07 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Blue Island Sun
Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
1
In a wartime Navy scene on the North Dakota, cooks operate a meat slicer to reduce bacon waste and a potato peeler to minimize waste. The caption notes allied demands for pork products at 150 million pounds monthly, triple prewar levels, and urges conserving wheat.
Mariana adopts boyish attire and plans as she pursues suffrage and war service. She is drawn to dressing as Teddy for a house party where Dixon James plans to reveal his love and tempt her to abandon the conductor role for a girl.
A brief humorous quip notes Scrib Leigh attends church regularly, joking that he goes where his contributions are always accepted. The item reflects a local column’s light social observation in a period voice.
Baltic Sea derives its name from balteons meaning belt, referencing the strait or entrance long known as the Belt. The term connects to ancient geography noting the belt-like waterway shaping early navigation and regional naming.
Soldiers learn practical skills beyond combat as they return home to civilian jobs such as bank clerks. They carry cobbler kits with a hollow handle housing an awl, screwdriver, tacks, and waxed twine. End caps allow swapping tools to mend shoes, leggings, and saddle straps.
Beavers invade farms along the Walla Walla river after a rancher builds a beaver scarecrow which works the first night but is used by the animals to build their dam on the second night.
A compact proverb from Youth's Companion compares men to rusty needles and says steady work is the best method to clean and brighten them. The aphorism frames labor as moral improvement for young readers.
Ernest Thompson Seton founded Woodcraft Potato clubs to raise at least 24 hills of potatoes, with medal prizes and a gold medal for the largest crop. No dues, enroll at 18 West Twenty Ninth Street New York, open to boys and girls in 26 states and beyond, aiming to save transportation and bolster food supply this spring.
Senator Henri La Fontaine from Belgium announces that Clemenceau praised Belgian morale after visiting the Yser front. He notes the Gifts for Belgian Soldiers fund, under Guaranty Trust Company of New York, supplies comforts that sustain soldiers in trenches nearly four years.
Albert Logan applied at a British-Canadian recruiting mission claiming to be a nail eater and circus performer. He passed the blank but failed the physical, doctors noting his diet would prevent enduring long matches. Logan left disappointed, joking about biting the Kaiser's mailed fist.
In Puckum between Big Bear, Md and Seaford, farmers fear a large roaming bear. Despite attempts to trap or approach it, the intruder remains unseen, recorded sightings along roads, and reports of missing cattle and fowls. Hunters and residents have searched swampy areas, but the bear evades capture.
An Atchison Globe aphorism warns that lasting peace and prosperity can make a nation careless, suggesting that abundance may dull vigilance and spark a crisis if discipline wanes.
The excerpt centers on the maxim that public good takes precedence over private interests. It attributes the belief to Milton, highlighting a well celebrated ethical standard in civic and literary discourse.
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