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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1920
Page
1
The Cuba sugar crop is expected to yield about 4,000,000 tons with growers expecting payments between 75 million and 900 million dollars. The article notes Cuba's small land area and population, contrasts sugar with attention to cotton in the South, and compares the potential wealth to two years of global gold production, highlighting the global distribution of this sugar income.
Dr William W Graves of St Louis reports no observable change in human shoulder blades over 6000 years. He compared Vespiian and Ulineis tribes to modern humans and found similar shoulder blade structures. Graves studied 1500 shoulder blades from animals to classify differences and noted vertebral borders align across species. He withheld conclusions on Diloin River Indians’ skeletons dated 4069 to 6000 years, citing insufficient proof of inhabitants’ full physical similarity to ancient exypeans.
Fairy baskets are made from large base nuts tiberta or peach pits with soaked filberts. pieces are carved with a knife to form a hollow handle and decorative notches. The hollow is cleaned and threaded on a strand of grass seed or similar cord to be displayed in a sunny window.
A London dispatch reports the Society of Meat Porters notes Britons eat 33 percent less meat than before the war. Annual UK meat use fell from about 1,300,000 tons to 1,200,000 tons due to high costs. Englishmen and Englishwomen remain fond of meat but cannot afford to eat as much as before.
A Kansas City Star report describes Luther Linkenhooper as a wild-eyed man clad in a red blue quilt, perched in a treetop and crying honk. Neighbors recount his odd actions stemming from fragmented wills and second-hand hootinannies, while locals doubt such a car exists.
United States marines garrisoning new possessions of Uncle Sam struggle to understand the fashions affecting their attire. The note highlights practical needs and evolving uniform concerns as imperial expansion shapes dress choices for enlisted men.
A Bt Thomas Virgin Islands correspondent reports on climate and fashion, noting natives wear many garments despite heat. New soldiers and visitors are teased for heavy dress, with locals and travelers exchanging cast-off clothing. Holiday festivities feature residents in multiple layers, horns and bandanas, reflecting unusual attire customs.
An evocative sketch describes a London inn called the Merwald on Friday Street with a sign depicting an enchanting Mermaid. The room lists famous men like Ben Jonson, Beaumont, and Carew Donne gathered there, while hints of Shakespeare’s wit and rivalries fill the scene.
The Royal Society and U S protection funds urge Helgoland be set aside as a bird reserve for migratory species along Europe’s coast. The island’s small size belies its strategic position in migratory routes, with references to varied gem and mineral descriptions from different mines.
An authority links fewer horses to farm economics as crop prices outpace livestock returns, questioning future work. The piece then surveys De Beers mines in Kimberley: large white and yellow stones from the Great Kimberley mine, and notable yellow diamonds from Dutostspan, white and spotted stones from Bultfontein.
In 1016 the Rockefeller foundation sent a sanitary commission to Ecuador to arrange with the government to take responsibility for eradicating yellow fever from Guayaquil. The proposal was accepted June 10, 1018 when a celebrated bacteriologist arrived and began work. He discovered the germ causing yellow fever and his work promised a preventive and a cure.
Washington February 28 another element was brought into the Senate debate on the Versailles treaty today by Senator Kellogg of Minnesota a mild reservationist when congratulated Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska the administration leader
Irreconcilables leader Borah rumors of a new alliance to block ratification surface on the Senate floor as Kellogg cites reports of Republican Kellogg and Nebraska Senator planning to vote against the treaty with possible cross party support.
Ernest Zeilsdorf was pinned by an 18 inch butt tree and left apparently dead, taken from the blanket by workers to the lumber shack. Zeilsdorf called out as he was found, his nose broken but no bones. John Hill of OsKosh saw the tree fall and twelve men moved the tree from his body.
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