25 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Pocahontas County Sun
Location
Laurens, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
1
The article describes building a three ply sewing screen with a low profile to fit a seated user. It advises a Carpenter frame, cretonne or oblate covering, pockets for supplies, and a stiff top string for a neat look. The design aims to blend with furniture and save space.
Reports from the front describe Captain Pacucen and Lieut George B Redwood with various accolades and fates. Indiana upholds prohibition law in a four to one Supreme Court decision, Judge Spencer dissenting. A draft slacker Anton autatoris is linked to a $40,000 Chicago bank theft. Lieutenant Mesarguer, noted French air service ace, escaped prison in Germany.
Frasier leads John Steen for the Republican gubernatorial nomination as a national espionage claim surfaces. Dispatches report from Hismarck show 53 counties counted with Frasier ahead in the race.
A June 24 dispatch from Amsterdam reports rumors that former Emperor Nicholas II was murdered, described as designed to inflame the public by the executive committee president at Exasterluburg. The telegram was sent via Berlin from Leon Moacow.
Forty persons are known to have been killed and several injured when the Bus Drug company building at Fourth and Douglas Street collapsed in Sioux City Iowa. rescue and recovery efforts continue with no further details available on missing individuals.
Reported battle near the Marne lines describes American forces engaging German troops, capturing 1,500 prisoners and driving the enemy back across the river. Details mention machine gun fire, artillery support, and notes on later movements and positions as the battle raged.
Pershing confers Bertin report on a bombing raid. Americans were captured during the attack with unclear details. The scrambled text mentions party names and recollections, but the readable portion confirms a World War I era exchange about prisoners and military actions.
Fragmented OCR notes describe wartime rhetoric and events around London and Brussels with references to Belgian casualties and German officers. The garbled text mentions large ships and warnings, plus mentions of maps and wartime control.
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