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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1917
Page
6
The patrol leader must be specially chosen for endurance courage and good judgment. He reports on enemy strength, techniques to interpret information, carries maps compass and notebook, and briefs the patrol. Formations vary by terrain to ensure escape with guards at 25 to 100 yards depending on patrol size.
The excerpt stresses disciplined patrol work detailing how one man scouts ahead to avoid ambush while the patrol advances in a thin line. Leaders must transmit timely, signed reports listing place date hour and minute to keep command informed and allow reconstruction of events.
The article discusses how timing reports from patrols determine whether two sightings are of the same troop or separate forces. If two reports lie about half an hour apart it is the same troop. within ten minutes suggests two distinct troops approaching.
The text explains how outposts supplement patrols to guard camps in hostile or near enemy zones. It discusses how size depends on force, terrain, and enemy proximity, with emphasis on preventing surprises, maintaining discipline, and concealment while maintaining readiness.
Samuel G Blythe describes four Chinese leaders Tsao Ju Ling Chang Usiang Lu Chung Yu and Wang I Tang as pro Japanese power brokers guiding Beijing’s strategy. He portrays them as instruments aiding Japan to influence China and justify intervention.
A Portland physician devises a knee writing device described by Popular Mechanics Magazine. A leather strip secures to the bent knee with spring clasps and holds two pencil clips that project a pencil beyond the knee. A low rack supports the paper while the user rests the foot on the ball with the heel raised for pen motion.
The Portland Oregonian notes women should not rush to the grocery store before breakfast while wearing pantalette house suits. The remark plays on fashion and daily routines, reflecting era attitudes toward women's attire and domestic roles.
New Jersey brief notes oyster harvesters dock at Mantua Creek Paulsboro selling 50 000 oysters for 40 cents per hundred. Butchers complain sales drop while a captain plans weekly trips. The roundup spans traffic arrests church sales schools Red Cross carpenters and civic efforts across Gloucester County with multiple community events and public services.
About 1000 recruits from New Jersey are at Camp Dix Wrightstown for intensive training as 311th 312th Infantry and 308th Field Artillery prepare for France. The depot brigade will back these regiments, with first noncommissioned promotions announced for the 311th Infantry including Akins of Mount Holly as head of Company I. Camp Dix also forms a football team to play Penn and Princeton for Red Cross support.
Chicago woman reports two years of illness from a female trouble and credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for rapid improvement and restored strength. The ad touts the remedy as a standard treatment for displacements, inflammation, irregularities, pain, backache, and nervous prostration.
A memorial sketch recalls Andy Toster a once prosperous city figure who died in destitution. A prominent merchant, old family friend, attended the funeral and spoke of their bond noting Andy never asked for help despite his hardship.
A Scot and an Englishman stroll and buy rosy apples. The Englishman bites and spurts, claiming a worm was swallowed. The Scot shrugs, "Twilk put new life into ye," delivering a humorous local-tone exchange from the Boston Transcript.
A brief dialogue shows a young bride telling a tramp she will provide food if he fetches an ax. The tramp replies he does not need the tool, saying his teeth are fine.
A fragment captures a wartime bunkroom moment with officers asking if a prisoner was awakened. The reply notes inability to wake No. 44 and claims to have woken No. 45, reflecting humor amid tension in a military context.
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