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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1919
Page
6
United States Department of Agriculture announces ongoing survey of mosaic disease in sugar cane across southern states. findings show the disease spreads through infected stalks. eradication efforts include removing and destroying diseased plants and sterile replanting to prevent further spread.
A wartime speech by Donlin in the building trades department argued for drafting from industry to fill labor needs. The address, noted as one of the war period’s most effective, swayed opposition to placing women and soldiers into trades and highlighted the tension between effort and dilution.
Official statistics to Governor Burnquist show rising numbers of Minnesota families forced to abandon infant care to allow both parents to work. High rents and food costs drive mothers to place children in charitable institutions or loan them to the state.
Crime rises as armed robberies spread after peace. Two disabled soldiers carrying £28,000 pay were ambushed on a tram road near Paris. A gray motorcar waited, the thieves fled with the money bag and a light car was spotted at a public house. Two more suspects are in police hands. Portland cement plants valued at $2,000,000 were planned in Kawasaki and Hokkolo.
Charlottenburg scholars aged twelve to sixteen study two hours daily in the afternoon on a large field practicing with machine guns hand grenades rifles and vehicles. A local citizen reports the drills resemble those from the Imperial era and notes repeated military style training observed in Charlottenburg. Girt Saves Father, Paris Ky story follows about a pig attack where a daughter and a laborer rescue a man and move him to safety.
German forces began dismantling the Istetr fortress on the Rhine about eight miles north of Kasel under Allied supervision. The stronghold housed long range guns that commanded stretches of the German and Swiss shores.
London reports a government appointed panel to study adopting the 24 hour time system. The method, used in western Canada for about a dozen years and common among astronomers, begins at midnight with hours counted to 24. The note cites usage in the United States and Italy. Grace Miller in Los Angeles claims a 32 day fast cured stomach trouble and beat a standstill with indigestion.
A Strand Magazine tone essay argues aircraft will open vast unknown regions. It cites Yosemite and Grand Canyon exploits, predicts rapid mapping, and envisions aerial posts anchoring expeditions. South America, deserts, polar fronts, and central Asia are highlighted as future frontiers for air exploration and scientific discovery.
The article describes Lithuanian marriage customs during winter, noting lavish pre wedding visits, the maiden night wreath swap for matrons chain, Sunday church weddings, and the bride’s ceremonial weeping. It claims no divorces occur, with wives sharing farm work and domestic duties, and laments on love, labor, and social expectations.
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