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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1917
Page
3
In Russia the lubok posters reach illiterate villagers, delivering direct wartime news. Cartoons in crude, vivid form travel to remote huts, conveying victories in Galicia Bukowina the Turk campaigns and Bolshevik battles. Millions flood roads feeding discussion under lantern light.
Commissioner Dillon cited the New York milk strike as proof that farmers united to take initiative from a trust that once dictated terms. A clubman recalled a gleeful exchange about a wife's ultramodern skirt, noting the irony of consent and overheard remarks.
Central Tennessee and Indiana report highwaymen targeting motorists at night. They lure victims with a tire trick and threaten occupants to abduct valuables. Local authorities warn drivers to stay vigilant and secureinside vehicles.
The thieves place a tire on the road to lure drivers who stop to retrieve it. As the motorist bends to pick up the tire, robbers emerge from cover with guns and order surrender. Authorities urge tourists traveling after dark to carry weapons for protection.
Robert asks for a baby sister at Christmas but complains that prayers seem to reach the Smiths across the street who already have many children. His mother suggests praying again and he retorts that God leaves it at the Smiths every time. The anecdote reflects a child’s humorous yet pointed view on desire and divine response.
Charles M Schwab notes integrity is the basis of successful sales, with truthfulness and avoidance of exaggeration. He adds personality matters as a charm that boosts influence and can be developed with effort, guiding daily interactions and idea selling.
A wartime column notes European optimism for a sharp postwar rush. It highlights thrifty planners along the British front in Belgium and mentions the Ploegsteert Plugstreet wood as a known wartime landmark.
The passage notes corduroy paving cutting through fields and graves, a brewer in Armentieres owning Ploegsteert grove used as a pheasant home. He may sell it for ten times prewar value. American tourists may soon visit Ploegsteert, writes William Gunn Shepard in Collier's Weekly.
Lieutenant Hearst faced a superior who forbade betting. The recruit bet his scar and won then lost the bet by exposing the commander. A Texan colonel later confirmed the scar bet while another wager followed about the shirt removal.
A northeast town jailed a man for striking matches in the street at night to light his pipe, claimed to risk thousands by a nearby Zeppelin. A second offender was fined £2 for a similar act, illustrating strict blackout rules in wartime Britain.
The Toledo Blade recounts Itlanersa builder of a temple to Amon of Napata whose cliff housing failed as rocks fell. His successor Senka-amon-seken rebuilt the site but more disaster followed until a later king restored it. Harvard’s Egyptian expedition found stones and altars bearing the founders names. The piece argues human nature repeats in facing disaster and loss of faith over time.
The first beefsteak in Circle City reportedly sold for about 48 dollars per pound, with ten pounds shipped 250 miles to the camp. Miners gathered to view the exhibition and bids climbed to 35 dollars a pound. To raise funds for a hospital, the owner raffled a slice by selling tickets from 50 cents to 2.50, raising 480 dollars before the drawing.
The National Safety Council urges using gasoline only in small quantities and by experienced workers. It should be stored in safety cans with gauze and stoppers. Gasoline vapor is highly flammable and heavier than air, igniting from sparks or heated surfaces and can linger in confined, poorly ventilated spaces for months.
Jim Rice the Columbia university rowing coach has shed about 18 pounds by stopping worry and adding light exercise. He said quitting worry helped him feel better and that rowing at Saratoga last summer contributed to his weight loss alongside activity.
Fifty carrier pigeons have been presented to the United States Army Signal Corps by the American Carrier Pigeon Association. The plan includes sending a number of birds to Mexico and dispatching them to Columbus. Poor atmospheric conditions on the border have made ground and wireless telegraphy unreliable, so pigeons will undergo thorough testing.
A joke told by a fat plumber centers on a soldier at the border who is wealthy but unlucky. His wife buys 600 fresh fish for the men, sending them to the front. The twist comes when the soldier must clean 500 fish the day the shipment arrives. The tale, attributed to the Youngstown Telegram, ends with irony.
A Newberry merchant recounts a customer tale claiming Adler-ika instantly relieved years of sleeplessness from gas and sour stomach. The ad touts Adler-ika as flushing the entire alimentary tract and preventing appendicitis with the quickest action among its products.
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