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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1919
Page
6
Washington reports a national poll of 6,000 editors shows 8 percent favor private railroad return and 11 percent support Government ownership. Congress considers rate increases and centralized federal control to return roads to private management by year end.
In Wales the town of Kidwelly rests in the past with its castle towers veiled by vines. The river, marshes, and tumbledown houses frame a scene of faded trade and a population slow to embrace change as centuries of sieges color the tale. The princess who stormed the town was executed, a somber note in the old town’s lore.
Letters written about twenty years after the Mayflower voyage show the ship continued to America and carried merchandise for decades after the Pilgrims’ landing. The correspondence, from John Eliot to Rev. Joseph Hanmer of Barnstaple, England, implies many Americans may trace ancestors to the Mayflower despite not appearing on Bradstreet’s list.
Bayard Taylor notes Salzburg built along the Salzach with steep mountains, a southern fortress on a perpendicular rock, narrow streets, and open squares with fountains. He describes regional dress including fur caps and gold filigree headdresses, and highlights Mozart’s birthplace house and a monument to the composer.
The 4th of May 1703 marks the birth of William Prescott the American historian in Salem Massachusetts. He shaped world history with works on the conquest of Peru and Mexico earning recognition in Europe and ranking among the foremost American historians. He died in Boston on January 20.
By products are incidental results from processes such as hunting hides and feathers, and cottonseed from cotton once waste now used for cattonseed oil. Lumber making yields sawdust as a by product, and gas production yields coke too though not the sole by product in the process.
A London crowd recalls a boatman who jokes a quake or accident would not scare him. While pushing off with passengers, an oar slips and the boat overturns but he remains composed. he later jokes about rechecking for the missing oar.
The article recalls a narrow escape for Ferdinand Foch in May 1916 when a car carrying him and his son in law Captain Fournier crashed into a tree between Dammartin and St. P. both were seriously injured and treated at an American hospital before Meaux. It notes wartime censorship and mentions cocoon oil used for gas mask carbon, developing a new industry in the Southern Americas.
The article notes that nobles once high in society now hold ordinary jobs like cab driving and boot lace selling in Petrograd and other European cities. It cites instances from Russia England France and reveals a trend of aristocrats taking common labor and trade roles after conflicts.
A garbled OCR fragment from an issue titled Kaosaa Oly Journal shows disjointed dialogue lines about selling someone underwater and a proposal to obtain a horgalo in a canoe. The text is incomplete with unclear speakers and context.
A New York resident travels to Venice with a salesman who keeps his trade secret. The man buys Venetian glass and a silver dagger to impress friends, then the salesman reveals he can counterfeit and resell them locally, offering to refund the buyer’s money. The tale, sourced from the New York Herald.
A careful student of rodents describes how rats bite through eggshells and remove contents without spilling a drop. They may pass eggs between two rats during transfer, with one rat holding and passing the egg while another advances, a method likened to a bucket brigade.
The article tracks the origin of Old King Cole from Dr William King’s book to possible centuries of origin. It cites Halliwell linking the monarch to Coel the legendary king of Britain, mentions claims of a fifth century Scots king, and notes Freeman’s sixth century attribution with debate on the pipe reference and tobacco.
The Inte Count de Lesseps stops a family superstition by smashing two Dresden cups after a breakfast accident. The countess cries disaster but the parents decide not to dwell on the fear, showing the children the superstition lacks real power.
A dispatch notes Gemitra inhabitants of Abyssinia as pagans in a remote region. The people reportedly worship a divinity not equated with the Wah of the Gallae and Malay nearby, suggesting a distinct local belief system in theGemitra country.
The text argues that while no official slavery exists, a de facto system persists. Slaves cannot freely change masters and may be beaten or forced to work. Some may be designated as gabare rather than barin, and in distant provinces like Gemira the distinctions fade during disorder as fugitives flee to forests.
Dick Burge a former England lightweight champion born December 19 1885 enlisted as a volunteer in the British Army in 1915 and died in France after three years service. He fought Kid Lavigne for the world lightweight title and later promoted boxing.
The grandfather of the former German Kaiser built wealth through commercial ventures including milk rounds creating a vast imperial dairy monopoly. Reports say Kaiser Wilhelm also influenced major German enterprises, with Ballin seen as merely a figurehead for the North German Lloyd line and others described similarly.
In a London Minute style snippet Avery defends his wife’s public role. The conversation centers on pride class and marriage with a blunt clash over political ambition and social labeling.
The annus report notes 100 men graduated as reserve military aviators by June and 192 training fatalities occurred that year, averaging one death per 84 hours and 201,000 miles flown. It details counts of bomber, observer, pursuit, and other pilots, with 115 graduates fully qualified later.
The article notes Chinese fondness for fireworks and early gunpowder invention. It describes cheap firework forms wrapped in red paper for luck and smoke deterrence, with Canton as a center. It mentions wedding and birthday use to dispel evil and bring omens. China exports about 81 million dollars yearly.
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