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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1918
Page
7
The piece argues war costs exceed 30 million dollars per hour and urges children to invest in 4% Thrift Stamps costing 25 cents each. Buying stamps from post offices, mail carriers, and most stores is presented as a practical way to cut war duration and conserve human life.
A Bloomington based piece notes how sheep flee to high ground when scared, dogs repeatedly turn before lying down, and cats retain lion and tiger traits. The article links these behaviors to ancient mountain, grassland, and jungle environments, reflecting long-forgotten ancestral habits.
Treasury head McAdoo explains the flow of invested government bonds in his congressional report. The money first funds the war then pays for food clothing and ammunition that sustain soldiers. Surplus wealth at home is saved and loaned back to the government with interest benefiting both as the fighting force remains supported.
Proverbial wisdom surveys global views on marriage with fatalistic or cautionary lines. Italians advise shutting eyes in buying horses and wives, Hindus warn about trust and second choices, while Irish couples are linked to a man's fortune through his wife.
Miss Blanche Geary takes charge as manager of the Hotel Petrograd opened by the Y W C A for American women journeying to Paris during the war. Geary, a building construction expert, leads the staff in this new facility. Unmanned boats failed in British defense efforts as German attackers used wireless controlled devices. The latest radio controlled craft rely on selenium cell light guidance, while soldiers suffer cold and hardship at Valley Forge and in camp hospitals.
The article reviews the millennium as a biblical period of Christ’s reign with Satan bound, noting Revelations passages. It discusses various interpretive theories and failed attempts to fix its date, listing proposed beginnings by Still ing, Bengel, Miller, Cum ming, and the Mormon Church.
A rescue scene unfolds as a man tells a drowning woman not to struggle while the lake reflection appears clear. The woman fears her back brace will give way as she pleads for help and safety amidst the peril.
Black paper is hard to find and must be absolutely opaque with no pin holes. Black paper used on roll film cartridges is best for this purpose. If the photographer uses plate or film, ask a friend or dealer for a supply and press under weight until ready to use.
A renowned physician tells medical students the top rewards go to established specialists. He cites charges of 25 dollars for a home visit, 10 dollars for an office consult, and 5 dollars for a telephone consult. A student asks slyly how much he would charge a fellow for passing him on the street.
Washington ordered a broad alien roundup on March 2 to deport individuals aiding sabotage or anarchy. Immigration officers in Seattle were told to arrest and detain any alien teaching or advocating violent overthrow or property destruction, even if not LW members, with possible expanded quarters at Seattle or nearby sites. Public memos note tensions from Industrial Workers of the World activity and a planned detention camp at Puget Sound to house up to 3000 detainees.
The Washington food administration announced a temporary suspension of meatless meals and the Saturday pork restrictions as part of a broader readjustment to conserve food. The change, effective indefinitely and likely for three months or longer, asks the public to forgo beef and pork on one day each week to curb meat demand and aid wheat savings while no new limits on sugar or other staples are planned.
Washington announces a major timetable rearrangement by Director General McAdoo. About one third or more of westbound passenger trains on competing lines will be eliminated as routes are trimmed. Locomotives and crews will be redirected to freight work with no expected widespread passenger inconvenience.
A St Louis man cites a verse from Deuteronomy in a tie appeal for exemption, awaiting board consideration. The quotation states that a man taken for service shall be free at home for one year to comfort his wife, with the family left behind.
Washington reports K J Nourse Jr of Boise Maio a Princeton student serving with the American ambulance to France has been cited by the French government to receive the cross of war for valor in service.
Cadet Clarence J. Bremer of the Fourth provisional squadron Ellington Field was instantly killed when the observer aircraft plunged 300 feet. Bremer’s home was in Chicago.
Idaho state items report a Caldwell arrest on a worthless purloined item charge, bridge work over the Weiser river at Welser continuing, and the Waho Seventh Day Adventists conference at Boise with delegates from across the state. Edgar Robins and others convicted of petty larceny. State land sales planned March 24 in Ada and March 30 in Canyon counties. Apples shipped to France for soldiers, with 750 boxes from multiple towns. Prison escape and related crimes noted, plus penalties for liquor possession. Farmers issues, bridge planning with Ada and Canyon counties, and a death in the cavalry unit. Idaho ministers and officials discussed, plus dog race results and a depot liquor theft. Western Consumers’ Week set for April 5–15.
A Helentific American writer notes German tests with one part benzol and one part alcohol achieving 42 mph and 4.06 miles per pint. Other ratios yielded 41 mph, 4.47 miles. 26 mph, 3.72 miles. one part benzol two parts alcohol, and pure benzol or gasoline comparisons show gasoline at 44 mph and 3.00 miles per pint. Alcohol and benzol are being produced widely, offering cheaper fuel with near equal results, a boon for Germany.
Since October 1 Cavite wireless station, with the Philippine Bureau of Posts and Mantle Observatory, has broadcast time signals at 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. east of Greenwich. Manila Observatory signals start at 10:65 a.m. and 9:55 p.m. standard time, five minutes long, with occasional clacks. The service aids mercantile and naval fleets in the Pacific during the war.
James W. Gerard in New York urges defiant stance against German militarists. He uses a parable of a professor and a loan shark to illustrate terms and outcomes, arguing for stronger action and resolve amid wartime tensions.
A compact note from the Atchison Globe remarks on a Kansas City young man known locally as marmma's darling while whispered differently in town, with light humor about his regular reputation as "papa's tom cat."
Mrs Anna Maillot of Syracuse sues neighbor Mrs Marsha Traylor for 500 dollars, claiming the canary Pete escaped her home, was coaxed into a cage by the neighbor, and kept there. Maillot says she heard the bird singing and recognizes its voice, despite repeated demands for the return.
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