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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
3
Soldiers in France thank donors for tobacco as vital comfort. Readers are urged to share their allowances to fund cigars and pipes for front line troops, with a letter from Private A. A. Gu yette praising the care and real American tobacco sent to the regiments.
Postal rules forbid mailing packages to individual soldiers in the American Expeditionary forces. The Star notes the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund, headquartered in New York, distributes tobacco to all American troops in France rather than to any single soldier. Funds increase distribution.
The narrator recalls sailing aboard a ship and stocking up on tobacco before landing on August 12. On August 15 they became part of the regiment marching through London under arms, celebrating as the first American soldiers to do so and the first foreign troops since William the Conqueror. From August 1 to September 10, some details remain unknown.
Camp Lewis reports continued World War I training with no casualties as the Ninety First infantry works under star shells and night flares. Night attacks occur at machine gun ranges, focusing on direct hits amid Berlin woods ambiance.
The ad touts Nuxated Iron as a miracle blood and strength builder with claims of millions using it in the U S. endorsements come from politicians clergy and doctors. It urges a two week trial with five grain tablets three times daily and promises a refund if not effective.
Washington reports the War Industries Board is studying standardized Liberty shoes and war suits to be produced at low cost and in few designs. Officials say none are imminent but price fixing and centralized control may protect civilians amid rising costs and wartime demand.
Capt R C Hill aged 50 a surgeon in the army medical corps died Thursday of a gastric hemorrhage at Columbia sanitarium. He was being transferred from San Francisco to Fort Worden when illness struck. He leaves a widow and daughter in Seattle. Hill came to Seattle in 1910 as head surgeon of the Western Steel Corporation and entered the service last fall. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and of the American Medical College of Surgeons.
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