Pocatello Canteen Sets National Pace for Red Cross
A letter from Leslie W. Getchell praises Pocatello Red Cross Canteen volunteers for organized comfort work to soldiers. He notes Denver and other cities wish to pattern after Pocatello and urges sharing fuel stunt methods and a standard report to aid stations nationwide.
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Pocatello
Red Cross
Denver
Seattle
Fom
Leslie W. Getchell
Bureau of Military Relief
Northwest Division
American Red Cross
Enlows
Amiens Is Again the Objective of Teutons
A National Geographic war geography bulletin notes Amiens is within range of German guns and under bombardment while still inside Allied lines. It recalls Amiens historic role as Samarobriva, its industrial base on the Somme, and past sieges including 1870.
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Washington, D. C
Amiens
National Geographic Society
Paris
Bollogne
Somme
Arve
Celle
Marcus Aurelius
France
Picardy
Villers-Bretonneaux
Drur
Peter the Hermit
Blasset
Voiture
Chesset
Ducange
Great Britain
Holland
Spain
Europe
Napoleon
Amies
Rhiems
Local Briefs Highlight Community Notices And Burns
Local items note E C White’s California business trip and Mrs White’s Kansas visit. Miss Truth Stoddard arrives from Sterling to spend the summer with her sister. J O Furcht Ford manager visits the city. A new boy born to Mr and Mrs Mike McKee at 16 South Johnson. Red Cross Canteen unit to meet at the public library with plans for the organization. Flag Day observed next Friday with programs to be announced. Heat records marked the ninth of June with temperatures near or above 99 in shade. Jack McLaughlin visits from Idaho Walls to discuss business with C A Miltenberger.
Local briefs from Mountainhome to Mare Island training
A valued member prepares to depart for a training camp within days. Republican county chair Huches returns to preside over the county central committee session. Soil survey planned for Bannock county by H G Lewis and Dr. F P Peterson. Local anglers report good baskets from Mackay and Arco but high Lost River and poor fishing. Marine recruits held at Mare Island awaiting order numbers. expect clearance soon. Tribune office stays open to collect arrears with advance payments offered to save ten cents per month. thrift stamps promoted to support war effort.
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Harry Rodd
Dr. L. Shaw
Jack Busey
Don C. Carruthers
Wm. Woodward
A. W. Hayes
Mackay and
Arco
Lost River
Marine Corps
Salt Lake
Howard Kenneth
Marine Training School
Mare Island
Tribune
The
Atlantic
Personal visitors and local business ties noted
D. W. Wilson arrives in Rupert for a visit while L. V. Talbot comes from Blackfoot and Newton Hibbs of Salmon stops by on business. Geo. H. Thomas of Rigby is in town for business as well. A June reference notes replacing an old screen door with a new one and advertises Loox McConnel & Co. frames at phone 650.
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D. W. Wilson
Rupert
L. V. Talbot
Blackfoot
Newton Hibbs
Salmon
Geo. H. Thomas
Rigby
Loox, McConnel & Co
Classified ads seek tenants for good houses and apartments
Local classifieds advertise quick tenanting for quality houses and apartments. Listings highlight available rentals, emphasize prompt occupancy, and invite respondents to contact agents or owners for viewing and applications.
Short Boys Use Periscopes at a Prize Fight
Camp Kearny, San Diego, June 11. Soldiers of the 145th machine gun battalion used trench periscopes to glimpse Benny Leonard, the lightweight boxing champion, during a recent boxing exhibition. With periscopes scarce, they shared the devices so each man could see the action despite crowd height.
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Camp Kearny
San Diego
Cal
Jne
145Th
Benny Levenard
Des Moines Hosts 44th Grand Army Encampment
Feeble with age yet lively, Iowa Grand Army of the Republic gathers in Des Moines for its forty fourth annual encampment with Sons of Veterans Women’s Relief Corps and others. Veterans from two wars join a big parade to open the encampment tomorrow. Business sessions Wednesday elect department officers and select next year’s encampment city. Thursday events include a gathering at Camp Dodge near Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iown Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans, Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the G. A, R
Must Pay An Excess For Doing Real War Duty
San Francisco June 11. The post office department interprets the new zone rates for second class matter effective June 15. Jesse W. Roberta, superintendent of mails in San Francisco, outlines tentative regulations requiring publishers to file with the postmaster a marked copy of each issue showing portions devoted to advertising and other matter.
