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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
2
An Intermediate lesson urges prayer as vital for believers. It contrasts prayer with preaching, outlines Jesus teaching on right relationship and attitude, and stresses dependence, repentance, holiness, perseverance, and the Holy Spirit as the ultimate goal.
Ralph E Cropley chronicles German torpedoing of hospital ships from 1916 to 1917, detailing the Portugal Britannie Asturias Gloucester Castle Donegal Lanfranc Glenart Castle Linndovey Castle and Rewa losses, penalties for breach of Geneva conventions, and American rescue efforts by a US destroyer amid the sea’s peril.
A reader notes changes among Eskimos on Herschel Island and Fort McPherson noting sun worship fading, rise in religion, honesty, industry, and sanitation. They adopt white man foods with relish, preserve raw fish and blubber, and treat deer stomach as a delicacy. Indigenous trade skills and household care are praised alongside tuberculosis as a modern health issue.
A New Jersey camp preacher describes a varied YMCA role far from preaching. He built fires, swept floors, supervised laundry, umpired basketball, organized a glee club, staged a circus, sold ice cream, drove miles for supplies, taught boys English, and cared for Liberty bonds. A wild night involved guarding a red TNT detonator box, sleeping with high explosives under his cot.
A dozen British prisoners of war who escaped from Germany met in London at a dinner to celebrate their escape. They decided to form a club limited to those who have succeeded in reaching freedom from a POW or internment camp in Germany. The club premises site has not been settled yet but it will be a novel London club.
A repair tip explains how to fix a fallen window shade using a string or strong tape threaded through the tack. It claims the fix will hold even if children pull or the spring breaks, preventing future tearing.
The article notes tigers in a zoo near Singapore enjoy baths and swimming, using a tub for ablution. It recalls a historic belief that they could swim across the mainland, reflecting their strong aquatic tendencies and local curiosity about their habits.
A fragmentary remark features Uncle Rhen predicting trouble and curiosity in a rustic speech about “Bome men” and portents as people wander toward a distant Culgo more. The scribble preserves regional cadence and voice.
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