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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
2
An old Ferdinand News entry notes a 45 second dash matter filed May 24 1806 at the Ferdinand Illinois Post Office under a May 3 1807 act reference, with a placeholder header HATE CARD and a date line October 6 LNG.
Bohemia is a densely populated, industrious region of Austria-Hungary with nearly 7,000,000 people at the war’s start. It leads in iron and steel, textiles, glassware, and many crafts, with a wide, far reaching commerce awaiting opportunities for greater progress beyond past achievements.
A London Answers writer notes ten degrees separate health from death and warns that body temperature, not air, indicates illness. Normal is 98 degrees. 100 to 101 degrees suggest rest or bed, 102 degrees or higher requires a doctor. Any higher signals urgent medical help.
General Sir Henry Horne, dubbed the economy general for skillful leadership and low casualties, popularized the creeping barrage on the battlefield. He led attacks at Fricourt Maimetz and Pozières with minimal losses and earned fame in the South African War alongside the Old Contemptibles.
Tokyo Imperial University archaeologists and colleagues excavate the Hankusin shrine compound in Torynma prefecture. Dr Shibata says findings could reveal whether ancestors originated from Coren or Sugholien as bones of women and children are unearthed.
Clemenceau, like Waldeck Rousseau before him, visits Paris theaters for leisure and shows interest in the finer arts. He has even written plays with pieces such as Les Requins and Le Vote du Bonheur that have appeared on the state stage.
Ex crown prince questions why his father keeps the title count and says few will like him enough to use his first name. Boston Hypping Travecript notes the exchange as a curious royal aside.
Sir Thomas Myles was knighted while president of the College of Surgeons, Ireland. He is an authority on the command depots of the British army medical service and on curative work shops.
After the German armies pull back into France a wide evacuation area expands Red Cross duties. Housing for refugees and temporary village reconstruction are planned, with clothing, sewing machines, food, and merchant supplies to follow. Tuberculosis care expands, nine ty-six provisional hospitals to open before winter, as the slogan aims to visit every baby in France and prevent 40,000 deaths among French babies.
The American Red Cross at Limoges France will manufacture shoes for Belgian and other French children in colonies maintained by the organization. It aims to provide footwear for all such children, asserting no difference in ability to wear out shoes.
The American Red Cross is producing a limited number of water sterilizers and disinfecting plants in Italy. These devices will be handed to Italian military authorities in Rome and used at their discretion to improve drinking water.
The Boys' Life magazine notes Americans contributed to tank development by inventing a belt track system. The design uses large wheels, a belt with track plates, and two side belts driven together or independently. The tank moves slowly, about half a mile per hour, with rollers supporting the belt inside.
The old British iron foundry boosting war work reports rapid grenade core production by young women at 180 C per hour with cores finished in sixteen seconds. Output has trebled through standardized work and staff initiative. Each 1000 feet of floor yields 6.5 tons of Hehit castings weekly on a 48 hour week. Women and girls make up 60 percent of staff and enjoy ten minute lunch and ten minute interval.
Mrs. Pheadore Schuitheis and son Leo of Louis hosts visitors from nearby areas while Loretta Eimer renews her NEWS subscription. Local residents from Mariah Hill Evanston Bretyville St Meinrad, including clergy, pass through for visits and business amid social calls as college boys prepare to depart.
Miss Rose Sidgwick, one of two women on the British educational mission to the United States, serves as lecturer in ancient history at the University of Birmingham. Her appointment over ten years ago, granted in competition with men, was regarded as highly remarkable.
Dr. George A. McLane argues that highly developed peoples resisting amalgamation with the victors may be forced into reservations or the victors will cede portions of their territory to the subjugated. He foresees Latin peoples eventually needing to be used or displaced as history unfolds.
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