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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
5
A priest persuades a schooner captain to search San Nicolas for a woman described as a beastlike survivor. The tale recalls an Indian tribe displaced by government action, a missing child and an 18 year isolation after the mother leaped into the sea to save her baby, only to lose him. The discovery follows a two day search and a cautious interview to recover the story.
A critical essay laments exploitation from birth to death, noting profiteering in birth, infancy diseases, child labor, fraudulent education, food and shelter costs, loan sharking, and aging. The piece paints a relentless cascade of abuses beginning at the cradle and ending with death.
A 1919 Sevres memorial tablet honors twelve Americans who died serving France with the Lafayette Escadrille. The Aero Club of America memorial effort is noted with names including Norman Barclay, Julian Biddle, Andrew Courtney Campbell Jr, Oliver Genet, Ronald Hoskier, Douglas McPrince, and Kiffin Rockwell. The squadron claimed 190 enemy planes down in aerial combat.
A New York newspaper correspondent lists among the richest Americans including John D. Rockefeller Harknesss Louis F Swift Charles M Schwab H McCormick and J P among the notable fortunes referenced in the investigation of wealth.
A Detroit Free Press tease notes the odd humor around a used car remark. The gag highlights the quirky claim that the car had not been sold by the general manager, referencing the economy and the motors.
In Fairbury on June 27 more than thirty threshing machines work across Jefferson county. Wheat yields range from five to twenty five bushels per acre, averaging twelve to fifteen. Grain men ship out, with about ten percent of the 1920 crop still in farmer hands. Prices for wheat hover near one dollar per bushel. B F Young, Nebraska official, notes stockholders concerns as Lion Bonding company failed earlier and will not recover investments.
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