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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
6
Text argues that a baseball curves due to surface irregularities magnified many times. It claims mountains on the ball create friction in air, affecting its path, with comparisons to Grand Canyon and Alps. The piece blends science-y explanation with playful illustrations and a joke exchange from the Boston Transcript.
British forces launched a surprise three mile front thrust north of Merville driving German troops back about 1500 yards. Saxon 32nd and Prussian 44th divisions suffered heavy losses with about 250 captured. Front extended between Vieux Berquin and Pont Tournai near Merville as Australians mirrored a feigned attack yielding nearly 50 prisoners.
An Austrian emissary from Lindat failed to win any support for peace talks, returning home empty handed after Zurich reports of Switzer land showing little interest. German headquarters summoned Chancellor Hertting Man for an urgent conference as Berlin weighed Romania and eastern questions. Foreign Minister Kuehmann likely to hold off on immediate review until these issues are clarified.
The House Ways and Means Committee drafted a new bond bill for an $8 billion Liberty issue to July and October, plus authorized $4 billion more in seconds and a $6 billion meat issue. Domestic bonds would total $8.04 billion, with $1.5 billion for Titans to allies, lifting total aid to roughly $7 billion. Secretary McAdoo noted July September advances to allies reached about $610 million monthly and hoped extra funds would bridge early winter.
Former Russian premier Alexander Kerensky appears in London after a period in retirement and preliminary plans to travel to America. Reports say his health is weak and he has endured perilous escape from Russia en route to Britain, with limited public awareness of his arrival.
Captain Holmes of the relief ship Gothland reported sighting and sinking a derelict submarine about 120 miles south of an Atlantic port. The craft showed no life and papers suggested it might be American. Wounded troops: 185 landed at American shores last week per the War Department.
Mrs. William Story, former president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is held on a $1,000 bond on grand larceny charges connected with collections of an organization she led.
Texas became bone dry on June 25 as about 750 saloons shut under a statewide prohibition act of the Thirty-fifth Legislature. Earlier, 1800 salons were closed by law creating a 10 mile dry zone around military camps and shipyards. closures hit main urban districts.
Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland, told Belfast's lord mayor that the government will carry out its conscription duties unflinchingly despite opposition. He recalled a proclamation calling for 50 000 volunteers and warned that compulsion could be used, with numbers regulated by population as in other parts of the empire.
London reports 224,000 ton loss of British shipping in May by submarines, down from ATL,000 a year earlier. Archibald Hurd calls May the most favorable so far as submarines destroyed raise enemy shipping costs. Georgia ratifies federal Prohibition amendment, 12th state to vote yes. Telegraph operators strike looming in New York. Fire destroys W Le Eaton residence at Owaneco. damages set at 12,500. Mount Clemens pilot Second Lieut John T Boyle killed in flight near Selfridge field. observer Ebey injured. Austin test to challenge Dry Law constitutional validity begins.
The Montgomery County Historical Society appoints a committee to move Horsham’s 1734 grist and sawmill to Elmwood Park Norristown along Stony Creek. Miss Mary Iredell offered the relic which would be cared for by the borough, to educate future generations on pioneer flour and lumber processes. The plan includes bringing the large driving wheel turbine wheel and cob crusher to Norristown.
An ad touts Freed powder as magical relief for corns. It promises instant ache relief and easy corn lifting with its Gagers device, asserting no bumbug and quick results.
Fragmentary dialogue mocks wartime shoe shortages with a clerk and customer debating small sizes. Included are unrelated ad snippets for Cuticura soothing skin remedies and a note about ice cream sanitation. The piece mixes humor with multiple old promotional lines.
A garbled local-voice item notes residents, led by Meandering Mike and Pere, facing new sanitation and work laws. Citizens grimly describe dodging regulations as the harder path, with workers resigned to labor amid shifting rules.
In hot weather readers are warned of stomach woes from heavy foods and drinks. An Eatonic tablet test claims quick relief, neutralizing acids and easing nausea. The ad urges trying Eatonic to restore appetite and comfort during heat.
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