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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
7
A wartime column urges patience for letters home from soldiers. It notes 3000 miles of distance and submarine risks slow mail, emphasizing no news is often better than alarming rumors as cables carry calamity. Families are told to endure delays while awaiting word.
County Clerk Fletcher received a letter from A L Bowen superintendent of charities department of public welfare stating that the Dixon state colony for epileptics was ready to receive a limited number of male patients. The law bans admission of insane epileptics and only physically qualified will be admitted. Women’s buildings will be ready within ninety days.
Judge Davis granted an injunction against John Fink of Manlius township to prevent him from disposing of the farm stock implements and money in the Manlius bank while divorce proceedings proceed.
Sophia Fink files for divorce after nearly twenty years of marriage and five children. She alleges years of heavy drinking, threats with guns and a knife, and that John Fink controls farm interests and $3000 of her money. She seeks an injunction to prevent disposition of property until settlement.
Every teacher must register her certificate with the county superintendent before starting service. Do not wait for institute week. Renewal blanks have been mailed to eligible teachers. if not received, notify the county superintendent immediately.
A Melbourne man faced arraignment with a complete burglar's kit in his possession. He claimed to have found the pliers in a drawer and to have collected percussion caps in the park. An incredulous magistrate sentenced him to six months in prison.
Porcelain money circulates in Burma and Siam while Santa Cruz islanders trade with feather money made from the red wing feathers of parrots.
The March and whaling tales describe polar bears using unexpected reasoning to outsmart trapping attempts. A bear repeatedly evades a baited noose, finally retrieving rope hidden by snow, and later swims to ambush a seal through a distant ice hole, catching it by surprise.
An Engineering and Mining Journal note argues that insects earned a share of mining fame. It cites John Mawe's 1810 account of ants uncovering gold in Minas Gerais Brazil and urges historians to credit the insect kingdom alongside humans in the history of mineral discoveries.
Ancient irrigation systems in Arizona persist along the Prescott to Grand Canyon highway. Montezuma's Well, a vast natural outlet 440 feet across and 93 feet deep with a bottom unseen at 500 feet, feeds limey water into these ditches. A rancher cleaned thousands of feet of runs and a surveyed grade shows near uniform 0.01 foot per 100 feet.
The article notes Singaporeans stock garden ponds with fighting fish, many of them the famed oriental varieties. When two are placed near each other they charge with fins erect and color shifts from gray green to red and blue. Even in close confinement the fish show combat tendencies.
A phenomenon called esturbio polluted waters near Margarita island kills oysters and destroys beds. Estimated pearl losses range from 38,000,000 to 4,000,000 bolivars about 579,000 to 772,000 dollars, prompting a fishing ban in the infected district.
New York hosts at least 150 foreign language newspapers in Japanese Lettish Persian Slovak and other languages. Papers span socialist anarchist Zionist and anti Zionist views and serve as organs of labor or city politics. Some promote Americanization while others push ethnic culture with diverse topics.
W. G. Thickom Fernandez cites Asia Magazine on Western trade’s entanglement with eastern potentates. Abdul Aziz of Morocco drives a costly romance of drums and pianos, sultans and caravans, as the quest for concessions sparks a turning point toward global conflict.
Harold Goddard argues that the word some, used as an adjective without dictionary synonym, signals linguistic vitality rather than pauperization. He notes how a talking schoolboy’s use of some ball game reflects a kinetic current in expression, linking vocabulary growth to expressive power.
The passage argues that insects as food gain attention yet are rejected by the public while crustaceans like crabs and lobsters are accepted. It notes that Americans eat worms generally, sometimes knowingly, and mocks the idea with references to authentic worms in Rocquefort and other cheeses.
A London bookseller’s catalogue lists Browning’s first book at 2200 dollars, though the 1833 print was sold for only a few shillings. The scarce immaculate copy now commands high value due to its rarity and Browning’s later fame.
The piece contrasts sunrises on mountains seas and rural areas with urban dawns. It notes how city mornings are messy as ash cans and sweepers work, and workers begin the day, creating a stark, practical view of urban life.
Supplies Pulp and Paper notes Canada will undoubtedly become a major global source for pulp and paper. The industry has grown rapidly in recent years, with further large developments said to be pending.
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