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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
1
Fragmentary remarks discuss whether intervention is futile and question guarantees to prevent future crime. The text critiques German aggression and suggests that promises or guarantees may be worthless if not backed by action.
Germans in erg and pacifist peers argue we pursue war to punish Germany as well as defend Belgium. The case frames punishment as reformative, not vindictive, a tool to protect the weak and uphold civilised standards, without betraying treaty commitments.
A soldier recalls guarding a German airman during World War I. In a coded warning joke, a tin of jam is tossed as a ransom, and Wilson is wounded when the jam tin explodes. The narrator frames the incident as a grave lesson about the Hun.
A bakery near the front lines turns out about 190,000 loaves each day. Dough is kneaded in long troughs, sent down shoots to a vast room below, gathered, sprinkled, and weighed to ensure uniform size, then cut into rounds about four inches in diameter.
British forces recaptured Neuve Chapelle carving through German defenses after a fierce bombardment. The village’s position proved crucial as it opened access toward Lille and the Lille ridge, though command delays hampered reserves and affected overall victory.
A six shell trench shotgun designed for the American army abroad, carrying nine bullets per shell, was developed by Winchester in collaboration with the Ordnance Department. Promoted as a pump action weapon, it aims to unleash buckshot over close range to deter enemy troops in trench combat.
An account describes equipping a single barrel shotgun with a steel brace and bayonet for trench use. The weapon carries six shells of buckshot and, at 40 yards, can pierce pineboard. Proposals by Australians for similar arms were vetoed as contravening the Geneva Convention and not a service arm.
A new artificial arm devised by A. C. Adams at Roehampton Hospital weighs 2 lb 3 oz and is strong enough for digging, sledgehammer use, and lifting. The forearm attaches quickly, the hand swivels, and movement mirrors a natural limb per a Daily Mail medical correspondent.
An advertisement warns of bowel congestion from decaying waste in the lower intestines causing toxemia and biliousness. It promotes Najal, a non absorbing lubricant by Standard Oil of New Jersey, as a pleasant, habit free cleanse not a medicine or drug.
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