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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1915
Page
5
The article cites fair-related mood in school, a major tower bet, and timing at the school. Domestic science faced pudding issues due to hydrant water while filters are eyed for power house or kitchen. A new sewing room is being fitted. Floors will reduce complaints about bringing in goods. The German club met to plan the year with initiations and a program.
A World War I era column extols trench cooks who feed German troops. Feld kitchens on wheels follow companies into camps and trenches, with cooks braving danger to deliver veal stew. The piece lauds their discipline and claimed bravery, noting iron crosses worn by many cooks for 100 percent courage.
A survey shows governments own 680 cables totaling 14 480 miles with 21 560 miles of conductors. France leads in cable length, Norway in number of cables, and Britain in conductor mileage. Private firms hold 288 cables, with the Eastern Telegraph Company operating 76 cables. World total: 1 168 cables, 140 347 miles of cable and 149 193 miles of conductors. The network would not reach the moon, but extend over half the distance.
A Duluth retiree recalls old style goggles signaling capability while deriding modern young businessmen who shun them. A British camp anecdote follows with a color sergeant explaining church parade muster among varied faiths, the men giggling yet the sergeant standing firm.
Thomas Shaw, an English resident of Asbury Park, is at the front in Europe serving a sentence imposed last August by Police Magistrate Boden after Shaw and a local German shopkeeper were arrested for fighting about the war. Shaw, with the Canadian Light Horse, declares I am carrying out the sentence with determination and would punish the Asbury Park deli owner if given the chance.
The British parliament, now the oldest in living memory, includes about two hundred Commons members serving in the forces at home or abroad, plus nearly one hundred fifty peers accompanying them. Premier Asquith has three sons in service, Lloyd George and Bonar Law also have sons serving, and MPs Ainsworth and Banbury have lost sons in action. Several MPs have been killed.
Virginia remains the top peanut producer with Oklahoma and Texas close behind. National acreage planted totals 680000 acres. Remarkably Marseilles in France stands as the largest consumer, heavily using peanuts in oil production and related industries.
A damaged dispatch recalls a Dutch freighter Zaandyk diverting to New York due to heavy weather after a report of a shipwreck. It also recounts the La Habra tanker fire near the Azores, its crew abandoning ship, and a massive rescue as waves and flames threatened. London defenses store art treasures away from potential air raids as museums brace for danger.
Half the most valuable pictures are moved to the basement. The Gainsborough painting titled Pording the River has been removed. The basement strong room holds what may be the world's finest municipal records collection, including the charter of William the Conqueror granting liberties to London burgeeses. Every reign since the Conqueror is represented in the charters.
A wartime tale finds a soldier's partner, living with him for eleven years, invited to a wedding by a widow and Soldiers' and Sailors' Families' Association rep. The widow declines, admitting she will marry the following Thursday, prompting a humorous exchange about timing and opportunity.
J M Ward, District building superintendent, unveils an air tower for large public lavatories in Washington D C. The device is a rectangular box with 12 inch legs and top opening for drying hands, using a heated air blower activated by a foot lever. Hands do not contact the mechanism, ensuring sanitary operation.
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