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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
3
Beef moves quickly from processing to market with a six day average transit under steady refrigeration. Swift & Company sets a one week window for sale upon arrival, aiming for sales within five days. Delays risk meat deterioration and packer losses.
A humorous clipped exchange shows a wife rebuking a husband for lateness and care of their baby. The dialogue includes ration references to sugar and a scene with an alarm clock. Context ties to a Buffalo Express item.
An advertisement promises pimples and blackheads removal by smearing Cuticura Ointment and washing with Cuticura Soap for five minutes. Free samples offered at Cuticura Dept. X Boston, available at druggists or by mail.
Arthur Guy Empey, an American in Jersey City, joins the British army and trains in France. The piece recounts trench life, punishments, and an audacious plan to flush out a German machine gun by fooling Fritz with a tune, leading to a dramatic takedown and a battalion victory.
The article describes German trenches and Allied countermeasures with a soldier named Tommy developing stealth tactics. He uses sparks to gauge wire cuts, a flare protector to hide muzzle flashes, a water soaked sandbag curtain, and paired machine guns to create misleading crossfire. The piece notes the enemy’s misperceptions and soldiers’ reactions.
In Chapter XXIII a gas attack follows a German shelling. A new Periscope observer detects a greenish cloud moving toward Allied lines as the wind favors the enemy. Alarm sounds trigger respirators within about eighteen to twenty seconds, highlighting rapid gas defense duties.
Empey transfers to the intelligence department and discovers the work is tougher than expected. The next installment explores his experiences in the new role as a spy catcher.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in its fourteenth annual meeting awarded seven silver medals and seventeen bronze medals for 24 acts of heroism. Pensions totaling 4.5 a year were granted to the dependents of ten heroes, with educational payments totaling 2,100 approved in two cases and 8,000 in eleven other awards for worthy purposes. Payments await final commission approval. A Puerto Cortes report notes American effort to boost cereal production during wartime, citing a new cornmeal milling mill erected in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, imported from the United States.
The article reports a push to rush another million American troops to France and Belgium as Germany’s front collapses north of the Marne. It describes accelerated training, shifted draft plans, and tighter oversight of local boards to meet summer and autumn demands, aiming to strike before winter. The move hinges on Franco American victories and the broader Allied counteroffensive.
In Stockholm the pan-executives approved the execution of former Czar Nicholas. Sverdaloff announced official notification from the oral soviet asserting a trial was planned but monarchist efforts to kidnap Nicholas made his execution inevitable. The council declared the execution absolutely correct and possession of Nicholas diary and other correspondence will be published. Washington plans for a student army corps in every college discussed by war department officials and college presidents.
A reader from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania reports relief from weakness nervousness and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She asserts the remedy helped her health and urges other women suffering to try it.
A wartime camp exchange questions exemption status with a line about vaccination. The dialogue notes one husband has not been exempted yet but has received vaccination.
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