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San Francisco
Calif
Post Office Department
Jesse W. Roberta
Mails
Folks
Percentage of space devoted to advertising rules
The text outlines requirements for news agents and publishers to file statements with postmasters about the share of newspaper space used for advertisements versus other content. It specifies zone separation, sample copies, and biannual April and October reporting, with postmasters testing accuracy of these publisher records.
Crusoe of the Great Northwest Finally Seen as Hermit Island
Jonean Alaska June 11 The ghost of Chirikoff island once feared by Indians is revealed as a lone hermit named Lowell. Aged over 80, he lives on a volcanic island near Kodiak with grass cover and fresh water but no trees. He avoids contact with the outside world, greeting visitor Charles Storm with a chilly reception.
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Jonean
Alaska
Chirikoff Island
Kokiak
Charles Storm
Kodiak
Mr. Storm
Lowell
Massachusets
Ghost
Chirikoff
Far North
Civilian
Ghost Island
Indians Spurn Chirikoff Shore in Landmark Standoff
Report notes that Native peoples still reject Chirikoff Island shores and refuse to set foot there, signaling persistent tensions over the land and its strategic value. The fragment underscores a divide between indigenous stance and external claims amid a broader dispute.
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Chirikoff
Gunner Lewis Fame Born From Translation Error
Amsterdam dispatch notes a German press error misattributing the downing of Baron von Richthofen to Gunner Lewis. The Cologne Gazette says the gun used was a Lewis gun, and the real executioner remains unspecified, highlighting translation mistakes in wartime reporting.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
Baron von Riehthofen
Gonner Lewis
Lewis
Cologne Gazette
von Richthofen
Gunner Lewis
Richthofen
Aircraft duel ends with German plane shot down
The German pursing plane pressed the English craft and opened fire as both sides exchanged bursts. At about a hundred yards the German pilot drew fire from the Lewis guns, wavered, and plunged to the ground some 400 yards away with observers noting fragments from the aircraft.
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Lewis
German women seek wage rise in united labor push
Copenhagen June 11 German women metal workers trade organizations have united for higher wages. Hamburg shipwrights have filed demands for higher pay and shorter hours.
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Copenhagen
Hamburg
Weather Summary for Pocatello Idaho June 11 1918
Weather report from Pocatello Idaho for twenty four hours ending 6 am today shows a high of 97 degrees a New June record tied from 1900 and a low of 34 for this date last year. The mean temperature is 78 and total precipitation since the first of the month is .03 inch with a 5.76 inch total since January 1. Winds from the north with 7 mph velocity and clear skies mark the day.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello
Idaho
Theple
Australian gunners claim role in shooting down Richthofen
The Australian front correspondent reports that on April 21 near the Somme and Ancre, Australian machine gunners and troops observed a British plane diving after a German craft. The two aircraft approached low along the river under hills before a distant engine sound signaled their arrival in the fight above German lines.
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London
France
Baron von Richthofen
Somme
Ancre
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Pocatello Canteen
Teutons
E. C. White
California Points
Kansas
C. M White
Miss Truth Stoddard
Sterling, Hi
Willpend
Mia
A. R. Dawson
Goading
J. 0. Furcht
Ford Agency
Hornm
Mi Kh McKee
South Johnson
Jack McLaughlin
Ryan Fruit Company
Idaho Walls
C. A. Miltenberger
Jack
Jaerolux
Martin Furniture Company
M. Mu Huches
Mountainhome
Boise
Todang
H. G. Lewis
Department of Agriculture
Bannock County
F. P. Peterson
Moscow
Iowa
Grand Army Veterans
Gunner “Lewis
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