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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
2
A wartime report notes an imminent apple harvest with a labor shortage. Farmers plan to recruit and train volunteers to pick and pack, explaining careful fruit handling to preserve quality while mobilizing workers across counties. The piece discusses recruitment, training, and coordination with local communities to fill the labor gap.
The article notes a massive push by central and middle Western farmers to raise crops for Allied needs, with corn and wheat emphasis. It cites President Wilson’s call to duty, large corn acreage gains, a projected jump to about 4 billion bushels of corn, and plans for substitute flours and new foods as shortages unfold. It also mentions labor shortages, heavy mobilization across states, and expectations for a broad harvest including oats rye and potatoes.
The Eskimo magazine from Nome Alaska advocates government education for Northwest Alaska natives. It argues Eskimos can thrive self supported, resist welfare, and contribute to northern development through village based schooling and reindeer herding apprenticeships. The piece defends Anchorage education officials and cites Doctor Claxton praising the effort.
William Sartain recalls Edgar Allan Poe, defending his temperance and punctuality in magazines over 15 years. He notes Poe’s moves to New York and Philadelphia, late-life poverty, and cites Poe’s Philosophy of Composition. Sartain disputes Griswold’s intoxication claims and questions Poe’s death robbery tale.
A fragment ponders what a kaisar meant by promising his brother in law though unable to keep it. It suggests he wrote and sent a letter as the gesture behind his pledged hat, implying a symbolic yet unkept vow.
Vent. Col. Gilbert Barling, a leading surgeon at Rouen base hospitals, describes wartime gains in battlefield surgery. Casualty clearing stations of about 1,000 men each are placed five to ten miles behind the front, enabling rapid treatment. A special 50 bed abdominal hospital exists to handle urgent cases, reducing fatal delays and improving wound care through immediate ambulance transport and aseptic methods.
The Manchester Guardian recalls the 19th century sale of Lallah Rookh to Longman for 3000 pounds after Murray offered 2000 for the poem. The work matched Rokeby in length, seven editions sold within a year, and Longman later called it the cream of copyrights.
A soldier learns to manage an under sized blanket by folding. The piece notes a recruit’s sleepless first week as a blanket misfit causes cold feet and neck discomfort. A veteran suggests bending knees to chin and biting the four corners to hold the blanket in place on cold nights.
A noted historical English case cited in Chitty’s Criminal Law holds that spreading rumors to raise prices of a product, persuading others to withhold supply, and hoarding large quantities to resell at inflated prices are common law offenses. Convicted individuals face fines and imprisonment at the court’s discretion.
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Yearwedd-John remarking on changes since marriage. The husband notes her cooking no longer inspires fear, while she jokes about adjusting to it. The light domestic moment captures postmarital familiarity.
A government employee speaks of cultivating insomnia as a professional requirement and asserts knowledge of many state secrets, expressing fear to discuss them aloud, implying danger and secrecy surrounding a state matter.
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