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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
2
Reports describe cotton stalks converted into high quality paper pulp and roots enabling artificial silk production. Also mentioned are a phonograph with auto switching, a giant St Louis sand filter project, and large phosphate reserves conserved by the U.S. government across Montana Utah Wyoming and Idaho.
In Hartford Connecticut a unique day saw the coldest reading at 12 15 am 35 degrees and the warmest at 12 15 pm 52 degrees. The narrow 17 degree spread occurred within a single afternoon.
Canada moves to build a coast to coast highway of about eighty miles between Winnipeg and Calgary modeled after the Lincoln highway. The plan imagines a major new roadway linking two Canadian cities with long distance travel in view.
Mme de Thebes the famed clairvoyant who read palms for elites and foretold calamities across years died last week in Paris. Her prophecies, many linking to European wars and disasters, drew both fear and reverence as she thrived from 1901 onward, even as some predictions failed or reversed.
In a California dispute over healing without licenses, the supreme court upheld Carrie Jordan Twellie’s conviction under a medical practice act. The opinion rejects religious healing as equivalent to licensed medical care and warns that prayer alone cannot replace trained medical treatment.
The quoted portrait defines a man of quick perception, broad sympathies, and wide affinities. He is responsive yet independent, self reliant yet deferential, pursuing truth and candor with moderation. Courageous but gentle, not finished but perfecting.
Fragmentary OCR reads about a world democracy and a rally message. It mentions Mendoza and a large crowd, with unclear context and dates.
The article argues that Californians actively vote on statewide measures with high turnout. It cites the November election where about 1,615,000 ballots were cast and measures received 62 to 74 percent of total votes. The prohibition amendment led with 974,839 votes for and against, while the single tax measure failed 576,553 to 200,42, proving the public wields decisive power rather than a detached minority.
A Montgomery Advertiser account recalls the famed Prussian Guard from World War I, noting its roles at Ypres Calais Verdun and on the eastern front. Reported as the Kaiser’s pride, the unit has suffered heavy losses while its traditions survive despite repeated defeats.
Under Prof Karnum Brown from the American Museum a cargo of petrified dinosaur bones arrived. The find includes a 4 foot long duck billed trachodont with 2 000 teeth and a tripod like gait, a ceratop han horned dinosaur, a plated dinosaur fragment, and a carnivorous dinosaur believed to have killed others in a giant battle.
Milwaukee couples continue to wed under the eugenics law as county records show rising marriage licenses in 1915 and 1916. Mrs G A Y defends the law saying physicians perform essential tests, while Mrs Hipke hints at possible changes to include women in the prenupial examination.
A vivid microdrama set in a Waco Texas game between two nervy teams. The batter, nicknamed the mam moth Black, and a wary umpire frame a tense exchange as the pitcher delivers a string of pitches. The umpire's quips escalate from one strike to two, provoking the crowd and the Black player to react with outrage before the umpire flees the park.
A fragmented piece argues that party labels reflect differing tastes between Greece and Rome while noting that grande 머 and glory drive politics. It warns against overestimating the cost of glory and critiques mixed election results and the ease of confusing minor distinctions.
A mother wrote a humorous note to a teacher asking to fix her son Johnnie’s ears as a wink at ear balance. A French inventor claims a seven‑plane aeroplane arranged in a semicircle is perfectly stable.
Fragmented archaic verse lines praise a gentle mind and love while noting aging beauty and the mind’s endurance. The text blends ornamental diction with broken fragments suggesting a meditation on beauty fading and inner virtue enduring.
The aged Albert Gentle, long a hospital resident, has devoted his life to caring for forest creatures, gathering 27 000 butternuts last year to feed squirrels. He sees his duty as sanctified, insisting small lives deserve attention over wealth while lamenting others’ indifference.
A symposium question asks Edison for his greatest temptation and how to resist it. He says he has not been tempted due to busy work and argues work is the best safeguard, noting no one can match his constant labor and the risk of idleness in aging. He concludes that self respect, trained and nourished, is the ultimate protection.
A Los Angeles Times piece questions the usefulness of middle aged workers in a brutal, efficiency obsessed era. It argues efficiency can become a fetish and that discarding older workers harms labor conditions and society. The text notes labor markets favor horses and mules over hired men due to cost.
The New York Independent notes saloons face decline from moral concerns and social needs met by coffee houses. It cites rising coffee consumption in prohibition states and urges establishing coffee houses in crowded cities to provide social outlets and reduce alcohol reliance.
