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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1918
Page
2
A German soldier recounts desertion after brutal fighting near Verdun. He narrates captivity, a grim escape through Varennes and Veigno, and the ruin of Dutch and German towns. He describes wounded comrades, the burning ash heaps, and a final voyage to Holland and then New York, where he criticizes German propaganda and supports Allied democracy.
Fragmentary wartime passage notes shifting mental states and ongoing Verdun era troop movements. Describes repeated campaigns, French forces and heavy guns, railways, and a spring 1919 offensive context. References insanity, Derdering, and Verdun as strategic focal points amid continuous operations.
The narrator secured an eight day furlough from authorities to visit home and used the opportunity to close the Dateh border. He left under the ruse of visiting relatives, wearing civilian clothes. A railroad ticket to Kat- is noted in the fragment.
Fragmentary prose voices a restless plea about perception and meaning. The narrator questions why many view the world as dull and life as a failure and reflects on choices avoided, hinting at simple pleasures as possible cures.
United States urges allied and neutral powers to press Bolsheviks over massacres in Moscow and Petrograd as Russia seeks democracy. Washington directs diplomats to seek immediate action to curb executions and terror, aligning with Britain and France against the Bolsheviks.
Odess a reports from Krewskaia Myst claim Crown Prince Charles of Romania fled Romanian territory for Odessa amid fighting. Queen Marie supports the Entente while King Ferdinand remains aloof. Charles is noted to share his mother’s anti German stance.
In Germany anger flares after a failed peace offer while Austrian and Dutch tensions rise. Washington reports 1 750 000 Americans in France with 17 000 drafted for overseas service. Lauia Me pleads not guilty to a murder charge in a notable district court case.
An official statement from Terma notes readiness to join a conference preliminary to peace negotiations. The signal comes as the German government and allied parties consider opening talks proposed by Atvetelin Hinges. The statement emphasizes willingness to participate at any time.
A vintage beauty tip promotes mixing two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. Advertises affordable ingredients from grocers and drug stores. Massage on face arms and hands to fade freckles sunburn and tan, claimed harmless by Ady.
Reports from Palestine indicate that since the British occupation Gaza, the chief Philistine city, has become an important railroad center. The bro سائ uage line extends 60 miles northward, with restored Turkish line from Said to Jerusalem and a Gaza to Surar Junction branch now in operation.
The item blends a quip about golf with a political note on Massachusetts voters who cannot read or write English. It juxtaposes a joke about Perkins and his wife with a statistic about 200000 voters, highlighting literacy challenges amid local discourse.
In Oskaloosa Iowa Mrs Lizzie Courtney praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after years of weakness and misery from urinary and menstrual issues. The ad urges women with displacements irregularities inflammation or during the Change of Life to try the herbal remedy and write for guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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