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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
12
A long list of incendiary and sabotage actions attributed to German agents and sympathizers blankets the U S wartime espionage record. The roundup includes Du Pont plants in New Jersey and Delaware, munitions factories, and multiple city arsons, with arrests and trials noted through late 1917 and into 1918. A Baltimore and Philadelphia arsenal cases stand alongside West Coast and Atlantic theater incidents.
Chronology of 1940 incidents includes August blast at Du Pont powder plant in New Brunswick New Jersey injuring nearly 100. September detonations at Frankfort Pennsylvania drying rooms killing three milled and injuring 23. arrests of German agents in October and late October shipyard sabotage near New York. fires on Baltimore and Ohio lines. November explosions at American Aluminum in New Kensington Pennsylvania killing five. widespread wartime disruption and damages totaling millions.
Government condemns reports that German internees at Dot Springa Camp in North Carolina receive five meals daily and extravagant diets. Labor Department says prisoners are kept on ordinary wholesome rations to show humane treatment and deter enemy capture. The statement clarifies the internees are not prisoners of war but officers and crew from German vessels detained after hostilities.
In Berkeley California Signor and Signora Antonio de Grasse teach their dog Nook to say mamma in English and French. The dog Noah answers clearly with a wagging tail and varieties of infant-like words. The de Grasses consider University of California psychologists for further study as the dogs share daily afternoon tea.
The Duc de Montpensier writes he has never heard objections to the Marseillaise in his family line. He recalls ancestors including Louis Philippe and Chartres era figures who supported the revolution and Rouget de Lisle, noting shifts in status following the song’s fame.
Private Boucher of Machine Gun Section No. 15, Third Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, recalls a dawn German counterattack south of Lena. Fifteen Vickers guns held fire, blasted advancing troops in four ranks, turning the assault into a rout as Germans fled back to their trench.
Rev James D Taylor and his wife and son from Natal South Africa visit Mrs Peter Guernsey in Amherst Massachusetts. They plan a five year stay as he supervises publicitation of the Zulu Bible retranslation. He is supported by Hampshire West churches amid postwar South Africa conditions.
Henry Hainelle reports mysterious whispering sounds deep in Los Tunog canyon near Weber ranch as wind moves thousands of serrated leaves on scrubby oaks. He traced the noise to a clump where tree leaves rub together, producing a constant chorus audible along the wagon road above a trickling stream.
The passage argues that the true expense of life is not basic needs like food and shelter but the emotional cost of striving. It cites Mary Garden in the New York World, noting that pursuing deeply desired goals leads either to disappointment or to achievement accompanied by the loss of many other possibilities.
Ju Man Btreat's American Adventures catalogs naval cadet slang. Terms include "bird" or "wazzo" for a man, "steam" for marlo engineering, "unset" or "zip" for poor marks, "drag" for escorting girls, "heavy drag" for unattractive girl, and "sleuth" for a watchman. Cadets refer to hall watchers as "oles" and nicknames for naval dignitaries appear in slang form.
A London correspondent notes older landmarks like Olave's church in Southwark near closing. The piece recalls Danish and Viking influences on England including church door relics and grim tokens kept by the College of Surgeons from Hadstock, Copford, and Worcester cathedral doors.
An excerpt praising the American regular soldier, arguing the public misreads his devotion to service, honor code, and intelligence. The piece notes his carry of a field marshal baton and a simple kit, contrasting public misperception with the soldier’s austere duties and readiness.
A fragmented Iowa Homestead item notes a lost crank fob and a hand satchel near the Times office, with a local notice of auction by Col. J. A. Benson in Graettinger and references to Ben F. Reeves selling items on Monday Oct 7. The brief ad mentions auctioneers and lists various demo and horse names, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century rural auction scene. The page also includes a short wartime savings stamp aside and a dry political note about Prohibition-era sentiments.
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