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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
6
A marine, twenty two years old, holds the medal for being the best shot with a rifle. An older man, seen with flour and kitchen-range items, is noted for being oftenest hit. The piece mentions employment concerns and protests over help, plus housing a gloating line about dandelions and alarm clock prices rising.
The text offers a jumble of provocative lines about deportation, Bolshevism, cabbage and canned beef, Berlin dancing a fox trot, and a reputed million houses. It hints at supply pressures and mistrust of soviet influence, set amid a satirical or fragmented public discourse.
A war correspondent recounts the August 11 1913 visit to the front near Chateau Thierry. He details German spies in Chery Chartreuve, the river Veslo battlefield, single file American advances, heavy artillery, aircraft engagements, and a water cart crew destroyed by shellfire. The piece closes with reflections on citizenship and a New Jersey judge’s ruling on military service.
The American army commander in Coblenz occupies the largest hotel’s royal suite, signaling a shift in power as monarchs lose prominence and the deuce claims the German strategy.
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