In Butler, Pennsylvania, Dr. L Wasson and J G Smith wagered 1000 to 800 on Hughes’s election. Smith died before results, money paid to his estate administrator. County commissioners moved on the antibet law to recover bets, potential double collection. administrator paid 1400 to the Butler County poor district treasurer instead of court action.
A naturalist notes coconuts float after breaking free from ripe husks. Three eyes on one end become a shoot and leaves form a sail that carries the nut across long distances. Roots then anchor, the hull decays, and a coconut palm begins to grow on a new island shore.
The piece discusses salt as essential in bread and warns excess salt hurts yeast growth. It covers balance of flour water and yeast, describing effects of too much or too little on bread texture and rise. It notes fat sugar imitate flour excess and ends with a saying about bread not rising well.
A farm sanitation advance notes a four part system for clean water, pumping and storage, simple plumbing, and safe sewage disposal. It cites higher rural typhoid and diarrhea death rates and urges adoption with guidance from the US Department of Agriculture bulletin. It recommends septic tanks for every farm.
Poem fragment reflecting on homelessness and belonging across borders inspired by myth and Christmas imagery. It contrasts displaced people with sacred home, noting distant places and timeless yearnings for a stable, welcoming place beyond war and voyage.
State game officials report 300 quail died after arrival in snow and cold weather. Secretary Joseph Kalbfus notes high mortality from weather stress, while 6 000 birds brought from Mexico showed better survival on arrival but fell to harsh conditions after release.
A critique argues U S histories underplay disasters linked to lack of military policy and unpreparedness. It cites the War of 1812 and figures like Wilkinson and Hull, noting mass militia, mutinies, and questionable constitutional decisions.
The piece notes a British force of under 100 captured Washington at Bladensburg Maryland. It cites the American militia fleeing after eight killed and wounded and mocks their boots being removed to run faster. It calls for universal compulsory military service as the remedy to future defeats.
A Bermudian method of house construction uses coral standstone blocks cut from quarries. Blocks cure in air then stack as walls and roofs are whitewashed. White roofs funnel rain into cisterns, vital in Bermuda where no natural streams or wells exist.
How to make a xylophone using glass tumblers or bottles filled to different depths with water. Strike the glasses lightly to produce distinct tones, forming an octave or more with sharps and flats. With practice you can play simple tunes. good bottles yield a pretty tone.
Chicago Herald reports Judge Jesse A. Baldwin defines golf as a commendable form of recreation not an exhibit or amusement. He blocked Forest Park from charging an annual fee on golf grounds at the old lem race track, saying village authority lacked power under city ordinances.
From the London Times report the Church of Bt near Trafalgar Square will open continuously day and night. The notice promises round the clock services and access to readers and worshippers.
Field headquarters report extraordinary improvement in marksmanship among troops in the Mexican plateau region. Steady drill in fire control and new methods in cavalry practice, including pistol firing while charging, are yielding excellent results. The Sixteenth Infantry demonstrated fire control and machine gun use under Captains Bowen and Short.
The Italian Army reports 150 miles of front secured and 2448 miles of railroad rebuilt or built, 590 miles of new rail, 150 miles of teleferion cables, 30 000 miles of telephone wire, 10 000 new buildings, 2600 miles of narrow gauge track, and 10 bridges. 126 civil engineers, 2000 workers, and 100000 army mules aided by army engineers achieved the feat over 13 months despite harsh conditions.
Harvard professor William M. Davis outlines a multi year survey of the Pacific to map ocean floors. He notes vast tracts remain unmapped in the Pacific and other oceans and stresses the project will be a massive scientific undertaking.
An overview explains that government spending and revenue mirror individual practice with checks and cash. Gold and silver move through minting and treasury deposits, while bank notes circulate via bank securities and Federal Reserve mechanisms. The text notes stability in money quantity over decades and describes large denomination exchanges.
The will of the late George Klump, a long time Greenfield township resident, naming estate in land and money valued at 26000, was filed in probate court. Klump was found dead in his cottage on his farm, and the administrator named is Bonninghausen of Detroit, with no known relatives.
In circuit court Judge Jones's court Charles Galloway organist was awarded 63.68 by a jury over charges from the wedding of Miss Marjorie Bell to ER. Hinricks. Bell vowed to appeal to the St Louis Court of Appeals amid disputed charges and payments for wedding music.
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