23 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
1
A London feature exposes an international gambling network preying on prominent women and wealthy men. It details private rooms in quiet streets, secret agents, and a family-hosted riverside operation near a prestigious club where conscripts lure targets with flirtation and hospitality before cashing in on losses.
Kansas City Kansas City marine recruiting office completes its immortal tour with Benjamin Franklin among new recruits alongside George Dewey William Jennings Bryan and John Hopkins. Franklin from Dewey Ohio says he seeks the way to Bertin and has been discovering off wells.
The text describes fashionable gambling dens operating under respectable cover where hosts win large sums between 11 pm and 3 am as guests are drawn in through decoy women. Small initial stakes give way to substantial losses, with losses and winnings reported by American officers and Canadian troops, including bets up to $2,000 and a $100,000 war-era haul by a proprietress.
The piece notes Londoners shelter sparingly as busses and subway trains run normally. Only foreign workers fear, moving to safety zones while crowds at clubs discuss the raid and a hotel band plays unaware of danger. A tram-conductor mother rushes to protect children.
Tulsa man Skoog, employed by a local caulking company, fell from a fourth floor window at an office building. An awning beneath the window collapsed his descent, and he landed on the sidewalk. He struck his arm on a flower pot in a lower window, but survived.
Indiana reports warn fourth vein coal likely to be restricted to essential war work plants that cannot use other Indiana coal. R L Flood of the quartermaster and state fuel admin officials say deliveries will be limited, impacting plants that rely on this grade. Meanwhile, wheat and crop stats show strong yields and expanding harvest efforts across multiple counties.
The guide lists farm butter making equipment including milk pails and cream separators. It advocates covered-top tinned milk pails, cleanable seams, and sterilizable cream separators. It notes shotgun cans as preferred cream containers and suggests cooling tanks, churns, Butterworkers, thermometers, strainers, diver tools, and stirring paddles for efficient butter production.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture stresses thorough cleaning of all milk utensils after each use. Rinse with lukewarm water, scrub with brush, avoid soap or sun powder, and sterilize by farm sterilizer or boiling for five minutes to prevent filth buildup.
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