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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
4
Bruce Barton recalls a Red Cross ambulance ride that saved a wounded boy. A dollar, possibly two, funded the trip and bandages, turning chance into a miracle. The Red Cross emphasizes timely care over cost as the boy returns home to his relieved family.
Amid famine and civil strife, the American Red Cross under Lieutenant Magnuson runs a relief train to Jassy from Petrograd. The effort feeds and clothes over 10,000 people and expands weekly with four more cars from Odessa expected.
A Red Cross canteen worker and French assistant endure a night of artillery bombardment in a ruined house. Shells explode nearby while they tend fires, retrieve supplies, and keep the canteen running for wounded soldiers amid debris and fear.
A man saves for years boasting he fears no hunger and plans a lavish future with his saved money. He promises to live for himself and enjoy ease but fate intervenes. Just as he indulges, misfortune strikes. a crape hangs on his door and his wealth is lost, leaving him with nothing.
A fragmentary dialogue compares a confession about three deaths at sea ice and sleigh rides with a historical sketch of Brest-Litovsk. The piece notes the city’s Polish name Brzesc-Litovski and traces its long, violent history across Mongols, Teutonic knights, Crimea, Sweden, Russia, and Napoleon.
A London Standard club member notes a circulating tale that General Allenby’s name Turks read as Allah Nabi meaning the emissary of God. They claim his triumph is a direct divine interposition, a notion war authorities did not foresee when giving him command.
The text traces early music origins in monotone sound and rhythmic beating by instruments and gestures. It explains how these dances and gestures gradually formed regular beats, enabling synchronized performance and the parallel evolution of song and dance into modern music.
The Argonaut notes Vermont plans 81 000 bushels of wheat this year up from 25 000 last year and totals for corn wheat oats barley and potatoes at 10 698 000 bushels in 1917 versus 7 847 000 in 1916 as New England states strive to overcome abandoned farms. A second item presents a dialog about ending an engagement with a witty remark on jewelry.
Findon becomes England’s first village entirely guided by women with a female village council addressing housing infant welfare and education. The community promotes neighborliness and lively, temperate discussions among members.
Yellow paint smeared across a Yorktown residence of a prominent local man including the door screens and second story. Residents claim his slow wartime aid and remarks spurred the act. Afterward he reportedly pledged 250 in bonds, with locals urging a 1000 donation.
Mrs Mildred Anderson spent the weekend with friends in Ottawa. Leo Carlson visited his brother and family the past week. Mother's Day will be observed at the Congregational Church next Sunday evening with service in charge by Rev. Dunton. Odd Fellows from here visited the I. O. O. F. lodge in Tiskilwa last week. Mr. and Mrs. Will Charles visited Malden to see their mother Mrs. Rhoda Charles who has been quite sick at the home of her daughter Mrs. Wm. Dalton.
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