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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1921
Page
3
Across the Northwest moccasin making declines due to leather shortages and store shoe supply. White man’s footwear and high-laced boots replace traditional styles for hunting and daily use. University of Washington plans a continental moccasin collection. an expedition departs to gather specimens.
In Shanghai a court opened a 200 year old grave mound to settle land ownership between Sung Chui-Dong and Yih Woo-Zoong. Tablets showed a Chinese couple under the Emperor Kiang Hed. findings identified the graves as the defendant's family, and Sung's petition was dismissed.
A new sewing machine innovation features a steel arm carrying the shuttle and feed with a ball at its end reducing about twenty pads and cutting maintenance costs. The design lowers power needs and allows circular seaming for socks and other articles.
Norwegian scientist M Stormer photographed the aurora borealis in May across several sites in Norway. By comparing these images with known stars he calculated the aurora’s height at 312% miles, implying the atmosphere extends at least that distance above Earth.
The Chinese Society for the Protection of Life proposes a Shanghai ordinance to imprison reckless motorists. The punishment would be decided by the court and carried out in a room with a waxfigure of the victim to deter deaths and accidents.
A substantial prize is offered for the first flight from Auckland to Wellington in a New Zealand built air plane by a New Zealander. The contest invites local pilots and emphasizes national aircraft development.
Uruguay authorizes United States experts to conduct studies for underground telephone conduits in Montevideo. The move aims to modernize telecommunications infrastructure and improve urban connectivity through planned buried lines and modern duct systems.
The article portrays Asia Minor as fertile and food abundant with prices far lower than American levels. It notes wheat and livestock thriving under Kemalists and Greek advances toward Angora, while water remains scarce in southern areas forcing soldiers to traverse arid desert and barren hills without reliable supply.
In Bremerton Washington a seething mass of salmon filled the 1100 foot dry dock as the Bear revenue cutter and Navy personnel worked to remove them. Salmon leaped the slick sides while workers helped to gather the catch and clear the dock creating a strong odor of fish in the Navy Yard area. Earlier a shark was kept in the dock causing further drills and excitement for the crews.
The Bolshevik education minister forbids mentioning fairies and princely heroes in tales for children. Fairy tales must be replaced with stories of scientists and leaders serving humanity. Aladdin is to be shown as a prince and oppressor, not a benevolent hero.
Chilean coal mines show rapid development with about 2,000,000 tons produced annually. New mines yield better coal than older ones, and operations can expand. Most coal is used domestically by manufacturers, but continued growth could cover both home needs and exports.
Danish earth containing fossilized diutgis is milled into bricks in Colchester England. The bricks claim fireproof and soundproof qualities. A Frewen cavity brick variant uses 1,800 hollow units to replace 20,000 ordinary bricks, allowing constant air circulation through walls.
A new musical instrument combines piano like keys with tones resembling a mix of strings and guitar. early demonstrations show versatile timbres that imitate multiple instruments in a single portable device.
After three years of war devastation in Serbia most schools were destroyed and teachers killed or incapacitated. In under two years Serbians rebuilt the system crowded classes remain common yet schooling resumes with high teaching standards, few books or furnishings, and ongoing reconstruction efforts.
An old health column extols drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast. It claims the practice cleanses the stomach liver and bowels of toxins and bile, cures indigestion and constipation, improves appetite and complexion, and costs little.
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