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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
6
The text recounts a WWI punishment called crucifixion on the wheel. A soldier endures being spread-eagled on a limber wheel for twenty-one days with limited rations. A sentry later says he passed the word along trench lines to prevent bigger losses and protect an important enterprise.
The writer recalls four days in the front line, then relief and billets. He details barrack life, meals, rations chaos, mud, lice, and the daily grind of chores and parade. Describes billet 117 as an old stable with a mint odor and the R A M C warning sign. He notes trench cooking, fags, and the loneliness of soldiers who rely on lonely soldiers columns for parcels.
In Chapter VII a Lance Corporal orders Tommy to help draw the next day’s rations. The quartermaster, aided by his batman, issues food from a slip showing entitled men. The scene shows military hierarchy, the prep of meals, and the envy of a private observing the noncommissioned officer’s diplomacy.
A World War I diary recounts a frontline march led by the narrator with Pete Walling as the cheerful left-side companion. Pete is shot in the chest, dies after asking the narrator to write to his mother and sweetheart, and is buried with a wreath and a wooden cross bearing verses. The unit gathers grasses and crafts a shielded epitaph.
Notice of public sale of a land tract in section 31 township 28 north range 5 west M M at or after 10:00 AM April 17 1918. Howard H Higgins holds serial 043626 and bids start at 4.00 per acre. Filing claims or objections advised by sale hour. J A Barker Register T H Corbally Receiver first publication March 14 last April 11.
The Department of the Interior announces a public sale of a non coal isolated land tract at 10:00 A M on April 16, 1918. Percy B Hodgskiss holds serial 043076 and the minimum bid is 3 25 per acre. The land described is SE4 NW and NEY SW in section 11 township 22 N range 6 W M M. Highest bidder must immediately pay the bid amount to the Receiver.
The text shows a notice by J A Barker, Register, and Thos Corbally as Receiver, inviting filing of claims or objections as part of a legal or estate proceeding.
Public sale announced for a tract in New Sec, section 6, township 22 north range 5 west, M M. to William L Hodgskiss with serial 043803 at a minimum of $3.00 per acre. Auction at 10:00 AM on April 17, 1918, at the office. highest bidder must pay immediately. Claims or objections to file with J A Barker Register and Thos Corbally Receiver. first publication March 14, last April 11.
J L Easley of Macon Illinois testifies that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been his sister’s favorite medicine for colds on the lungs for fifteen years. He says he has used it several times for a cold and it always relieved him promptly.
The notice requires all importers manufacturers storers and distributors of fertilizers to obtain licenses by March 20. Applications must be filed with the Law Department License Division of the United States Food Administration in Washington D C.
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