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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
2
A wide jumble of records from wartime and political events. Mentions convict Dylan Diggs and Caminetti, paroled. wool shipments to Boston. Mrs. Bush confessing killing her son. various court cases, labor wage raises, and military dispatches. Notes on railroad wages, sugar supply, and U.S. Army censorship. Includes accidents, ship incidents, and foreign affairs with Russia and Brest-Litowsk negotiations.
Buenos Aires seethes as crowds demand war with Germany after the Count von Luxburg telegrams. Guards tighten around German properties and the La Union office. Congress weighs war despite Radical and Socialist majorities. Conservatives leaning war. President or foreign minister to present recommendations amid mounting pressure.
General J B Seely commends American railroad engineers for gallant actions during a Cambrai counterattack. He notes a small group faced German forces, held the line with rifles, crowbars, and punches, and all survived without capture. The praise was shared at the American Luncheon Club in London before Seely's return to France.
Washington reports clothing shoes and foul supplies for the American army were investigated by the secure military committee on Friday, revealing alias of dollars were wasted before the United States entered the war. Major General Sharpe, quartermaster general, led the committee's daily tour of winter garments as the army prepares, noting complete stocks would have been needed by December.
A chaotic Washington dispatch reports widespread hunger among thousands of homeless people amid famine warnings. Federal agencies struggle to coordinate relief as scores of individuals seek aid, while local officials push for faster food distribution amid mounting public concern.
The readable fragment provides no coherent event or named entities to identify a specific news item. It lacks clear persons, places, organizations, dates, or outcomes to construct a factual title and concise summary.
Italian troops under General Diaz regain significant ground after fierce artillery and assault actions on the Monte Asolone front. German claims of repulse are noted as Italy presses west of Monte Asolone, with other sectors seeing persistent artillery activity from Verdun to Alsace. Bolshevik and Ukrainian forces shape reports from Russia, while Brest-Litovsk talks are described as preliminary to a broader peace conference next Tuesday with German and Austro-Hungarian ministers attending.
Edward N. Hurley, head of the emergency fleet corporation, testified he approved all ship contracts and faced sharp questions from Senator Hurd about responsibility for the shipbuilding program. The exchange highlighted the administration’s role and potential fault lines in the project.
A fragmented 1890s newspaper note reports the death of the last survivor connected to the Alamo in San Antonio. The text is garbled with mentions of Tetos Eurique and Americans fleeing a hotel incident, detailing a chaotic scene and an ensuing police or legal response amid unclear dates and names.
J G Flintov reports in Petrograd about Antrakhan deserts spreading at up to 100000 acres yearly. Overgrazing and poor methods stripped turf. reforms since 1900s placed under a chief forestry officer with district superintendents. By 1913 efforts to reclaim and plant soil binders progressed, yet forestation viability remained uncertain.
The note recalls Gladstone as a tireless worker with no lack of effort and parallels his spirit with Pope Leo XIII. Both figures, grounded in historical duties, turned to poetry and Latin verse for leisure as they faced immense burdens. They lived long lives, with Gladstone past eighty and Leo XIII near a century, amid faithful reflections on vitality and fate.
A historical fragment describes making a night light using phosphorus. Place a pea sized piece in a long glass bottle, fill a third with olive oil heated to boiling, cork tightly. To light, uncork to let air in, recork, and the space glows. When dim, uncork briefly.
The city displays a massive chair attributed to Gardner Muss or Parks, believed to be the largest in the world. It stands about 5% feet square at the base and 12 feet tall, with a seat six feet above ground and a weight around 1,200 pounds, presented as a notable attraction for visitors.
A writer notes early humans lived in caves and cliff dwellings as security from fierce plains beasts. Stone and natural caves dot cliff sides, with prehistoric residents subsisting by hunting and wild plants. Nearby Colorado caves along the Lances River preserve traces of these ancient tribes despite long abandonment.
A citizen, pressing a protest, asks a railroad official to order the Grovevat engineer to stop whistling on Sunday morning. The official calls the request ridiculous, while the citizen explains the whistle is used to signal a church-related protest by 30 parishioners.
A fragment discusses the axiom that no two features are exactly identical in nature, noting physiologists claim variation in facial features. It suggests differences are rarely perceived the same, especially in women, and hints at the elusive notion of perfect beauty.
The readable text fragments reference Alesandrian Garments and a list of unclear names and events. The passage mentions possible penalties, exchanges, and a mysterious hunt or pursuit, but lacks coherent context or definite details to form a clear news item.
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