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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
7
The Journal lists Sho shone servicemen across branches with a plan to keep the Roll complete and invites corrections. It names dozens of individuals from Anderson to Zimmerman and notes Miss Sarah Purdum, a Red Cross nurse in charge of a fifty bed tent hospital somewhere in France, deserves a place on the honor roll.
Australian saltbush, known as Pendleton flood weed in eastern Oregon, proves highly valuable feed for sheep. Mr. Mansfield of Endicott Washington reports success fattening hundreds of sheep on the weed, turning arid, unused land into a potential virgin field of sheep raising across the West, with potential cultivation beyond wheat and hogs.
Mr Mansfield discovers Australian saltbush as prime sheep fodder while grazing 1600 head on a weed-covered plain near his Mansfield farm. He reports fatter, higher quality wool, and faster gains, with neighboring flocks following his method. He notes hogs cattle and horses would also eat it, given confinement for initial tasting.
Dr. Langdon and Dr. Ungnad report deciphering a clay tablet that may contain the world’s oldest love letter. The find also includes a Babylonian map showing planned villages and canals linking towns like Bit Bar Nosku, Nar-bildl, and Kar Nisku, revealing early urban and rural organization and a priestly estate system.
Eight hundred students undergo Pisces training in Uncle Sama army air field as Fort Omaha trains new supporters. Taft inspects balloon system at Fort Omaha and praises the aerial artillery effort as essential to future campaigns in France and Belgium.
Reports from Fort Omaha detail eligibility for Observation Balloon Pilot commissions within the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers Reserve Corps. Candidates must be U.S. citizens aged 19 to 35, of good character and health, and meet physical tests. Training length depends on ability, with $100 monthly during school and $200 after commission. Application blanks available from the Aviation Beaming Board at Fort Omaha Nebraska. Also notes a Stockholm merger affecting a new corporation with 000 shares at 200 crowns and Iowa recount plans by Attorney General Horner after Mondays special election on prohibition.
Twenty Russian warships of several classes are trapped by a German cordon near Moon Sound. In a clash near Ovsel Island the battleship Slave was sunk and the Russian fleet suffered heavy damage, forcing retreat toward Moon Island and away from the Gulf of Riga.
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