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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1918
Page
2
An article lauds aircraft cooperation with naval vessels to deter German U boats. Seaplanes detect mines, rescue seamen, and convoy hundreds of ships, boosting Allied effectiveness. It describes destroyers coordinating with air patrols, aerial torpedo attacks, and the broader impact on Britain and Its allies.
Prices and terms for flour, feed, and grain items list butter and dairy products, live weight meats, veal, hides, poultry, and bulk grains. Includes per unit prices for wheat oats barley rye corn bran rest flour middlings pig and cow feeds and gluten feeds.
United States seeks to frustrate German plans to control postwar commerce and urges farmers to support a great shipbuilding program. Europe will need American products long after the war, with higher freight costs and renewed pressure on wheat and corn markets. Government aims to build merchant ships quickly to deny Germany control of seaborne trade and bolster Allied supply lines.
A garbled 19th century style report hints at snow affecting southern markets and agricultural exports. Mentions advisers, winters, and states with reference to monetary gains and trade impacts amid unclear phrases.
Mrs. Sullivan of Moundsville completes a wartime kin census listing twenty three relatives in the armed forces. Twenty one serve on the European front, two brothers in Wales, others in England.
A fragmented report notes controversy over traditional Chinese coffin practices and corpse handling. It mentions Chinese customs, burial expectations, and communal responses amid ceremonial expectations and cultural tension.
A fragment notes a wooded young lady hurrying departure as she predicts a beautiful sunrise, signaling a quiet morning moment captured in local life. The readable text centers on a personal scene and hopeful weather image without extra details.
British troops engage in a tense skirmish during a ground advance near Dayanid. Reports describe a group of 60 or more soldiers involved, with Harkeess and Packes noted among returning personnel. The scene includes patrols, brief gunfire, and observations of motion and sound as the unit presses forward, while civilians observe from a distance.
The New York Tribune discusses how newspapers err by misspelling names and fabricating incidents, while asserting most papers correct mistakes and strive for accuracy. It notes some papers spread more misinformation and urges readers to test errors by comparing own observations at home.
Mrs George Lewis of Pitts Find New York states her five year old was sick with a cold for weeks. After trying several cough medicines with little benefit, she used Chamberlains Cough Remedy and the child improved rapidly in days. The account highlights warm endorsement from a local parent.
A report notes Herbert Hoover as food administrator preferring thrift to waste, including conserving vital goods for medical use. At a recent conference Doctor A. Garfield joked about a large cigar, while Hoover and Garfield exchanged light remarks on frugality and practicality.
Wisconsin shattered prior vehicle records with 14 500 registrants in 1917 marking a rise over 1916 figures by more than 600 and a gain exceeding 41 percent statewide. The data highlights a rapid expansion in auto ownership and older car registrations across the state.
An Austrian unit, led by Leerswyts, deserting with its officers urns, surrendered to Roumanians on the Tusso Roumanian front. The regiment is nearly all Mohammedan Serbs from Bosnia.
Postscript reveals Edward inviting John to his birthday dinner with a quipmed reply from Tie. John confirms attending Ed wards dinner Tuesday, while Betty misreads her own exclusion. A Wisconsin senator faces a political bind as a humorous saying spreads: as Jones some as La Follette.
A Marshfield fire official urges the city council to create an official chimney sweep. The idea gains support as a common sense preventive measure for homes, contrasting the romantic Wandering Willy image with practical, preventative labor.
In Cibbing Minnesota a man was accused of forcing a kiks flag and confronting a public flag ceremony on a Thursday night. He allegedly claimed God created the vartth and labor unions, then was coerced onto a platform to salute the American flag and apologize, actions witnessed by Hib Krouse and others.
At the Northwestern depot a young man, explaining a railroad locomotive to his partner, contemplates the boiler’s role as she asks whether it affects the engine tender. The scene captures a concise, curious moment aboard a moving industry.
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