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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
6
The narrator recalls a funeral in France with Pete carried on a stretcher by four soldiers. The marching column passes a shell-destroyed village as troops salute. At the cemetery the chaplain performs the burial service amid German shelling and machine-gun fire.
The passage describes a trench routine as darkness falls. Soldiers begin fire trench duty with a stand to and reliefs. A sentry watches No Man's Land while others carry messages, sharing camaraderie and memories despite war’s grimness.
A first person account of life in a muddy forward trench and dugout named death by own action Annex. The narrator describes harsh conditions, nightly routines, cooties, and the ritual terror of going over the top during a bombardment with 9.2 and 15 inch shells, detailing fear, numbness, and the perils of No Man's Land as the attack begins.
The narrator recalls orders for a dawn assault on the German front line. A wiring party will cut lanes at eleven, artillery bombardment from two to four, then three waves go over at four. Some soldiers write letters in the machine gunners dugout before the attack.
Department of the Interior announces a public sale at Great Falls Montana on April 17 1918 for the SE% NE% of section 31 township 23 north range 5 west M M bid minimum four dollars per acre highest bidder must pay immediately sale closes when bidding ends adverse claimants must file objections by sale time J A Barker Register THOS CORBALLY Receiver first publication March 14 last April 11
Notice records a Department of the Interior public land sale for a non coal tract in 1918. Percy E. Hodgskiss, serial 043076, will offer land at not less than 3.25 per acre at 10:00 AM on April 16, 1918, at the office. Highest bidder must immediately pay the bid amount to the Receiver. The SE4 NW%, NEY SW, section 11, township 22 north, range 6 west, M M are listed.
The text notes filing of claims or objections in THOS. CORBALLY, Receiver, with first publication on March 14 and final on April 11. The notice indicates a formal receivership process with claim deadlines and procedural steps.
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