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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
4
Calvin Manley writes from France to Mrs. Turner detailing a three-week drive with his division. He recalls abandoning trucks under shellfire, nursing wounded in a dressing station, and sleeping on concrete after exhausting work. He praises the doughboys for holding out on limited rations and rain despite heavy fighting.
In a wartime missive from November 1918 a soldier in Belgium writes home about devastated landscapes scarred by shell holes, the contrast with peaceful fields, and the challenges of life in No Man's Land. He notes his unit’s reputation, praises fellow soldiers, and hopes his mother receives his news safely.
A European food map warns that most countries face severe shortages with only parts of Ukraine and Belgium/Northern France holding sufficient supplies. The United States must export at least 20 million tons of food to avert famine and potential upheaval threatening postwar peace.
A fragmentary dialogue hints at a neighbor's extreme wartime sentiment as a speaker asserts a universal tiger within, while another voice contemplates exceptions and menacing plans toward Germans. The text captures heated, personal rhetoric amid a broader wartime mood.
Experiments show a housefly when urged can reach 160 feet per second or about 110 miles an hour in a straight path. The insect is usually not a traveler but can move rapidly when motivated to move.
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