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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1925
Page
7
Washington reports the Dutch and British rulers have enlisted native priests to curb head-hunting among the Dyaks of Borneo. The piece describes head trophies, longhouse life, Dyak attire, regional borders, and Borneo’s vast, resource-rich landscape with a population under two million.
Professor Frederick Slocum of Wesleyan University says observations during the total solar eclipse revealed a previously unrecognized gas in the sun's outer atmosphere. The gas cannot yet be named and its properties are not discussed.
John G. McKeon of Philadelphia told the California Shoe Retailers' association in Santa Barbara that Americans buy about three pairs of shoes per person per year, a level unchanged from a quarter century ago despite other fashion trends.
The National Industrial Conference Board reports American labor is the best paid globally with Philadelphia used as the base index of 100. Sydney and Ottawa trail, while British, Dutch, German and Italian workers earn far less. Cost of living in April shows modest declines with clothing and fuel prices down from March.
The Interior Department authorizes sale of 438 unallotted tracts and 95 town lots of Choctaw Chickasaw Cherokee and Creek lands. Auctions at Eastern Oklahoma railroad points run July 18 1925 with 25 percent cash and balance in three yearly installments at 5 percent interest. Receipts go to tribal funds for final affairs.
Old issue presents practical recipes and tips for meals and preserving. Includes mint sherbet strawberry storage guidance and sauces such as drawn butter bechamel hollandaise and Bearnaise with step by step instructions and pantry ideas.
Crossword clues list with many numbered entries across and down. It notes a solution to appear in the next issue and references last week puzzle results.
Instructions explain placing correct letters in white squares to form words both horizontally and vertically. Each word begins with a number indicating its definition. Horizontal numbers define words up to the first black square to the right, vertical numbers define words up to the next black square below. No letters go in black spaces. All entries are dictionary words except proper names. Abbreviations slang initials technical terms and obsolete forms appear in definitions.
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