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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1917
Page
4
A street theft ends with Joe Reynolds saying he grabbed Adolph Beck’s ring and watch to protect him from possible attackers. Police call it a stickup with a cannon. Reynolds denied firearms, claiming he did not intend harm and acted out of caution. He was escorted to a police cell by Det. Sgt. Percy Wild.
A well dressed youth was seen twirling a stolen ring he wore from Iron Berk. The house detective alerted police. Detectives Wild and Bernacchi frisked the man in the alley, finding no weapon as he claimed to be a magazine solicitor lodging at 10 West Ohio Street.
New York detectives seek two or more thieves who raided the four story Kilngstein residence while the widow and children were away. They entered via skylight, left the floor wet from rain, slept in one bed, and emptied a decanter. Earlier burglaries nearby prompted plainclothes patrols. Also, Anthony Rudelph received ten days in jail for peeping ten minutes at a sparring window, with the sentence “one day for each minute.”
San Antonio Texas A railroad section foreman J A Baker was bitten by a rattlesnake and, after his companion failed to cut the swelling, severed his own left hand with an axe to stop the spread. He bound the wrist and walked eight miles to reach aid as a physician arrived from 90 miles away. The snake was ten feet long with nine rattles and had struck him earlier.
Carl Sandell a 7 foot 4 inch and 200 pound giant marries Johanna Nachr 4 foot 7 inch and about 95 pounds in Denver Colorado. Sandell long known as a guide in Daniels Fisher tower, NaeChr came from Baltimore three years ago. They delayed nuptials during wartime then wed after Sandell was rejected by the draft board. They say height difference won t matter.
New York police tracked a thief who used a twisted hairpin to open bathhouse lockers and steal a pocketbook with $316. The weapon opened every lock except the Coney Island police station cells, baffling detectives and a police matron who found the pin on the suspect. The suspect is linked to multiple pocketbooks taken from bathhouses, and investigators note the tool’s surprising effectiveness.
In North York Pennsylvania a thief who raided Frank Knaub’s chicken coop twice recently left a bag of feathers in Knaub’s yard with a note attributing the feathers to the stolen chickens. Police investigate the case.
John Constanze is under arrest charged with attacking his wife in Pittsburgh. He allegedly threw wiring at her, knocked her down, and ripped off her ears, leaving a grisly, unsettled case under police scrutiny.
An eyewitness report from the Argonne and Vauquois sectors portrays a desolate quiet on autumn fronts. German and French positions loom near as shells barely break the calm while officers and troops pass time in dugouts and amid ruined trenches.
A camouflage expert described by the French as weaving wire entanglements to obscure his position. He completed a demolition task and assembled a deadly grenade taken from the German forces, using concealment to mislead the enemy about his location.
The United States Army in France seeks enlistees across all ranks for ordnance offices and depots. Openings exist for clerks stenographers typists armorer carpenters and other technical roles with merit-based promotions possible. Eligible applicants should apply to the chief ordnance officer American Expeditionary Forces France for arrangements and notifications.
Chicago reports the United States National army and National Guard training about 1,000,000 men require roughly 2,600 carloads of food daily. Estimates say five pounds per man per day are needed, taxing railroad networks as they move vast supplies to training camps and producing cities.
Crowded conditions in industrial centers hamper munition manufacture as thousands of workers pour into war aid cities. Companies and real estate efforts insufficient to provide housing, leading to eight hour shifts and cots in five room houses. Cities like Youngstown, Erie, Bridgeport, Chester, and Newport News report severe lodging shortages and worsening conditions.
A large turnout attended the funeral of Thom Ashe, Sloo Feln leader, who died after a public incident. The service at Hkenevin cemetery in Dostitin featured prominent figures and many mourners from the surrounding communities.
A collection of old fashioned fruit salads and desserts with steps for fruit mixes, dressings, and garnishes. Includes fruit combinations with apples oranges grapes pineapple and nuts plus dressings using vinegar sugar pepper salt butter flour eggs and whipped cream. Also describes a tomato and orange salad with parsley and French dressing and a perfect layer cake with nutmeg and baking powder.
A garbled page offers home remedies and tips for comfort and daily chores. Suggestions include glycerin in grape jelly to prevent tartar and odor, chilling rolls in steam, using a thermos for sleep aid, olive oil to neutralize minerals, a hot Turkish towel for headaches, cheesecloth cloths for traveling, and soothing eye compresses from grated potato.
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