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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
3
United States Department of Agriculture outlines a hay truck method to protect partly cured hay from ground moisture and rain. It details construction, operation, costs, and labor savings, noting trucks enable faster hauling to barn or baler with less weather risk and effort.
A note on grape cultivation highlights that young orchards or areas suitable for thriving grapes exist in several districts with strong local markets. Freshly picked fruit fetches profits before long-distance handling or multiple middlemen affect price.
The article estimates cornstalks fed or unused yield five to fifteen dollars per acre, with a conservative ten dollars given current fertilizer prices. It also notes key storage needs for fruits and vegetables, stressing interior temperature and the impact of wear, rust, and decay on farm implements, while urging good pasture management.
The U S Department of Agriculture promotes sorghum for silage in light rainfall areas, noting higher moisture needs, larger forage yields, and high feeding value. Variety choices include sweet and nonsweet types, with orange and amber among favored sweet varieties. Proper harvest at maturity is crucial for quality silage, tested by twisting stalks to gauge sap. Frost risk favors late cutting and immediate storage with moisture management. Lime sulfur is advised against in grapes and potatoes.
A fragmented description outlines fashion notes about black satin usage with references to colors, trims, and styling tips. It mentions a decorative belt, pinked neck folds, and a decorative yet practical emphasis on draping and fit. The text is inconsistent and contains several garbled phrases.
A garbled report outlines a local event featuring Biik and Hoiee of Ye haw alks and Whit Harnhael. It mentions fever, attire details, a belt and collar on the Goriveewenter, and adds a cryptic note about a HAID AR ameter Chey. The fragmentary text references local figures and a ceremonial setting without clear names or dates.
Operators at five radio compass stations coordinate with 44 Whitehall Street to triangulate a ship’s position. Mariners in distress flash calls, bearings are taken, and the intersection of five lines on the central chart yields the vessel’s location, improving coastal safety nationwide.
In Bologna a professor from Bologna University reports a new kinematic surgery for amputee care. American Red Cross doctors abroad monitor artificial limb production in Athens and Belgrade, while allied troops in the Balkans receive limbs similar to those used by Sarah Bernhardt.
A historical account describes a method where stump muscles are trained to operate prosthetic limbs. After healing, a flap of flesh forms a socket and attaches a metal bar to drive the artificial leg through reeducation. Calf and thigh muscles adapt, reeducating via the stump while the artificial limb moves. Similar training applies to a severed hand to control artificial fingers. The Dridgement concept provoked wide comment in American army medical work in France.
Woahingiin, Kenton Lowe of North Shap Fetal, Me, reports profit from poultry keeping through careful management to prevent disease and loss. One pen of 20 pullets yielded 1,008 eggs in five months, averaging 1.05 eggs per bird, with monthly earnings and market values noted. The article argues higher profits from better fowl and properly balanced rations, noting growers see more money in quality poultry.
The report notes Lieutenant Commander R. B. Com man U.S.N. is superintendent of the central station at 44 Whitehall street and Lieutenant M. W. Arps U.S.N. is in direct charge of the New York district, outlining leadership amid efforts to curb crime and ensure course discipline for banks.
Washington reports the French government offered 300 million dollars for American army equipment in France. The War Department will form a sales organization in France to dispose of the property, including ship docks, railroad works, equipment, trucks, and textiles. Director Hare said France would not pay a foreign price, adding the material will be shipped out of the country and sold elsewhere.
Composer Pietro Mascagni announces an ambitious opera project titled HM Plocolo Marat set in a symbolic, period-spanning drama. Characters embody virtues and vices rather than real persons to dramatize the rise from oppression to freedom, contrasting autocracy and democracy with allegorical figures like Truth and Tyranny.
The fragment references a conflict over traits or character, mentioning Agialinet in opposition. The readable text is limited, offering no clear event, date, or named outcome beyond a disputed clash of qualities. No additional context is available to identify persons, places, or organizations.
A 60 foot bone was found along the Door river bank in Alberta. A. J. Gayfe of the Canadian National railway division says the bone could be part of a large skeleton and investigators will seek remaining fragments.
Firefighters battled a blaze at a hay field when flames broke out as hay fell. Robert Morte pulled a nearby fire alarm to summon help and still could not prevent the fire from spreading to nearby brush. The incident blocked access until units secured the scene.
A tiny eight inch kitten weaves through a busy city street causing startled stares and human sympathy. Onlookers, from all walks of life, pause their routines as the fragile creature, aided by a richly gowned passerby, slips safely across. Laughter follows, easing heat and tension in the moment.
A sobbing attractive woman in San Francisco used a new confidence game to defraud an undertaker firm. Posing as a relative arranging a funeral, she paid $150 for a funeral and handed a worthless $176 check, then fled with $26 change. A warrant was issued for the man who gave the alias Mrs BM after manager W J Thorpe reported the scheme. Davis, posing as a mourner, acted with feigned grief to gain trust and obtain the body call.
Fragmentary OCR describes a comic tale where a man initially believes his wife is dead but learns she is alive. The scene shifts to a tense exchange as the husband reacts with disbelief and curiosity while confronted by unexpected circumstances surrounding his spouse.
A fragment from a local page recounts a missing lover, Cid Flace, and a partner Salew Creme bwndine Linford who escaped from the lovers two TOOTH. A weary observer notes the pair’s attempted elopement and a rested figure Epplind amid the vote.
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