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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
5
Voyagers recount seas as mythic, claiming waves reach mountains high. Scientists report maximum wave heights around sixty feet in hurricane winds, about thirty feet in strong gales, with averages near thirty to forty five feet. They note waves rarely form noticeable breakers unless wind speeds are extreme and waves couple with wind action.
Largest opportunity to earn real money in auto fields. Learn automobile and tractor mechanics oxyacetylene welding vulcanizing and retreading through practical work. Short course with special rates and catalogs available. Visit Hemphill Bros Statli Auto and Tractor School at 360 East 2nd South for details.
The article reflects on giant prehistoric creatures dubbed salamanders found in Europe and a Dimetrodon unearthed in Texas. It notes five foot newts, extinct reptile ancestry, and questions the fin along the back as possible ornament or defense, describing early natural history curiosity.
A Sunday trip to the country ends with chestnut gathering and a humorous misadventure in church. The author recalls stuffing chestnuts into pockets and the crowd’s laughter, which later earns him the nickname Chestnuts in the community.
A fragmented description indicates a New Guiness love token scheme where a woman sends a wire to a man's sister or mother to reach him. The details are unclear due to garbled text, but the outline suggests a personal intrigue involving messaging through female relatives. Local context and identities are not recoverable from the readable parts.
A fragmented note references Emory and African gold jinn ex ing with busting by electri ty. It suggests a view to minimizing the Ne dust, thought to be the chief case of miluers phibisia.
John Barton Payne urges a national campaign to teach Americans to think and act in the language of shipping. He cites 41 Shipping Board routes and 1,800 ships, aiming for 2,250 by 1920, and argues permanent marine development requires people, money, and brains, not just ships.
The Hog Island shipyard in Philadelphia will launch its final wartime ship in June and transfer the yard to the government in September. It will have delivered 122 vessels since August 1918, with a peak workforce around 25,000, later reduced to about 9,000 and then 25 percent. The future use of the 900 acres and two miles of waterfront remains debated, with proposals to convert or lease the plant, but funding is a major hurdle.
Washington reports on the so called war surgery period with Surgeon General Ireland noting American and European wounded totals. The armistice left 1500 in fourteen U S hospitals and a spike in private medical efforts. Colonel Munerts highlights high effort in wartime operations and the strain after the signing. Blater’s mother in law wedding in Milwaukee links two families through a complex relation chain touching Mrs Lindsay and her step connections.
Parents in Columbus Indiana declare their children are undernourished due to high cost of living. An investigation finds about 40 percent of schoolchildren more than four pounds underweight and only 12 percent normal in weight among thousands examined.
Washington reports a large relief map of Belleau Wood being prepared by Marine Corps topographical experts. The twenty two square mile map will depict terrain features as Marines fought there in World War I. A mapping party that returned from France secured the project.
A church hierarchy rejects proposals from Canon Temple allowing women to preach in consecrated buildings. The lower house of convocation responds, outlining regulations and conditions set by the bishop, and maintaining the traditional restriction on female preaching.
A garbled OCR passage presents scattered phrases about clothing, moths, stones, and names, with unclear context. It reads like a jumbled dialogue or column fragment lacking coherent events, speakers, or dates, making concrete interpretation difficult.
The American Chamber of Commerce in London reports a new wireless emergency system for ships. It uses automatic transmitters and receivers to alert distant stations without an on duty operator. A bell rings aboard called ships to summon immediate attention to distress calls.
A fragment from a Nashville music store scene in Indianapolis recalls a shopper who comments on hearing a singer named Crusoe. The odd dialogue references Carson, Friday, and an amateur musical society as part of a scattered reminiscence from a wartime era record.
A New York Evening Journal report describes a beggar near the Williamsburg bridge approach on Delancey Street using a young accomplice to attract alms. The elder man sits with a wheel chair while the helper shouts in Yiddish slang urging passersby to donate.
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