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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
6
Broad wartime update reports a daring British and French aided operation attempting to block German U-boat exits at Zeebrugge and Ostend with old cruisers laden with concrete. It notes Haig’s gains east of Robecq and improved lines around Meteren as Allies press a hard fight across multiple fronts.
The German and Dutch governments drift toward a possible rupture as ministers move between The Hague and Berlin. Reports speak of a potential ultimatum and uncertainty grows over Dutch neutrality and the fate of rail and transport links through Limburg. Washington has no official comment on the crisis.
Philadelphia reports Samuel M. Vauclain, vice president of Baldwin Locomotive Works, declares America’s supergun a completed engine of destruction. He says the weapon was planned designed built in ten weeks and will depart from a Delaware River munitions plant tomorrow morning.
Washington April 25 The War Department formed a new War Motor Service to replace the motors division of the quartermaster corps. A general officer will head and assist the quartermaster general. The service will oversee procurement and operation of all army motor vehicles except tanks caterpillars and artillery tractors with a board shaping its operations for trucks ambulances and motor cars.
Announcement made after a meeting states there will be no further German performances at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee starting April 25.
The 26 Corpor ation signs a contract to build 22 steel ships at San Francisco and Wilmington North Carolina. The project will involve extensive naval construction work and create jobs in the two ports.
Federal specialists urge more turkey production on grain and stock farms with ample range and feeding of insects, waste grain, and nuts. Across the U S most flocks stay under 50, yet improvements in breeding and management could yield 75 to 150 birds per farm annually.
Poultry with louse and mite infestations cannot lay well or gain weight. Clean and disinfect the henhouse and use insect remedies. This reduces feed waste and increases egg output. Farmers Bulletin 801 from the U S Department of Agriculture explains how to eradicate poultry pests.
The United States Department of Agriculture offers free Farmers' Bulletins on poultry culture. The listed titles include 51 Standard Varieties of Chickens 287 Poultry Management 390 Pheasant Raising in the United States 452 Capons and Caponizing 528 Hints to Poultry Raisers 580 Important Poultry Diseases 562 Boys' and Girls' Poultry Clubs 574 Poultry House Construction 585 Natural and Artificial Incubation of Hens Eggs 624 Natural and Artificial Breeding of Chickens 632 Simple Trap Nest for Poultry.
Peruna advertised as a tonic for grip and catarrhal therapy. Claims to tone bowels, aid recovery, and help friends at critical times. Mentions tablet form and The Peruna Company Columbus, Ohio.
A London Bits item discusses generals famed for avoiding injuries in battle. It cites Sher as never wounded, Skobeleff with a charmed life, Wellington rarely struck, Napoleon not wounded, and Chamberlain and Bazaine having only minor or incidental injuries, including a shoulder fragment at Berney.
A Chicago Tribune clipped anecdote recalls a family mishap when a man accidentally bumps his nephew in the eye. The boy gasps, apologizes with politeness, and the man responds with feigned courtesy, ending in a small, awkward exchange as the scene unfolds.
A garbled exchange mentions stamping approval and a question about a hand gesture. The text appears as a fragmentary quotation with unclear speakers and context. No concrete events or identities are discernible.
A clipped aphorism notes that a man could love two women but wisdom warns against such an attempt. The fragment hints at prudence in romantic choices and moral restraint.
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