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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1918
Page
2
War page describes pigeons as vital messengers sent through shell fire to relay orders that may decide a company or division’s fate. Pigeon posts near battle lines house three men each, train birds, and ensure rapid delivery to headquarters despite fire, weather, or damage to telephones.
The article describes how carrier pigeons are kept in a rear rest basket and moved to a smaller basket during patrols or attacks. Balloons carry them aloft for observers, while cavalry use a net hammock to cradle a pigeon in a sitting position, avoiding danger from motion.
Stelts took three years to obtain a $100 judgment against Prank Behrens in Belleville Illinois court for failing to return his cow after Behrens kept it on temporary terms at the Stelte farm Toler property amid unclear circumstances.
Mme de Falbe's pearls sold for 237000 dollars, the highest price for art at auction. The cost of upkeep equals 350 dollars daily computed as annually about 12000 dollars in interest. If worn only on great occasions, the pearls seem dearer than fame and Caruso.
Government investigators pursue sugar hoarders in Pottsville Pennsylvania after reports that a woman concealed 860 sachets in a pillow slip. Officers say several individuals bought large supplies before regulations took effect. The case centers on hidden storage and possible violation of controls.
Cushman Rice returned from service with the British army in France to join American forces after the war entry. He was commissioned a major in the air service and was badly wounded last spring.
The individual rejected a temporary release, suffered a relapse, and is now at Walter Reed hospital recovering slowly.
Private Harold J. Dibbs of the U S Marine Corps reports a dramatic incident from the front. A Marine captured his own brother, who had been drafted into the German army, during a raid over enemy trenches. The letter to his parents in Great Falls Montana details the unusual encounter and the brother’s intent to join American forces.
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