Elyria Reporter in Elyria, Ohio

Global snippets reveal wide range of early 1900s data trends

A collage of items shows India gold output, Oklahoma property values, cancer mortality among sailors, Ohio wage totals, and a Los Angeles pigeon farm with 15 000 birds. It notes bearded vulture wingspan, rural mail box dangers, new plant varieties in New York, and naval turbine propulsion debates. It covers fire losses in the United States, beer imports to China, French naval orders, and rising British khaki policy a decade after Boer War. It cites Overland Africa telegraph reach, large U.S. bank deposits, European tax shifts, medical school statistics, khaki changes, and funerals costs for monarchs and presidents, plus assorted quips and jokes.