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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
4
A World War I era letter bundle shows Sgt. Bred Tieman and fellow soldiers writing from a French hospital camp. They describe wounds, healing, hospital life, French scenery, wine, and chatter about friends, football plans, and hopeful returns. The missives mingle grim battles with humor and longing for home.
The Patterson family expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors who assisted them during their mother’s illness and passing, with special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. James Barrowman.
Estate of Guadalup Varela deceased. The undersigned appointed administrator of the estate announces the court notice and urges immediate payments to settle claims. Dated October 19, 1916.
In a Java forest two opium smugglers flee tigers and seek refuge in a tiger trap. The box closes with the smugglers inside while the tigers scratch outside. Dawn reveals the trap is a prize for lawmen as the smugglers are captured with their contraband and sent to jail.
An Atchison Globe item suggests a woman’s marriage length can be guessed by her eating at an afternoon party. A newlywed leaves early with a scolding look, six months in she eats while watching the clock, and after many years she savors the hostess’s efforts despite a hungry husband.
The bachelor gown features long pointed sleeves while the master gown has long chased sleeves with a slit for the forearm. Doctor gowns display velvet bars on open sleeves and velvet facings. Caps are mortar boards with black tassels. doctors may wear gold tassels. Hoods indicate degree and institution by size velvet trim and lining colors. Velvet trims vary by degree: two inches for bachelors, three and a half inches for masters, and four and a half inches for doctors, with color-edged panels on doctors.
An English critic claims athletic girls lack manners but a Baltimore girl who recently rescued several children from a burning house proves poise and quick action can accompany sport. The piece argues manners can be learned and are not tied to gentleness or timid weakness.
The piece portrays a French munition town where women and children flee ruined villages to work in factories. It highlights the American YWCA Blue Triangle centers offering recreation, education, and relief from bombardment fears, with stories of workers, a dancer, pianist, and a lacemaker seeking normalcy amid hardship.
The piece humorously questions a libel suit supposedly against Artaxerxes and Xenophon era figures. It muses on who filed the complaint, the tablet’s nature, and whether the case reached court or settled, imagining stone evidence being moved by Babylonian draymen.
A reflection on poetry as daily uplift and home enrichment stating that love and beauty complete a home beyond furniture. It urges learning lines of verse daily to brighten life and reveals mothers as natural poets in a fellowship preserving beauty and love through poetry.
A movie star, fond of a golden haired child in his film, quizzes the boy daily about home life. The youngster, less than five, bursts into the studio telling of a newborn baby next door. The star asks if it is a boy or a girl. the boy retorts they don’t know yet.
The article outlines the historical region of Little Russia in the Dnieper valley and its conquest by Lithuania, later disputes among Russia and Turkey, and changes under czarist rule. It notes language, population mix, and migrations. It also mentions Philippine lumber imports and rising Philippine mill capacity reducing reliance on imported lumber, with Asia and Australia consuming substantial American lumber yearly.
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