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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
7
Daddy Wolf hears news that makes him happy and explains a joke heard from men in the woods. Mother Wolf worries and learns the phrase about keeping hunger from the door signals their strong appetite and good wolf reputation.
William Rasavwich, amid wartime patriotism in Chicago, withdraws $700 to buy Liberty bonds but is duped by a friend trading in a fake war machine. After a night of drinks, the money and his companion disappear, leaving him to face the police and end his cheering for the war’s duration.
A New York street scene near Herald Square depicts a blind newspaper seller as a target for mockery and theft. A well dressed passerby grabs a headline and a bystander slaps the news purveyor, attracting a crowd and a passing police officer who looks away. The piece satirizes first impression danger and street life in a spring morning.
In a Beacon courtroom Justice Morschauser weighs a curious case filed by Samuel Beskin, owner and mayor, seeking compensation from Frank Yardle of Ossining for an accident that shattered Romeo and Juliets famed partnership. The mules, once a county kicking record duo, now uncooperative and despondent after the truck incident. The judge, seeking lore to guide his ruling, expressed puzzlement over the animal tragedy.
Milwaukee boys Joe and Billy Purpora eleven years old earned the tag of Milwaukee's champion boy runaways after returning home with $2 their only gain from a period away from family. A police sergeant accompanied them as they were found in downtown Milwaukee. They spent days wandering and selling junk to a ragman to fund candy and pies.
President Wilson appealed to Americans to buy only essentials and to pledge June 28 as National Thrift Day. He urged all citizens to conserve resources and increase production for victory, urging purchase of U S government securities and War Savings stamps to support the war effort.
Paris reports M Borst the food dictator has written to authorities urging full cooperation with the food-card system. He cites experiments showing potato paste can replace up to twenty percent of cereal in bread for economy and to help move surplus potato stocks amid transportation strain.
Spokane local doctor John B. Anderson, the health officer, has gained fame for a new vaccination technique that leaves dimples instead of scars. Reporters tout him as the dimple maker, noting women no longer fear vaccination and no longer avoid visible sites.
A fragment notes a legislature member drawing a knife in a heated exchange and questions whether it was the only way to make a cutting retort.
A brief comic exchange features a man and a woman where he jokes about her colorizing at a motherly warning, hinting at mistaken impressions and light domestic humor. The dialogue centers on social misreadings and playful reproach.
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