30 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1918
Page
1
Farmers fill silos and plan harvests as many residents travel between towns. The item lists moves travel and work, school teaching, sales, and marriages in the Fairbury area with names like Weddel Grimm Crinklaw Bugbee Shuman and Compton.
Mrs May Palmer Van de Steeg relays word from her husband in France that he has been promoted from captain to major and serves as Brigade Adjutant on the General Staff. He credits trained American troops with proven capability and asserts Allied victory is within reach despite ongoing costs and effort.
P. E. James announces the Weimer restaurant will stock candy confections cold drinks and ice cream and serve short orders at all hours. Call when you want anything in his line.
Dr. J. S. Taylor notes Camp Grant aims to train and deploy fifty thousand soldiers monthly. The Blackhawk division will receive overseas orders, transforming Camp Grant into a major replacement cantonment and intensifying training to hasten victory within a year.
Plans to increase the strength by thirty thousand fighters are nearing completion with schedules for rapid deployment. Each warfare branch will become a separate department to deliver targeted training in the shortest time. Meanwhile business activity and prices in parts of New York are unsettled as shortages and fakes appear.
A humorous dialogue shows Mrs. Flatbitch and Mr. Flatbush debating whether the war might reach their area, prompting plans to hang a hammock under trees or in the cellar depending on its outcome.
A flannel dampened with Chamberlain's oiniment bound on the painful back is said to be more effective than a plaster and far cheaper. For sale by all dealers.
Mrs Blanche Bowers of Indiana Pennsylvania reports long standing digestion problems improved after using Chamberlains Tablets. She endorses the product and notes relief after trying various remedies. Advertisement states the tablets are for sale by all dealers.
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