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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
2
An excerpt from Word and Works and The Value of Good Temper urges restraint in conversation. It warns that criticizing others reveals envy, harms friendships, and teaches no lasting virtue. It advocates speaking well of friends, apologizing, and practicing temper to preserve affection.
The annual inspection and drill by the boys of the Natid school at Washington marks a red letter day in the lives of the Sfets being shaped into good citizens. Boys aged ten to nineteen from across the country are sent there after violations of federal statutes. They learn trades and wear uniforms as shown in the accompanying picture, evidence of their handicraft.
In a WWI vignette Maj Ian Hay Berth notes trench gossip seeds at the refilling point where ration parties hear rumors of a naval disaster off a coast called Gally Polly. The tale spreads through the front, prompting talk of a near east transfer as soldiers fear losses and wartime events.
The essay notes the Levant region’s vague geographic scope including Constantinople and eastern Mediterranean areas. It argues Levantine morals are broadly associated with dishonesty and explains English terms levanter and to levant as echoes of eastern debt evasions, reflecting Western views.
The Minneapolis Journal notes 46 million horsepower from steam and 6 million from water power, with 80 million horsepower potential from unharvested water. It states annual coal mining tops 400 million tons to produce steam and highlights daily waste equivalent to 1 million tons of coal.
A collection of wry maxims on canny thinking, pride, and social folly. The speaker riffs on will, self deception, discipline, and reformist hopes with blunt humor and moral tone.
Discusses winter wintering and confinement methods for laying hens noting fuss over range versus house living and the impact on egg production. Includes a legal notice that the executors of E. Giggs will exhibit their final account to the Middlesex Orphans Court on January 18, 1918 for settlement.
The Philadelphia Record notes Hungary once fed Europe but now fears starvation and refuses to share with Austria. It describes a fragile dual monarchy where Austrians, Magyars, and Czechs are bound by force yet increasingly at odds, corroded by evolving power dynamics.
The Mount Cenis tunnel used gunpowder for blasting behind a forward bulkhead as workers advanced. Credit goes to Italian engineers Sommeiller Grandis and Gratton. Finished in 1870 and opened with a double track two years later. Total cost 15 million dollars. Took 18 to 14 years to finish. Sardinian government financed the project.
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