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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
7
A World War I memoir chapter describes a raid across No Man's Land. Soldiers crawl in extended order with a two tap signaling system through a cut lane, facing star shells and tense trench recon, as wire cutting mutely proceeds to breach German defenses.
A World War I soldier recalls a brutal trench assault. Barbed wire miscut and a German trench defense trap left him exposed. He is wounded in the face and shoulder, renders a bomb into the German trench, and crawls through No Man’s Land before fainting. Allied troops finally surge over the top as the bombardment lifts.
An exchange warns that unrestricted U boat warfare is murder at sea. It cites a February 1918 government statement claiming German U boats killed 14 120 noncombatant British nationals, underscoring the severity of the wartime atrocity.
President Wilson rejects peace with autocracy and demands surrender if Germany seeks terms. He transfers armistice decisions to Allied military advisers and warns the German government it must be willing to disarm and accept unconditional surrender to prevent future hostilities. London reports Sir Arthur Erskine-Hunter calling for Kaiser's surrender.
The withdrawal announcement by Peter Werigin, head of the 10,000 to 11,000 Dukhobors, rattles Western Canada where the once unwelcome sect is now seen as capable colonists. The article traces the Dukhobors’ history of persecution, nonresistance, and the unique self governing community in British Columbia, highlighting their egalitarian practices and simple life.
Washington reports in the nine months ending September 1918 imports reached 2.322 billion dollars, up 40 million, while exports totaled 4.561 billion, a slight decline. Gold imports were 2.6 million in September and 56.5 million for the nine months, with gold exports of 2.28 million in September and 34.26 million for the period.
Fragmentary OCR notes recount William Dickens and his cousin Charles Dickens in Bri Bri Bri Bri Bri. It notes Dickens dying in Hamilton Ontario and references Emily Steanes and Dickens' notable character family ties in a small town.
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