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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1916
Page
4
Dr. R Menger describes Southwest Texas ground breeders such as the Texas quail and bobwhite, field lark, prairie sparrows, and doves. Enemies include ground squirrels, snakes, banded armadillos, martens, civet cats, house cats, wind and hail, ground squirrels, and humans who take eggs.
A shopper asks a floorwalker for linen direction and jokes that even if given all the linen she still could not walk that way. A club visitor comments on Scribbs the poet, while a member quips about being the best but not.
A British armored motor car detachment of several hundred officers and men, led by Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson, fights with Russians in Armenia. They endured Arctic gales via the White Sea, wintered in the Arctic, trained, built sledges, guarded German prisoners, aided Russians on the Kola peninsula, and helped complete a railway to Petrograd. They endured hunger, a ship loss, a wrecked boat, and a dangerous rail and road journey to Archangel and Vladikavkaz, where the Grand Duke welcomed them.
Forest Service experts note wood yields more than lumber listing diverse products from powder and disinfectants to artificial silk and alcohol. They highlight charcoal for black powder, acetone from hardwood distillation, and willow shortages overseas for wooden legs while birch and other woods substitute.
The article highlights a U S Forest Products Laboratory program converting cellulose in wood into viscose and other products. It notes kraft paper from mill waste, dyed osage orange substitutes, and ongoing studies from decay to fire resistance, asserting the laboratory's pioneering role and US leadership.
Brooklyn Eagle reports a ferocious jellyfish encounter near Greenport L I as swimmer Wilfred Tuthill was badly stung while bathing in deep water. He described needles piercing his face and tentacles trailing along his side, forcing him to tear fragments away as witnesses observed the scene.
The corporal is ordered to extend from the sentry box to the gate, seventy yards on the left. He must march up and down in a smart-soldier manner, keep his arms, avoid lounging or conversing with any person, and not leave his post.
A fragment notes a private and corporal seeking relief by a tax maneuver, quoted with a terse aside about performing duties until relief arrives in about two hours, framed as a Passing Show line.
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