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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
7
A veteran recalls crossing into German lines by accident and nearly being shot. He touched iron barbed wire, heard a sharp challenge, sprinted back through bullets toward his own trench, and barely escaped. The narrator remains rattled, needing a drink to calm.
Three days after relief from the front a U S battalion drafts a stock company to stage a two act farce titled The Diamond Palace Saloon. They recruit, outfit a makeshift stage, rent a Bowery style venue, rehearse eleven times, and debut amid rival groups and rope access for seating. The show runs with an improvised railing staircase and a zany plot featuring Abe, Sambo, and Alkali Ike, aiming to lift spirits during rest billets and march fatigue.
Anton Fisher of Estherville a hide and fur dealer at 214 East Lincoln Street says Doan's Kidney Pills are the best kidney medicine he has ever taken and would recommend them to help other kidney sufferers. He notes relief whenever his kidneys are out of order and urges buyers to ask for the kidney remedy by name. Price is 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co.
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