Over the Top and the Barrage in WWI Warfare
A British WWI account describes trench conditions near Cantigny and the deadly countdown of seconds before a barrage. It notes the wall of fire advancing with shells timed to protect troops, the high cost of artillery in the Messines ridge attack, and estimates front coverage of six miles with a six day curtain of fire costing $44,166,035, with smaller barrages reaching $500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantigny
Chocouielle
Messines Ridge
Christmas Parcels for American Prisoners of War
The release lists parcel rules for Christmas gifts to American POWs in German camps. Packages must weigh under eleven pounds, include a care-wrapped outer container, and be sent prepaid to address a specified U S sender. Only one parcel per prisoner per month, with priority to family-sent boxes, and to arrive by October 20, 1918. Contents include clothing, personal care items, tobacco, food, and knitted goods, plus a simple Christmas card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liv
Joly Smith
Germany
American Medrose
East 10Th Street
New York
N.Y
Lichter Delte
Packaeope
American Red Cross
America
Med Cross
Miners pledge coal quotas boost nationwide production
Washington reports show eastern miners, operators, and managers pledging to meet weekly production quotas to fill domestic and military fuel needs over the next six months. Pocahontas and Tug River districts target 2,000,000 tons in October, with boosts across Ohio Alabama Georgia Kentucky and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
United States Fuel Administration
H. A. Garfield
Pocahontas
Tug River
Westmoreland
Ohio
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Bluefield
Virginia
Western Held
Michigan
Fuel Administration
Garfield
United States Coal and Coke Company
Gary
W. Va
Clearfield
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Kemmerer Residents
A local endorsement spotlights Dean's Kidney Pills as helping the infirmities of age, back pain, and urinary issues. Jack Webster of Saphirs Street Kemmerer testifies he uses them for years and that they cure backache and nocturnal urination. price 60 cents at City Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Night Doun
Kemmerer
Jack Webster
Saphirs St. Kemmerer
Dean
Blackleg vaccines offered for livestock in Wyoming
Government supervised vaccines denote two products. The first, Germ Free Blackleg Vaccine AV fc c is usable on any size animal and provides life immunity with 800000 doses deployed and no losses, priced at 35 cents per dose. The second, Viltrate-Aggressin Vaccine, immunizes for one year or longer at 15 cents per dose, distributed by French, State Veterinarian, Cheyenne Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fc. c
Blackleg
Cheyenne
Wyoming
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Pawan By
Censor
Drivener
Kriegerefangeneninger
Prinoner of War
Camp
Pro ‘Vince
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
Soldier Boys
National Phonograph Records Recruiting Corps
Honska
Quealy
Tusk Futures
Gooch
Diamondville
Oakley
Glencoe
John Scott
Beckstead- Bell Co
Kemmerer, Wyo
Kemmerer Steam Laundry
Kemmerer Union
KEMMER@R
HOTEL
Piney F. C. Chapel
Ig Piney
Frontier Supply Company
Frank Rosenstein
Wyomlas
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