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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
7
A historic report notes a marine disaster off the English coast where an oil spill from a torpedoed vessel devastated the Dead Sea fish grounds and killed shellfish and marine life. The incident leads to the collapse of local fisheries and warns of long term ecological damage.
Witnesses along Broad and Chestnut watched a man lie on a Land Title Building window ledge near a sheer drop to the pavement. He slept peacefully as injured bystanders alerted a porter and clerk who woke him and helped him back inside.
Fragmentary text discusses Latin influences on American home building and governance. It mentions Ameri, Whigs, and practical methods, with unclear references to figures like Tellin and Atmorica. The passage is garbled and lacks clear events or dates.
The nightmarish figure to the Senate shows ship losses towering to about 30 million dollars. The John D. Peterson steamship, insured for 770 thousand in 1914, rose dramatically as wartime demands rail against the fleet. Losses total around 30 million dollars amid the ongoing conflict and government actions.
Details emerge of a World War I era facility near New Jersey where gas warfare tests were conducted with trenches and bomb proof retreats. Experiments involved gas and high explosive shells, animal exposure, and careful data collection to guide field use, with secrecy maintained until camp disbandment.
Judge Pendleton recommends appointing a divorcee defender to investigate all divorces and publicly air faults of both spouses in undefended cases to reduce contested divorces. The action follows a recent Atlanta court ruling on divorces involving Reno.
The Ruhr strikes end with an 88 million toll in miners wages and an output deficit of 230,000 tons in April. Losses mount to over 25 million dollars for Wiger coal workers and production has lain idle across districts including Hamburg. National impacts include railway paralysis, plant shutdowns, freight losses, currency depreciation, and harm to tourism.
New York scientist Dr Richard Lynch Garner proposes establishing a chimpanzee colony in the United States to uplift apes into a working class. After two and a half years in the Congo he cites examples of trained apes that fetch and herd, suggesting a servant labor solution.
The record notes daily collection of 125 to 150 gas samples on ranges and mentions a research laboratory for gas analysis, a chemical lab to prepare gases, and a loading plant. Each shell filling is analyzed, and post filling gas samples are checked for decomposition products.
A. L. Birkman director of harvest work for the United States employment service announced that more than 200000 workers will be needed to harvest Kansas wheat this year. Sixty thousand come from outside the state and demand rises as the harvest area expands.
Professor William Trelease of the University of Illinois warns that much cheap coffee mimics chicory using dandelion root. He notes dandelions belong to the chicory family and are used to adulterate coffee and chicory, while also yielding milky extract for other uses and greens for salads.
Home demonstration agents of the United States Department of Agriculture and state agricultural colleges lead canning clubs where many girls not only supply family tables with fruit and vegetables but also raise incomes by marketing surplus. In Jasper County Mississippi a club sold 175 dollars worth of canned goods in one March day, with steady demand and buyers calling the goods the best on the market.
In the island era of Jersey a curious custom marks marriage by inscribing the couple’s initials and entwined hearts on a large granite slab above the porch. An arrow pierces the hearts if the couple later divorces, creating a public record of the union and its dissolution.
A tiny vial of Lewisite displayed in Washington DC is described as the deadliest poison created by an American scientist. The piece recounts how ten airplanes could devastate Berlin and how a day’s output could wipe out Manhattan’s 4 million residents. Lewisite, developed by Prof. W. Lee Lewis at Northwestern University, was produced in a Cleveland plant dubbed the mouse trap where workers were bound to stay until victory.
The American Red Cross warns the public against individuals using the Red Cross name and emblem for commercial purposes. The organization states its charter forbids such use and cites examples including sale of trinkets and war features by veterans and certificates sold to families claiming benefits for the Red Cross.
A breezy brief notes that two men deserve praise though one may avoid flattery. contrasts with a woman who values looks as costly. and remarks a rough man may still show humanity. It adds a light jab about crabs versus Tobster and a seasonal comment on ice and bills.
Community leaders are urged to build a combined tunnel and cabinet dry er with an exhaust fan, capable of 500 to 1,000 pounds per day, to preserve vegetables and fruits. A thorough survey of available produce, suitable housing, and a business plan are recommended before construction.
A string of light vignettes pokes fun at courtship boredom class pretensions and dull meetings. Jokes about phonograph records opera listening directors dividends and quarrels mix with faint social satire and terse punchlines. The sketches lampoon manners and missteps in a playful daily page.
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