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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
3
Fired by the Lusitania sinking and American deaths, Arthur Guy Empey travels from Jersey City to England to enlist as a private. He trains in London and France, first hears big guns, meets “cooties,” and serves on the front line where bullets whiz overhead and comrades fall.
A sergeant named Warren in a battalion learns he has seven days leave for Blighty but is killed by a rifle shot just before departure. The writer recalls daily trench routines, rum, letters from home, and the brutal No Man's Land crossing during a bombardment. He is wounded in the shoulder and head, treated, and returns to his unit in six weeks.
The narrator recalls orders for a morning assault to breach the German front line. A wiring party will cut lanes at eleven, artillery will begin at two with heavy bombardment until four, then waves advance after the barrage lifts.
A Michigan Central troop train crashed into Hagenbeck Wallace Circus cars west of Gary Indiana killing at least sixty and injuring more than eighty. The engineer was believed dead or asleep, signals ignored, flames erupted, and many performers perished in the fire. among the missing was Rosie Roseland.
Paris reports German troops conducted night raids near Belloy southwest of Montdidier and in Upper Alsace. Both operations were repulsed by Allied forces, according to the war office.
London reports raids by English troops around Amiens and along the Flanders front. Prisoners were taken and enemy casualties were inflicted.
London reports J W Laidlaw, manager for Standard Oil in Wuhu Ankwel province, China, has been slain by bandits. Reuters confirms the brutal incident and notes the murder occurred in June. The firm has not released additional details.
Advertisement promises removal of freckles using Othine double strength from a druggist. Apply nightly and morning for a clear complexion, with money back guarantee if it fails. Normally under one ounce needed.
A Bostonian owning lases in a nearby city receives a stern rent demand from the collector written in January. The letter notes frozen pipes in the cellar and a humorous exchange between Lemuel and Bill about coal for warmth, but Staunchly asserts the rent must be paid.
At the Waikato Beekeepers Association annual meeting in Hamilton an assistant director said New Zealand registered 4391 apiaries with 50523 bee colonies. One beekeeper shipped 30 tons of honey last year at 487 a ton and some sales reached 730 a ton, signaling a prosperous industry.
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