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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1920
Page
7
A sprawling, fragmented Ohio news page reports a rash of robberies, shootings, fires, and fatal accidents. Notable items mention Akron laws, Newark burials, Cleveland grafts, and Martins Ferry mill closures tied to labor and crime actions, with many individual names and places.
A father crafts a story to Nick and Nancy about fifty cats at a show. Cats boast elegance and lazily boastful nature while dogs and rats offer contrasting views. The tale hints the event funds animal aid, and a playful exchange ends with a father punishing a child for affection.
The piece surveys Manila as a growing port and urban center. It contrasts pre US arrival quiet streets with a bustling harbor economy, notes the Pasig River, the Corregidor landmark, Cavite naval history, and a floating population. It highlights commerce, street life, and a dark note about Lunette cemetery and Rizal’s execution near Wallace Field.
Three year old Hazel reports Mrs Smith’s chickens scratching in the back yard and wiping their feet on the grass. The item blends playful captions and fragmented cartoon captions from various sources.
John H. Finley explains the origin and symbolism of the name America. He recalls early printing in Vosges valley and the 16th century cosmography that proposed the name for the new continent. He contrasts America’s democratic, Copernican beginnings with Europe’s feudal past.
An article notes the coco palmeira has many uses and thrives, supplying natives with necessities while acting as a burglar alarm. It cites 365 needs though doubts modern demand. A Scots minister initially rejects a brass lectern shaped like an eagle, then jokes that the gospel will be read from the board next Sabbath.
Barbados, an island of rich resources, is noted for sugar, cotton, bananas, and molasses while offering legends like the Barbados Coffin Story. It features the Animal Flower Cave and the toxic Manchineel trees along its shores.
Nevin O Winter writes to the National Geographic Society explaining the Ukraine as a turbulent historic region spanning southeastern Russia excluding Hessarabia, with large populations in Odessa and surrounding areas. He notes semi‑colonial borders with Poland Lithuania and Russia and the allure of vast steppes across an area comparable to the German Empire in size.
The article contrasts Ukraine's seasons with vast prairies to white winters, notes few towns over a century old aside from Kiev and Kharkov, and observes distant, poorly connected settlements. It remarks on villages clustered near streams or swells to water flocks during droughts and on sparse medieval remnants beyond major cities.
Reports from African explorers claim a live brontosaurus exists in Africa prompting interest in prehistoric mega fauna. Barnum Brown cites Alberta 3,000,000 years ago hosting large reptiles including Trachodon a herbivore over 30 feet long with duck like head and 2000 teeth. they lived in marshes, mostly aquatic, with trade mark scaly skin.
A Boston concern develops giant sea sleds capable of carrying airplanes in mid ocean. Some units boast four motors totaling 1700 horsepower and speeds around 55 mph. Tests off the New England coast show takeoff possible at 40-50 mph in heavy seas. Factories in Atlantic City aid production and tests continue for military and civilian use.
A leading actress made a striking impression in the opening scene as she leaned her powdered face on the hero's black dress coat shoulder, drawing the audience's attention.
A speaker urges equal respect for youth and age and warns peers to stop meddling in young people’s affairs. He argues youths can manage themselves and fend off overprotective interference from older generations.
The Orleans, the first steamboat on western waters, was built in 1811 at Pittsburgh by Robert Fulton for Fulton & Livingston with Chancellor Livingston as partner. It sailed to Louisville, faced falls, drifted past Cincinnati, endured the New Madrid earthquake, reached New Orleans by December, and operated between New Orleans and Natchez until its 1814 wreck. Beverages are diseases that catch.
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