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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
1
During the late great German Austrian drive, French and British forces used motor vehicles to move troops into Italy. Rail and road networks were stretched to capacity as thousands of Allied trucks crossed the Alps at elevations up to eight thousand feet. The long procession of motor lorries traveled over mountain passes to reinforce Italian defenses.
Northern France to Italy movement describes groups of about 18 to 20 Fiat vehicles per convoy, each group led by an officer in a Fiat touring car. Vehicles carried fuel for 250 miles and had varying supply points along the route, with mechanics assigned to each group to perform required gear maintenance.
A fragmented World War I era advertisement describes The Better Ole theater in Stack Alley, Dweting Wen, offering two person accommodation with unusual amenities. It mentions cold showers, improvised facilities, and available stretcher beds, claiming daily fresh inconveniences and a looming danger as the scene is set amid war with nostalgic parodic notes.
The report describes improbable debtor encounters amid the war’s chaos. A wartime aide party from distant fronts encounters a tough, elusive debtor in battle near the trenches of France and Flanders, illustrating unlikely personal crossroads amid conflict.
A chaotic wartime diary fragment recalls a limping British and German encounter in No Man's Land. A Shropshire unit joins an Australian comrade while authorities recount urges to strengthen the merchant marine and shipyard capacity as the war presses on.
Edward N. Hurley, head of the United States Shipping Board, notes America’s swift shift to a self built ship industry. He cites March steel construction reaching 1,205,208 dead weight tons with 28 percent steel, plus 655,456 tons under contract and requisition, and eight percent in service.
In Trenton New Jersey workers gathered to watch Elizabeth and Margaret Peine sisters of German descent pledge allegiance to the United States. A committee offered a ducking in the canal or raising a flag as punishment for their actions when the soldiers passed for Camp Dix. The incident ended with the flag salute and the pottery line resuming work.
An ad warns that hidden constipation saps spirit and strength and may be deadly if untreated. It promotes Najol lubricant from Standard Oil Company New Jersey as a non absorbent, non gripe solution that eases bowel movement without upset.
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