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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
9
Mr D of North Pennsylvania Street recalls a shoe mix up on a morning Chicago to Indianapolis train. A porter and portly man helped locate non matching shoes in the upper and lower berths, ending with a quick swap as the train reached the station.
Across West Africa motor trucks service inland routes feeding a steamship line. Native drivers quickly adapt to the job, appearing in varied attire and driving with cheerful abandon as trucks carry men and supplies inland and cocoa, palm oil, hides, and rubber to coastal ports.
A historical report describes tsutsugamushi transmitted by akamushi insects from field mice in Japan. It notes June to October as peak months, high mortality up to over 50 percent, and ineffectiveness of bites removal or iodine and mercury cures. Extermination of field mice is cited as the only hope to stamp out the disease.
Lloyd's Register shows 7,144,549 tons launched in the last twelve months with Britain contributing 1 920 000 tons. The feature highlights expanding ship production in the United States and Japan, the former holding the largest share of world output and more than twice UK tonnage, while Japan launched 411 500 tons, building more shipping in a year than in the previous 22 years combined.
The piece notes Susan B Anthony born a hundred years ago and highlights her role in abolition, prohibition, and woman suffrage. It points out slavery’s end during her active years and that many states supported her views on prohibition and voting rights by her death in 1906.
A playful dialogue features Hank and Mr Longbrush arguing over missing table holes and whiskers. Mercy and haste appear as a comic domestic moment unfolds with mistaken plans and a vow to replace the items sought.
A Navy recruiting officer compares twins and other enlistees using fingerprint lines on fingertips to ensure proper identity. The piece jokes that Uncle Sam can identify sailors beyond middle names, highlighting the Navy's modern system of care including diet, exercise, and medical attention to keep men fit for service.
In wartime Warsaw, cats vanished from streets and stores including a Red Cross warehouse plagued by rats. A Polish worker suggested using cats to guard the warehouse, prompting wives and citizens to bring their pets. Guards then protected the facility, and the cats eventually disappeared again in the relief effort.
In the Philadelphia Press Girard notes 4,000,000 horsepower from sunlight wasted per square mile and predicts a future where sun engines replace coal and gasoline. He imagines sun powered auto steamships trains and homes ending coal dependence and notes stock promoters may list 10,000,000,000 shares of Sunlight Consolidated.
A man with a strong Swedish accent appeared at the St Louis income tax office showing two leather cases with 9000 in traveler's checks. He claimed fifteen years of ranch work in Washington with wages board and clothes provided and that his employer bought the checks last month in preparation for him to seek ranching in South America. He was told no tax was due.
Immigrants must read thirty or forty words from the Psalms in any language, with inspectors carrying Psalms cards in multiple scripts including German Arabic Hebrew Japanese and Russian. Chinese is excluded and no alien may immigrate if from that nationality.
The Kansas Agricultural College will provide weather forecasts to Kansas farmers by wireless telegraph. Farmers must install an amateur wireless set costing about 35 dollars to receive the forecast daily at 9 55 am on 375 meters, with free service to individuals and institutions.
South African ostrich farmers aim to boost plume quills by up to 25 percent with breeding, while English naturalist W. P. Pycraft remains skeptical. Current wing plume averages run around 86 per bird, with South African birds sometimes reaching 42 secondary and 39 primary quills. The Grootfontein School of Agriculture pursues a 42 plume bird line.
Cambridge University researchers announce a breakthrough in breeding disease proof plants after immunizing tests on grains potatoes and other crops. Potatoes alone have cost millions. protecting this staple could stabilize prices and secure a solid food base amid global food shortages. The finding is described as crucial next to eradicating human diseases and linked to broader efforts to conserve crops during a period of food scarcity.
The Independent notes that while most treaties use a primary language, Versailles allows French and English equal authority. Esperanto advocates in Paris publish Kontrakto de la Liga de Nactos proposing Esperanto as the league official to avoid disputes, acknowledging translation pitfalls.
The article discusses major scientific efforts to measure the earth's crust. It notes work in Hawaii, Tuscany, and Salvador, with New South Wales tests using heavy water weight to study crust movement and volcano activity for new insights.
Popular Mechanics notes a Sheffield inventor Professor J A Arnold develops a vanadium alloy steel that sharpens faster and lasts longer. A newer alloy replaces tungsten in titanium-vanadium steels with six percent content, claiming to surpass rival steels in cutting power.
Press reports from Königsberg state the provincial board approved a ten year plan to supply East Prussia with electricity. Water power development will allow independent supply regardless of the coal situation.
Airplanes once used to spot subs are applied to locate schools of fish off Toulouse France. A plane found a large bank of fish and signaled nearby fishermen who hurried to the spot and secured a bountiful catch.
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