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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1917
Page
7
Boise women married to Second Idaho soldiers seek travel to Charlotte and Camp Greens at reduced rail rates. Fourteen wives have agreed to go if a car is secured at special rates. total trip cost about 800 dollars or 15 dollars per person if twenty join.
The Forest Products Laboratory in Madison aims to cut annual wood waste and costs by about two billion dollars through by products and new uses. Chemists report vast economies already seen in paper, fuels, dyes, alcohols, and industrial materials, with wood chips fueling pulp production and innovative dry kilns improving wood utilization.
A misshapen excerpt discusses German secret service methods in occupied Belgium and northern France. It notes teachers trained in child psychology traveling to towns to influence children who may reveal parental attitudes. The piece cites Carl W. Ackerman and samples a cartoonish dialogue about uniforms.
The Detroit Free Press cites a flood of wartime patents for airplane compasses aimed at reducing flight errors from cloud cover and drift. Experts say a perfect aircraft compass would greatly enhance navigation, enabling missions to reach objectives with less reliance on visual land cues.
The Journal lists many local boys serving in various military branches with the aim of keeping the Roll complete. Readers are asked to report errors and omissions and a free copy will be mailed to each member of the Roll of Honor with a correct address on file.
Miss Sarah Purdum, a Red Cross nurse in charge of a fifty bed tent hospital somewhere in France, is noted as deserving a place in our Honor Roll. The list names many officers and civilians connected to service, including Charles W. Anderson Clarence M. Tinson F. M. Atkinson George H. Seach Leo Benner Fred C. Benner Fred L. Covumsus Bon0 Stephen Bock Arthur SuRrell Ormaand We canzter Carter Casey Dwight Casey Carl Clemens Ferdinand Casey Thomas George H. Crandall Bud Crandall Bud Whitegom Dallimore F C Dexter Clarence Z Elliott John T Elliott Clarence Fuller Amos Fuller Russell Fields Esley Gage Harry B Grooman Oscar W Grosse Edwin Greene Earl Hansen Charles J Hanson Ernest Allen Haigh D P Meas Joseph Jewett Claude Johnson Chester Johnson Roby McGraw E F McQuillan Jos Alvin Masbutt Fred Maseart Charles Wiman Arlow May Meccy Mason Peter Wilmeyer Lawrence Meyers Walter Miler Jacob Porter J W Peake Fred Peake Judge F M Should note the extensive wartime roster and praise the nurse for her pivotal role.
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