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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
2
A detailed report on plywood as a stronger than steel alternative for aircraft wings and other products. It explains the flat layup process, waterproof glues, and testing showing far higher strength per weight than solid wood and potential for replacing solid materials in doors tables chairs and millwork.
Department of Commerce Secretary discusses the alien question noting some visitors stay long and seek wealth. A traveler nicknamed Bill Smith lingers, returns with a generous farewell dinner, then vanishes from the Vanderpelts' bills as they learn his meal cost them the entire bill.
The selection contrasts personal grit with public display as a test of character. It shifts to agrarian life explaining how growing and harvesting sugar cane relies on sun, water, and deep soil with manual cutting and processing toward a mill.
About 290 English diamond cutters fled religious persecution and migrated to Amsterdam where they remained. The note recalls the craft as the finest in the world and mentions that around 3,000 pieces of glass and crockery are broken on each voyage.
Mary Heaton Vorse recalls the pressure of writing inscriptions for signed volumes. She describes the terrible blankness and the struggle to craft a memorable front page message for collectors and a public expected to pay high for autographs. She notes the tension between creativity and demand in the authorial act.
Officials in Mexico City report stalled negotiations with petroleum interests since the regime change. Proposed concessions include nullifying Carranza era laws and reactivating preexisting regulations, with Mexico threatening to suspend money orders to the United States over a roughly $500 000 balance.
Dr John Michelson arrives as physician and companion at Hartley House a mansion with a murder past and a haunted pool. Jed the dominant butler schemes while Isobel and John fall for each other amid discoveries of danger and threats within the household.
In Hartley house Isobel Sidney asserts independence with a frank plan to marry the doctor yet confronts her mother’s distress. The household shifts as Jed's danger looms while Isobel drives toward freedom, with the doctor balancing duty, love, and danger amid a tense, unspoken engagement.
A discussion traces the lotus from ancient Egyptian and Indian origins to its sacred status among Egyptians and its influence on architecture and art. The piece notes the tubers of the Egyptian lotus and its symbolism of creation, while highlighting its prominence in Japanese art and decorative motifs.
Revised war department figures list 583 American casualties in Europe among twistors and aviators with the AEF and allied forces. Classifications include 208 killed in combat 145 prisoners 152 wounded in action 41 killed in action 29 missing 25 injured in action plus notes on fox squirrels nests and flat feet symptoms and a juvenile menace about boys planning to whip men.
The article describes blister beetles Cantharides used to produce cantharidin for hair growth through skin blisters, noting their collection in Europe and processing steps. It also reports King George reverting to feudal wage payments in England, with laborers on estates to receive in kind goods, food, tobacco, beer, and clothing allowances, while most accept the plan as a remedy to high prices.
One of 301 Boy Scouts selected from an active 400000 to represent the United States in the jamboree of 84 nations in England. They sail on the US army transport Pocahontas from New York, ages fifteen to eighteen, many Eagle Scouts, a two month tour including Paris and Belgian battlefields as guests of governments.
New York state Boy scouts cooperate with the National Thrift Bag league headquartered at No. 1 Park Place Albany to distribute large paper bags for collecting waste to benefit blind education. Collections run all summer with scouts delivering bags and red tags while collectors may not take money or solicit donations.
The Boy Scouts of America hold its annual conference for scout executives September 15 to 22 at the Palisades camp in the Hudson area. Two thousand two hundred will gather to view large scale camping and meet top leaders, exploring how scouting can be done with higher standards and greater service.
At the invitation of the United States forestry service, Pasadena scouts laid 1100 feet of 50 foot wide firebreak through oak and hardwood brush to protect the Pasadena watershed. The ranger called the experiment a success, highlighting the boys practical experience in firebreak construction and their appreciation of watershed protection. Each scout supplied a blanket and ten cents for fare. the government covered other costs and provided extra blankets.
North Anson Maine Troop 1 built a wood pile for an invalid clergyman. Lafayette Hill Pennsylvania Troop 1 erected seventeen bird houses and tended the church flower plot. Oconomowoc Wisconsin Troop 1 planted trees in the city park and helped widows and the sick. Palo Alto California Troop 2 ran a paper drive raising 400 for a dental clinic. Omaha Nebraska Troop 11 helped clean the town after a tornado. Birmingham Alabama Troop 29 provided a needy family a month of food. Eunice Alabama Troop 1 celebrated ten years with a week of good turns and a theater demonstration on boy scout usefulness. The scouts saved two major buildings from fire and the mayor named the troop an auxiliary of the fire department.
A wartime style admonition stresses that a boy must learn to obey patrol leaders before commanding. It urges a strong, noble discipline to endure hardships and avoid ignoble acts. The article notes that over one hundred women serve on town councils in Sweden.
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