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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
2
A compilation of scattered items including mechanical bombs, asbestos purification methods, Panama Canal transit figures, a deaf snake catcher, early American manufacturing milestones, war work by students, agriculture notes, and various global curiosities. It mixes technical details with trivia from diverse fields.
Henry Ford argues for a single national railway system with tighter equipment and alloy steel to reduce weights and cut costs. He says freight cars carry little and return empty, passenger trains are underused, and concrete highways should take short hauls to ease congestion. He blames bank control and likens rail needs to a coordinated, technically skilled effort.
Havre consulate reports a gallant rescue at sea by the crew of Havre pilot boat No 5 saving a member of the Suruga’s crew. Three French sailors Jean Renouf Julien Capard and Louie Quehe were recommended for rewards by the United States government and each received a gold medal from the President via French naval authorities. The gesture sparked widespread satisfaction among Havre mariners.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger summary notes a Petrograd newspaper printing German army politicking aimed at ingratiation with Russian soldiers. It outlines seductive speech, mock courtesy, and the aim of obtaining enemy information through charm and staged amity, framed as wartime psychology.
The U S food administration clarifies it does not oppose cranberries or urge other fruits for sauces. It notes cranberry sauces may use preserves or felts from summer as an emergency sugar substitute with corn syrup offsetting sugar. A mix of two thirds sugar and one third corn syrup works for jelly, with more corn syrup for sauce.
A comic note from the Den Times quoted in the New York Globe about a railway chairman promoting Spriggs, a deaf man, to hear passenger complaints as chief organizer, highlighting misunderstandings of disability and business competence.
The sole Christian general in the Japanese army, Mad. Gen. HH. Hilbiri, is in San Francisco and discussing cooperation with the YMCA. He might pursue ties even as a Buddhist. The YMCA camp work aims to reach all creeds globally.
A brief dialogue from a motion transcript shows a woman and a young man in a parlor. He asks if she will allow affection while she implies he is fading from memory. The exchange hints at romantic tension in a Boston setting.
An item from the hrletian Register recalls Andrew Carnegie’s famed quip about industry factors. He judged labor capital and traitor as three legs of progress, delivering the answer with a gleam and a joke to illustrate balance.
Fragmentary report mentions a doctor and a wife whose mind is described as completely gone. The text is severely garbled and offers no verifiable names, dates, or locations to anchor a fuller summary.
Fragmentary text shows a quirky dialogue with whimsical phrases and character names. The excerpt hints at a performative scene where a musician or performer is asked about powers and lineage, though the full context is unclear.
A fragmentary note ponders Len Franklin and how he might react if he returned to hear newfangled music and a phonograph. A funeral procession and motor hearse were glimpsed in the text with police presence and loud surroundings.
A compact chronology recounts Jerusalem’s capture and rule shifts from ancient Israelite kings to Persian and Hellenistic rulers, Roman siege and destruction, Christian reconquest, Muslim domination, Crusader claims, Ottoman control, and modern British occupation. The list names emperors, dynasties, and key sieges shaping the city’s history.
A reflective piece from the Fort Worth Star Telegram expresses the narrator’s eager plans for future grandchildren. The longing to guide, educate, and protect a granddaughter on trips to town is presented with affectionate details and timeless expectations.
A satirical piece lampoons a chronic naysayer who blocks efforts and scoffs that improvements cannot be completed. The civic figure undermines boosters, doubts plans, and earns no praise while the town pursues progress and enterprise.
Congress appropriated funds to the Geological Survey to erect desert sign posts in arid regions. The desert sign movement, led by George W Parsons, aims to mark springs water holes and provide directions for travelers, reducing past desert fatalities from the gold rush era.
The article recounts a captain's account from a naval base about the Belgian Prince tragedy and a German submarine towed in after being netted. It notes discovery of the German crew and six English captains torpedoed at sea, raising questions about Allied sailors' fates and possible new救 ways to rescue them.
