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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1918)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NE0RA8KA. CONFIANS SUPPLY BASE BOMBED BY THE AMEhlCAto mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmin mi wini'iniiiintiiiiimmmoiwMK run hi mini ill MP t mi i huh i iiiniBwri wan y 1 American Rod Own hospital nt Paignton. England; mil Iron :intl nurses making hay. i-'- -View In Clnitoau Thierry, near which tho American marines arc holding the lints. 11 Lieut. James Armand Melssuer of Brooklyn, who has become an "nee." NEW PRESIDENT WILSON BRIDGE AT LYONS American avlatom have again boml)etl tho enemy bnse supply station nt Conflnns. This supply base Is about 20 miles enrt of Verdua and I, an Important link In the enemy second Hue o defense. Tho railroad Htation and supply yards nre reported tn hnvc been completely blown up by the effective bombing of tho Americans. The picture gives view or Conilnns nnd the surrounding country. SUPPLIES FOR Y. M. C. A. HUT NEAR FIRING LI-NE This Is the new President Wilson bridge across Urn Ithonu nt Lyons, Frame, which has Just boon dedicated. It wna begun slnco tho starting of tho war. ITALY'S NEW GUN FOR SUBMARINES LAUNCHING THREE SHIPS This new type of gun mounted on the deck of an up-lo-duto Itullim sub marine Is proving thnt It surpasses anything that Gertnun U-boats huve thus far developod. PLANE MAY FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC IIIIIIIhHhRRhrmim i This Is tho Amerk'un-lmltt Uandley-Pnge nlrpliuie Lungley, constructed tor tbe propoMd flight Hcro.su tho Atlantic. The picture was made as tho wm being prepared for Its christening. Tho Sioux Indian women of the Standard Rock reservation lu North Dakota Iihyq organized a Red Cross auxiliary. In Ohlnn there aro oil and salt wells tnoro than 2.000 feet deep which have been drilled through solid rock by hand with tho roost prluiltjvo Imple ments, . View of tho ship ways at Newark Buy yards as tho Alamosa. Alcona and Chetopa were launched stmultanc ously. He Misunderstood. "Yes," said tho Australian soldier, who was being shown round London, "you'vo got some line places here. We ain't got nothing like them In Aus tvalln. That place, now," pointing to tho hotel at Euston Station, "that's u grand placet You do things on much lurgop. sonlo than wo do," "Really, I ahvuys thought things were ever so much bigger In Aus trnlla." "Well t That there place, now we'd think that ever so much too big In Australia." "Yes; but you reinember what a lot of people visit London through this station." "Still, It's a bit big for Its purpose." "But suroly you have hotels as big us that In Australia!" ' "Hotel I D'you call thut an hotel? My word, I thought it was tho ticket office I" -London Opinion. GATHERED FACTS ' A change In tho style of English rlflo bullets,ls said to be responsible for tho lnc.ryfs'ed price of aluminum, According to census taken In Dcn Tiw'rk,, vrhWi hns about onoithlrd of the (inv i'f .MkMtnsliu that country bus re "i -I W100 fruit trees. Bib. m.vjmt- s: - - ?.-, ; ;-- -iin - imr "iff imm in! fttHi The Y. M. C. A. follows the flag right up to the trenches. This photograph shows supplies being brought up to one- of Us huts near the firing line. FRENCH 155 FIRING FROM A COURTYARD CARES FOR FIGHTERS' FEET This French 155 gun is shown firing from its plnco of concealment lu the courtyard of a country house. FRENCH HEAVY GUNS ADVANCE THROUGH MUD Sergt. MaJ. J. A. White, who is dolna his bit serving as chiropodist with Uncle Snm's forces in France. Th care of tho lower extremities Is of th utmost importance to the success oi an army, and this expert sees to It tha( the feet of our fighting men are always In tho "pink of condition." French heavy guns, thnt have been mowlug down the HUns, moving for ward on n muddy road. r Mother Knew. Little Girl (beforo statue In rau-. Beum) Mamma, who's this? Attendant (after a. "pnu8o)That, Mercury, the messenger 0f the godi. You havo read nbcyut him, no doubt,- Mother Of course sho has, But,' you know, my lltle girl hasn't such1 a very good moUry f(v. Scripture '. BRIEF INFORMATION Sacks raado of a fabric woven from puper strips that are twisted with a short vegetable liber are being suc cessfully used for transporting ore la Chile, Ouly three of the original IB state ratified the Constitution of the United States unanimously; Delaware (tho Brst to accept tho Constitution). New Jersey and Georgia. A false rumor that ull pigs wero to be commandeered resulted in a whole sale slaughter by pig-breeders ut Lln solu, England, which was only stopped by n telegram from Lord Jthonddn. Every man lu North Joy, Me., ex cept threo own automobiles, and they will soon buy, according to a local cor. respondent. A Plttstletd, Mass., man keeps 70 Belgian hares. By means -of them he has solved the meat problem In his homa year In and year out. A revolving fan recently Invented Is attached to tho back of n rocking chair and whirled over an occupant's head as he rocks. Tho Texarkuun (Tox.) school board has been defeated In a lawsuit brought against It to annul a ruling prescribing tho style of high school vgrnduutlou dresses. Child Gardeners In England. Apart from tho school gardens, which aro increasing in number and fllzo nnd excellence every year, q great deal of work In the direction oi food production Is being dono bj children, both In the gardens at. tached to their homes nnd elsewhere, In a number of towns the children have been organized for tho cultl vntlon of bnck gardens. According to a report sent to tho food production department, Lcytou, Essex, has an excellent record In thta matter and it Is claimed locally that no other town can equal Its record. London Globe. Pitiful. "Pitiful. Isn't It?" "What?" "Why, tho fact that some people havo so little fear of firing peanut shells around." Eaaernee. "Are there any dogs uVouud?" "No," said tho eager reul estate agent, "ino last two dogs In neighborhood nto each othor up. mt dose, you know," this Dog