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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
4
In Antwerp near the Scheld a mussel wife recalls wartime German thefts of her beer pump and the hardships after four years of war. She laments rising prices, hunger, and the struggle to clothe and feed her family while maintaining her tavern. Children play hinkelen on cobblestones as fishing boats skirt the water.
Excerpt from Yale Review recounts Belgian reverence for rebuilding Ypres after World War I. It notes plans to preserve ruins as a memorial and the tension with private owners, while residents intend to restore houses and revive life. The narrative highlights the clock tower, Cloth Hall, cathedral, and community resilience amid destruction.
Robert hosts his cousin for several days when a dispute turns violent. A mother interrupts and admonishes as Robert asserts a fierce loyalty, declaring his anger unbound by blood or relation. The incident centers on a heated family altercation.
Thousands of Belgian families probably never will recover their former homes in No Man's Land. The land’s landmarks have been erased by five years of bombardment, leaving exact boundaries a mystery while new, finer surveys may eventually redefine the battlefield’s lost plots.
The Belgian government enacts a law prohibiting the manufacture sale or possession of matches containing white phosphorus. It provides for confiscation and destruction of prohibited products and of apparatus used in their manufacture.
The excerpt contends that time cannot alter truth or falsity. It argues that past, present, or future do not affect what is truly real. Time’s role is described as impertinent to truth and error, questioning whether time can make beliefs more true or false.
The piece argues the end of small business eroded personal ties between owners and workers, fueling industrial discontent. It critiques the rise of impersonal corporations, overcapitalization, and limits on collective bargaining, warning strikes breed hate, instability, and social rot.
The article explains that alienists often demand handwriting specimens to judge delusions or insanity. It notes a proven link between brain nerves and the hand, asserting writing reflects temper and mental state.
The New York Herald reports that protozoa and the freshwater hydra show perfect recuperative processes that prevent natural death. It suggests stable mortal parts persist in colloidal substrate, implying immortality for these simple animals.
Government operation ends at noon March 1 as railroads revert to private owners. Cooperation and pooling during wartime set precedents for future arrangements. War risk insurance rules expand coverage and eligibility for ex service personnel. Coast Guard strengthens, with patrol cutters and coastal defenses reorganized for peacetime duties.
The horn book, used as a primitive primer into the eighteenth century, featured a thin wooden slab sheathed in parchment displaying capital and small letters, numerals, basic words, and simple aquarelles. A sheet of transparent cow horn covered the page to protect it from moisture.
The excerpt explains that the peanut belongs to the pea family while called a nut, noting it grows in tropical and subtropical regions. It requires a long growing season, flowers above ground, then the stem bends and the young pod enters the soil to mature.
An analysis argues railroads have peaked and will stagnate or decline. It credits motor trucks and hard surfaced roads as the coming solution, with emphasis on West developments and the need for increased highway funding and local road networks to handle growing traffic.
A vast expenditure plan aims to spend over a billion dollars in 1920 on road construction and maintenance across Culloden and surrounding districts. The American Road Builders association cites the massive scale of work, with officials forecasting widespread street improvements and new paving projects.
Poor road conditions suspend travel and hamper social intercourse in rural communities. Improved roads could transform rough lands for horticulture and grazing, enabling dairying and better transport of products to markets, while also boosting rural mail service efficiency.
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