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Newspaper
Orland Zenith
Location
Orland, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
4
The narrative recounts Old Man Royale who owned a boarding house and, via a pig snouting a prehistoric cache, led to the Calumet copper mine discovery. It notes massive dividends, pre Columbian uses, and Aboriginal copper artifacts, contrasting with Native tools and mass copper finds in Lake Superior.
The article outlines long term plans to control Nile waters to boost Egyptian agriculture and protect against floods while aiding Sudan. It discusses multi generation works costing millions of pounds and the formation of a commission with three members including an irrigation engineer from the United States.
Canadian sportsmen form an association to urge government action prohibiting flights of aeroplanes over marsh lands and the use of rifles to chase wild fowl. They warn aircraft could enable rapid fire guns attached beneath the planes, risking extermination of birds and disrupting hunting.
A perpetually unshaven news stand operator near the winter on was brought to court on a minor charge. He pled not guilty and awaits further proceedings.
An old fashioned man questions paying $75 for a ready made suit while the purchaser says the salesman made the deal painless by noting the same suit may cost $100 next year. The exchange appears in the Birmingham Age-Herald.
A clipped exchange between a heartless friend and Senator Sorghum highlights courtesy and restraint in political discourse. The dialogue touches on the value of a presidential boom and the speaker’s insistence on modesty amid competing ambitions.
Si Lunkett recounts in a Hank Silsby grocery about Bungeye Jackson turning religious and holding revivals at his home. Bungeye tearfully testifies that the Bible is now in his house, amid Hard Cider’s bluster and community reaction as described by the New York Evening Post.
Immediately after the war most prominent southern senators were former Confederates. State by state the roster included Hampton and Butler of South Carolina, Ransom of North Carolina, Gordon and Colquitt of Georgia, Walthall and George of Mississippi, Gibson and Eustis of Louisiana, Coke of Texas, Berry of Arkansas, Bate and Harris of Tennessee, Cockrell of Missouri, Blackburn of Kentucky, Mahone and Daniel of Virginia, Pasco of Florida, Kenna and Faulkner of West Virginia.
A fragmentary notice describes weekly showings in Orland on Tuesdays during summer. The text references political figures and disturbing imagery, mentioning hunters, animals, and displaced inhabitants. The tone mimics a local newspaper card but contains garbled phrases and disjointed names.
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