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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
10
An article warns against fake aspirin pills and urges buying only Bayer with the Bayer Cross. It lists legitimate Bayer aspirin forms and doses and briefly describes cave-dwelling Malay Peninsula snakes feeding on bats, eight to nine feet long and camouflaged against yellow limestone walls.
A customer denounces peppery soup in a joking scene from a Kansas City Star piece. A waitress recalls a horse-faced man who allegedly caused the issue and a teen narrator reflects on being called an old maid.{"}
The British War Office in September 1917 announced a goal of 10 000 women for a Woman's Auxiliary Corps to serve at home and overseas. Mrs Chalmers Watson became first chief controller as about 10 000 women a month were recruited for the war. They replaced men in England and France in roles from cooking to stenography. Wrens and Penguin divisions also contributed, all under military discipline.
A fragmentary exchange contrasts women voters with husbands guidance and echoes an old proverb about dogs and saints. The text juxtaposes gendered opinion and a general statement about timing and justice in bygone law.
The Italian situation eases with reports the White House backs the Peace Conference action on Fiume. Sonnino and Sasandra depart Paris for Rome amid crowd ovations at the Gare de Lyon as Orlando plans to address Parliament on the Fiume issue and seek a vote of confidence to shape Italy’s stance.
The capture of Kiev by Petlura’s Ukrainian forces signals weakened Bolshevik strength in southwestern Russia as Lenin and Trotsky aimed to hold Ukraine for harvests then withdraw. Separately, 84 570 acres are excluded from Inyo National Forest for restoration and potential homestead entry starting July 1 with disposition after July 8.
Colonel Mettler announced in Troy that the government will spend 14 million dollars to extend the Watervliet arsenal. The plan includes purchasing 35 extra acres to enlarge the gun factory rivaling Krupps in Germany as the world’s greatest of its kind.
The Huntington carrying the 151st field artillery Gopher Gunners along with the 67th field artillery headquarters brigade and aero squadrons arrived in New York 48 hours ahead of schedule. The early arrival prevented the Minnesota welcoming party from meeting them at the port. Senator Kellogg and local Minnesotans greeted the troops as they passed down the bay before heading to Camp.
Washington April 28 resignations of industrial board members are before Secretary Redfield as they seek to help reach an agreement with the director general of railroads over steel rails prices. The board faces a potential collapse of its price lowering program or a reorganization. Indications point to President Wilson leaning toward W. D. Hines as a needed ally. The chairman is to confer with Redfield at the commerce department.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture estimates fruit damage in Ohio from the recent cold weather at 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Reports from farmers in Kentucky and southern Indiana indicate widespread damage to fruit and vegetation. In East Liverpool the apple belt on the Ohio River bottom reports about half of a 100 000 barrel crop destroyed by the past two days of cold.
Three Kalmas children aged 4 6 and 8 are lost near Finlayson Minnesota after leaving to herd cows two days ago. Town authorities have requested twin city police bloodhounds to aid the search. A dog that accompanied them has not returned.
Senator Curtis of Kansas asks the Railroad Administration to grant reduced rates for farm laborers from Chicago to Kansas to aid this summer’s wheat harvest. He says over 100,000 men will be needed to harvest the bumper crop.
Mexico City reports a national anti alcohol group led by Senora Rosa Uray de Martines plans an active campaign against U S breweries and distilleries that intend to move into the republic due to prohibition laws.
Paris reports two full days of cross examination of Captain Edmund G. Chamber as prosecutors present a compose and questions arise.
A British officer returning from German East Africa recalls training Askari recruits. Drill mistakes led to the phrase As you were being yelled with rising severity. He overheard two natives discussing its meaning with one asking what the order meant. A second replies that Asuwer is an English invention for admitting a mistake.
An advertisement promises removal of freckles using Otthime double strength from a druggist with a money back guarantee. It claims most cases need only an ounce and stresses dramatic lightening of freckles and tan. The prose includes a guardrail joke about a bicyclist policeman and a Sinbad reference.
An advertisement touts Boschee's Syrup as a remedy to quiet coughs soothe throat and lung inflammation ease bronchial irritation and aid sleep. It claims fifty two years of American production and usefulness for lung trouble asthma croup bronchitis and related conditions.
Official statistics report Spain's 1918 harvest by crop in metric tons: wheat 8,693,429. barley 1,976,343. oats 442,830. rye 778,889. corn 613,225. rice 207,648. chickpeas 116,727.
A quip from the Ohio State Journal praising a man who values simple goods like a spading fork and a shoe over a costly touring car. The exchange ends with a wry remark that the thermometer needs no sympathy when it’s down.
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