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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
4
Morning Prayer and Sermon at 1 a.m. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Holy Communion at a.m. Trinity, Kenny area Evening Prayer and Sermon at 7:30 p.m. Services every Sunday except when roads are muddy. Public invited. Rev. M. B. Nasi, Rector.
Since the war began seventeen of Great Britain's prisons have closed and the male prison population dropped from 3001 to under 2000.
A New York Telegraph excerpt describes Mexican game terms with the phrase amportuman's paradise. It lists animals such as peccaries deers rabbits hares and reptiles including alligators turtles and iguanas. It notes whales senia and pendons on the Pacific coast.
In Yorkshire most households bake their own bread. After kneading and rising a deep cross is cut in the dough to ward off witches. In Scotland the yeast must be made within an hour of sunrise or the bread will not rise.
The text explains whaling business principles with profit sharing among owners crew and officers. It details lay shares from captain to cabin boy, varying by role, and notes a high payoff example from the Orward of New Bedford with a $306,000 catch and captain’s share around $40,000.
A humorous account recalls judges delivering rulings on golf courses and at other odd venues, from a vacation judge granting an order mid game to a chancery judge deciding a case in a railway waiting room. The piece also notes a peculiar sheep counting method from northern farmers, revealing a chant that ends at the word boomfit meaning fifteen.
Scientific American notes that large manufacturing establishments in England use electric sirens to warn workers about air raids. The sirens work with interior alarm systems, supersede bells and gongs, operate on regular lighting circuits with low amperage, and respond instantly to button or automatic triggers. They can be wired in series or parallel and provide distinct tones for immediate attention.
Trade journal estimates show fifteen thousand horses valued at 1 100 000 died in New York City last year. Costs include veterinary fees and incidentals for those fallen or injured. Motors can be repaired and used again, cost less to remove than a dead horse, and operate 24 hours daily. A motor truck saves space compared with a horse and wagon, a crucial factor in urban areas.
A heat resisting composition of fire clay cement and other materials is described for easements and building components. Two architects are credited with the development or lay of this fireproof substance.
The text extols children owning a tree as a life guiding symbol of patience humility and perseverance then shifts to Theodore Roosevelt describe the devilfish manta ray noting its black color rough skin and powerful jawless mouth while stressing its potential danger if harpooned and its strength to overturn boats. It closes with a daily optimistic thought about the private station in life.
A humorous assessment cites Adam as a model husband with a lifelong loyal disposition. The piece notes his discreet private confidence, tolerance of his wife’s cooking and attire, and a scandal involving a Palm Garden firing over apple nibbling, ending with him leaving work to be with her.
A London Varied Bits column notes state baby bonuses debated after the war with Australia already paying £5 for white children since 2012. It cites a New York tale where a steel magnate gave £5,000 for a newborn as a trust fund after a train traffic manager’s marriage, illustrating large personal gifts to infants.
A claim that John H Bankhead and his son William B Bankhead served in Congress simultaneously is disputed by historians who cite earlier examples such as Henry Southard of Busk Ingridge New Jersey who served in Congress from 1800 to 1811 and 1814 to 1821 and whose son Samuel L Southard entered the Senate in 1821.
Frederick Clough of San Francisco, aged seventy one, inherits a lifetime annuity of 100 dollars monthly from Henry Ferguson of Hartford through a will. Clough, once a catler aboard the clipper Hornet, survived a Pacific voyage with Ferguson and thirteen crew after their boat, the only one saved, reached a Hawaiian island. They endured forty four days of hardship before separating in California.
Department of the Interior announces a public sale under General Land Office provisions. Rive Lucas of Jack Wyong filed an application for a land tract in Section Township North Range West in the state mountains. The sale begins December 7 at 10 a.m. with minimum bid 1.75 per acre, bids closed when bidders stop. Adverse claimants should file claims or objections by sale time.
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