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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1918
Page
7
A Roll of Honor lists Sho shone youths serving in multiple military branches. The Journal invites corrections and offers a free copy to each listed member with verified addresses. Also notes Miss Sarah Purdum as a Red Cross nurse in charge of a fifty bed tent hospital in France.
In a Belgian village near Liege German troops pressed house to house, seizing arms and bullets as civilians fled in terror. The bombardment grew fierce with 42 centimeter mortars and Zeppelins aiding, while forts fell after brutal close combat and thousands of Belgians lay dead or buried.
A veteran recalls Belgian civilians and soldiers both suffering under German forces in Belgium and Luxembourg. He describes systematic arson in Liege, killings by German troops, brutal occupation, and food looting in Luxembourg. A Luxemburg farmer’s quick reply about Germany leads to his arrest and deportation.
Civilians and soldiers lie dead or wounded in Neuve Chateau after a hand to hand battle. The following installment will describe German troops executing mercyless orders from their officers.
A vice provost of Enon shared a large, humorous set of schoolboy misstatements drawn from his own experience. Highlights include Homer misattributed to another Homer, a bead essay redefining Adam Bede, and a joke defining a vacuum as the pope’s residence. The collection ends with a quip that gravity is a ten mile per hour limit.
Idaho headlines report draft call effects, land, road and tax matters, and local incidents. Ada county equalization meetings, state land deals, irrigation and highway work, and a haying accident near Melba are noted. Industrial and agricultural updates include dairy trends, rodent campaigns, and a new irrigation venture in Twin Falls region.
Glasgow ind London correspondence recalls Mackinnon the captain's boy aboard the torpedoed Anchor Meer Camerons in the Mediterranean last summer. He calmed troops through a megaphone shouting Keep your heads, men, and later disobeyed orders by staying on the bridge. The captain flung him overboard as the ship sank, and Mackinnon went down with the vessel, a brave memory in mercantile marine annals.
A group of women discuss Liberty bonds when a neighbor girl adds that her aunt might buy bonds to avoid taxation. An angry guest defends patriotism, another leaves in anger, and the girl reveals the trip cost to Niagara Falls, ending with hurt feelings and a swift exit.
In a celestial tale the constellation Coma Berenices, named for Queen Berenice, is described as Tremmemora. The story speaks of Queen Tereaicn, wife of Ptolemy, who offers her hair to Venus to aid his safe return from war. Her gold locks are said to have become stars through temple rituals across ten years.
The speaker delivers a tense moment as a psychic thrill unfolds in a ten second exchange. The speaker notes being scared and sees the audience worried, capturing a charged atmosphere during the event.
A Canadian inventor claims a new hut for bicycles will broaden usage of rubber rope and urea in cycling projects. The design aims to provide protective shelter and practical gear storage, suggesting wider cyclist access and potential economic effects.
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