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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
2
Bird Island in the Magdalen Islands Gulf of St Lawrence is world’s wreck capital with steep cliffs and no shore. The lone lighthouse keeper and wife man the station amid harsh isolation while birds dominate the plateau and occasional visitors study the bird life.
Rockton Times notes a new fad in underwear and painted garments where makers cut costs by plain shades while artists embrace initerary on Ingerle fabrics and mosquito net overdresses. The piece imagines corset covers with Marie Antoinette executions and Haste and Hastie imagery, promising dramatic scenic effects amid postwar economic strain.
The term boulevard derives from bulwark meaning fortification and refers to old ramparts. Since the mid nineteenth century the tithe has been charged on new avenues not located on former encelotes.
British officials praise a new July drilling method that sows winter cereal and artificial fertilizer through existing grassland. The system yields grazing in autumn and a grain harvest later, doubling land productivity and reducing labor and seed needs while protecting permanent pasture. Government priority certificates have been granted for necessary fittings.
An elderly Franklin woman entered a bank and offered all her money to the government saying she did not want a Liberty bond and wished to donate it. The incident was settled at the bank, but she held a Liberty bond unknown to her.
A general order outlines a military postal express system in France under the adjutant general. Lieut. Col. Thorndike D. Howe will oversee mail collection and delivery, with a central post office at the supply service headquarters. Branch offices will serve troops attached to British and French forces and new arrivals.
Edmond and Marlow in Oklahoma were unable to conduct city elections this year due to a lapse, forcing current officials to extend terms as ordered by state election board secretary Joseph Morris. Primaries planned by both towns were postponed overnight, delaying the electoral process.
A civilian commission in Palestine urges two key measures: large scale afforestation using fast growing and fruit bearing trees, and water conservation through small dams and opened springs. Restoring forests aims to prevent soil erosion while providing timber and fruit, aided by a railway link to Egypt enabling surplus crops to reach Egyptian cities.
Catherine Wolf Hart, aged eighteen, marries James Harvey Hart of Brooklyn New York, eighty six, a retired jeweler. The groom’s children threaten annulment after meeting her in a Brooklyn barber shop where she worked as a manicurist.
Blind workers of the Albany Association of the Blind turned in 57 pairs of socks to the Red Cross for the boys abroad.
The attorney general backs the ruling confirming the election of Fells. The decision reinforces the electoral outcome and endorses the legitimacy of the result.
John Mendonca faced battery charges after a dispute sparked by his shouting to his horse Kaiser. Neighbor Hans Peterson overheard the exchange and confronted Mendonca, pulling him from a wagon and assaulting him. Mendonca was taken into custody amid the incident.
French postal authorities experiment with American automatic and semiautomatic telephone systems, exploring their potential use in national communications and telephony infrastructure.
A laboratory tour highlights Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound used for women's ailments. The article notes 860000 annual herb ads and emphasizes cleanliness with pasteurization and sterile bottles. It cites letters from women claiming health restoration through the remedy.
The article notes events in France causing a shortage of medical personnel in the army. It argues that prisoners among captured troops will likely include many medical staff, and that mobility at clearing stations is limited, implying a significant impact on medical support.
England reports Captain George C. Foulds, famed for surviving every major battle since he reached the Flanders front in 1915, now lecturing in the country. The war hero’s remarkable luck garners attention as bullets seem to miss him.
A fragmentary exchange questions moral causes and justice, wondering how a physician could earn money dishonestly. The dialogue hints at ethical dilemma and social scrutiny without providing full context or actions.
The report notes sixty men per thousand killed in the war and about 150 wounded per thousand. This summary preserves the stark figures and emphasizes the high toll.
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