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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
8
Sergeant Alexander McClintock of Lexington, Kentucky, a Distinguished Conduct Medal recipient, recounts his wartime service in gripping firsthand detail. The Canadian Army veteran was invalided home yet vows to go back to the front, sharing his unwavering spirit and the atmosphere of the trenches for American readers.
By Sergeant Alexander McClintock of the Canadian Gren Guards, an American-born sergeant from Lexington, recounts later in an Ath Overseas Bats column his bravery, wounds, and return home after Verdun and the Somme style battles. He describes front-line shifts, severe artillery barrages, a key trench assault, and Major Lewis’s fatal demand to target a problematic machine gun, with McClintock leading volunteers through peril and loss.
Notice of the Linoln County Idaho annual school meeting on September 4 1917 at the school house. Polls open 1 PM to 5 PM. Two trustees to be elected for three years. Residents only. Includes other notices and legal summons.
A bargain for sale at Shoshone lists a four room residence with bath, lawn and shade trees, garden, chicken yard, coal house, cement garage, Ford car, Studebaker cart, carpenters tools, ladders, and household goods including piano jars electric plates, and more. Seller leaves for Navy Yard. inquiries at residence by B. F. Peak.
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