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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1918
Page
4
A cryptic message urges clarity for Germans seeking information on the new observance named Speechless Day. Citizens are advised to note its unusual premise and potential implications for public discourse.
The aurora borealis illuminated the northern sky with white streaks and a red glow. The spectacle inspired superstition and fear in some, while authorities explained it as a natural electrical phenomenon from Arctic origins.
A wartime verse urges delegates to avert gloom and loudly cheer troops. It contrasts grumbling with steadfast resolve, praising high hearts and trust in soldiers while condemning doom-laden talk and doleful speeches. The reader is urged to keep a brave, Spartan mood.
The article describes the aurora as a dark cloudlike base with an arc surrounding glow and streaks that weave across the sky. These "merry dancers" were observed last night in the night sky.
Hugh H. McCleery declares candidacy for the Republican nomination to replace Howard Benn as State Representative. Benn will not run again and no opposition is yet named. McCleery cites party principles and extensive municipal experience in Washington and state organizations as qualifications.
Political notice states Harry McCall seeks Republican nomination for county treasurer at June primaries and asks voters for favorable consideration of his candidacy.
J Hf T8, a Republican candidate, files to run in the Jones primary to become county treasurer, subject to the will of Washington county Republican voters.
A filed candidacy note shows T. A. Michels seeking the county attorney nomination at the June primary for Washington County.
W H Butterfield announces stint for county attorney in June primaries seeking Republican voter support. He asks friends to back his campaign.
The candidate announces re election bid as county attorney and seeks Republican primary support in June. George F Morrison is cited as the aspiring incumbent seeking voters backing in the upcoming primaries.
James Stevenson announces candidacy for county sheriff and notes entry in the Republican primary voting in June.
A Republican candidate will run in the June primary for state senate in the tenth senatorial district subject to voters will. The notice mentions J. L. THOQKSTART as a referenced name in the fragment.
Mason City reports Iowa plans full participation in the third Liberty loan drive. CC H McNider notes counties lacking quota due to weak organization and limited canvassing. He cites a rural versus urban contrast and pledges county chairs will personally contact every prospective bond buyer with daily reports and weekly conferences.
Mrs W H Thornton of Little Rock Arkansas says her boy had a severe croup attack and Foley's Honey and Tar saved him. She asserts she could not be without it at any price. Advertisement notes best remedy for coughs colds whooping cough and lists J K Leommon's Pharmacy as seller.
A remarkable production will be shown at the Star Theatre on Monday and continues into Tuesday drawing strong crowd interest and positive notices from local critics.
The excerpt outlines Arthur Guy Empey’s WWI experiences from Lusitania’s sinking to enlisting in Britain and serving at the front. It notes training billets in France, church service under fire, trench life, deaths, and Empey’s role as a bomber and mess orderly with military humor and shared anecdotes about soldiers’ daily dangers.
A World War I memoir describes heat and baths by a creek behind billets. The company forms for a “bath parade” under discipline, with rifles, soap, and towels. Soldiers line up, undress, and enter tubs as a sanitary police sergeant oversees the cleansing.
The narrator records a sudden promotion to a death by own action club and an abrupt demotion back to digging duty. Disguised as laborers with shovels and sandbags, the group lines up at eight o clock outside their billets for a morning muster amid a tense, masquerade like mood.
The unit moves out with picks shovels sandbags rifles and ammunition in a column of four toward trenches. Long lines of engineers artillery and supplies pass as slow marching continues. At the trench entrance the rule is no talking or smoking and the covering party of 30 men with rifles bayonets bombs and two Lewis guns leads. The communication trench stretches half a mile to a deep eight by three foot ditch before No Man's Land.
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