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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1918
Page
1
The Minneapolis Journal notes that ventilating a battleship is among the hardest tasks in design. Air must reach boiler and engine rooms through tall trunks to the weather deck, with armored grates at the protectives. Large electric fans ventilate engine rooms while coal bunkers require gas-aware vents to prevent explosive mixtures.
A fifty acre jungle farm on the edge of New York City supplies the New York Zoological Park with a year round menu for over 5,000 captive animals. The farm grows vegetables for herbivores and raises chickens rabbits guinea pigs rats mice pigeons and pigs in large barns to sustain carnivores as well.
A veteran aviator reflects on flying as more than machinery. He contrasts luck with skill and describes pilots judging themselves by good or bad piloting. He notes young pilots training at airfields and the deep pride of solo work and self-reliance.
A housekeeper refreshed a darkened oil treated floor by scrubbing a small section with naphtha soap and washing soda added to the water. The worker used a small brush and repeated the process piece by piece to remove paint or varnish residue.
The text explains crack filling using a sawdust and glue mix darkened with burnt umber and water to ratio 20 to 1. It also describes an alternative pulp filler from torn newspapers ground into a flour and water paste that hardens in cracks.
A peculiar 24 foot hickory on the J. H. Bowersox farm near Goheenville Pa draws attention as a freak growth. The tree twists into a large hook with limbs growing below the elbow shaped top, on church ground owned by the Lutherans.
U S Food Administration releases figures on Allied aid from July 1, 1914, to January 1, 1918. Complete yearly rations reached 57,100,983 people with extra protein for 22,104,570 more men. Wheat exports to main Allies near 384 million bushels. pork exports nearly 2 billion pounds. fresh beef 443,484,400 pounds. Russia received negligible amounts compared with western Allies.
Sir Joseph Maclay appeals to the United States, urging action to supply men, food, and material for the Allied war effort. He warns that British forces are war weary and stresses the critical need before the next harvest, arguing Americans possess the needed manpower, expertise, and resources.
A man suspected of counterfeiting or bank robbery in attempting to change a $1000 bill quickly resolved the issue by proving he was a motion picture star and rarely cashing smaller denomination salaries.
A fragmented piece contrasts a bored elevator operator with a lively narrator. A boarding house scene shows a sister and brother exchange a playful yet tense confession about Wednesday kisses and a hidden romance. The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph flavor hints at social bustle and mystery.
A collage of anecdotes and verses from old periodicals. It cites Rufus Choate’s love of words and a quip about a new dictionary edition, along with poems about Be Thou a Bird and a humorous tale from New York Times about a Binghamton band. It also includes jokes on counterfeit money, deafness, and a wedding miscue from Puck.
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