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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1919
Page
3
A government preserve in the Rudolph Diifenbach era faces heavy poaching sustained by night drives that push deer from the forest. Officials warn the slaughter is rising sharply as the big game area risks denuding its remaining population.
A vintage ad touts EATONIC tablets as a quick easy remedy for acid stomach and poor nourishment. It claims excess stomach acid robs strength despite eating, causes bloating and various pains, and promises relief with EATONIC that absorbs acid and clears the bowels. If ineffective, money back guarantee.
General Pershing’s staff selected standout acts of bravery by American troops in France. From thousands of remarkable deeds, a few extraordinary feats are presented as the most deserving for the Distinguished Service Cross.
The document recounts acts of valor by soldiers including Seibert and Smith near St Boussant and in France during 1918. It notes Seibert’s assault on a machine gun emplacement with two other soldiers, his wounding and continued actions aiding comrades, and his father’s Salinas home. It mentions Lieutenant Smith crossing a stream under fire to locate enemy guns, leading a tank attack and capturing nineteen Germans, and notes his mother in Austin, Texas. It also references Sergeant Ko zak earning the Distinguished Service Cross near Solesons, France, on July 18, 1878, for charging a hidden machine gun nest and organizing French colonial forces to attack another nest.
Harry Grover O Connor of Headquarters Detachment 78th Division earned a decoration for bravery near St Juviin France on October 15 1918. He braved fire to obtain vital information and rescue wounded comrades while delivering intelligence to his division. Richard H Hilton of Company M 118th Infantry was decorated for gallantry at Brancourt France on October 11 1918, advancing against machine gun fire to destroy a nest, resulting in the loss of his arm. His home is Westville SC.
WILBUR E. COLVER sergeant of Company A 1st U S Enlisted near Verdun France October 9 1918 awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for brave action locating machine gun posts advancing under ambush killing a gunner with a captured grenade silencing nests then killed in action Colver lived with father William H Colver 202 Helen avenue South Ozone Park NY LEMAN Private Company H 152nd Infantry decorated for Consenvoye France October 11 1918 after his company neared its objective he crawled to a machine gun flank killed or captured the crew and turned the weapon on the retreating enemy his mother Mrs Anna Leman Chicago Holzeman Private decorated for extraordinary heroism in Bala de Foret France October 10 1918 delivering a critical message through heavy shell fire after six runners were killed or wounded Seibert Sergeant Company F 364th Infantry awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for conspicuous gallantry near Epnonville France September 26 1915 remaining with his platoon leading men with courage under heavy shell fire
Corporal Thomas E O Shea of M G Co 107th Infantry earned the Distinguished Service Cross near Le Catelet France on September 29 1919 after aiding a disabled American tank under heavy fire he was mortally wounded. Sergeant Anderson earned honors for gallantry at Consenvoye France on October 8 1918 silencing a gun and capturing 23 prisoners. Private Davis of Big Lake Arkansas earned the DSC for singlehandedly attacking a German machine gun nest at Molleville Farm France on October 10 1915. Private Ward of Company D 117th Infantry earned the DSC near Estrees France on October 8 1918 for reducing an enfilading machine gun nest. his mother Mrs Laura Ward of Morristown Tennessee is listed.
Chaplain GHARLES D Priest of the 253th Infantry earned a decoration for extraordinary heroism in France on September 2 1918. He went six hundred yards beyond the front line to rescue a wounded man, carrying him back to shelter with a soldier's aid. Residence listed as St North La Salle Street Chicago IL.
A vintage advertisement extols a medicine, claiming superior healing and long advertising success. It cites Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as proven for kidney and liver ailments, urges readers to request a sample bottle by mail, and asks to send ten cents to Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York.
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An old advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a reliable blood maker and temperance remedy. It touts wild roots and barks like Oregon grape root beet root queen's root and others for lungs digestion and blood quality, claiming benefits against influenza and catarrh with suggested tablets and tonics.
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