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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
8
London mourns the extinction of the kiwi as the Regent's Park specimen dies. The British Zoological Society seeks one more kiwi from New Zealand, while zoologists note the bird's peculiar nostril placement and calls.
Thos H. Gernsback notes in Radio Amateur News that while patents are easy with a good attorney, truly new basic ideas in wireless telegraphy or telephony remain rare. Inventors seek novelty but face scarcity of breakthrough concepts.
Fragments indicate steel girders trusses and other bridge material prepared for shipment to France for the American army before the war ended. The notice mentions bridges now needed in national parks and forest reserves and references urgent production and deployment.
Popular Mechanics notes a portable remedy material with initial hand stock quoted at 2.856 pounds as the maximum weight. The article emphasizes compact design and ease of transport.
The article lists annual interest on national debts as percentages of income for several countries. Britain 12.92 percent, France 82.17, Italy 14.48, United States 2.53, Germany 20.96, Austria 25.92, Hungary 24.78, Bulgaria 1 percent, and Turkey 17.60 percent.
The article explains incendiary bullets used in warfare, fired from aircraft machine guns and acting as miniature high explosive shells. Produced in the millions at the Ford arsenal, they are brass hollow projectiles filled with magnesium and red lead priming. Aimed to carry flame and ignite the explosive content, these bullets differ from ordinary solid rifle rounds.
Chrysil, a high grade rubber, vulcanizes easily and is produced by Chrysothamnus or rabbit bush. The shrub yields 1.98 to 2.8 percent rubber, with one plant reaching 6.57 percent. 22 varieties exist of which 12 contain chrysil. The plants are dry shrubs maturing in six to eight years, weighing few to six pounds, common across North America. Rubber occurs in cells near the soil line rather than as a latex.
The quote features a determined hen declaring resistance as she kicks a porcelain egg from the nest and jokes about not becoming a bricklayer, countering a Carnegie Puppet motif with defiant humor.
James H. Barry editor of the Star San Francisco’s Democratic paper recounts the tale of Bret Harte’s mint days and the blue ink fiasco printing The Lneck of Roaring Camp with a rude official quip and Harte’s decisive glare leaving the printer’s devil forever wary
A beret of nearly pure gold weighing 12 pounds was found at the Charters Tower mine in Queensland Australia. Levels lie about half a mile deep, in a region renowned for its rich gold fields. The nugget, though not a world record, confirms substantial gold yields in the district. The era’s famous Ballarat nugget of 1858 weighed over 2,217 ounces and was valued at 5,000 pounds.
The Madras Railway chief engineers discuss rail creep on concrete bridges in India as of the Indian Engineering periodical. They describe methods on Godavari ridge structures and sleepers to manage creep, noting limited movement and reinforced fastenings.
A fragmented OCR passage quotes officials on ship construction and labor, mentioning remedies, anchorages, and coal reserves as essential factors for the future of naval industry. The text includes garbled phrases and unclear attribution to "Old Pirrie" and others.
A zeuiglodon skeleton is exhibited in Washington illustrating a 70 foot sea ruler from a warm ancient ocean. The fossil hints at a ferocious mammal predator with a four foot hood and saw edged teeth and thriving bones found across Mississippi and Alabama.
Judge Shute cites a lawyer who became a farmer, showing trouble balancing legal duties. The Real Diary recounts an office typewriter upgrade and a letter to J. Smith, a one leg man, amid reflections on misfortune and distraction.
A clerk unfamiliar with the new machine struck the number 3 instead of 1 in both the address and envelope. The letter, bearing my signature, was sent to Mr. 3% Smith due to my not noticing the error while resolving a separate matter.
The New York Evening Post quotes a letter describing a madman’s claims and insistence that no harm was intended. The writer explains how he explained the issue but fears the addressee will not believe no harm was meant.
The article explains ventilation beyond open windows, stressing moving air and scientific setup. It advises larger fresh-air intake than exhaust, staggered window openings, and room temperatures around 66 degrees during day and 60 at night, with sicker rooms kept cooler to avoid drafts.
A 1920 report details Cold Storage holdings in Washington as of November 1 and compares to November 1, 1919. The data lists quantities by commodity and facility, reflecting capacity changes and stock levels across the state.
Classified notices list several for sale and rent items including corner lots two houses and a ranch in Leavenworth area with prices from 1 000 to 6 000 and property details. Other items include a 4 5 and 6 room houses furniture a piano a range sewing machine and a furnished room for rent with contact details and box numbers.
November 1 1920 holdings rise versus 1919 for eggs frozen pork dry salt lard lamb and mutton. November 1 1920 holdings fall versus 1919 for apples butter creamery butter packing eggs cases cheese American beef frozen beef cured pork pickled broilers roasters fowls turkeys mise poultry.
Mary Posey denies finding money she previously claimed to have located. She states the money was found by another person and not by her.
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