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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
3
In Philadelphia a professor translates ancient tablets that reveal an epic poem about Enkidu, a half barbarous chieftain redeemed by a woman’s love. He works calmly amid war news, rendering the tale into clear English.
Horrified old lady confronts a panic scene near the swimming hole as a voice below confirms the discovery of clothing and two boys saying they are the last ones in.
A discussion notes the English practice of naming gunboats after birds and suggests applying the same naming convention to airships. The exchange agrees it suits airships better and emphasizes flight imagery.
A World War II era domestic exchange shows a couple planning frugal living. The husband notes wartime austerity and the wife suggests reusing last year’s hat for the coming summer. The dialogue reflects household economy and practical budgeting.
The piece describes broad plowing across Greater Boston including parks, golf courses, school grounds and home lawns as a wartime mobilization measure. It notes the shift from aesthetic concerns to practical food production and features resident comments on the duty and hopeful outlook as soil is prepared for planting.
An agricultural demonstration farm for college women and high school girls opens via Columbia Barnard and public high schools, funded by the Crawford estate. The site on 200 acres will include tractors, a cannery, machine shop, and temporary dormitories with weekend and after school access.
In Savannah, E. J. Ward reports bees swarmed into J. H. Hulme’s attic four years ago. The hive expanded from 2 to 54 swarms, honey built along sill lines, children stung, neighbors paid to join extermination. Using boiling water, locals captured the colony and secured hundreds of pounds of honey.
William T. Meickle, trainer of Lady Alice's rats for Barnum and Bailey, quits to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. He is interviewed at the recruiting station and later becomes a Marine. A circus associate, Frank Patrick Gallagher, arrives claiming his readiness to fight and boasting of his rough past with animals and the German foe.
An advertisement claims Green's August Flower is the most successful family remedy for biliousness and stomach troubles. It targets common ailments like sick headache nervous indigestion sour stomach and low mood, urging widespread use.
A mother discovers her son Willie, celebrating a birthday with gifts from a sport loving uncle, rummaging in the greenhouse for redskins. After a crash and uprooted plants, Willie admits seeking redskins and is scolded indoors with a menacing warning.
Daily facial regimen promotes clear skin using Cuticura Soap and hot water. Apply Cuticura Ointment to pimples or dandruff before bathing. Free sample by mail with book. Address postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A judge sentences Mandy's husband to ten years in prison. The widow laments the long separation while a stranger suggests good behavior might shorten his time. The widow corrects the idea, noting the period runs to the minute regardless.
Cincinnati man touts freezone drops as a quick painless remedy for corns and calluses. A tiny bottle costs little at drug stores and is said to remove both hard and soft corns without irritating nearby skin.
A passerby finds Smutty farming on his father’s moorland. He boasts that his work has transformed the wasted ground into a rippling golf links, citing a New York Globe quotation to praise the effort.
A detached exchange mocks a claim about the former czar of Russia loving fish and jokes about being satisfied with a kettleful of something unspecified. The snippet reads as light overheard banter with no clear event or date.
A brief item notes that tending to personal affairs yields stable employment and reliable income, emphasizing diligence and self management as paths to steady work.
A fragment discusses adaptability over obstinacy with a proverb about silk purses from sons ears, suggesting success may come from repurposing materials into leather specialties. The tone hints at pragmatic industry and resourcefulness.
A farmer jokes about his hens eating their own eggs while hoping the flock will soon become self supporting. The exchange ends with a light note on finances and poultry work.
The prompt yields a dialog line asking for a web-footed animal. The expected answer is a riddle style exchange concluding with a correct identification. The spider is not web-footed, suggesting a misdirection or playful inversion in the question.
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