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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
3
Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 o clock and Holy Communion in the month. Evening Prayer and Sermon at 7 30 p m. These services are held every Sunday except when roads are too muddy for a car. Public is cordially invited. Rev M S Nasr, Rector.
A short report describes a theft during a potato race contest involving two or more participants. The event is presented as a new game suitable for indoor or outdoor festivities, highlighting the prank and playful competition.
A fragmented line shows Uncle Eben speaking in a dialect about people being unable to do anything. The text preserves local color and hints at a rural scene or speech pattern without clear action or setting.
The article notes widespread Russian familiarity with English culture and language among elites, cites Seanes o, Glytha’s royal marriage linking Britain and Russia, and credits Richard Chancellor with establishing early Anglo-Russian commerce. It also mentions Peter the Great’s mother raised in a Scottish household.
A British naval officer allegedly aided Sir Roger Casement by obtaining a false passport and stowing on a neutral ship to reach Germany. He reportedly met Casement before execution, but escape failed and the officer endured privations to reach the continent. The tale, if true, shows German access to England amid wartime secrecy.
Catherine Breshkovakaya recalls traveling to St Petersburg with her mother and sister when a handsome prince, Peter Kropotkin, returned from Siberia and debated Russian reform. The couple, once linked by revolutionary aims, continues to influence movements as Kropotkin aids British awareness of Russia.
A snippet from the Indianapolis News features a riddle about getting down from an elephant. A jokester quizzes the lokesmith with various punchlines, finalizing with the absurd notion of “getting it off goose.”
An Italian home made fire ration uses old newspapers and paraffin to create compact fuel cylinders for cooking in winter warfare. A Bea tord officer recalls a recruit quizzed about allowances, who confesses only to wearing a vest with his shirt at the waist.
A fragmented OCR line shows Aunt Elvira rushing into a house crying that she has lost her hearing. A sister questions the claim as a waving photograph appears of her at work, with startled reactions from others.
A group of five Delaware county Indiana workhouse prisoners refused to return to jail from Yorktown. They threatened to break and fled when told a prisoner with vermin to his hate would be freed to avoid returning. The escape ended the action according to workhouse superintendent James Cole.
A Belgian town name becomes a British WWI nickname for the front. The British soldier calls Ypres Wipers, linking the term to hot corner slang and a long history of linguistic adaptation. The Christian Science Monitor notes the name’s persistence and its imagined medieval origins.
A Collier's Weekly excerpt reports Britain’s maritime gear including lance bombs and a depth bomb aboard a Beitivh destroyer story. It notes the danger of close range use and a past incident with a U boat. An Italian professor claims radium in ordinary view.
The text advises eliminating the flea source by cleaning thoroughly. Use insect powder or creolin washes rubbed into fur, remove carpets and fabric items, and scrub doors with hot soap and lye to reach cracks. Fleas thrive in dirt and avoid disturbance, so persistent cleaning is required.
A southern boy named Whistle Nothing plays in a back yard when a green persimmon causes a comical mix up. Wille runs into a battle scene while a small eater taps at a door. Whittle and Wille exchange puzzled phrases as a misread moment unfolds.
Experimental tests on a two screw arrangement show a single ahead propeller or a pair in tandem yield only slight speed gains. Rotating screws in opposite directions and at equal or varying speeds has little effect on speed. The double screw reportedly offers improved steering control on the vessel.
Dr James Kerr of the London County Council public health department spoke to the Illuminating Engineering Society about how brightness and contrast alter visual perception. He described his own experiment using red ink on black text and noted eye strain when colors contrasted sharply. He questioned whether a bright disk on black is clearer than a diffusely illuminated scene.
A Redden Del resident dressed as a bear to scare villagers after weeks of reports of a bear sighting. The prank escalated as townsmen pursued him with guns and clubs, beating him until his identity was revealed and fear of being shot spread.
A moving-picture film is set to enter Paris court as evidence in a divorce proceedings. The film reportedly shows a procession of Italian delegates to the Place de la Concorde wreath ceremony, with the plaintiff seen beside a stranger.
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