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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
8
Timber scarcity drives use of root wood from stumps as a new material. Douglas fir roots yield slabs suitable for chairs and furniture. In British Columbia portable mills cut about 200 slabs per stump, with a single large stump delivering around 1800 dollars in value. Root wood polishes well and is of excellent quality.
Winnipeg men organize an aerial irrigation company to make rain by spraying liquid air into clouds from an airplane. The goal is to cause moisture to condense. Earlier dust was released from a plane at 5,000 feet to induce rainfall but failed.
News outlets in Mexico City launch a campaign to protect vast Puebla and Ostaca forests from native depredations. Reports allege natives chop and burn trees indiscriminately using ebony and other precious woods for unspecified ends.
Visitors at Monk's wharf thought a whale was hauled from the Pitt river but the drift net catch proved a giant sturgeon. Measured 18 feet from tail to snout and weighed 988 pounds, the monster is described as the second largest ever taken by an Indian fisherman on the river.
Mrs Meekton warns Leoni das to feed the canaries before departure. Leoni das jokes he wishes Noah had left the canaries off the ark while planning to repopulate life.
Land clearing in Marinette county Wisconsin reached a record 18000 acres during 1920. Officials marked the closing blast near Wausaukee with a large detonation of 158 sticks of dynamite as an electric device fired the final switch. The project is expected to raise crop value by about one million dollars annually.
The article argues home ownership builds equity and value through payments and improvements, urges acting now before lumber prices rise again, and invites readers to view attractive home designs and cost figures without delaying.
Real estate transfers reported by J Monroe Davis Son Title Men Fairbury Nebraska list several deeds. Charles K Japel and wife to Henry Bohrman Trustee wd nwt 5-8-3 for 7000 dollars. Chas W Riley and wife to George W and Gertrude M Thomas wd lot 9 dik 1 King Exton add Fairbury for 3200 dollars. Fairbury Cemetery Association to Sarah A Myers wd east 10 feet lot 5 bik 109 Fairbury Cemetery for 30 dollars. B L Macklin and wife to Henry Germer QCD st lot 1 bik 4 Orths add to Plymouth for 2500 dollars. Mary V Beetley to George E Beetley wd lot 5 bik 87 Fairbury reserving life estate for 1 dollar. Henry W Arnold and wife to State Bank of Harbine wd lot 5 and 6 bik 5 Harbine to secure due 2 bik 6 ieee ee and 6800 dollars. Helen A Garnsey widow to Cora S Cramb and Oscar N y R 874 feet lot 2 Evans add Palc Bury for 1 dollar. O Vanier Raleres to Henry J Evans Deed e¢ lots a 14 18 bik 5 as ei add Fairbury. As Expressed in the Sunflower State Kelley reprints the Kansas Supreme Court opinion on bowling alleys exemption from execution. The debtor might enter high alley in the morning when the sun's
A report describes white inhabitants with a strong craze for jewelry, claiming they are descendants of an ancient white people who fled to the hills. In a winter ending ceremony, young women borrow all available jewelry from relatives, appearing weighted down with silver and heavy adornments.
An observant note explains that a star accelerates as it ages, comparing stellar rise in speed to an express train. The analogy highlights how a star takes minutes to reach full pace, contrasting gradual acceleration with rapid railway timing.
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