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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
1
Colonel Roosevelt sees Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr. for the first time at the home of Thomas Lockwood in Boston. Mrs Archie Roosevelt and her son stay there while Captain Roosevelt serves in France. The colonel calls him “a Roosevelt all over.”
The buckeye, an inedible nut for humans, was dried and powdered with water strained through to remove toxins. The paste was used eaten cold or baked. European experiments to make horse chestnut edible have not succeeded.
In a folk tale line Uncle Eben says riches have wings and warns that the spendthrift will suffer a sharp fall if he tries to loop the loop and perform tricks beyond his means.
The exchange questions whether affection rests on true self or has been influenced by others. The dialogue hints at family ties and the motive forces behind care, framing a nuanced emotional debate between two speakers.
Dorothy Dix urges women to support the war by purchasing Liberty bonds. She appeals to wives sisters mothers and sweethearts to buy bonds beyond previous purchases stressing money as the war’s driving force and calling nonparticipants traitors to their country.
The Liberty Bona button is no longer a mark of liberality or patriotism. It is the badge of citizenship. Are you wearing one.
The piece argues weather governs farming and military operations. Rain disrupts plowing and harvests, while a single night of downpour can ruin hay or wheat. In France the war department faces the same weather hurdle as heavy rains can render roads impassable for troops and equipment.
Italian laborer Antonio Potento, age about sixty, was granted final naturalization papers by Judge Thompson after he served the United States by his two sons in the army. Potento faced questions on the Constitution but expressed his desire to become American for his boys' service. The judge ruled that giving two sons to the country attests to loyalty and entitles him to citizenship.
The article lists ten animals deemed worthy of admission to heaven in Mohammedan tradition. The dog Kratin of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus slept with the martyrs in a cave for 280 years. Balaam's ass reproved the prophet, Solomon's ant reproved the sluggard, Jonah's whale, the ram of Israel offered by Abraham, Saleh's camel, Belkis' cuckoo, Moses' ox, Al Barak the marvel steed, and the donkey Jesus rode into Jerusalem.
A charge concern head laments sudden duties as his wife leaves him with a peadte Maltese cat and goldfish. He considers arresting his boss for firing him, but is told he cannot.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegram fragment shows a witty dialogue among suburban girls and their families about a young man Charley. The exchange predicts escalating visits and a planned marriage, ending with caution about losing evening time together.
A Black youth told draft officials he was eighteen when asked his age, claiming he had registered earlier. He described being grabbed by two police officers and threatened with violence to leave or register, recounting a hostile confrontation.
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet notes a modern hotel with a luxuriously furnished smoking room for ladies. The dialogue humorously questions how a husband would see his wife inside, suggesting the atmosphere is unusually dense.
A nonfiction item notes how improper type setting can spark disputes in printing shops and among editors. It highlights the fragile link between typography and public communication, warning that small errors may lead to larger tensions in publishable work.
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