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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1918
Page
10
The New York Sun recounts F. W. Hofele’s tale of Fox American pantomimes where long hours by skilled workers and a vigilant stage manager prevented mishaps. Harlequin’s hazardous leaps and Paul Martinetti’s star trap incident show the constant risk performers faced on stage.
The famous Colleoni equestrian statue, conveyed by sea and landed safely in Rome, is praised by Ruskin as one of the world’s greatest sculptures. Crafted by Verrocchio in 1451 and cast by Leopardi after Verrocchio’s death, its dramatic tale includes a quarrel over payment and a famous boast about reattaching the head.
In celestinia social circles the bridegroom family gives the bride family various gifts before the wedding. The list includes food, pig leg, goat leg, eight loaves, eight torches, three pairs of large red candles, vermicelli and freck crackers.
United States Department of Agriculture urges forceful enforcement of vagrancy laws nationwide. Editorial argues sentimental friends and families shield loafers like Bill Smith, delaying military and war needs, while urging sheriffs to compel work to support the nation.
A regional plea mocks sentimental excuses used to shield lazy individuals while urging citizens to force vagrants toward work and place blame on those who avoid duty. The speaker contrasts real Americans with noncontributing locals and insists on hard choices for the community.
Patrolmen Folk and Mahoney found Albert Breaker head down in a barrel beside a house on Congress Street Northside. Breaker explained he fell while reaching to close a window and became trapped. officers freed him after a gurgling sound alerted them.
Freeport reports Corp. Arthur C. Trayer of Company D Rainbow division says he has thirteen wounds from shrapnel including head arms body and right leg. His father relays the message noting he wants others not to worry.
Clinton Vance aged 82 traveled 2000 miles to visit his two soldier sons, now at Camp Zachary Taylor. The Calvary Canada farmer left near Calgary after a letter said the sons would soon be deployed. The family moved from Orleans Indiana to Canada three years ago with both sons enlisting at the war’s outbreak.
Dutch diver aboard the submarine Graf von Luttwitz was seized by Germans from the interned ship Cerroan Graf von Luttwitz near Java. A Dutch sailor was killed and the others taken prisoner as the Germans escaped in a bow boat with the submarine. Commander von Ebelstion cited strict censorship and uncertainty on pursuit or recapture.
Washington reports Red Cross front line unit women aiding in France during the opening German offensive. They directed military traffic at Roye, fed 250 British soldiers, set up a Montdidier information bureau, moved wounded, and kept canteens supplied. They slept on straw and worked eight days ahead of the advancing foe, inspiring Allied courage.
Grave diggers in Shamokin Pennsylvania went on strike over wages, declaring $20 a day inadequate for their labor and demanding a raise.
Mrs Albert Sultze of Winona Minnesota reports years of nervousness and sleepless nights eased by Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy as a long standing standard treatment for female ailments including inflammation irregularity backache and nervous tension.
In England three years of war and death fear have heightened religious fervor shaping literature. H G Wells embraces religion with new tenderness while Sir Oliver Lodge’s Raymond on communications with the dead marks a notable wartime phenomenon. The war drives thought on death and the afterlife urging a closer relation with the eternal.
Patrician remarks to Mary Ann about overhearing a morning discussion between the husband and wife. Mary Ann confirms she heard but assures no unusual events occurred. The servant notes neighbors once believed fatal outcomes might happen, though no harm was implied.
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