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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
3
The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers, over one hundred with warring nations armies and navies. The best and most interesting pictures taken by these photographers will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
One of the Mt Wilson Observatory’s tower telescopes rises about 50 feet in height near Pasadena California and is used for astronomical observations of the sun.
A sample bicycle sold in Denmark by German makers reached the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce via Commercial Attache Erwin W. Thompson. The saddle may be examined at the New York district office upon File No 20038. European experimenters report burning garbage in plants as a cement additive. German religious population before the war: Protestants 46,400,000. Roman Catholics 20,300,000. Jews 615,020.
Mian lth Ringe is the Betsy Rows of the National Woman's party. This photograph shows her sewing the eleventh star on the suffrage Nag. The last star is for Missouri. Suffrage Workers hope to secure the required 90 states by 1920, the centenary of the birth of Susan B Anthony.
Mary Frank writes in the Century about East Side New York a vivid ghetto scene. The street fills with push carts gray-bearded parents with babies and grandmothers watch crowds move under torchlight. Children dart through the bustle as an old world glow lingers over a great city.
Prof J F L Whitbeck of the University of Wisconsin notes a growth in college geography since the 1880s. Harvard and Princeton offered basics early, Cornell and Wisconsin added in 1805, Yale in 1872, rising from 12 schools in 1000 to 142 courses by 1910 with Wisconsin leading enrollments in 1910 and 1917, now many universities offer seven geography courses including physical and economic geography and climatology.
Acetylene use for illumination has surged in Denmark with nearly twenty different lamp types invented there.
In a wartime context, heavy chemicals and soda have surged in demand. Production in the United States more than doubled since 1914, yet shortages persisted, leading to tight controls and embargo-like measures on key materials.
A large vegetable oil mill started operations at Andalas near Padang. It is owned and run by interests from the Netherlands. The article notes a steady oil supply and mentions 151000 tons of crude peat produced in the United States last year, surpassing the prior record by about half. It also references a motion picture projection tech for displaying refined parts on screen.
Wilmington progress claims include steamers for West Indies Argentina and Brazil, new port rates, a Southport coaling station, and other enduring goals long dreamed, signaling near-term realization for the port's growth and regional links.
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