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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1919
Page
7
American Red Cross canteen workers recall a midnight show performed by Italian Arditi near the front. A staged battle with shells and flame simulated combat while stretcher bearers moved the wounded and the audience learned the cost of war. The illusion ends as Arditi reveal the hoax and greet the Americans.
The Cardinal Grosbeak known as Redbird is a finch and a prized songster with a bright rosy red coat and red bill. He is a faithful husband and father, sings to his mate during nesting, helps fledglings learn the world, and aids in insect and weed pest control. Protected especially during nesting season.
Dermot Done lan of London describes a pen alarm in Popular Science Monthly. A special pen case uses spring holders and a lever to tighten a bell striker. When the case is moved the bell rings until the pen is returned.
Civil war veterans at the National Soldiers' Home Sawtelle pledge to buy 64000 dollars worth of War Savings Stamps. 61 era soldiers are also major Liberty Loan subscribers as part of a wartime patriotism drive.
An open letter from William Guggenheim urges Americans to send picture postcards photographs and prints of towns in Belgium and northern France now occupied by Germans to the American Defense Society in New York They will be sent to the war department to help officers abroad learn local appearances aiding military operations and descriptions of territory are valued too.
The war service committee of the optical industry announced nationwide elimination of thousands of spectacle and eyeglass frame styles. With a quarter of Americans wearing glasses, several million dollars in gold used annually in manufacturing will be freed, boosting gold for coinage.
The piece explains a new marine camouflage concept that disrupts ship shapes with strong contrasts to defeat recognition. It argues the tactic misleads observers about a vessel’s direction and identity, aiding maritime security efforts and complicating submarine targeting.
Northern France towns Cambrai Arras Valenciennes Douai are linked to commerce and culture. Cambrai lends its name to cambric and Fenelon, Arras to a tapestry term and Robespierre born, Valenciennes to hosiery and Watteau froissart, Douai to a Catholic Bible edition.
Maynard Owen Williams notes Armenians stay loyal to the Allies, sending 130 from Van to occupy vacated Russian positions. Turkish advances after Erzerum threaten Tabriz and Caspian ports, while Georgians declare independence yet lose control, with delegates in Constantinople pressed to withdraw.
Prison camp officers interrogate five prisoners who pretend not to be Germans Austrians Hungarians or Slovaks. The men reveal they are Italians captured last fall and assigned to road repair behind German lines. They express relief and wish to kiss General Pershing or others in charge.
The text compares bore sizes of major artillery from France, Germany, and the United States. It notes no known 75 centimeter gun, details the French 75 mm, American 8 inch, and German 77 mm bore sizes, and discusses shell compatibility among those calibers.
Two chaplains returning at sundown from burying the dead on the Ourcq slope report that every fallen soldier died facing toward Germany. They describe the battlefield as testing the men’s courage and faith, with vivid, solemn accounts of those who perished in forward crouches.
A new anti U boat method places a depth charge as the torpedo nears. In daylight the torpedo wake is visible and the exploding charge forces premature detonation or diverts the weapon. A ship officer accidentally revealed the trick after an overboard discharge.
A reflection on returning soldiers in khaki drawing pride and awe from parents as the young man becomes their dedicating father figure. The piece contrasts homeland pride with sorrow for those who cannot return, then shifts to health concerns about tuberculosis among discharged soldiers, noting 800000 wartime deaths and 23000 soldiers discharged for TB.
Nor man Hapgood notes in Leslie's that donkeys largely served British transport to Baku and back, and Mesopotamia relies on donkeys for water, goods, and wartime tasks. He praises their amiability, steadiness, and intellect, noting Mahomet and Jesus references and debunking claims of stupidity.
A brief remark notes that a man without music in his soul remains indifferent to a fat wheel, reflecting a concise musing on taste and temperament.
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