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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
3
Secretary of the Interior Lane states in his annual report that the United States must mobilize all resources and scientific expertise for war. He notes federal agencies are at the service of war departments, with metallurgists chemists and engineers converting to support global conflict and expand power sources and weapons research.
William McFee recounts a submarine attack on a steamer in Land and Water. The three officers remain at their posts as the ship sinks, watching the speaking tube and telegraph, then the chief instructs a crewman to inspect daylight dawn on deck while boats move toward a smeared horizon and smoke on the skyline.
A wartime report claims Field Marshal John French and General Joffre pressed to halt the German advance at the Marne but an officer promoted over others failed to open orders. The message reportedly was lost, leaving a division unsupported and near annihilation, and an order to shoot was allegedly issued.
Fragmented text references a wartime effort and farmer participation. It mentions not continuing conversations and focusing breath and strength on regular work, suggesting a call to action and perseverance during hardship.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a character referencing joining the army with a troubled tone. Mr Growchey responds with a terse remark implying a lack of enthusiasm or clear purpose.
Donald, Ida, and companions cloak themselves in underwater gear and descend through an airlock to traverse the ocean floor toward Fair island. They face dangers from heavy ooze, cavern monsters, and a phosphorescent lure as they press onward toward an elusive exit.
A diver sinks from a submarine and searches in thick water for Ida. The vessel vanishes leaving him adrift in a silent underwater purgatory as bubbles drift and air quivers. He moves slowly, feeling like a revenant in a desolate, waterlogged abyss.
In a quirky exchange Farmer Corntessel questions Josh’s attire as a supposed peasant and derides a “new kermoofling idea.” The dialogue shifts to library shelving and references to manuals on electricity and literature, ending with a joke about tires and mileage.
A pair of light exchanges unfolds as one man jokes about borrowing ten dollars from Glithering and another contends about his umbrella. In a restaurant the old man demands four pieces of sugar, announcing intent to break a lump of sugar into four parts.
A Bugville test ponders ancestry with a snail line about origin in Philadelphia. A bug comments on regret and a prophet warns against recording predictions.
A wartime appeal touts American youth for military service while urging health measures at home. It cites kidney illness as a barrier to service and promotes Dr. Pierce Anuric as a cure for uric acid with a milk and vegetable diet, ample water, and three daily doses, priced sixty cents.
A humorous exchange contrasts an earnest dog that offers big prayers with a smarter dog that rushes to a saloon when cans are tied to its tail. The quip pivots on idealized beliefs about dogs and women as pipe dreams.
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