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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
6
A compendium of curiosities presents measurements and historic notes from physics to botany. It cites Rhine length 10 miles and Antwerp cathedral seats, steam expansion 1728, rain and weather links, and long lived monarchs. It also mentions the Philippines flower size, rabbit population growth, and ballot origin.
Mrs. Helen Irvin was appointed special assistant to Miss Mary Van Kleeck at the U S Department of Labor's Women in Industry service. She will focus on economic issues affecting Negro women wage earners and work with Dr. George B Haynes. Irvin, Howard and Philadelphia School of Domestic Science graduate, has taught domestic science and home economics, directed girls manual training, and contributed to the Democracy Triumphant pageant.
Secretary Lane in the annual Interior report calls for arid and swamp land development to provide soldier farms and for public schools to stress trades and national unity. He proposes government land development, sale of farms to veterans on long terms, and wider irrigation projects to create jobs and curb urban migration.
Centennial anniversary marking the birth of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Lincoln, is noted with events and commemorations today. The item also lists a rush of today’s public ceremonies across cities and political and cultural gatherings.
Vermont elder statesman Senator William P. Dillingham marks his seventy fifth birthday. He has long served in Congress and previously governed Vermont, following a career as state's attorney and legislator. Born in Waterbury he studied law in Wisconsin and built a public life focused on education and temperance.
The entry lists 1818 birth of Robert Newton a pioneering breast surgery innovator born in Gallipolis Ohio and died in New York City October 9 1881. It notes 1870 surrender to Germans in Phisburg, 1887 Moscow University riot closure, and 1888 Southern Interstate Immigration Convention meeting at Mongonery Alabama.
A compact timeline notes 1894 the death of Sir John Thompson at Windsor Castle. 1911 King George crowned emperor at Delhi Durbar. 1914 Montenegro occupies Vishegrad. 1915 Wilton notes Austria on Aeneona matter made public. 1916 von Bethmann Hollweg vows peace talks as Mohileff battle continues and British General Byng repels German attack west of Cambrai.
A compact peeling machine uses a revolving drum with roughened perforated interior and a 1 3 horsepower motor to peel up to 40 pounds of potatoes in three to four minutes. The device is lowered into a wooden container for operation.
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