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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
3
An archival health piece outlines using VapoRub to ease influenza symptoms, with guidelines on bed rest, fluids, and avoiding crowds. It notes how vapors travel to airways, cautions on complications like pneumonia, and recommends steam inhalation and topical application for relief. It also discusses prevention via hygiene and fresh air, emphasizing early use of VapoRub for head colds.
Washington reports a week of stirring wartime events with good news for the allies. Austria sues for armistice under strict terms, Turkey capitulates, and Hungary faces political upheaval. Allied forces gain ground on the western front as Americans and French advance and capture towns, including Valendierines, while German defenders retreat.
Berlin admits defeat as Pershing and Gouraud push across a thirty mile front between the Meuse and Aisne. German war office concedes a breakthrough west of the Meuse, forcing withdrawals and signaling a rare public acknowledgment of losses to the American and French armies.
Washington reports that Allied and American negotiators seek clear German acceptance of terms. Andre Tardieu, French high commissioner, warned that if Germany confesses defeat the war could end by deception of conditions. if not, a last resort would be used to enforce acceptance.
Basel report notes a new Hungarian government with Count Michael Karolyi as premier and Count Theodore Rutthyanyi serving as foreign minister in Budapest. Washington dispatch says cereal exports are hampered by demands for troop transport ships under the expanded military program and that Hoover informed Senator Hitchesek of Nebraska on Saturday.
Allied officers interpret the German armistice as absolute surrender with no terms left to German mercy. Terms follow Austrian precedent, seek German withdrawal from occupied territories, and place vast control under Marshal Foch. Military leaders foresee Germany's army collapse if terms are not accepted, with key seizures of submarines heavy guns and tanks to be left under Allied control.
Rome reports Austria-Hungary to disarm its navy under armistice terms. Details outline 45 major warships and 21 patrol vessels plus torpedo craft, mine layers, river monitors, and support craft. Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary reportedly abdicates and plans retirement to Switzerland after discussions with new government leaders.
Joseph Berger 35 was sentenced to 45 years by a general court martial in Los Angeles for refusal of duty in the U S army.
Washington reports the Polish army under the Polish national committee’s supreme authority was recognized by the United States on November 4 as autonomous and co-belligerent, marking a formal alignment with Polish efforts.
An old advertisement extols GOLD MEDAL Haarlem capsules as a safe remedy to cleanse the kidneys and blood while warning of systemic poisoning if untreated. It claims strong effects, guarantees results, and markets the product as non patent medicine with sealed packs and domestic import details.
An old advertisement claims cold stands for acute catarrh and presents Hall s Catabre Medicine as a system booster that purifies blood and restores nasal health. It asserts protection against repeated colds and chronic catarrh and offers testimonials without listing details.
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