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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
2
Washington outlines how standardization drives rapid, cheaper U S merchant ship production for the war effort. It argues uniform hulls, machinery, and fittings reduce initial and maintenance costs, enables geographic contracting, and lowers transport and tooling expenses across the fleet.
More than a million books have been shipped by the American Library Association for American expeditionary force use in France. Total available 3,000,000, with $8,500,000 more raised by the United War Work campaign from a $170,500,000 pool for allied welfare groups. A central Paris reference library of 10,000 volumes will open next July for soldiers in France, with free transfer on request. Fiction dominates, from mystery to Milton, and soldiers crave detective thrillers, poetry, and guidebooks on churches and French history. Technical volumes on camouflage, explosives, ballistics, sanitary engineering, meteorology and geology also command demand.
German propagandists in northern Mexico and along the Texas border spread falsehoods to deter Mexican entry and lure laborers. They claim Americans will draft Mexican men and force Mexican women into washerwork in France, claims contradicted by consular officials and U.S. policy.
This season’s catch of fur seals in the Priblof Island area totals 85,831 pelts. The pelts are shipped to St Louis by the United States government to be dressed, dyed, and sold at the fur auction next April, with an expected total value around 1,000,000.
A sentry at Vancouver Barracks nearly wounded an officer after misapplied orders. The guard, armed with a loaded rifle, twice shouted halt and aimed. The officer explained that halt is followed by fire only if the intruder does not respond. The sentry learned he would not have to kill.
Sermon notes discuss Esau and Jacob highlighting individuality and parental favoritism. Esau’s profanity and hunger lead to birthright loss while Jacob’s cunning provokes moral critique. Emphasizes directing a child’s unique bent within God’s plan and warns against scheming for gain.
The note asserts the Bible aims to instruct and convert all people and questions critics or philosophers about its meaning. It reflects doubt and seeks assurance that sacred text conveys its true purpose beyond scholarly interpretive doubt. The author cites Daniel Web- as a potential source or example.
A wartime ad urges women to train in home nursing to care for the sick and wounded, offering a 1006 page Medical Adviser book and Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as tonics for nervousness pains and irregularities. Send two to the Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, NY, for a trial package. Aimed at boosting morale and practical care at home.
Switzerland agrees to manufacture and ship one million wristwatches to the United States Army, supporting battlefield timekeeping and standard equipment. The deal involves Swiss watchmakers delivering calibrated timepieces suitable for military use and logistics.
An unclear ad copy touts a claim about kidney relief and a supposed Gold Medal product. It references delays being fatal and urges purchase from drug stores, citing a great grandmother and Harlem origins. The text is fragmentary and promotional without verifiable details.
The city will compile a comprehensive history listing New York soldiers who died in war. The project aims to preserve names, ranks, units, and service dates for public record and remembrance.
An old advertisement touts Pope's Diapepsia tablets for instant relief of indigestion gas and upset stomach. It claims rapid action on dyspepsia and stomach distress with just one tablet, noting a small price at drug stores.
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