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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
4
An illustrated miscellany mixes reflections on the value of historical facts with a vivid wartime anecdote. Ruskin quotes and a Verdun station sergeant describe a portable laundry unit moving with a division, soaking, steaming, baking, and delivering fifteen hundred outfits daily as troops shift through ruined towns.
An elderly man places twenty dollars for Red Cross aid at Union station baggage desk but asks that sixteen dollars and ninety three cents be taken as his tithe. He declines to reveal his identity, quietly donating monthly and leaving with a contented smile as he walks away.
A massive raft in Haparcuda Sweden spans 87? feet long and 554 feet wide with ten feet above water and ten and a half feet below. Built in six months, it carries a large quantity of logs to Copenhagen, held by steel cables and wires. Seven men form the crew.
A Japanese consulate is established in Panama city as trade between Japan and Panama expands. Despite few Japanese residents, prospects are strong with exports totaling 19 084 000 in 1917 and imports minimal, including canned goods, furniture, skins, cotton goods and more.
A New Star Martha Hedrick daughter of W M Hedrick court reporter under Judge Leuie Buwbank of the Marton Circuit court, asks to be taken to see the second instalment of The Cannibals. She highlights Douglas Fairbanks as an added attraction and pleads for payment to accompany the request.
Free from mosquitos and typhoid carriers reported as derussiem, announced by Chewagh, an American pagitation, noting Cantar of the Auer team Boulet aiding Palestine operations. Cisterns cleaned and disinfected as part of relief efforts to reduce malaria.
In the Berkshires a multi ton balanced rock on Constitution Hill endures pushes by oxen and weathered by glacial ice. Locals recount attempts to dislodge it, noting the rock’s precarious edge and the region’s hidden caves and mountain scenery.
The report describes using West Indies molasses, called pinck strap, to ferment alcohol and extract glycerin from the residue. Four jets of black strap, each 1000 gallons, yielded high quality glycerin. A 100 gallons supply of dynamite glycerin was produced under treasury department supervision. Nitroglycerin made with nitric acid by a prominent firm matched market standards, illustrating how sugar byproducts can yield powerful explosives.
A historical overview notes a large market for rabbit skins before the war, with Britain and Ireland producing about thirty million skins. War interrupted imports from Europe and Australia, raising prices. Skins are sold by weight or used for glue, while dressed fur becomes high value selting material under fanciful names. American breeders focus on rabbits producing premier fur.
A British naval workshop reports a large power hacksaw cutting steel billets three and a half tons weight and driven by a three horsepower electric motor. The machine is described as reducing sewing costs to one sixth of prior expenses while providing durable blade life for further work.
The text notes extraordinarily favorable business in Japan and the withdrawal of Euro production from markets in Asia and Australia. It states 17 as a profitable year with leading industry growth and posits Japan as a dominant manufacturing hub. Names and clear dates are not provided.
True to Traditions of Sea recalls Indianapolis men aboard the New York Central wreck near Batavia New York where rescuers aided the wounded. Passengers sought damages from the railroad but a check for 100 was made out to those helping at the scene. The sailors refused the money and the check was given to the Red Cross for naval relief work.
Letters reveal the wartime Lor glasses borrowed by the government for sailors are returning to owners. War worn marks transform them into cherished relics and souvenirs proving sacrifice aided victory, with owners awaiting further service in need.
Fragmented text notes food stores and supplies for American troops in France during World War I. It cites values, quantities of food produced, shipped, and consumed, including estimates of pounds of food in reserve and served to the army over nineteen months of warfare with Germany.
The passage traces life expectancy from ancient plagues to modern times, noting estimates such as global mortality during plagues and a drop of life expectancy in 1701 among a nation. It asserts a rise to about 24 years by modern times and hints at advances in medicine and civilization influencing longevity.
A recently patented eyathette mile describes a process to extract butter and cheese flavors by halting aeta ritely in three quarts of water per portion with grated coconut and three millens of miele of rice mid rite meat. When water reduces to half, two Nquide are mixed and filtered. Prices vary and other oily materials may be substituted for coconut.
A humorous exchange where a boy asks his father why a cow chews at night. The father explains that cows eat during the day and chew their cud afterward. The scene frames a budding inspector figuring out basic natural behavior in a playful parental dialogue.
Beginning of Pittsburgh notes the November 26 anniversary of the English flag raised over Fort Duquesne in 1754, when the city earned its name in honor of Britain's prime minister. It credits the town's growth to proximity to coal and iron resources of vast magnitude.
The division of military and naval affairs issued monthly checks to cities and hamlets nationwide in its first year. Total allotments and allowances paid amounted to 225,000,000 dollars, reflecting broad civilian support during wartime.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reflects on Liberty Loan oversubscriptions totaling 31 million and urges honest conscience to finish the job. It also gives shortcuts for removing ink stains with milk and vinegar, praising riches of love and truth and noting that true virtues accompany a person through life.
The World’s Finest Church marks November 18 as the 1620 dedication anniversary of St Peter’s in Rome begun about 1450. In 1566 Michelangelo led designs for the dome whose top reaches 496 feet as one of the world’s most imposing structures.
A brief, unclear note describes a tense moment about trying to impress or provoke someone, mentioning car and vaccination ideas in a fragmented way. No clear events, dates, or identifiable persons are established. The text reads as stray scribbles rather than a coherent news item or report.
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