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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
8
Lexington sergeant Alexander McClintock of the Canadian Army shares a gripping first person account about frontline life, wounds, and the call to rejoin the fight for Uncle Sam and allies. His tale blends personal courage with trench atmosphere to inspire American readers.
A fragmentary note references The Bomb Raid No 2 and Sergeant Alexander McClintock DCM. It includes garbled lines about Canadian iron and unclear terms. The readable elements point to a wartime titled item with an attributed individual and military honors.
A Canadian battalion recalls a nocturnal bombing raid, the long wait before going over the top, and the tense march across No Man's Land toward a German trench. The narrative covers artillery curtain fire, gas alerts, field rations, and the stark psychology of fear, duty, and comradeship during the Somme-era offensive.
Saunderson, a book peddler, endures heavy volumes and stubborn refusals from Mrs. Bowling. She declines new reading matter until he suggests an adjustable ironing board with twelve books in one set, usable one to three volumes at a time to suit the board and provide reading during ironing.
A man improvises a comical error claiming he stored subway seats in his pockets while his wife Annie watches. The eccentric pair rush to the theater door with tickets and stubs, the man panics realizing the mix up and blurts I put the seats in the cubway. The moment is recounted in a humorous dispatch from New York Car Pittsburgh Dispatch.
John Fleming, convicted of Murder in the First Degree at the October term 1968 of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District Lincoln County Idaho, sentenced to life in the Idaho State Penitentiary Boise Ada County, will apply to the State Board of Pardons at their next regular meeting after publication for an absolute clemency.
Public notice from the U S Land Office Halley Idaho dated June 28 1917 states August Bitterman of Owinza Idaho has filed for three year proof on his July 20 1914 homestead entry for Ni Section 22 Township 7 South Range 21 East Boise Meridian. Hearing before Frank Disney Idaho Commissioner at Shoshone on August 17 1917. Witnesses listed: August Moser Barbara Nied Henry Wiederspan John S Moser all of Owinza Idaho.
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