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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
4
The Warren Mau reports Hoover’s claim that food administration passes buck to public on price reductions. The piece notes wholesale cuts not fully passed to retail and questions presidential power and action amid milk crisis and general shortages. Albany Knickerbocker Press commentary echoes demand for real steps.
The narrator describes a vast alpine scene from Laurier Pass north to the Liard region, noting a massive three-summit mountain with a sweeping glacier that colors the Quadachu river valley white. He predicts the glacier could rank as one of the Rockies’ largest, surpassing nearby peaks in finlay country.
The Jamestown Post notes the Pennsylvania Gas Company questions customers on winter fuel prep while Erie Railroad faces a Public Service Commission inquiry over train service between Jamestown and Buffalo. The piece recalls how locals could switch to trolley routes to Westfield for frequent trains.
Washington reports the United States will issue a second Liberty loan of 3 billion dollars to cover up to June 30 1918 as part of a total war bill of 20 billion. Total costs to date estimate 98.815 billion across all sides, with Britain and allies bearing large shares. Germany Austria Turkey and Bulgaria show lower but sizable expenditures.
Margaret Steele Anderson contrasts beauty with loveliness, noting beauty's grand scope from art and epic works to grand faces, while loveliness covers intimate, human charm. She cites Shakespearean heroines like Juliet, Rosalind, Beatrix, Miranda, Portia, Olivia, Viola, Celia, and Cordelia as examples of varying degrees of loveliness versus beauty.
The white breasted nuthatch is described as the steeplejack of the forest able to descend trunks headfirst and perform dizzy feats. It outpaces squirrels in tree trunk antics and braves bitter cold, a cheerful emblem of winter despite its quiet nature.
The article describes sea lion acts featuring balancing balls, baton tricks, and tank dives. Performers often vary routines, using horns drums and bells to create noise while lions execute common stunts and navigate ladders or entrances.
Marshal Joffre and General Pershing visited American troops in France delivering an upbeat address. Joffre praised U S efforts, urged unity with the Allies, and lauded the fledgling American war machine as it marches toward eventual victory. Thousands cheered as Joffre and Pershing rode through camps and reviewed the well conditioned soldiers.
One thousand enlisted sailors will train in New York City's hotels to fill cook shortages in the navy and transport service. Oscar Tschirsky of the Waldorf plans to assign ten sailors to his kitchen, with crews of ten or more soon placed in the Claridge, the McAlpin, and other hotels.
A fragile yellow silk pennant of the Earls of Marchmont with St Andrew’s cross and the lion rampant, dating to the 14th or 15th century, was bought by a Scottish map maker in Glasgow and will stay in Scotland.
Charles Bowers, a local farmer near Columbus Indiana, reports a corn stalk reaching 16 feet 1 inch tall with a circumference over 5 inches. The stalk bears two ears, each about 13.44 inches long.
The Minneapolis Journal notes ventilation is crucial in modern battleships. Complex steel compartments house officers, coal, stores, and systems. Primary concern is boiler and engine rooms where crews endure extreme heat, requiring steam-driven fans and properly placed supply and exhaust air paths to prevent gas explosions from coal bunkers.
A fifty acre jungle farm on the edge of New York City supplies the world’s zoo with year round food. It serves over 5,000 captive beasts including carnivores and herbivores with crops and breeding houses for chickens rabbits mice pigeons and more.
An experienced aviator describes flying as a fierce inner bond not tied to machines. Pilots reject luck labels and judge themselves by survival and skill. The piece notes young pilots training at airdromes and the unique pride of self-reliance in aviation.
A housekeeper revived a discolored floor by hard scrubbing with naphtha soap and washing soda, in small sections. Cracks can be filled with sawdust and glue or a newsprint pulp paste mixed with flour and water, then darkened with burnt umber as needed.
A peculiar hickory tree on the J H Bowersox farm near Goheenville Pennsylvania grows as a large hook with all branches forming on the underside of the elbow. The tree stands about 24 feet tall to the hook tip on church land owned by the Lutheran congregation.
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