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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
2
A British officer and guard corner a suspected spy in a passenger carriage after a bold old lady alerts staff. The train stops at Montrose where the spy is detained and confronted by authorities. The unnamed heroine receives official congratulations for patriotism and intelligence.
In Paris Missouri a rat’s nest behind plaster in the Glenn house linen room yielded three ladies silk stockings two perfume bottles and a fin iron among other items. Harland Ray climbed a ladder to remove loose plaster and recover the items. The means by which rats placed the objects there remains a mystery.
Washington reports official figures showing 1,860,000 enlisted in the U S armies, with over 80,000 officers and more than 300,000 regulars. The force has expanded from 110,000 in April as training camps prepare troops for the looming 1918 campaign, including National Guard and National Army contingents.
Derby Connecticut residents adapt prunes as sugar substitutes during a sugar famine. People claim prunes in coffee or tea provide sweetness as heat extracts sweetness and caffeine offsets taste. The practice is being tried by many locals.
Attorney General McGhee rules in a Columbus case that money seized in gambling raids cannot be turned over to police or city funds. The decision affects fines collected from the pot and the owners of the money face taxes and penalties under state law.
Vernon Kellogg recounts German occupation cruelty in Poland Belgium and France describing starvation deportation and mass ruin. He cites orders to starve Poles force German settlement and declares Germany must be civilized or war will continue until such horrors end.
Two experts from the Japanese Department of Communications showcased an invention for receiving telephone calls wirelessly. The system, tested at sea between Kobe and Yokohama, marks the first authenticated wireless telephony link. The inventors Boru Marumo and Toljird showed a successful, uninterrupted conversation aboard a moving vessel.
Report notes Magnatog output before the war barely reached a hundred weekly. After the conflict began production in the Lowlands climbed to about 160000 magnetite ore units, signaling a major rise in mineral output during wartime.
Drug advertisement touts Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a gentle herbal kidney liver and bladder remedy. Claims it heals strengthens and alleviates urinary troubles with immediate notice. Encourages purchase at local drug stores or request a sample bottle from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton NY.
A Philadelphia Ledger account from Camp Meade quotes Lt Tom of the quartermaster’s department joking about a Tennessee man selected for questioning. The man, asked about schooling, answers in a terse way and mistaking a fountain pen for a weapon, laments jabbery vaccination as a recurring indignity.
An old medical advertisement explains catarrhal deafness caused by inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. It claims local ear treatments fail and promotes Hall's Catarrhal Cure with a blanket offer of one hundred dollars for an incurable case, with circulars from J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
The Philadelphia Star reports a pie theft at the MacGregor house on Margueerite street. Officer Casey notes a hungry oegra caught nibbling pie. the judge questions the truth of the claim amid festive confusion and a local jargon filled defense.
A vintage advertisement describes mixing a hair darkening preparation using water, Bium, Barba Compound, and glycerine. The note claims gradual darkening of grey hair, added softness and gloss, and notes it does not color the scalp, is not sticky, and does not rub off.
A customer confronts a tailor saying he was promised a fair price but was charged more than ever before. The tailor defends that he offered a good price while he worked, implying the deal included a bargain but the customer disputes the final charge.
A reflective verse about nations misreading present strength and wisdom. It cautions that today’s supposed certainty may appear foolish a week later, urging humility in judgment and awareness of changing contexts.
A fragment asserts Detroit automobile factory women earned from 5 to 100 dollars monthly while an elided ad promotes Pierce’s Viensant Pellets and a dubious postal offer. It also notes that seven tenths of New York City's women favor woman suffrage and cites a Brooklyn postal offer for a sample.
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