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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1921
Page
8
Detroit designers unveil a fireproof 500-600 horsepower engine intended for general use in civil and military aircraft. Col. Jesse G. Vincent says the unit, weighing 1.04 pounds per horsepower, promises steady high-speed performance, cold starts after dives, and simplified fuel and valve systems for universal production.
Andrew G. Wethenhof, a overseas veteran from Ontario California, was reunited with his mother Elizabeth Wethenhof and his sisters at 2739 Cobden Street Mount Oliver. The memory, nearly blank from shock, returned as he recognized photos and recalled events. His wife, a former Army nurse, and their ten month old daughter accompanied him. they will live with his mother.
Fremdenblatt prints a Copenhagen correspondent account of Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet representative, approaching German press with pro Bolshevik propaganda. He says resistance abroad is harder to overcome than in Russia due to the spy class and hostile conditions.
Betty Allen desires a red crepe de chine dress from cousin Jane Don Winslow. A clash of class and color tests Betty as she travels, faces luxury, and ultimately hides the red by dyeing the dress black to win Don Winslow’s affection.
A fragmented item notes a national push to supply electric lamps for every inhabitant and expand U S lamp production. The passage hints at modern energy usage and industrial effort to light homes across the country.
Sophomores at Wheaton College parade with hair worn old style and ears exposed to promote reform in hair dressing and to save money for the college endowment fund. Drums and wind instruments awaken the campus at dawn as freshmen contribute to the fund by tossing an effigy from a dorm roof.
London clerk L Bolton won the $5,000 Scientific American prize for the clearest lay explanation of Einstein's theory of relativity. Prize money came from Parisian enthusiast Eugene Higgins. Bolton defeated many distinguished competitors amid astonishment at a patent office clerk delivering a superior account of a major physics discovery.
Edith May Wardell of Moscow, Pa., seeks divorce from Ambrose Wardell after four years of marriage. She alleges he harassed her to a cultivator, forced long labor in sweltering fields, and fed her dried crusts and rutabagas all winter. Neighbor G W Swarts testifies Wardell is known as Bruiser.
Bacone university at Muskogee Oklahoma reports 250 students this year with 170 full blood Indians and lineal descendants of Geronimo and Pawnee chief White Eagle in the roster. The school, one of three Protestant Indian colleges, aims to raise its leadership. two dormitories and an administration building costing 220000 will be added this year.
Increasing evidence of textile business revival in New England states shown by Mills Mpley Night Crews Salem Mags announcement.
Donald Sinclair hires Gladys Turner as his housekeeper after a found recommendation letter. She agrees to manage the home and write in her spare time, bringing a flawless dinner service to the Sinclair siblings. Gladys settles in, giving Jean and Donald a rare, tranquil home life and a chance for Gladys to pursue writing.
A Red Cross health survey in rural Iowa shows underweight children in Wapello County. Of 435 kids in 24 schools, fewer than a quarter near normal weight, with many lacking proper tonils teeth and eyes. The article notes the nurse also promotes health education and hot lunch programs to improve nutrition in the county schools.
Cross through demonstrations show simple methods to prepare lunches. With the school hot lunch becoming established, better nourished children should lead to better students and improved school performance.
A trucker aboard the Magnolia dumped a boatload of snap beans into Mobile Bay Alabama after dealers offered 60 cents a bushel while market quoted 1.56 dollars. He watched as others scooped the beans from the water and sold them at ten cents a quart, amid a tense exchange with local traders.
A French inventor has created a device to attach to a car wheel rim that signals when a tire becomes excessively fat. The warning system aims to prevent blowouts by alerting drivers early to overinflation.
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