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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
4
Sergeant Alexander McClintock of Lexington Kentucky in the Canadian Army shares a gripping personal narrative about being wounded and invalided home. He plans to return to fight for Uncle Sam and the Allies, offering an inspiring account of trench life and wartime spirit.
A Canadian raiding party in France details the brutal No Man's Land push, the roles of ten men with bombs and signals, the mine attack that decimated the party, rescue efforts for wounded, and reflections on fear, courage, and improvised weapons amid trench warfare.
No 4 shifts to the Somme. Sergeant McClintock describes the battle as the greatest of all, noting the front in Belgium was a rest sector by comparison. He cites extensive allied preparations for open warfare later abandoned due to failed expected developments.
Atlantic reports American engineers plan to use locomotives transported by ships sunk off the Azores. Eleven vessels, six sunk, carried locomotives to aid rail construction behind the French front. Captains describe submarine attacks, lifeboats, and towing away survivors to St Maria. crews recount longest submarine with 71 men and two six inch guns.
Apache Indians in the Sierra Anchas mountains 50 miles northwest of Globe on the warpath. The two largest asbestos mines in the district are tied up, according to a telephone message to the sheriff's office.
The Minneapolis grain market shows September wheat opening at 2.27 with a close of 2.26. Cash bids list multiple Northern grade prices from 2.86 to 3.00, Montana and durum values, corn at 2.24 to 2.26, oats 69 to 70 cents, flax 3.40 to 3.65, barley 1.18 to 1.46, rye 1.09 to 1.30, and bran at 37.50 to 38.00, reflecting active trading across grains.
Chicago August 7 says Hogs receipts 10 500 cattle receipts 16 000 sheep receipts 10 000 market steady unsettled ranges show hogs mixed prices from 11 26 to 16 60 cattle native beef 7 50 to 11 15 western breeders 8 00 to 12 25 stockers and feeders 5 75 to 9 10 cows and heifers 4 30 to 11 75 lambs 9 00 to 14 25.
Hogs receipts 10 200 hogs market higher with heavy at 15.25 to 16.00 mixed 15.30 to 15.60 light 15.20 to 14.00. cattle receipts 1900 market strong native steers 9.00 to 14.00 cows and heifers 6.00 to 9.50 western steers 9.0 to 11.5 Texas steers 7.0 to 9.0 canners 5.0 to 6.0 stockers 5.75 to 9.25 calves 9.00 to 12.50 bulls 5.50 to 8.0. sheep receipts 11500 yearlings 9.50 to 10.50 wethers 9.60 to 10.0 ewes 8.00 to 9.00 lambs 13.25 to 13.50.
Wheat closed at 2.25 with highs to 2.28 and lows at 2.24. Corn futures for December opened 1.16, traded up to 1.17 and down to 1.15 before closing at 1.16. May corn opened 1.18 with a 1.14 high and 1.12 low, ending around 1.13. Oats futures showed slight moves with September at 58 to 59 cents, and December around 58 cents to 68 cents, closing near 58 cents.
St Paul livestock receipts total 2 420 with hogs 1 160 cattle 1 100 and sheep 160. Hogs higher by 5 to 10 cents with prices 15.00 to 16.00 and bulk 15.25 to 15.50. Cattle killers strong with steers 5.00 to 12.50 cows and heifers 6.06 to 9.00 calves 4.00 to 11.35 stockers 5.00 to 5.75. Sheep receipts 160 lambs 6.00 to 14.00, wethers 7.00 to 9.50, ewes 5.00 to 8.50.
A head on collision between two passenger trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line in Milwaukee at dawn claims four lives including two enginemen and two tramps. Investigation details pending as crews repair track and clear wreckage.
A fire at Fort Bliss cavalry camp in El Paso, Texas, destroyed twenty seven thousand bales of hay. The cause is listed as unknown. The blaze occurred August 6 and damage was extensive to the army's forage supply.
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