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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1918
Page
5
A reader testimonials that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her nausea and helped her carry a seven month pregnancy with a healthy weight gain. She asserts improved health and ability to perform housework, noting strong baby weight and overall well being.
Edward S a hustling embryo farmer relies on his father’s auto for town errands. A sudden engine failure leaves him stranded in the garage. He switches to horse power, hitching Bob and Beauty to a trolley for the seven mile trip to the county seat. He asks a nearby cleaner for permission to walk after hitching the team at a telephone pole.
A courtroom dialogue shows Mrs Hi Upp pressuring Mrs McGinnity to accept a job with promises of being treated like family as an opposing attorney offers a compromise indicates a strong legal dispute over a claim and treatment of a spouse.
Japan and the entente powers agree on rapid military aid to Russia via Siberia centered on Czech-Slovak forces. An American statement is expected, with combined action to begin immediately. Chinese troops in Manchuria under Paokuc-Ching will operate under the Japanese commander in chief.
Allied forces press the German retreat across the Vesle river with vows of taking more prisoners and guns. Generals Pershing and Foch coordinate a widening offensive driving German lines toward the Aisne as Soissons falls and Chermonts retreat deepens.
New York report on the eve of Britain’s war anniversary highlights the Allied effort. The British information bureau says Britain and colonies raised 7.5 million soldiers with 600,000 killed and 2 million wounded or missing. England provided 60 percent of fighters and 76 percent of casualties across seventeen fronts including Belgium France Italy Serbia Greece Russia Palestine Mesopotamia China and Africa.
Washington reports total casualties from overseas for the week ending August 4 at 15 106, up from 1000 the prior week. Army casualties total 28, and the marine corps list shows two. The August 4 tally marks the largest single-day number to date.
Postmaster General Burleson ordered the suspension of telephone installation in residences, requiring the available No 17 copper clad wire for aerial service. The action halts new wiring as the government commandeers materials for urgent communications needs.
In Pacific Port it was announced that five bilge Danish steamers long at anchor will be chartered by the government this Saturday to bring a shipment of sugar from the Hawaiian Islands, signaling a wartime or trade move.
General Ludendorff told German correspondents that on July 15 enemy forces evaded them and by July 16 operations were halted. He said it is his duty to spare blood and strength when the stake is not worth the coat, noting the decision was taken to stop the undertaking.
Possibilities of President Wilson visiting the Pacific coast during the fourth Liberty loan drive, which begins September 28 and ends October 1, have strengthened, but plans are still to be definite.
A naval reserve dance leads to repeated fears of petticoats coming down. Each girl verifies her garment as sailors' bell-bottoms rub ankles, prompting multiple visits to the dressing room before the mystery is solved.
A prosperous gentleman helps a pretty girl place a carnation in his buttonhole and donates a quarter after she explains it feeds a Belgian baby. He adds a five dollar bill insisting on buying a regular meal for the baby.
The article argues cliff dwellers were wiped out by harsher neighbors with men killed and women absorbed into the conquerors tribe. It notes possible migrations due to drought or external pressure, and adds a humorous aside about married men and left handed women asserting their rights.
A humorous Western era line notes that a handsome girl asking for information swells a man's head, while men rarely heed good guidance unless they pay for it, hinting at vanity and accountability.
With heat brings stomach and bowel misery and a remedy described as EATONIC tablets. The ad touts quick acting, harmless relief after meals, promising better digestion, reduced gas, belching, and heartburn. It urges readers to try EATONIC and judge for themselves, noting druggists carry Katonio.
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