It is stated that the threshing division of the food administration would fix threshing prices but this is a mistake. Farmers and threshermen can agree locally based on costs and conditions. The division aims to assist threshermen with day to day difficulties.
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