Ploughshare of War Plea Amid Tightened Front
A stark wartime voice calls for relentless effort to fight and win, urging farmers and citizens to push through fear and danger as muskets and minds unite against the foe.
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
2
A stark wartime voice calls for relentless effort to fight and win, urging farmers and citizens to push through fear and danger as muskets and minds unite against the foe.
A mutual admiration club luncheon drew loud toasts praising Kaiser Wilhelm and the German Kaiser, with General Skoropadski of Ukraine among speakers. The bright rhetoric is noted as likely to amuse President Wilson and echo through the ages.
Mrso Irank Brown of Cincinnati wins National Capital Prize No 1 offered to war gardeners by the naval garden commission. She takes first prizes totaling $100 and invests in War Savings stamps on a plot 100 by 150 feet.
A wry philosophical line asks how a man extends his hand to feel rain yet resents getting wet. The quip explores human habit of seeking evidence before reacting, highlighting irony in cautious curiosity.
The remark contrasts risk behavior with fire, noting folly in playing with danger. It observes poverty as not a disgrace and sometimes wealth as similarly not a mark of virtue.
A researcher notes parallels between bird and insect migrations driven by weather and geography. He argues both groups respond to travel impulses and environmental conditions shaping routes and behaviors.
A boy named Bushrod sought a pedigree pigeon by appealing to his mother for a dollar. He bought a bird and presented a crumpled paper claiming lineage, noting that the father and grandfather were unknown but the mother was Bill Hite's pigeon.
Advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood remedy for catarrhal deafness linked to the Eustachian tube. It asserts topical applications fail and guarantees one hundred dollars for uncured cases, with druginfo and circulars offered by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
A diary entry from a U S A soldier aboard ship notes morning meals and mood. He records cheerful feelings with porridge and a later breakfast change noting no porridge. The fragment captures routine aboard during travel.
A reflective aphorism suggests that the pursuit of fame loses meaning if its reward arrives posthumously. It argues that some seek enduring glory in life and moral restraint would prevent self harm in pursuit of recognition.
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