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Newspaper
Filer Record
Location
Filer, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
2
The London Daily Express notes widely used home remedies involving plant tinctures and infusions. Common mallow, fenugreeklike drafts, and chamomile broth are described for coughs, chest ailments, and digestion. Symphitum root and saffron tea appear as claimed cures with various claims and traditional uses.
The text notes the earliest cigar mention in 1740 in Distresses and Adventures of John Cockburn with references to early smoking methods. It also cites 1404 Columbus accounts and Lionel Water’s travelogue. It mentions cigars spread to northern Europe by the late 1600s and describes salt as money in Abyssinia, detailing small-change values and barter with cartridges.
A fragmentary quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson praising the craft of omitting in writing. The speaker muses that a man who knew how to omit would craft a perfect paper, implying a meta-comment on journalism and prose.
Advice on light cleaning of photographs using a Molston soft cloth dampened with warm water and a small amount of ammonia. Wipe lightly and dry immediately with a soft dry cloth.
Representative Edward T. Taylor of Colorado pledges to reintroduce a plan from Secretary Lane to reclaim arid swamp and cutover lands for soldiers homes. He aims for swift passage in the Sixty-sixth Congress and hopes for a funding increase well beyond 100 million dollars to match English speaking nations’ support for returning soldiers.
President Wilson dubbed Eleftherios Venizelos premier of Greece as a unifying force for the Allies and for southeastern Europe. The article credits him with guiding Greece through the Balkan and Eastern theaters, shaping the fate of his nation and its allies during the war.
A. F. Adams of Kansas City is named by Postmaster General Hurlman to assume management of the Postal Telegraph and Cable company, replacing President Clarence H. Mackay who is removed by the government. Burleson’s order also relieves senior officers and directors while Adams’ role centers on operation under government control.
Washington reports the United States department plans a transatlantic seaplane flight in May. Commander J H Tyrnes heads a naval and Marine detail for the project while crews for three new planes may be selected. NO-1 prototype recently tested at Rockaway Beach carried 51 men, 1200 horsepower, and a top speed of 80 mph with 126 foot wings.
United States officials announce at least 574 million dollars will be available for federal and cooperative road building over the next three years. An extra 200 million dollars in the post office appropriation bill increases the federal share, with state cooperation under the federal aid road act shaping a road program unseen in world history. The plan expands rural post road definitions, raises the federal contribution limit to 20 000 dollars per mile, and reallocates war department materials for highway work.
A congressional report cites 114 Disideton grantee cases, noting cows and roads delay costs. It warns transportation expenses have surged since the earlier estimate, projecting a loss total near 000,000,000 over four years.
Great Britain women who aided by sending waste bones and fats in the wartime drive are urged to continue the habit. The waste bone glue aids reconstruction in building, cabinetmaking, shipbuilding and more, while fats and byproducts fertilize land and provide domestic goods.
A Delaware justice of the peace fined himself for smoking in Rockwell Park Port Penn, citing military rules on disorderly conduct. Local reports show soldiers have paid fines and costs totaling about 3 dollars. In Brentwood California reinforced concrete poles six miles long carry a 22 000 volt line delivering roughly 2300 horsepower. Poles measure 41 feet, base 17 inches square, top narrower, spans range 20 to SH feet.
In a Broadway restaurant dressing room at dinner hour two pretty girls in fashionable frocks rouge and gossip about life at home. Rose and Brick complain that others claim they have not worked six weeks while the girls discuss independence and changing times in New York. They admit defiance toward traditional family expectations and plan to keep their jobs and social lives separate from marriage. The piece ends with a cynical remark on the futility of spreading nasty opinions.
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