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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
3
The piece argues that housing groups often exhibit uncontrolled variety in design, with diverse styles, colors, and materials that clash within a neighborhood. It suggests that harmony in line, form, and material can create a more homelike, balanced, and artistic streetscape without sacrificing individuality.
A resident uses Tron pipe inches in diameter as a sprinkler to water a dry area between sidewalk and street curb. He lines the pipe along the building, drilling holes and piping water through to protect the sidewalk. The article notes tight joints and plugs for connections to post supports.
A reflection on trees improving urban life through shade and beauty contrasts with news of a large dredge built for Neville Street in Pittsburgh. The dredge lowers a ladder to 50 feet, extracts sand and gravel, and deposits it to barges via a revolving deck screen, showcasing industrial progress alongside nature’s value.
A London scene shows a man in civilian dress offering a woman help. She rejects favors from a hacker, while a caller named Mudhim recalls Gallipoli and a shortage of powder that might have changed the Constantinople outcome, per the Boston Transcript.
The United States Department of Agriculture and War Department promote remount breeding in Vermont, New Hampshire, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Mare owners breed to registered stallions with a government option on costs at three years old for ten dollars, with no service fee unless the colt is released.
In improving beef cattle, emphasis is placed on developing the body parts that yield high priced cuts. These key points should guide the selection of breeding animals to maximize desirable traits.
The piece describes American soldiers before going into combat in France. It notes a shift from horseplay to solemn resolve, praising courage and patriotism. It highlights Y M C A singers lifting spirits, soldiers’ reluctance to sing mushy tunes, and a colonel's remark on the soldiers’ hidden gentleness.
Albany, N Y. Joseph Carroll, blinded, appeared before a local draft board urged to be allowed to serve. He told doctors and psychologists he could still help Uncle Sam and insisted he be given a chance to obtain a Kaiser weapon in some capacity.
A British Bristol fighter took off about 1 30 p m with both occupants dead and flew for two hours before petrol exhaustion ended the mission. The British airmen, at 8500 feet, engaged a German Albatross after initial maneuvers. Despite multiple attacks, the enemy aircraft escaped as the Bristol continued southward until its fuel ran out.
Two German allied airmen on a Bristol fighter were shot as their craft fell back and crashed about twenty miles west of Arras. The machine, initially steady, veered and circled before dropping, its petrol tank empty. Both occupants died from bullet wounds, with the bodies found in the wreck.
Mrs. Mazzenstaub, a 100 year old German native from Bavaria, cannot speak English but purchased a $100 Liberty bond and expressed a wish to see the Kaiser stopped before her centennial birthday in January.
In Leavenworth Kansas a fourth grade geography class saw a picture of Kaiser Wilhelm torn from a book by boys while girls covered the face with paper. The teacher smiled and did not punish. A state law in Kansas prohibits destroying public school books.
The Germania Verein of Oklahoma City has spent its remaining $100 treasury on Liberty bonds, officers report. The society had previously invested $400 in the first loan.
A gravely ill man, stating he will die soon, dropped $450 in cash at a Liberty Bond booth and told a clerk he drew the money from the bank to give to Uncle Sam, insisting he did not want bonds. He left quickly without leaving a name.
Roland Hill reports the Canadian cavalry, fighting with French allies, charged a German battery and held positions north of Moreuil, crucial in saving Amiens. General Rawlinson praised their capture of Bolg de Morell and Rithe Wood as pivotal, noting the two woods could have doomed Amiens. New York abolishes 88 Gary schools 131 economy measure.
London reports that William Puller, described as a specialist in padded wells, was granted military exemption by tribunals. His firm Ilefem is the sole English maker of padded cells for asylums and hospitals, with urgent orders noted by the tribunal. Also mentioned is a three legged ladder inventor claiming safety on uneven surfaces.
A Paper Controller has been established in Great Britain, a move generating excitement in publishing and newspaper circles though less public chatter than food rationing. The official is Hi A Vernet, a director at the Underground Electric Railways company, overseeing the new measure.
Mica proves excellent for shaping mirrors to concentrate X rays while glass fails due to roughness at minute X-ray scales. X rays diffract off surfaces like light, so smooth mineral crystals offer the right reflectivity and can be split into thin sheets for practical use.
The Gulf Stream is described as faster than the Amazon and more impetuous than the Mississippi with a volume over a thousand times greater. The piece adds a cynical line about Heaven aiding those who pretend they are happier than they are.
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