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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
7
Fragmented text describes a Washington hotel dinner party and a tense discussion about voting. A character named Gus references a Norwegian man jailed for 80 days after an eye injury. The piece mentions J H Wilson Saddlery Co Denver and a 1918 date, with vague dialogue about civic matters.
A judge advocate general document clarifies service flag use with blue gold and silver stars. It defines who qualifies, how stars denote status, and how future events affect display for active service wounded missing and discharged personnel.
The text questions readers about keeping poultry in neighborhoods, asking for breed names and qualities, egg hatch times for different birds, and egg production economics. It discusses feed costs, price per pound, and factors affecting laying, urging scientific care and noting nutritional needs and shell quality concerns.
A jumble of household tips and humor appears with a lemon juice freckle remedy and a grocery errand tale. An undertaker recounts using a former car as a hearse in a light anecdote from Harper’s Magazine. The piece also cites statistics on Englishwomen entering various jobs and a drug topics line.
An oil painting titled Queen Anne of Austria presenting her son Louis XIV to the French court, long hung in New Orleans city hall mayor’s parlors, is declared by art experts to be an original 1667 work by court artist Nicolas Mignard.
Brank Baker becomes the first major league player this season to reach 100 singles, lifting the New York Yankees toward the American League lead. Once doubted for power, Baker shows sharp eye and steady bat as he racks up hits and helps his team chase the championship.
The cabinet roster lists Sec State Robert Lansing a New York lawyer and international law expert. Sec Treasury William G. McAdoo a New York lawyer and railroad manager. Sec War Newton D. Baker a Ohio lawyer and former Cleveland mayor. Att Gen Thomas W. Gregory from Texas a lawyer. Postmaster Albert S. Burleson a Texas lawyer. Sec Navy Josephus Daniels of North Carolina a lawyer and newspaperman. Sec Interior Franklin K. Lane a California lawyer and newspaperman. Sec Agriculture David F. Houston of Missouri a teacher and college president. Sec Commerce William C. Redfield of New York a business executive. Sec Labor William B. Wilson of Pennsylvania a mine worker, local miners union president, and national union secretary.
A lyrical passage from Eugene Field imagining a trek with a mother to a serene land. The prose speaks of moonlight and stars, a peaceful garden, and a safe home where a child is cared for and relieved from worries. It ends with a tender plea for maternal guidance toward a dreamland.
A vintage recipe note outlines simple desserts and cakes: junket dessert with fresh berries or canned fruit, junket tablet preparation, and chilling. Barley Flour Sponge Cake with lemon and barley flour. Roll-Welly Cake using potato flour and lemon, with jelly roll method. Includes storage tips for crushed berries and substitutes.
A collection of disjointed observations notes variations in language and value across Ghina. It mentions Croeagis, once the richest man, lacking kale during a war stretch. A debate among Hgyr iologists questions Cleopatra's appearance. It also recalls ice availability during the glacial period reaching Durango, Mexico.
An article notes that migrating birds may use magnetic fields to navigate and reports M A Thauttes a French pigeon fancier claims carrier pigeons falter during magnetic storms. The piece cites Popular Science Monthly observations on wireless telegraphy affecting bird reliability.
A judge in a case where a dealer sues a steamship line over pigs lost in a fire aboard a cross-channel vessel quotes that placing pigs on deck was rash but frying them was guiltier. The scene frames a legal dispute amid old style newspaper tone from the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The scene centers on Miss Skreecher delivering a solo concert when the roof was punctured in several spots. A bald man staggers toward the door, assisted by a friend who asks if he is all right. A passerby remarks on Casey the contractor’s bravery and a black eye is mentioned.
A fragmented colonial tone piece recalls a boy narrating a boast about betting on a brother in arms and a later riff on a roadside found letter signed Lucile. A brief note adds a line about Jamaican farmers yielding two vegetable crops yearly.
An advertisement extolls Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a universal remedy for backache kidney and bladder troubles. It promises quick cleansing of kidneys and blood, relief from lumbago rheumatism and related ailments, and urges purchase from a druggist with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
Advice urges summer care of digestion to avoid stomach sickness. The ad promotes Eatonic a sweet tasting tablet to relieve heartburn indigestion and gas after meals claiming quick comfort and stronger appetite at a cost of 50 cents a box from your druggist with a money back promise if it fails.
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