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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
11
The article notes vast historic logging of black walnut and other trees in the state, burning much of the wood and leaving land worth little. It discusses substitutions like cement and paper, the cost quality tradeoffs in pulp from spruce, and hopes that crossbreeding and rapid reforestation could yield extensive future tree crops within decades.
Weather Bureau notes from 1780 to present show no permanent shift in mean temperature. A compiled table cites warmest periods ending 1800 1810 and 1920 with coldest decades following. Individual months reveal coldest January 1857 and coldest February eight years after warmest, with other months similarly showing late cold records.
Henry V S White outlines a new two bladed feathering paddle wheel device driven by a 120 hp motor. The model weighs 8.5 pounds and, when oriented for vertical lift, raises itself from a fixed beam. in other settings it can rotate or pull the machine downward.
A historical note describes repairing a wheel crack by heating glue, filling with a mixture, smoothing the gelatine flush with leather, and applying one or two coats of 40 percent formaldehyde to harden the patch making it waterproof and water resistant.
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