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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
6
Mud Hornet Captures Spider by Trick on Lake Hopatcong
On Lake Hopatcong a mud hornet entangles itself in a spider web and after a daring feint paralyzes and seizes a spider. The hornet stores live prey in a mud pocket for its young, keeping the spiders alive until larvae feed come spring. The account notes the spiders’ fate and the hornet’s hunting habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Hopatcong
Hudson Maxim
North American Review
Call to Speed Up Hidden Talent in Readers
A Pennsylvania Grit excerpt urges individuals to push beyond average performance. It argues many underperform due to never testing their limits and daily life avoiding great demands. The piece claims real potential awakens during a forced speed up and full activation of inner reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Beyond Repair In Boston Friends Split and Repair
In Boston a friendship may fracture and later heal but a split infinitive remains unrepaired as a playful line from the Florida Times Union notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Florida Times-Union
Roman military efficiency showcased by ancient grain rations
Readies from 11 B C show Roman general staff sent grain and rations along the Rhine and Lippe. Earthen pots hold meals of bread, fish, snails and fruit like peaches. A 1 000 Budd era note from Bagatur Chigil complains of commissary shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Julius Caesar
Rhine
Lippe
People
India
Bagatur Chigil
Bagui
Posts of honor and danger in a soldier's row
The speaker reflects on setting fence posts to endure winter storms and stock crowding, citing a boss's advice about taking responsibility. He connects Tim Titcomb's idea that national duty makes honorable posts also risky, and states the line that posts of honor require courage and care in facing conflict with Robert Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Titcomb
Robert Russell
Senators' Peculiar Affliction Detected In Cloakroom Remark
A U S senator joked that after a few months in the senate one develops a retina disease that makes him unable to see anyone but himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Fifty Fifty Biscuits and Substitutes for Wheat
United States Department of Agriculture circular No. AM1 describes fifty fifty substitutes for wheat in bread making. It includes recipes for fifty fifty biscuits using corn meal soy beans peanuts or rice flour with two cups white flour and directions to mix roll cut and bake in a hot oven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
United States Department of Agriculture
Hannah TL. Wessling
Poultry Advice on Crate Fattening and House Sanitation
Farmers report crate fattening yields for many old hens and suggest elevating coops on blocks to shade growing chicks. Clean feeding dishes daily, disinfect with boiling water, and use creolin for mites and fleas. Use lice ointment or powder for lice, paint roosts to combat mites, and favor green feed for chicks.
Cheerfulness Overdone on the Nexdoor Neighbors
Two neighbors share a ride home and gossip about Mrs Nexdoor and Mr Nexdoor. Robinson recalls the couple’s bright outlook, then recounts Nexdoor accidentally lighting his cigar and choking, while Mrs Nexdoor calmly says they were fortunate to discover it quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ye-os
Mr. Robinson
Nexdoor
Robinson
Finishing Touches: Flowers Elevate Home Beauty
The piece emphasizes flowers as a crucial finishing touch in home decor. It notes many have beautiful houses and furnishings, but true charm comes from the woman who expresses her soul through delicate details and floral touches.
Work and endurance in life and labor
The quote reflects on the constancy of nature amid change and the value of work. It argues that work endures through misery or happiness, and that work provides a firm grip on realities beyond one’s own fate, illustrating George Eliot’s view on effort and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
Machine Shreds Paper to Make Packing Material
A new shredder converts waste paper into a soft packing material as a substitute for excelsior. Firms adopting the device cut shipping costs by using shredded paper to cushion fragile goods.
Clerks Strike for Wives and Higher Pay in New York
In New York on October 18, 600 grocery clerks struck demanding private rooms to marry and start families, 15 dollar weekly pay and an 11 hour day. Organizer David Brodsky says the action foreshadows a broader movement of 50 000 New York clerks. In Deming New Mexico the same date reports cattle rustling threats met with penalties as the Panhandle and Southwestern Stock Raisers Association enacts stricter controls with rangers and spotters to curb thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David Brodsky
Clerks’ Union
Deming
N. M
Panhand'e and
Southwestern Stock Raisers’ Association
Three-Cent Postal Rate to England
Washington reports Great Britain agrees to modify the postal treaty setting a three cent letter rate for nearly all foreign mail now stamped two cents. The higher rate will allow the United States to collect an extra one cent tax to fund the war effort. The three cent rate takes effect November 2.
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England
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Five Germans Arrested In NYC Shipyard
Five German workers at a New York City shipyard were arrested by Department of Justice agents and sent to Ellis Island for questioning over alleged violations of President Wilsons wartime employment proclamation targeting enemy aliens in industries related to national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Department of Justice
Ellis Island
Wilson
Jurors drawn for October term Common Pleas Court
Jurors have been drawn for the October term beginning the fourth Monday in October. The list includes August Anderson Eldred township farmer J W Armstrong Warren grocer Charles Bauer Waren 6th ward laborer A E Botchford Warren 1st ward supt G Glenn Brockway War ren 5th ward etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
August Anderson
Farmer
Eldred
J. W. Armstrong
Warren
Charles Bauer
Waren
A. E. Botchford
G. Glenn Brockway
A. H. Brush
Sheffield
Walter Bowell
George Brown
Mead Township
Elwood Brooks
Pittsfield
E. Carlson
Elk Town
Eagle Hut Opens as London YMCA Headquarters
Ambassador Page and Admiral Simms addressed Americans at the London Strand opening of Eagle Hut a social headquarters for soldiers. The YMCA work accompanies the war effort in Europe as the first American army detachment lands on British soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Young Men’s Christian Association
London
Strand
Ambassador Page
Admiral Simms
Oddities of heat and bravado in quirky headlines
A Philadelphia dog hid under an ice box during a heat wave. In Kaukuana Wisconsin two men kissed the American flag ten times before onlookers as punishment for an insult. A Los Angeles man, scorned, nearly ended his life by self harm while brooding on imagination. An Atlanta girl reportedly with a skull so hard that a bullet she faced while walking the woods was flattened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Kaukuana
Wis
Atlanta
Georgia Belle Weds Soldier by Phone in Romance
Lieut. James O. Taylor of the 167th Infantry married Miss Ruby R. Knight of Bainbridge by telephone. He was at Camp Mills New York and she at home. the Rev Shers officiated. It is described as one of the most remarkable romances on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. Taylor
167Th Infantry
Dan Cupid
Ruby R. Knight
Bainbridge, Ga
Camp Mills
New York
Shers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howard Chandler Christy
The
Food Administration
Int'l Press Bureau
Common .Pleas
F. J. Crowe
Columbus
Charles Dilker
Milton Ellis
Frank Foreman
Spring Creek Township
F. A. Gilbert
Youngsville
William Grossenburg
C. E. Huff
Sheffield Township
C.F. Higgins
J. P Hauser
John E. Johnson
Lewis Lauffenberger
Pleasant Township
G. A. Levine
Tidioute
S. C. Lyons
John Loomis
Grand Valley
Fred Mathis
Arthur R. Probst
M. P. Peel
Warren Phillips
Glade Township
C. A. Rice
C. C. Russell
H. L. Raymond
A. W. Speckman
Conewang Township
S. E. Schuler
Stillman
Clarendon
George Spade
Arthur Smith
Conewango
H. P. Stone
F. P. Schuler
William Stickney
Merchat
Spring Creek
Mike Scully
O. J. Wynn
M. A. Wright
Farmington Township
C. R. York
Conewango Township
Eagle Hut
Los Angeles
Cal
Haig
France
Douglass Haig
Ministry of Munitions
Georgia Belle
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