A brief note describes camouflage for conserving sugar in Missouri, mentioning a housewife and her routine of four spoons of sugar in tea. The text hints at avoiding less sugar and notes a predictable pattern in preparing beverages.
Early antitoxin administration saves most diphtheria cases while delays reduce effectiveness. If throat patches appear or diphtheria is suspected, culture and a second dose of antitoxin are advised. some cases deviate from typical presentation requiring vigilant re examinations and school nurse involvement.
The Financial World analyzes the selective draft impact with about 1,000,000 leaving industrial work and 20,400 more to join the military. It calculates daily wage losses around 2,600,000 and annual deficits near 750,000,000, urging adjustments as creative energy shifts from employed workers to war needs.
Boston Herald reports farmers can turn discarded farm machinery into cash as demand for iron and steel soars. It notes vast quantities stored in barns and cellars, urging patriotic recycling and citing census data on farm equipment value and steel use in implements.
A newspaper note recalls a prediction attributed to Napoleon referring to Prussia and German unification. It cites his St Helena utterances about moving the Muhienzollerns and warns that until German liberty is achieved Europe will lack peace.
An official report from the German ministry cites more than 104 substitutes in Germany with many tied to food. It notes other substitutes for truth, honor, decency, and treaty obligations, reflecting widespread adaptation.
Palmer explores how schoolroom conditions compare to desert environments. He notes three factors affecting evaporation: water and air heat, relative humidity, and air movement, with schoolrooms generally less drying due to lower temperature and wind speed. He warns against extreme climates yet emphasizes schooling demands keep children indoors most of the year.
The article argues that air superiority alone cannot win wars and that ground forces, artillery, and observation from the ground are decisive. It notes weather and terrain shape air effectiveness, that German defenses are anchored to 1914 positions, and stresses that infantry with bayonets and grenades drive the enemy back, not airplanes.
A Baltimore Bun letter praises General H. B. Geaaty for declaring an army of democracy where officers and men may meet as social equals outside cantonments. It argues for no enduring caste distinctions beyond military boundaries, urging restraint to keep the war effort united.
The piece argues experience and judgment in older workers outweigh youth in war effort and business. It asserts that vigor plus steadiness and responsibility from age can compensate for declining punch, stressing value of seasoned leaders in enterprise.
A distressed wife cries as her husband returns home to find her weeping over a missing diamond engagement ring. The fragment hints at an intimate domestic moment and a lost jewelry item within the family setting.
The Spectator argues American sympathy for Ireland has long driven calls for fair treatment by Britain. It notes wartime American soldiers learning Ireland is prosperous with strong farming, light courts, fair taxes, and favorable land terms, warning against overgeneralized harsh judgments of Ireland.
The article lauds YMCA work in European war effort highlighting Catholic priests, Protestant and Jewish volunteers, and diverse faiths leading sports and services. It notes military moral rules, focus on health and vigor, and the YMCA’s role with doctors to curb disease while maintaining discipline and moral conduct among soldiers.
The Gazette de Hollands reports a flood of wartime revelations from sources like The Times and the Wolff Bureau. It notes how secret councils and high level talks shaped Europe’s fate, arguing that private actors wield immense power over nations and peoples without public consent.
Statistics show city men joining the back to the farm movement deliver rich harvests in old and new districts. Oklahoma farmers expect 400 million dollars in year income, wheat and cotton values top the totals. War gardeners in Pittsburgh earned about sixty thousand dollars in produce this summer. The man with the hoe is a patriotic worker with a full larder.
The French Interior Minister orders immediate manufacture bids for population goods in recently liberated areas. Firms may bid on up to five lots including school desks with seats at 10 and 000 each and 10 000 cement sinks with accessories, with additional items to follow.
In Mine Run Pennsylvania a mining settlement of 26 families each contributed to the Liberty loan totaling 64 666 dollars and the community fully funded the effort.
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