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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
2
An American liaison officer and a French artillery officer with limited language skills find a workaround in conversation during recent fighting. Despite initial gaps, they engage in lively dialogue. the commandant notes Henri speaks English well after they were apparently speaking German. The exchange highlights language barriers and improvised communication.
Investigators note miners in California and the West claim rats warn of unsafe tunnels and toxic gas. Miners feed and protect the rodents, believing rats’ health signals and reactions foretell danger long before humans.
A courtroom vignette from the Kansas City Journal features a lawyer insisting a witness simply stands up and must stand. The exchange ends with a ten dollar contempt threat and the judge urging the witness to stand down.
In a rough exchange a Tommy recounts a face to face encounter with a German sapper amid trench crawling. The exchange reveals bravado and harsh language as they trade German and English insults before moving on.
Washington announces the U S delegation to the world peace conference includes Secretary of State Lansing Henry White former ambassador to France Edward M House and Gen Tasker H Bliss The surprise pick is Gen Bliss replacing expectations that Henry White would serve as the Republican member
An old advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a premier remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims mild, immediate relief and urges readers to start treatment now. Requests ten cents for a pamphlet from Dr. Kilmer in Binghamton, New York.
London reports British French and American representatives will meet in Berlin to discuss armistice as a prelude to the peace conference. Colonel House and Italy’s Orlando will join the British and French leaders. Paris notes agricultural deputies oppose socialists winning special representation, urging peasant voices be heard. Bavaria seeks separate plenipotentiaries and a separate peace terms, while Munich’s socialist council calls for dismissals in Berlin.
Secretaries Lane notes changes in perspective due to war as a couple plans marriage. A witty dialogue depicts domestic economics and household debates, contrasting parental expectations with wartime austerity and divergent opinions on furnaces and beef versus mutton.
A clipped exchange features a witty back and forth about family trees. One character asks about lineage and the other replies with a playful pun about a peach, illustrating lighthearted banter.
Ottoman policy shifts hinder American relief groups as rail disruptions end cheap bread. The Scorpion crew bonds with Levantine wives while 75 Americans in Turkey stay safe, and 1000 German and Austrian exiles remain in Constantinople. The new Turkish cabinet lists Dr. Riza Tewfik among its members.
Lima reports Peru has recalled its consuls from Chile following renewed Anti-Peruvian rioting in Iquique and Antofagasta. No official dispatches for 48 hours, strict censorship at Chilean ports. Consuls ordered to return. Urbamba to evacuate Peruvians from Valparaiso to Callao.
Admiral Viscount Jellicoe addresses the American Circle Lyceum at a Thanksgiving dinner in London. He credits the United States Navy with saving the situation last spring by enabling the convoy system and conducting offensive anti submarine actions. He notes British battle squadrons joined the grand fleet and praises enduring naval kinship.
The Navy reports 1233 war related deaths. disease deaths not specified. Most bodies returned home. Surgeon General seeks $15,000,000 for medical dept. House reduces to $9,200,000. Secretary McAdoo requests pay increases for treasury staff.
The party of American editors and journalists visited the British front in France at the invitation of the British government and returned aboard the Balmoral Castle which arrived at an unspecified port.
In Brussels a demand is voiced that Belgium must secure control of the Scheldt river's left bank. The call stresses an urgent peace arrangement and a need for decisive action by authorities.
A collection of short humorous vignettes. A girl tells her uncle she wants nuts from him because his hands are bigger. A mother asks about serving tongue. A French soldier mocks English and a newspaper misprint. A remark on husbands forgetting their wives and men studying art via mirrors.
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