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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
6
A New York farmer recalls hiring young women for farm tasks last summer, finding them capable, diligent, and better than expected. He notes that women can perform both light and heavy chores, and that the experiment helped break gender prejudice while boosting rural productivity.
An article outlines how the United States expands war output by building new plants and converting existing ones, then solving skilled labor shortages with shop training schools. These facilities train unskilled workers into skilled machinists quickly, often in days rather than years, with pay growing with skill and output.
A retrospective on major World War I campaigns from the spring of 1917 through late 1917, detailing British and Allied offensives at Cambrai, Ypres, Menin Road, Passchendaele, and Third Ypres. It notes German resistance and shifting tides, with Allied prisoners taken, key breakthroughs on the Somme and at Mesopotamia, and creeping gains toward Jerusalem, Nagdad, and other fronts. The tone reflects a period-voice survey of the Western Front’s principal engagements and outcomes within the year.
In Wienshere Washington Mrs Ma bel Schiamann files for divorce stating she would rather be single than the wife of a German. She says her husband admitted he was naturalized but insulted her by calling her Frau during their 1910s voyage.
A veteran recalls his first combat in World War I, describing the shock of battle, fear, and survival. He mentions digging in under German fire, the chaos of artillery, the loss of fellow soldiers, and a moment when an unseen force seemed to strike, heightening the sense of danger and mortality.
German wireless news exaggerates air success while British, French, and American flyers prove mettle on the Western Front. A British squadron leader notes May figures show British losses and enemy engagements, with dozens of German planes felled and many British machines returning damaged or lost.
Newark police report Joan J Mason employed by Du Pont Powder Works at Partin No J was locked up to an alter action by the faders erand jury on a charge of violating the sabotage act. Mason allegedly carboned by striking up a match and smoking in the other room of the powder plant raising risk of explosion. No motive given for Mason.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania an egg shell display drew attention with a striking likeness labeled Kalter. The carved image on the shell resembled a helmeted figure and connected to local discussion of leadership.
A scanned, imperfect text outlines a barley bread recipe. It mentions barley meal, flour, yeast, mixing with milk or water, kneading, proving, shaping, and baking in a moderate oven. The archaic wording hints at a traditional loaf using barley flour and sourdough style methods.
The document cites food, labor, and life as chief war factors. It claims beer and beverages waste men’s lifespans, breweries, taverns, and street servers prolong life loss, and stresses 200 men on duty and missing infrastructure. It argues the nation bears a great price for wartime needs.
Harvard Professor Daly argues in New Tort Times that long term beer consumption can impair reasoning and provoke derangement, leading to violence. He asserts beer drinking influences brain function, temper, and judgment, contributing to perceived social decline and savagery.
The text argues science serves truth over governance aims and urges informing statesmen and voters about science’s conclusions on alcohol. It claims science has strong influence on liquor policy and should guide lawmakers and the public through reason over sentiment.
The State Hospital for Inebriates at Knoxville Ind reports patient supply shrinking. Two years ago quarterly maintenance was 812 245. by the quarter ending December 31 1917 it totaled 5 445, a 75 percent drop. May saw seventeen New Jersey towns vote dry including Princeton. Wisconsin cities Superior Ashland Belott also voted dry.
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