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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
6
London report tells of a night bombing mission over German territory. The observer watches from the bomb machine as it approaches a river city and railway junction, guiding bombs to a fuel and ammo train amid searchlights and flares.
Seattle Republican candidate for county prosecutor pledges to donate at least half his salary to war relief. He plans to give 1600 dollars to the Red Cross, the YMCA, Knights of Columbus, and the Lava? army, divided equally, and invest 2000 dollars in thrift bonds.
The camp near an English village hosts 1 3,000 Yank airmen en route to France. Major Page, ambassador Page’s son, presided at dedication with General Biddle and General Livingston in attendance. Red Cross facilities, officers club, bread mountain and showers symbolize a growing American presence.
A wartime notice from Canada highlights strict conservation as the nation curtails candy, theater goers, and travel. Pianos phonographs violins and other instruments vanish from shops while citizens wear old clothes. Even tourist traffic drops and a buffalo incident at Banff adds a war era oddity.
A German prisoner in France reports a letter from Pte. Harry McBride to his mother describing allies' motives: Italy fights Austria, France saves her nation, England fights for news and Americans for souvenirs.
The Anderson bar tenders union dissolves after over thirty years of activity. Funds on hand are distributed with each member receiving an 18 dollar 83 cent refund. Indiana's statewide bone dry prohibition law takes effect on April 2 1918 ending bartender demand.
Louis Campbell of New York and Anderson Campbell of Lacey Ga brothers and Civil War veterans met for the first time since parting 55 years ago. They split after Fredericksburg as Anderson was captured at Chancellorsville. Anderson later moved south while Louis remained near the Orange mountains.
O. S. Rice, head of the library division in Madison Wisconsin, was arrested in Salem Massachusetts while taking photographs and sketches of Hawthorne's old home on an Eastern trip. He was released after presenting a traveling card signed by Governor L. Philipp and Secretary of State Hull.
A Mount Vernon New York local theater displays a provocative front with the phrase Te Hel with the Kaiser and Big Vaudeville Acta sparking curiosity about intended satire and public reaction.
War era notes show a new diamond factory for disabled soldiers' employes opens at Brigh with broader Britain labor shifts. Reports cite 1000000s of working days lost to strikes and rising female labor in munition plants across the UK and US, including nurse enrollments in New York Red Cross drives.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt quotes Mr Cobbles on summer help and a strict breakfast schedule. He says his hired man and he will be very busy and there will only be one breakfast call, at 4 a m.
In the Boston transcript a defendant argues he is a refugee not a deserter, citing injuries and welts as proof while the judge considers the complaint of desertion by his wife. The exchange highlights a clash between legal charges and personal claims of displacement.
Dialogue from the Boston Transcript features an actor and a friend discussing theater decline. The actor attributes poor houses to the quality of the play, while the friend suggests war as a factor. The exchange reflects wartime audience behavior and stage economics.
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