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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
5
Mrs Pearl Me shares how Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound eased her early pregnancy discomfort. She reports increased strength, ability to perform housework, and relief from pains as her baby grew to nineteen pounds before birth.
The article notes tuberculosis mortality rose during wartime, with at least one in three hundred civilians and soldiers affected. Dr. Farrand, director of the American Commission for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, travels to resume work after graduation at the University of Colorado, urging a healthier nation to safeguard democracy.
A Salvation Army leader recalls locating a drunken husband who had deserted his wife in the Midlands. After telegraphing the wife the news she replied that the Army could keep him, illustrating wartime and postwar social attitudes.
Estimates show a 500 percent rise in corn production over 14 months as plants shift from wheat to corn milling. The surge meets U S demand, with future gains expected as equipment conversion continues to boost output.
Joint action by Japan, the Entente powers, and the United States aims to assist Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia. Tokyo and Washington reached a complete agreement after clarifications. Initial steps foresee combined military activity with small units of Chinese forces mobilized under Japanese command for dispatch into western Siberia.
New York report cites Great Britain and colonies raising 7.5 million soldiers, 500,000 killed and 2,000,000 wounded or missing, with Britain bearing 70 percent of casualties. It claims Britain fought on seventeen fronts across Belgium, France, Italy, Serbia, Greece, Russia, Palestine, Mesopotamia, China, and Africa.
Reported week ending August 4 shows 15,198 total casualties for Army and Marine Corps, an increase from 10,000 prior week. Daily tallies include 28 percent on August 4, the largest single-day total to date, with lists noting units and corps totals.
St Louis report says Postmaster General Burleson issued an order Sunday to commandeer all available No 17 copper clad wire for installing telephones in residences. The measure uses the national supply to support urgent communications infrastructure.
Danish steamers docked in the harbor for months were chartered by the government on Saturday to transport a shipment of sugar. The move indicates measures to move cargo via a Pacific port amid ongoing trade adjustments.
Unclear OCR notes indicate September 28 to October 1 timings for a Pacific count during a fourth Liberty town drive. Details remain indefinite with phrasings garbled and names uncertain.
George H. Tucker, president of a local bank, notes that old courthouse shears have endured. The items, long kept on the desk of the grandfather, were never sharpened and remain in constant use, described as still effective and durable.
A fragmentary note asks how to pronounce viremdiere with scattered letters and typos. The reader faces unclear text and asks for guidance on phonetics amid garbled phrasing.
The article urges American farmers to use all farm by products to cut losses and raise meat and dairy output. It cites corn stover, straw, and other wastes as valuable feed if incorporated into cattle sheep and horse rations, reducing burning and increasing profits. It notes western custom drives straw waste and advocates practical feeding trials and education from agricultural institutes.
A fragmented note suggests selecting a thrifty reliable sow to raise broad arrows, avoiding a stubborn or ill-suited sow. The aim is to prepare for a market in the near term with efficient stock for converging demand.
Allied forces press the German retreat across the Vesle and Aisne in a week of hard fighting. General Pershing reports hundreds of German prisoners and numerous guns captured as French British and American units advance from Soissons to Rheims and Grand Rozoy. The German line buckles along the Ardre and Vesle, with a broad retreat ordered toward safer positions.
General Ludendorff and Field Marshal von Hindenburg brief German journalists on Amsterdam events. They say enemy forces withdrew on July 15 and operations ceased by July 16 to spare blood and war resources, framing the decision as a duty to avoid costly losses.
Fragmented OCR text hints at defense council correspondence and letters from welders across the country. The garbled lines reference ideas, a sequence of wartime messaging, and a committee's handling of public sentiment and social networks during a national effort.
A discussion on how names evolve due to wear of time and mispronunciation, noting many changes are accidental from spelling and phonetics. It cites Dutch ancestry trimming forms like Birche to Burch and observes a London editor altering his own name in the same vein.
A melodramatic dialogue quotes Willie Hibron age five about how parents treat boys who confess. Various reactions are described including threats of hell, corporal punishment, short-term confinement, and shaming. The text satirically contrasts belief in a personal devil with parental methods and ends with a breathless aside.
Mrs Dubhwaite and Mrs Twobble maintain a long friendship, their husbands share similar incomes, looks and budgets, and their lives lack children or poodles to provoke spats. The piece suggests they will find some minor issue to argue about, yet remain amicable.
A tale of May and December romance unfolds at a celebration for an engagement. A guest is urged to sing and jokes reveal the groom-to-be is long past youth, causing humor about age and wedding plans. The story hints at social poses and marital expectations of the era.
In hot weather or winter, intestinal discomfort can worsen with gas and acids. Eatonia tablets are touted as tasteless, fast acting, and safe, claimed to soothe the stomach and stop griping pains. Use after meals to ease indigestion and bloating.
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