The Suppressed Editorial and the Alpaca Oil Plot
Ormsby of The Financial Observer writes a damning piece on Alpaca oil and Colonel Ware. A visitor exposes a plot to crash the stock, triggering a confrontation with Manton and Ware.
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Newspaper
The Mellette County Pioneer
Location
Wood, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
8
Ormsby of The Financial Observer writes a damning piece on Alpaca oil and Colonel Ware. A visitor exposes a plot to crash the stock, triggering a confrontation with Manton and Ware.
In Point Pleasant West Virginia Pat the Airedale is praised for kindness toward Bert Shiflet's hound Jack. The free roaming dog supplies bones and meat to the tethered hound daily, dancing and wagging as he delivers the treats. Neighbors confirm the devoted friendship.
Falun mine near Falun Sweden claims the world’s oldest mine status begun copper production in 1225. Once Europe’s copper leader in the 1600s today it mainly yields sulphur pyrites for chemicals and occasional gold used in Swedish coinage royal regalia.
French scientist Devaux Charbonnel photographs syllables pronounced by a human voice using a Blondal oscillos graph to study current variation in a microphonic circuit. Each syllable shows 30 to 40 vibrations with 20 to 30 vowel-related vibrations, enabling analysis of higher harmonics that shape word character.
The article highlights codfish as possibly the world's most eaten fish and notes a 75 pound cod may hold over 8 million eggs. It mentions tarpon as a large fish with fine roe and describes cod as omnivorous and widespread beyond North American banks, with long fishing history in northern Europe and beyond.
The article describes cord tire construction noting an 80 by 3 percent tire contains about 9 000 feet of cord, and a 35 by 5 has over 30 000 feet. The cord is cotton fiber, insulated in rubber with a rubber layer separating cords for strength. A five inch tire carries 20 to 26 cords per inch and the fabric carcass alone offers over 2 400 pounds per square inch.
In a light exchange, Mr Chuggins expresses a wish to own a private yacht after giving up his flivver. He says the yacht would let him sleep without fear of someone stealing it from the garage, contrasting the old car's insecurity.
Col. Michael Friedsam of B. Altman & Co. was chosen by President Harding to investigate trade conditions in Europe. Friedsam previously headed the Fair Price Commission and urged that people know when prices are fair by reading advertising.
News dispatches from Paris report Countess de Maupas once Consuelo Morgan daughter of Henry Hays Morgan U S Trade Commissioner to Belgium and now Consul General at Brussels is seeking a divorce while Count Jea de Maupas di Juglari sues for divorce in Paris courts.
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