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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
4
A late night incident at Vancouver Barracks shows a rookie sentry failing to identify the officer of the day. The sentry asked for the post number, which the officer could not supply, leading to the rookie's confinement in the guardhouse.
Dr. EB W Buckley of St Paul Minnesota says Allied troops are buoyed by American spirit after touring the western front. He met General Pershing Mangin and Clemenceau and describes German prisoners as demoralized, noting one 15 year old boy who said his mother ordered surrender at the first chance.
Italian poet and airman Gabriele d Anunzio led a daring raid from Pola against the Austrian Naval Arsenal at Vienna. He and seven other airmen, dubbed The Storm Troops of the Air, returned after bombing about 100 miles over the Adriatic amid cheers. An Austrian bomb damaged a glass in d Anbungie’s quarters but did not explode.
A vintage health ad asserts old age starts with weakened kidneys and promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oils capsules as a remedy. It claims daily capsules cleanse kidneys and digestive organs, boost energy, and prolong life, with money-back assurance and a call to ask for the original imported GOLD MEDAL brand.
The article notes British and American chemists racing to create an odorless colorless gas to wipe out sleeping troops, while German teams also pursue gas weapons. Reports mention gas strategies in German drives, use of maps marking safety zones, and shells delivering persistent or ephemeral gas as fronts are described as a network of posts rather than a solid line.
The duchess of Marlborough leads a movement among English women to liquidate family jewels for war relief. The piece notes 20 government aviation training fields nationwide, an order for 240000 pairs of knee-length rubber boots for the French army, and Australian trials of a large oil driven harvester that harvests about 60 acres daily.
Popular Belief Monthly notes toads eat insects during the day and help gardens by consuming cutworms slugs and other pests. It claims a single toad may destroy thousands of insects daily and be worth about 19.48 dollars per season to a garden.
Women of Baptist churches sold Thrift stamps valued at 1000 dollars in front of the federal building which serves as the city Thrift stamp committee headquarters. Several girls bought five dollar stamps to gain the privilege of kissing a sailor.
Faith Baldwin of The Vigilantes presents a reflective verse about parting and endurance. The speaker bears a cross while facing sorrow and fate, acknowledging unseen divine right and the hope that fate will reveal meaning beyond pain.
A correspondent reports tests on hundreds of youths aged eleven to fourteen. Memory ability favored boys under ten, then girls surpassed them after ten, and by fourteen boys again excelled. Girls showed truer color perception but more inaccuracies. When personal interest touched a girl, she exaggerated while a boy tended to stay noncommittal.
A patent describes a device linking a rocking chair to a baby carriage so the rocking motion of the chair lulls the baby to sleep. The attachment aims to convert a chair into a cradle by shared motion and linkage.
A Pennsylvania inventor patents vessels lined with metal to conduct electricity and heat liquids as they are poured from one container to another. The invention aims to simplify heating during transfer and improve efficiency.
Lost item crank for an Overland car advertised. Hubbard offers 65 pigs at 16 cents per pound and 10 brood sows to farrow in October and November. Return to Weaver's Garage or contact H. D. Hubbard for purchase details at 15 cents per pound.
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