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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1920
Page
9
Readable fragments describe Ventura and Channel Islands history, including Santa Catalina. The account notes Franciscan missions saving islanders in 1825, island geology, drifting sands, grass and sheep, ancient dwellings, shell mounds with fish bones, beads and tools, and peaceful islander culture evidenced by lack of weapons and carved serpentine and crystal craft.
An 1890s-style note reports distant Channel Islands within 82 miles of California shore, seldom visited by fewer than 50 people yearly. Discovery credited to Cabrillo, with expeditions by Stanford University and southern California colleges to study archaeology, legends, and tribes around the Santa Barbara and Ventura region.
John Dolocinski a thirteen year old immigrant from Poland describes arriving in America after spending two and a half years in the Polish army. He has participated in more than a dozen battles.
Fear testinony describes a ranger’s view of Narhara Catalina Clemente and St Nicholas Islands where native throngs watched a white ship. The islands now hold memories of nine lives lost and vast caches of war materials, including staments barrels of warm pum and numerous bone remains.
A Red Cross appeal from Professor Zelder chronicles Petrograd as a dying city facing famine and winter. It details fuel shortages, collapsed housing, restricted mobility, soaring prices, and rampant disease with hundreds dying monthly as hospitals overflow and civilians drink substitutes to survive.
Philadelphia health officials have ordered removal of most pigs from the city with only 207 remaining under removal orders. About fifty more pigs are to be seized, as urban plagues recede after a decade long campaign led by Director Forbush aiming to eliminate pigs from Philadelphia. In Wellsburg, marriage tours end as couples seek licenses nearby avoiding prior costly trips to distant jurisdictions.
Washington reports Japan imported $1,000,000 worth of German dyes in August. Despite a weak business mood, imports continued as firms fulfilled contracts. Japan’s government reportedly moved to halt fund transfers back to Japan for imports, while a $16,000,000 drop in demand freed specie held in the U S and returned to Japan in July by exchange banks.
A sunflower sprouts from the trunk of a large maple in Middletown near Mrs. Mary G. DeWitt’s yard. The stem runs about three feet with a bloom the size of a saucer. A seed is thought to have been carried by a bird into the tree where it rooted in the bark.
The article lauds William Tilden II as the supreme American tennis figure, compares his 1920 form to legendary rivals, notes Johnston’s parity, and praises the sport’s rising popularity, crowded courts, and potential rule changes to curb serves while celebrating Tilden’s training, attitude, and mental conduct.
In 1869 Thomas A Edison arrived in New York nearly destitute with no food. A tea-taster’s help led to a first breakfast, then three days later he impressed engineers by fixing a broken ticketing system. Impressed executives signed him at a salary of $3000 a month.
The text contrasts keeping a clear conscience and faith with storing God’s promises and a hopeful metaphor of a nightingale to sing away darkness. It references ancient trade secrets including a Chinese method for brilliant vermilion and a Turkish method for inlaying gold or silver on steel.
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