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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1917
Page
10
A New York shell game variant targets pedestrians in shopping districts around Brooklyn Bridge and downtown Brooklyn. A street umbrella hawker sells a quality umbrella for five dollars, then accepts a low offer, but while the buyer looks away another cheaper umbrella is swapped in. The scheme ends with the purchaser realizing the swap only at home.
In Brooklyn the mayor cites Baltimore as model for urban farming at a city zoo. Director Hornaday dedicates over ten acres of deer pasture and buffalo range for seedbed and harvest, with zoo staff performing labor. Red Cross work adds to relief efforts as supply fears rise.
The piece argues against a money-only view of value, praising flowers as a vital ministry. It cites a poetic line about choosing bread for life over wealth and urges sending posies to children through the Flower Mission Herald.
A middle aged, untrained woman named Frelva Sherrill signs up with the League for Woman's Service to help care for children whose fathers are off to war. She owns a car, offers to ferry children to her home, and plans to buy picture books and toys while awaiting further instructions from an executive secretary. The piece notes many women will be called away from home as men enlist.
ALTIMORE a tragedy in one act and three scenes unfolds in a Fulton street restaurant. Joe the waiter receives a request for two roast chickens and change for a $50. With the coins spent the waiter counts $47 and chaos follows as the missing chickens appear to vanish through the building. The proprietor confronts silence. The mystery moves through the dumb waiter and basement as tension builds about where the chickens and money have gone.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture outlines how wind frost and sun erode soil, especially through poor rain absorption. It highlights soil conservation methods like contour plowing hillside ditching and terracing, and promotes deep tillage and cover crops to boost moisture retention and topsoil.
The article notes a surge in wooden ship contracts due to urgent demand, with 68 ships under construction on the Pacific coast and 56 in Canada. It mentions Canadian guarantees of a 15 percent ten year return to wooden shipbuilders and contextual comments on efficiency and labor requirements.
A wartime appeal urges Americans and Canadians to boost food production for soldiers, sailors, and allies. It stresses growing grain, raising livestock, and increasing farm output on both sides of the border, with cover crops and soil conservation to prevent erosion. It notes cross-border cooperation to supply subsistence and calls for patriotic effort beyond borders.
An account by W. T. Elmore describes a mass arrival at a mud shrine where a buffalo is ritually sacrificed. A headsman fails to sever the neck on first try, blood flows, and offerings follow as villagers cry out in fear while Fred surveys the scene and questions India’s reputation for philosophy.
A quirky note suggests Natural Tendency, nicknamed nD, may skip family ties for a base fip ball game. The line hints at a fan’s instinct to stir support and raise wind around the event, with playful phrasing on loyalty and sport.
Mr Robert W Ferguson writes of years of kidney disorder and backache. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring health and urges others to try the remedy. The advertisement emphasizes the three D's and promises relief from diseased kidneys.
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