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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
4
A fragmentary wartime poem urges sons to answer the motherland's call with stark imagery of marching ships, stormy seas, and the siege of towns. It contrasts grinding industry with the pull of duty as men respond across plains and cities. The text includes related excerpts criticizing censorship and wartime land values in the United States.
Plans are under way to form a full Moros regiment in Manila with hope it will be attached to the Luxmerican expeditionary force in France. The report notes discussions on organization and deployment during July.
In the Château Thierry region the Church of Chayenne near the Chemin Des Dames was wrecked by battles yet a statue of Christ on a pedestal in the chancel survived. French troops uncovered it buried in debris, with an arch fragment above seeming to shield it as the shelling struck.
A July 20 World War I roundup notes Allied assaults along a seventeen mile Somme front with about 200000 German estimates. The German first line was pressed back eight hundred yards and the Verma n dovillers salient penetrated while Prussians were repulsed and Austrians ejected from fortified positions on the Siyr rv area.
The Evansville Courier cautions workers not to try deception to gain raises or better positions. It notes department heads understand every step of daily work and see through excuses. Passable effort rarely earns sympathy. proven reliability and timely performance are required for advancement.
New York resident George Blinkely of Yonkers coughed violently during a political speech and ejected a hard rubber plate that had been stuck in his throat for nine months. He lost his voice but is reported able to shout his thanks now.
A wartime essay argues alcohol must serve national needs beyond beverage use. It cites alcohol as essential for anesthetic, ether production, solvents, fuels, explosives, dyestuffs, and manufacturing, urging elimination of waste to speed mobilization and victory.
New York report details Henry a Bronx letter carrier who saved money and learned Wall Street tricks from wealthy residents. He invested heavily in Bronx real estate and mortgages, built apartments for income, but the tide turned with recent speculation losses ending in ruin. He died after mind illness following a work life of steady pay and rising fortunes.
A concerned speaker urges preserving and transforming breweries and distilleries rather than closing them. The proposal envisions shifting production to explosives, ether for medicine, fuels, dyes, and shellacs for national needs in a time of crisis.
A quotation from Emerson's Conduct of Life contrasts the eye's threat with its kindness. It notes that an eye can resemble a loaded gun or emit insults, yet in a different mood its beams of kindness can make the heart dance with joy.
London reports that private firms have produced 8 805 artificial limbs for soldiers at a cost of 636 000 and that over 7 000 more amputees are awaiting prosthetics.
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