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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
4
The article portrays Ainu bear rites in which a captured bear cub is reared by village women, fed, and then tormented during a bear feast. The animal is killed without bloodshed, its skin and head prepared, and soup offered in prayer before the community feasts with millet beer. Similar rites extend to hawks and other animals, all sacrificed with prayers for blessing.
A young U S Navy man aboard the Florida explains in vivid slang how a depth bomb is operated by an ensign he calls a striper. He uses strangeness terms like doohickey and gimick to describe unknown gear, and tin fish for submarines. The crowd on the platform listens as he demonstrates the lingo of naval slang.
A puzzled observer notes a mysterious fish with an unusual name and features, 29 inches long, caught 8000 miles from its usual waters. It seems to have drifted from a Bradifian schooner last summer, sparking debate among anglers and scholars about its origin and migration.
Geo. Piersall arrived Sunday for a few days visiting old friends. He has purchased an eighty acre irrigated farm near Boulder Colorado in the district and will make his home there.
John Primm, owner of a large river ranch, suffers from anthrax while William Redmond recovers from the same illness after handling infected hides. Primm is said to have contracted it via a mosquito bite on the face while tending sick cattle.
The piece argues the world’s unrest is one indivisible whole not split by nations. Mind transcends frontiers as oceans are crossed, and future politicians must think in hemispheres beyond artificial divides.
Milbank authorities granted permission to use the second floor of the city hall for housekeeping as several families from eastern Montana drought areas arrive. No empty houses were available, so the space will serve until other quarters can be found.
Sioux Falls report notes Congressman Christopherson stating Congress already started action to put surplus War Department food on the market via post offices and anticipates further steps to also place clothing and other government purchases on the market, likely lowering prices. Also includes a testimonial about Chamberlain's Tablets improving digestion.
A terse health pitch from Pioneer Pharmacy touts 35¢ Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy to constipation and stomach upset. The ad promises overall purification of the system and urges readers not to worry Hollis.
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