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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1917
Page
5
An officer recounts a German sniper rifle found in a captured trench. Ivory disks in the stock attracted misfortune as every time the weapon was cleaned or moved shells rained down. After repeated near misses, the owner refused anyone touch the rifle, and the legend likely passed to new occupants.
A mill discussion in Boston asks who is the quietest man. A minder reveals he knows one quiet man, Bill Kite, who is dead and has not spoken to him for nearly twenty years, prompting amused reaction from the minders.
Children learn trees gradually on each walk opening eyes to wonders of the countryside. Beginning a study now builds delightful knowledge and inspiring interest in nature.
United States twelve federal reserve banks held assets of 20 million dollars and possessed 490 million dollars in gold in 1916.
British gains defy Hindenburg line strategy as Caterpillar tractors and mobile howitzers push rapid advance. Light guns and heavy artillery move swiftly over rebuilt roads, with engineers coordinating vast mobilization behind British and French armies.
Dr Gurli Mellen thin launches nationwide appeal urging bakers to stop pastry production and housewives to abstain from making pies cakes and cookies to conserve flour for allies and national needs during the emergency.
The War Department begins distributing over nine million registration blanks to districts for men in draft ages. Each card asks 12 questions to gather required information. Commercial travelers and others age 21 to 30 must obtain blanks where away from home on registration day and mail them to their home county clerks.
Morristown Tennessee report on D C Waters a Cocke county farmer who stored Irish potatoes last fall. An East buyer offered 2.50 a bushel but Waters declined and proclaimed he would give seed potatoes to neighbors without charge. The community now sees widespread potato patches.
An early census shows western New York farmers will harvest over 100000 extra bushels of potatoes and Niagara fruit belts anticipate tremendous yields. The Chautauqua grape belt is set for a million dollar crop with juice and wine firms contracting, while labor shortages eased by the farm helper movement sending hundreds of boys to fields.
Washington reports rapid growth in Red Cross chapters driven by wartime patriotism. In three months the number more than doubled and tripled versus a year ago, with April setting a record of 190 new chapters. Total reaches 562, with requests from Alaska Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines.
London reports Germany has devised antitank guns to combat British armor on the Arras front. The short-barreled seven inch weapon fires a shell of tremendous power and several units have been captured by British forces.
A survey of remarkable ancient bridges in Europe and Asia. Srinagar Kashmir’s riverfront wood bridges pose danger with dilapidated shops nearby. The Kapellbrücke in Lucerne crosses the Reuss diagonally with 112 triangular paintings and an ancient octagonal tower. Croyland Bridge in Lincolnshire is a ninth century relic with three arches and a stone Saxon king statue.
An excerpt from London Tit-Bits notes Eliza Skewer resisting family worry as she pursues a life on the stage, not factory work, while early chatter hints at Timeis hunting clubs potentially growing food crops on estates. Pennsylvania reports 1,000,000 acres in state forests.
Cleveland resident Mrs. W. C. Browm recalls four weeks in hospital for severe pain and fainting. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relief, urging others to buy it at the nearest drug store before leaving home. Also promotes Absorbine Jr for mankinds and sells by W F Young Co listing Springfield Massachusetts address.
A Boston Post item notes slang with a quip about a "white U-boat" eaten in a single bite. A messenger boy demands the speckled dessert, and a clerk serves a vanilla chair as a playful gag. Eleven states observe Bird Day annually.
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