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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
4
Paper Clothes in Japan Fashion Take Modern Turn
An expert notes Japan uses paper kimonos made from wood pulp. The garments resemble silk in look and feel, selling around 1.50 dollars. The softer pliable paper drapes gracefully and could become everyday wear if adopted widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
Japan
New York Evening Post
Sugar Company Plans Mexican Beet Worker Hub Near Montrose
A major Colorado sugar firm orders 25 stall frame buildings on the outskirts of Montrose to house Mexican beet workers for next spring. The plan aims to retain the influx of experienced workers who arrived this year, reducing drift to other districts and avoiding a shortage of experienced labor in the beet fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Beet Sugar Company
Colorado
Montrose
Mexico
Wyoming Woman Suffrage Timeline and Pride
The Philadelphia Ledger recounts Wyoming’s 51 year history of women gaining equal rights since the territory era. It notes protests over statehood in 1890 and the vow to wait a century rather than abandon suffrage, highlighting the enduring struggle and pioneering stance of Wyoming men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel
Wyoming
Territory
Statehood
Congress
Union
Philadelphia Ledger
Browne’s Day with Umbrellas Ends in Amusing Mixup
The Browne family owned many umbrellas in need of repair. On the way to the office Browne took them to mend. At lunch he borrowed a lady’s umbrella, apologized, and returned it. Later he sat beside the umbrella owner on a streetcar and she teased him about his day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browne
Whistler’s Early Pose and a Mona Lisa Question
The passage notes Whistler adopting a public pose early in his career while a student copying famous works at the Louvre. A fellow artist discovers him finishing a Mona Lisa copy and compliments the work. Whistler replies that he is pleased and asks what will become of the original, in his characteristic quizzical style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Louvre
Boston Transcript
Campaign to hunt beluga whales in Brittany using nets and poison tubes
The French Oceanographic Society led a campaign from Douarnenez to Concarneau in Brittany to curb beluga damage to fisheries. Nets and poison tubes were employed, with a 1100 yard net at Douarnenez and another near Concarneau. sardine boat skippers also used 4000 poison tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douarnenez
Concarneau
Brittanny
French
Oceanograph Society
Concarnean
Indianapolis News
Prayer Plea For Tenant At Episcopal Healing Service
A St Louis church healing service read a plea from a woman asking prayers to soften an ex tortionate landlord's heart. About 300 attendees at Christ Church cathedral listened as the letter described rent advances and looming eviction. Reverend Rufus D Pitney directed the service with a period of silent prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Healing Mission
Christ Church Cathedral
Rufus D
Pitney
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Rubbing It In Cross examination ends with nodding witness
Prosecution pressurizes the defense witness as the lawyer demands an answer. The witness admits nodding but cannot indicate the direction of the nod. The courtroom atmosphere turns tense as the exchange reveals the witness’s confusion and the judge weighs the proceeding.
Air Propellers On Cars Reach Experimental Stage
Reports say air driven cars are being tested in Europe and have shown satisfactory results. The power from air propellers may allow high speed freight cars on rails with propellers at front and rear. Also mentions a tornado warning and local talk about weather damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Kansas City Star
We Should Move Dolly Says Inferred Debt Sum
A teaching scene recounted in the Edinburgh Scotsman shows a new girl named Dolly being instructed on debts. The teacher calculates creditors including a butcher, bootmaker, milkman and coal merchant with pounds shillings pence and farthings, prompting Dolly to respond with confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly
Edinburgh
The Profitable Kind Seer Wants to Deal in Futures
A quip pictures a financier seeking profit through foresight. The dialogue pairs ambition with irony as the speaker vows to become a seer who trades in futures.
Quote Exchange on Teeth and Birth Defects
A humorous exchange reflects on tooth pain and the awkward idea of being born without teeth. One character cites that authority may say most people are born with teeth. The line then playfully considers the inevitability of dental features.
No Necessity
A brief exchange notes starting a society to discourage buying at present prices. A counterpoint proposes that discouraging purchases may in itself be unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman
London
Benefits of Vacations for Workers and Employers
The piece argues that short rest periods boost worker vitality and output, noting that vacation adoption has become widespread. It contends that a two week break per year improves work quality and profits, and that employers, not fools, grant vacations for gain.
Potato Wizard in Connecticut Reveals Quick Grown Spuds
William H. Sheldon, a Connecticut farmer on the Housatonic River, claims a method to hasten potato growth. He uses an incubator like warm room racks to sprout 20 bushels of storage potatoes, then transplants sprouts into fields with fertilizer and ground preparation to produce earlier markets and higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
William H. Sheldon
Sheldon
Transatlantic line adds trained nurses aboard ships
The Kennebec Journal notes a line now employs trained nurses on its ocean vessels and warns that such luxuries may price moderate travelers out of crossing the sea due to rising costs.
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Kennebec Journal
Market Hopes for Cheaper Cars and Steaks Stir Boston Lobster Buzz
A clipped op-ed notes autos will soon be affordable for the poor and chuck steak prices may drop. Boston excitement grows over a three foot lobster, with town residents joking about unusually small people.
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Boston
Variety the Spice of Meals
Yonkers States man notes that meals vary by day with some days two meals some days one or none. The exchange highlights casual dining habits and the idea of fluctuating food availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
The Woolworth Building Height and Specs
The Woolworth Building in New York claimed as the tallest in the world rises 792 feet 1 inch above the sidewalk. It stands 58 stories with the tower from the 34th to the 60th floor, totaling 409 feet in height for the upper tower. The structure contains several acres of floor space.
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Woolworth Buiding
Woolworth
New York
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