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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
2
In a tale from Far Away and Long Ago, a boy grabs an armadillo by its tail and misjudges the pull of the animal. The armadillo digs deeper, hauling the boy into the earth as the struggle turns comically physical and ends with the boy releasing and covered by dirt.
A cross section of an old spruce from Alaska reveals a peculiar spiral structure. Foresters speculate the tree grew on a glacier edge with shifting rotation causing the reddish wood, or rothols, to form a continuous spiral from center toward the edge.
A Thanet pedagogue received a strange single word note from a neighbor’s child. The schoolmaster, long faced with odd missives, puzzled over Cepatomtegoataturing while pupils and a home study frame the mystery amid a day of teaching and tobacco.
A garbled account describes a man named Dunne explaining that Santa Claus must pay his helpers or risk a strike. The piece hints at a rickety workplace dispute tied to a payment threat and a father being blamed in the confusion.
A fragmentary report notes Featai Cuviery presenting a Canadian alloy named fextal, claimed as easy to work with and ductile for tubing and cutlery. The text appears garbled but attributes the claim to Lowe.
A garbled OCR style excerpt appears as an odd, partially readable text. It hints at a social or literary context with names and phrases that are unclear, suggesting a damaged page or transcription error rather than a coherent story or report. The fragment leaves many proper nouns unreadable.
A sweeping, fragmentary digest covers global events with mentions of city councils, court actions, troop deployments, labor strikes, fires, political upheaval, and notable deaths. Read as a kaleidoscope of 1919 era incidents from Helena to Tokyo, Seattle to Moscow, noting trials, treaties, and policy shifts shaping nations.
A drafted man from a dry state reaches San Francisco at night and hurries to Angel Island. He quips at Lt Tostend as he boards, declaring this his first chance to speak freely in English, then faces army discipline with a bold civilian stance.
An advertisement for Swamp Root claims liver and bladder support with samples sent to Dr Jimer & Co in Binghamton. The piece also recounts a courtroom moment where a defendant, accused of assault, explains bringing a brick to court, highlighting a blunt exchange with the magistrate.
Unclear ad copy touts Boschie’s Syrup for coughs bronchitis and colds across the nation. Claims a night's rest free from coughing and expelling phlegm while the medicine supposedly helps the patient regain health. Advert says made in America and sold “turnsure thaw bul 8 century.”
The House approved a record tax bill after six hours of debate on February 8, with leaders from both parties arguing the levies are too low and higher taxes will be needed next Congress. The measure, set for Senate action, would raise about 81 billion this year and more than four trillion annually thereafter, pending presidential approval and related social legislation.
Fifty five members of the National Woman's party were arrested Sunday night by civil and military police after burning President Wilson in effigy before the White House and protesting the defeated equal suffrage resolution in the senate.
In Cologne the strike of total and professional crime at dort ended as the Spartacans conceded most demands. Bourgeois delegates imprisoned as hostages have been freed.
Boston reports that General Pershing, in coordination with Marshal Petain, discussed acquiring land for a national cemetery to honor American dead in France. Secretary of War Baker confirmed the wartime effort and ongoing communications over the past month. Belfast notes indicate Belfast workers pressed for a 47 hour week with a 44 hour promise after peace treaty terms settled.
Coblynge weekly allowance of tools for civilians fixed by German civil authorities mirrors wartime controls. Milk rationing remains in effect, set at OT marks per quart for civilians, veterans, and invalids, as the war continues.
A wrecked incident aboard the cannery tender Uinta of the Pacific American Fisheries company left thirteen washed overboard and drowned while the vessel was en route from its ballast on Billena taband to an unspecified destination.
A deadly explosion at a city building killed eight, including 17 year old Edward Hutews. The blast at night wrecked the structure near Wik The death Batue, with investigators focusing on the cause and potential safety failures.
A dispatch from Feguulyalpa reports Mintater was killed amid rioting. The incident involves Salvador-Berlour Fiottigy, alleged security coordination in La Tegueticalyan and Honduras. Authorities credit Frapcheco J. Media for the coverage while noting ongoing investigations.
In a rural dialect exchange two souls Rustus and Baw discuss heaven and the afterlife. They joke about their hard work lifting clouds and horns, claiming even in paradise they lack sufficient help and must toil to sustain the celestial chores. The banter centers on exhausting duties and a punchline about scarce assistance.
Fragmentary OCR sample shows garbled phrases and misread names and places. It includes stray terms like farmer, plow, and a business name. no coherent event or clear individuals or organizations emerge for a full summary.
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