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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1921
Page
6
Miss Eliza Dodurian a twenty year old Armenian girl speaks out of the Near East Relief effort. She recalls ten thousand rescued girls and urges continued aid to free one hundred thousand more held captive by Turkish forces.
Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, High Commissioner to Turkey, commends the Near East Relief and its 500 plus American workers. He lauded the organization for aiding 139000 Russian Crimean refugees and supporting sailors and hospitals, pledging future assistance and praise for the relief effort.
During the Paris Peace Conference the American Commission to Negotiate Peace endorses Near East Relief work. Captain Benjamin Burges Moore of the American Red Cross heads a mission reporting on conditions. He notes Armenians owe much to Near East Relief and the American Food Administration and urges continued support.
A Saturday Evening Post essay notes that early western settlers near Denver and the Rockies developed giant potatoes from Colorado seeds. Railroads aided distribution as baked potatoes in dining cars popularized demand, with transcontinental routes drawing harvests from Montana and Dakota fields.
The article explains the origin of the phrase Simon Pure from Mrs. Centlivre's play A Bold Stroke for a Wife. Aminadab Holds fast uses a letter of introduction by Simon Pure to reach Anne Lovely, heiress of 380000 pounds, while Colonel Feignwell impersonates Simon Pure to win her. Virtue triumphs as Simon Pure arrives with witnesses and exposes Feignwell.
Twilight is the dim sky after sunset and before sunrise, caused by scattering of sunlight in the upper atmosphere. Dawn marks the morning counterpart, ending twilight, with duration varying by latitude and season. In tropics twilight lasts about thirty minutes, while northern Scotland can have nights with continuous twilight.
A new wood field uses plywood and glue from slaughterhouse blood and milk casein. Thin wood sheets bonded with dry coated paper and pressed heat yield a structure stronger than steel with advantages over metal. Panels glued and boiled for eight hours showed no ply separation.
The article notes that shearers are paid per sheep while ranch helpers earn weekly. It cites a typical rate of 90 to 100 sheep per day for a skilled man, with a record of 827 sheep in nine hours by a Queensland shearer. It adds that older high yields were achieved with lighter fleeces than today.
Whitman county is the richest wheat region in the United States and ranked sixth in 1919 crop value and eleventh in farm property value per the census. The April 1 1921 report notes winter wheat and rye in good condition with ample moisture, forecasting about 21.8 million bushels this year. In Riverview near Pasco farmers plan extensive cantaloupe production, while Wenatchee district expands fruit tree plantings to 2 000 acres mainly in Okanogan and Tonasket Oroville area.
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