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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1918
Page
3
Ellery Stowell writes in the Century about a future war where battles are fought by a few engineered super weapons operated by selected heroic soldiers. The piece argues for costly war engines, wise taxation, and national mobilization to defend civilization, predicting war becoming the luxury of powerful states and fought by a handful of men with vast machines.
Your Red Cross dollars go entirely to relief and not administration. Funds support wounded and Invalided soldiers, homeless, crippled, children, and dependent families across France and allied lands. The organization claims 100 cents of aid per dollar donated and funds relief work in Russia Romania Serbia and Armenia.
In Bas City Michigan two young sisters helped speed a 160 bag Red Cross packing effort within 45 hours. Volunteers searched stores for materials and worked through the night. The girls woke at 3 AM to finish washing and join the final push before dawn.
A French geometer Maurice Sauger studied shell and bullet velocities to revisit how long a stone would take to reach Earth’s center. He estimated about 20 minutes 834 seconds, while Gassendi held 20 minutes and Mersenne proposed six hours. If a shaft pierced Earth, the stone would reach the antipodes after 99 minutes 80 seconds and return to the start, reappearing at 1 hour 17 minutes.
A wartime note outlines Red Cross hospital supply hubs for French aid and details how wounded army horses are treated. It highlights drivers nursing horses back to health, feeding by hand and tending them daily. It notes a policy shift to return horses from hospital to their unit rather than reassigning them to new teams.
A Boston Post quoted wheel salesman notes lifestyle shifts as people switch from horses to automobiles yet wartime needs boost wheel production. The piece hints at broader public interest in wheels driven by troops overseas and domestic demand.
Popular Mechanics reports a new high speed printing telegraph system on a single grounded wire that tests at 6,000 words per minute. The epoch making device aims to free expert operators for the signal corps without disrupting commerce, with details for military use withheld.
A German U-boat crew member escaping England claims the submarine shadowed British trawlers off the English coast and attacked. They dived when their attackers appeared and later surfaced beside a quay in a British port where sailors welcomed the vessel. The caption notes the U-boat was towed into port.
Alexandria Bay resident Douglas P Manning reports tremors during a storm that rattled windows and chinaware and led many to fear an earthquake. Weather bureau notes that very low pitched thunder discharges can produce musical notes causing resonant room vibrations, explaining the shaking.
A Yale Alumni Weekly reader recalls a front line moment when a machine gun sounded like a riveter. A doctor notes the surprising realization after two weeks of wondering about distant construction noises. The comparison highlights the eerie parallel between tools and warfare in wartime.
A humorful line quotes Mr. Jobbles claiming his dog eats less these days while he trains the animal to Fletcherize. He notes the dog endures a single small bone for an hour as part of the odd dieting method.
George B D Bowen writes of January blizzards uniting neighbors in a wartime spirit. He compares snow removal to war effort, noting resilience, solidarity, and the shared duty to keep paths open. The piece fuses domestic acts with global conflict, urging continued support for a common welfare.
A January storm described as the worst in U.S. Weather Bureau history swept the central West, killing thousands of farm animals and causing over 200 losses. It originated in Nebraska and reached Iowa Wisconsin and Montana with temperatures plunging from freezing to 54 degrees below zero. In South Dakota Grand Forks and Sioux City reported record lows while a Mitchel farmer and his son froze to death before reaching their distant house.
Dr. E. O. Jordan told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that food poisoning now stems from true bacterial toxins or infection carried by the food. Botulinus triggers cases, mainly in California, while Britain reports none. Foodborne illness also arises from contamination by human sources, with typhoid and paratyphoid infections common, and certain diseases from milk. Bacterial plant diseases do not infect humans.
The text quotes Chuang Tzu ancient ideas that life is a dream and awakening reveals reality. It contrasts dreamers with dream aware thinkers and notes Confucius and others as dreamers, while the speaker calls themselves a dreamer masking a deeper self.
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