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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1917
Page
13
An editorial urges immediate action to boost food output during wartime. It notes 1917 crops may underperform, links farmer shortages to rising consumption, and calls land use expansion in the United States and Western Canada. It promotes easy terms for land, bank finance, and ally cooperation to prevent food shortages.
Eve blames a snake for mismanaging the apple crop while Adam calls it the first case of the ultimate consumer suffering from a middleman. The dialogue frames a ancient commerce joke with modern resonance.
The 1915 lumber industry in New Brunswick produced 685 518 000 feet of timber, while a social contrast is noted between idle wealthy individuals and the unemployed poor.
The Rockefeller family plans turn high Dyckman-area land into a public park linking to Fort Washington park. John D Rockefeller Jr bought three parcels on the upper west side including C K G Billings estate and Schaefer land for about two million dollars, far less than five million.
Natalie, a poor stenographer in a shady law office, is swept into a volatile blackmail plot led by Jasper Hull. A daring, repentant thief, Gerald Hope, reveals he targeted Hull and frees letters to save his sister Inez Burleigh. Natalie and Hope join to resolve the case and begin a life together.
In Shakopee Minnesota a skull and assorted bones were found near Charley Hartmann’s butcher shop prompting police chief John Heller to investigate. Citizens say the skull was a bouman from a college cadaver and the bones include a cat rib and poultry leg. Jolly youths placed the bones to fabricate a tale.
Mrs Saidee Disbrow Turd won a $2500 supreme court verdict against Astor Hotel Co in Oughkepsee Ny. The suit claimed humiliating treatment after she and her husband kissed at their doorway on August 17. Hotel staff denied improper remarks and defended a courteous investigation.
Ernest A. Fuller posted a big red sign warning poison in his backyard to deter neighborhood dogs and cats. Police consulted. Fuller argued there is no statute against the sign and later claimed there was never any poison.
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson recalls William Terriss greeting Irving with culinary scent and a swift invitation to supper. Irving liked the practical reply and offered a supper in the Lyceum backstage. Terriss promptly accepted saying tonight.
The article notes emeralds remain popular, with green beryls prized for the hue. Fine specimens spark auction room excitement due to rarity, and flawless stones fetch ruby-like prices. The Duke of Devonshire is said to own a near perfect faultless emerald from Colombia.
Small Town Notes quotes the town constable and a schoolmaster reacting to a musical troupe driven from the opry house for poor music. The exchange shows local humor and village banter.
English dog fanciers especially women warn the new dog tax will ruin their small income businesses. They oppose only the old license increase, fearing the large tax on new dogs will drive away customers and end kennels during wartime hardship. Some defend pampered dog stories as sensational.
A broker tests frozen eggs by throwing them at a wall and denting it. A gentleman pockets eggs to surprise his wife. He later bangs an egg on wallpaper at dinner, only to find the egg thawed and the joke backfiring.
John D Rockefeller Jr. fulfilled his boyhood wish by donating a large stretch of Dyckman Street scenery to the city as a park. The property, Tigeres of ft, is valued at about five million dollars and preserves a panoramic urban landscape for public use.
A playful exchange notes the approach of hot weather with a humorous misquote about everyone roaring and shent, capturing a lighthearted mood of daily chatter. The fragment hints at community chatter around seasonal change.
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