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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
3
Ts pledged to serve as active business agent for Arizona in Washington. He vows incessant effort for pro growth legislation and to make Arizona the brightest star among states. He cites 1908 record securing statehood and placing the 48th star on the flag. He seeks support for this pledge.
The long idolized Deadwood Dick dies in Glendale California at seventy five. He lived in the shadow of past glory while readers recall adventures hauling gold by stage through deserts and danger. His legacy endures as generations remember his mythic exploits rather than factual deeds.
The 1919 Danish peat industry shows peat now fuels nearly all industries and rural users. Twelve million peat bricks were taken from Odense marshes in 1918, with 1919 production likely much higher. Svendborg's electrical works used peat gas instead of oil, while locomotive use required larger boilers and produced sparks. Government price caps hindered output amid several failures, though peat quality and knowledge have improved over five years.
Under the selective draft law registrants underwent two physical exams one by local draft boards and another by army surgeons. Analysis shows country boys and whites outperform city and colored registrants while native born gain more soldiers than those born abroad. For 100 000 people these gaps equal about 4750 and 240 respectively and 3500 equivalent to a full infantry regiment.
Nellie and her mother, new visitors in La Jolla near San Diego, see a museum sign announcing a man eating shark with fifteen cents admission. Hours later they pass again, and Nellie wonders if the shark still being fed, prompting a curious exchange.
Washington hosts 42 accredited representatives of foreign governments. Many unofficial nationalists seek recognition, including representatives of the Irish, Ukrainians, Armenians, Lithuanians and Albanians. Monaco and San Marino are the only two smallest republics without representatives.
Edward M. Nelson in the English Mechanic reports visible Venusian polar caps last June using a three inch refractor at power 180. The caps are described as intensely white, resembling Aristarchus on the Moon. A similar observation comes from M Flammarion’s Javisy Brance observatory.
A government housing unit near Union Station in Washington is occupied by a stout colored woman who has turned it into a small hotel for Black patrons. Over the door hangs a sign reading The Annex. She explains there is no other hotel. she chose Annex for its high-toned sound.
The method uses a boiler with cold water rising to bottle necks placed on a stove heated to 145 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature is held for 30 minutes then bottles are cooled under running water and kept sealed until serving. Pasteurization kills disease causing germs.
A Sumatra custom links a widow’s remarriage to wind strength. After a husband’s death she raises a flag at the door. until the flag tears, mourning ends not. The first small rent in the flag allows her to marry the first suitor who appears.
The piece traces the idea of a scientific measurement system to the 17th century French astronomer Jean Picard. It notes the French national assembly developed the system in 1760 and made its use compulsory in 1801.
The text asserts wealth is built not by luck or grand ventures but by steady industry frugality and economy. It argues that reliance on these virtues prevents destitution, while dependence on other methods often leads to bankruptcy, as stated by Francis Wayland.
A teacher instructs Margaret to complete a design at home using yarn and cardboard. She returns with a half finished project and explains she ran out of time, not yarn, prompting gentle humor about the pun.
Folkloric note says snails forecast weather as they crawl openly signaling fair skies, while seeking shelter under grass or twigs indicates rain on the way.
The piece argues selfishness fades while lives dedicated to the common good leave lasting legacy. It claims utopian ideals drive humane progress as individuals uplift others from drudgery to dignity and shared comfort.
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