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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
5
The article lauds destroyers for their durability and resilience as they convoy merchants and hunt U boats. It compares their flexible, slim build to a hot water bottle, noting crews endure damage and keep returning to sea. It mentions ships 343 and 848 and crews fixing sterns for another voyage.
Thomas Hood, famed English humorist and poet, shaped by early hardship. His best known songs include Song of the Shirt and Bridge of Sighs, with later life spent writing from a sickbed. He edited London Magazine and launched the Comic Annual, lampooning 19th century society alongside DeQuincy and Lamb.
Margaret Sherwood reflects on how present joy in gardening deepens through memory. She recalls past landscapes from Florence, Lausanne, Savoy, Mont Blanc, and Lake Como, linking flowers like lilacs, lilies of the valley, heliotrope, and pink-tipped daisies to vivid scenes and memories of distant places.
The article discusses speed as a concept across locomotion types. It notes legged movement bicycle automobile railroad and airplane each have own measures of supremacy. It argues a mile per minute is a rhetorical peak for mundane travel while flying elevates speed perception.
A famed palm tree in Faridpur that bent nightly toward prayer and drew Hindu worshipers has died. Sir J C Bose investigated, noting trees respond to environmental changes. he argued vegetation perceives and signals these shifts.
A lone Australian sheep station rider Eagan marks a seven piece damper to track days until Sunday. When a hungry fellow rider cuts into the damper, he protests that he will not know the day of the week, clinging to his method as a defense against memory.
The familiar Swiss toy barometer uses a tiny woman to signal fair weather and a tiny man for storms. Igh Ray notes its reliability as a weather prophet. A simple mechanism uses catgut that contracts in dry air and expands with moisture to tilt the miniature figures.
An Australian company commander reports a battalion order to estimate enemy losses in his trench sector. He submits 2001 as the dead count, saying he counted one directly—hanging on the wire—then estimated the rest were healthier to count from distance rather than risking No Man's Land.
A speaker recounts Ferdy receiving an extraordinary ovation when he bowed from the midst of a marching club. He notes that about 300 young men in the group lifted their hats in unison as a sign of respect to a lady.
The excerpt features Senator Sorghum asked about breaking a promise. He replies that he avoids violence and that if a promise must be disposed of he does not break it. The dialogue showcases a wry political humor tone.
A historical description portrays Eskimos around Herschel Island as happy, practical, and industrious. They welcome improvements, trade skillfully, and maintain clean habits. The piece notes TB common, insubstantial belief in future life, and vivid mood shifts.
The Scientific American summarizes studies on fish swimming speeds. A Belgian authority found salmon can swim 3.15 meters per second for at least 14 meters, a Canadian observed sockeye speeds between six and seven miles per hour for short distances, and a US expert set fishway currents not to exceed ten feet per second. Emerson Stringham’s Massachusetts studies show alewife can move through roughly ten feet per second, near fishway limits.
A motivational warning urges readers to escape routine and prosaic habits. The piece advocates outdoor exercise and mingling with peers of up-to-date ideas. It encourages visiting competing establishments to learn new methods and avoid stagnation.
The passage outlines four forms of courage from momentary impulse to steadfast daily resolve. It elevates the quiet courage shown hour by hour, accepting losses and penalties for doing right, as the highest form that upholds the moral world and keeps ordinary life strong and safe.
A quaint site of interest populated entirely by Japanese residents laid out north of the piét a mile from Santa Monica. The community preserves Nippon life with native dress food and daily routines including Sunday Japanese sports and geisha tea service for visitors.
Dr Frederick Peterson argues in the Century that physicians must shape laws affecting family life housing education jobs recreation hygiene and disease control to promote national health. He envisions a future state where doctors craft wise laws to prevent social ills and protect the body politic.
Seven women at a motor factory drive newly finished cars to the shipping dock freeing skilled mechanics for other work. They embrace the job despite getting greasy and dirty, preferring it to feminine duties and noting higher pay supports their families. Mrs Lotta Dupuis and Mrs Wanda Ludeman, former shoplifter investigator and narcotics government operative respectively, praise the role for aiding the war and releasing men for frontline service.
Congressman Claude Kitchin recalls a tale about a young man planning to ask the girl's father for marriage. The girl suggests modern methods instead of formal courting, telling him to reveal his intent directly rather than seek permission. The exchange humorously contrasts old fashioned ritual with contemporary bluntness.
A quaint local chronicle by Peter Roberts records on November 26 1624 the marriages of Thomas Mostyn Esq and Gwen Parrie widow, and William Mostyn heir to Thomas with Anne Parrie, plus Richard Parrle heir to the Bishop and Marie Mostyn daughter, all tied in one day.
A reading contrasts age and vitality with prophecy of the coming Redeemer. The text likens an old tree to a lusty man, noting strength in age and the guarding of heavenly and earthly secrets, ending with a vision of whitened hair and enduring vigor.
Haddon Hall, one of England’s oldest manors, fronts centuries of history tied to the Peverels Rutlands Vernons and others. Dorothy Vernon’s famed stairway meeting with her lover echoes in the palace rooms and gardens once graced by Elizabeth I and the duke of Leicester. The hall, open to visitors, embodies romance and legend as the English Romeo and Juliet in prose and drama.
Ancient records describe a 140 foot tower built on an elevated foundation in Babylon. The seven story sun dried brick temple stood within a 55 mile wall teeming city of about 2 million, hosting astrologists priests and golden statues.
A concise reflection on youth and innocence comparing its fleeting bloom to spring. It discusses how youth enchants both sexes, the mother’s view of her son at twenty, and the paradox of youthful brilliance with a human undertone. The passage likens youth to Columbus with mutineers on board.
The English distinguish barristers from solicitors with barristers addressing higher courts and committees while solicitors handle office and first instance courts. A solicitor briefs a barrister for trials, a barrister may move to strike evidence, only barristers may become judges, and both seek regular retainers with periodic refresher fees.
A fragment discusses rumors of a family skeleton in the closet with dismissive tone. The line suggests past secrecy but asserts it is no longer present. The text is incomplete but hints at private family history or scandal referenced in dialogue.
Trapani, a busy Sicilian port, is famed for a priceless Madonna statue housed since the fourteenth century. Tradition holds it was found by Turks and awarded to Trapani after a dispute settled by two bulls choosing the town. The relic has since gathered many offerings and attracted legends of Virgil and Aeneas in Western Sicily.
The cocoanut is praised for high food value and versatile use on the home table. It provides meat and milk for soups and sauces, and cream can substitute for butter or olive oil. Proper preparation and moderation prevent indigestion, with thorough chewing advised if eaten raw.
The article argues fatigue is misread and that men often seek activity after work rather than rest. True fatigue would remove interest in socializing, dancing, driving, or games, leaving a craving for rest and sleep.
An article in the New East, printed in Tokyo, argues Japan could develop vineyards for wine production. It suggests Japan has cheap labor, making wine growing profitable, and notes China as a potential market for imports.
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