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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
3
An aged keeper on a Norwegian island recounts a tale from the Youths Companion about geese and a fox, a trapped elf grinder, and a surviving bond. The geese avoid the islet after the wild bird’s recovery, and the keeper gradually takes over leadership of the flock amid nightly fox activity and decoy towers.
A historical survey traces wind powered car concepts from kite carriage ideas in ancient China to Hugo Upton patenting a wind driven land vehicle during James I’s reign. It covers early steam and internal combustion precursors, key inventors, and milestones leading to the modern automobile including Newtonian steam attempts, autowotion, Duryea’s early car, and notable endurance races.
A quirky essay argues elbows symbolize democracy and social friction. It contrasts the elbow with feudal eras, notes how people rub elbows with the masses, and lampoons elbow types and the nuisance they pose at quick lunch counters.
A narrator recalls urging a friend’s son to enlist in World War I, moved by the boy’s courage and his mother’s sacrifice. He confesses his own earlier comfort and now vows to support the war effort financially, ensuring the boy’s safety and the mother’s peace, even if his fighting days are over.
A speaker recites a dialogue with Uncle Sam, urging the narrator to repay freedom with responsibility. The Uncle Sam figure recalls all America has provided from schooling to peace and asks for a small favor in return. The monologue ends with a challenge to prove worth by “coming across” a billion, or be discarded.
The Second Liberty Loan Bond issue is praised as timely for Christmas gifting. Brokers urge clients to buy Liberty Bonds with small, regular payments, enabling gift acquisition before the holiday. Banks offer small weekly deposits to help buyers pay by Christmas.
A citizen questioned about supporting WWI bonds and national unity urges poster campaigns and government backing. The piece condemns indifference in small towns and stresses the war as a national duty for safety and freedom. Also contains stray health advice promoting Chamberlain's Tablets to ease sour stomach.
An urgent message to readers urges purchasing government bonds as part of the Second Liberty Loan. Fragments urge Berlin or bust and buying Liberty Bonds to back the nation, with references to home front support and rallying phrases.
The first Sunday school in India began in Serampore, Bengal in 1803 with three founders and teachers. Now 16 036 Sunday schools operate across the country with 686 614 teachers and students, speaking 45 dialects. The India Sunday School Union yearly runs a nationwide Scripture examination in oral and written forms, and in 1905 20 495 students across 28 dialects took the tests, with 17 592 passing satisfactorily.
Frank Fiest of Atchison offers a view of a gentleman as a man who can play a cornet but chooses not to. The remark contrasts aristocratic schooling with simple restraint in behavior.
Mrs. George Zimmerman of Fremont Ohio, president of Milo Federation of Women’s Clubs and head of the Women’s Committee of the Ohio Branch Council of National Defense, appeals in the Fourth Federal Reserve District to buy bonds for liberty. She says bonds are sound investments, fund wartime needs at home, and help save lives by supporting troops, while taxation rises if bonds are not purchased. She emphasizes that buying bonds protects homes, preserves order, and strengthens the nation against peril.
A Kansas City Star report cites University of Missouri sociology class results with 68 students listing top marriage criteria. Women prize good moral habits and intellect, while men emphasize character and physical beauty, with varied rankings for social position income congeniality youth looks and religious traits.
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