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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1918
Page
4
The article warns that London remains the world’s most cosmopolitan city with frequent chatter about military matters in public spaces. Russian women and a Russian civilian are suspected of gathering information from officers in hotels, while a pattern of rapid exits and brief conversations suggests espionage activity as a master spy collates data for Berlin.
In Johnson City Tennessee authorities report mountains of cash and currency buried by east Tennessee mountaineers were dug up and invested in Liberty bonds. Gold and paper money were found in fireplace corners under trees and in hollow oaks, with some bonds dating back over fifty years. The third town shows the mountaineers participated most.
Hazleton Pa enthusiasts convert Buck mountain ground that once produced the anthracite van and helped defeat the Merrimac into a war garden for growing potatoes. Local volunteers dedicate space to patriotic duty through allotment of land for home food production.
Marlon Hadlich, a former German mechanic and deserter, describes harsh discipline by officers in Metz and Strasbourg. He recalls punishment like forced labor, water carry, and hours of repetitive drills, noting his father’s war injuries and his own move toward naturalization and American aviation service.
In Pittsburgh a woman told a court she would sign a release for her husband to join the army, not the navy, claiming the navy is too safe. After lengthy argument she was persuaded the navy is as dangerous as the army and signed the release.
Mereland Oregon Miss Margaret Hibbard a telephone operator bought a Liberty bond with her small salary Her brother Lieutenant BE Bibbard died in action in Europe Her second Liberty bond was bought after learning of his death She called it her answer to the Kaiser.
Scores of former athletic state stars enlist to train and assist the American forces overseas. They join the M A A to help with physical fitness and defense efforts for the war.
Italian troops on the Piave River front repelled Austrian counter-attacks while extending the Cape Sile bridgehead. About 4000 prisoners were taken as Austrians suffered devastating losses, with mass retreat and fierce fighting on Montello and Nervesa crossings.
Charles M. Jackman, a Chicago resident and British subject, arrived on a French steamer after an exchange of prisoners. He reports harsh conditions in German captivity, barbed wire enclosures, stables as dormitories, one daily fire only when temperature drops below nine degrees, and extreme cold with rare meat portions.
Chancellor von Hertling declares no further discussion on Wilsons four peace principles. He opposes a postwar league of nations, saying it could make it uncomfortable for Germany and spoke after Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann in the reichstag debate.
Washington dispatch reports Alexander W. Kerensky former provisional premier of Russia appeared in London on June 26 and announced he is heading to America as he vows Husagoon will join democracy against German domination, prompting official and diplomatic chatter.
London correspondent recalls Mackinnon, a boy on the Cameronia, who calmed troops from the bridge with a megaphone shouting stay calm before the ship sank. He defied orders to leave, was flung to safety by the captain, and later died aboard the Tuscania. The account honors his brave act.
A group of women debating Liberty bonds in a neighbor’s home is disrupted by a young girl who quips that her aunt may buy bonds to avoid taxes. A guest with a service member son objects, calls it patriotism, and storms out as the girl reveals the aunt’s costly living and travel for Niagara Park. The scene ends with the girl fleeing in embarrassment.
A historic note describes Queen Berenice wife of Ptolemy II offering her hair to Venus to ensure safe return from war. Her hair vanished from the temple and, in legend, transformed into the constellation Coma Berenice.
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