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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
9
China plans a major hydroelectric project on the Yangtse Kiang to flood level the river, remove rapids, and generate about 1 million electric horsepower at a cost near 4 million dollars. It marks China’s first large water power development and signals strong future industrial growth.
The United Peanut Association of America urges Southern farmers to back a tariff on peanuts and vegetable oils to protect U S growers. It cites a surge in Chinese peanut production and imports exceeding 750 million pounds for the year ending June 30.
A terse snippet recalls a single man’s relentless haymaking under the sun, prompting questions about delivery and the era’s backbreaking labor. The line hints at hardships and bemused reactions to this rough, work-driven season.
The board of health reports increasing typhoid carriers in the state, totaling 51 and responsible for over half of local cases. Carriers shed bacteria daily or periodically, spreading Typhoid mainly through food, milk, and cooking. Massachusetts data show nurses, housewives, and others among carriers. vaccination advised for nurses. avoid milking and raw foods.
The piece critiques Simon Newcomb for declaring heavier than air flight impossible by 1902. It contrasts Newcomb with Cardan and notes how famous thinkers can be wrong when resisting new ideas. It suggests intellect may be swayed by emotion and established beliefs.
The piece mocks Bolshevik exiles Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman amid claims Lenine uses them for labor on the Trans Siberian line. It derides socialist tutors and parlor Reds for promising wealth from revolution and notes Berkman faces forced labor while mocking their supporters.
A Commerce Reports summary notes that US trade with India rose from about 16 million to 90 million dollars in 1918. It cites British testimony, expansion by American merchants in India, wartime exporter growth, and shipping improvements as factors. The British view India’s trade recovery may lag. Japan is seen as second in India’s foreign commerce. Also reported: Himay Sugar Co planation holdings sold in Napoleonville, Louisiana for 350,000 dollars, bought 11 years earlier for 20,000. A Berlin message mentions Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrine of Silesia to join the Carmelite Order in Mesona.
Long, detailed history of the battleship Iowa from commissioning in 1896 to its role in the Spanish American War and its planned successor the New Iowa. Compares Iowa with Majestic, details engagements at Santiago de Cuba, and notes fate of Vizcaya and Maria Teresa. Includes figures on old Iowa versus the New Iowa and a tangential Edison anecdote.
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