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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
3
A Katy Did and a fly discuss commuting and the dining car on a train. The Katy Did explains that a commuter is someone who moves between country and city for work, and that she, traveling to the city and back, is a “commuter.” The pair observe a river view as the train rides on.
A clipped quotation from Browning's Marazina captures a character named Wilde asking why he stands outside. He replies he is trying to get a little use on the umbrella before some body else wants it.
The peppermint crop dominates in Michigan and northern Indiana with about 100000 pounds produced yearly. Two varieties, American and English Mitchem, favor the latter for soil and climate. High muck land with rotation supports long yields, while the plant after oil extraction serves as livestock feed. One acre can yield 60 pounds of oil and 6 to 20 more on second cut, requiring minimal extra equipment beyond a small still. Farmers form co operatives to operate stills across 50 to 100 acres, growing peppermint as a growing industry.
The article notes tunnels linking Switzerland and Italy reduced the need for St Bernard dogs during heavy snow, but the dogs are still used with a accompanying handler. It traces origins to a cross between a Welsh shepherd dog and a Scandinavian dog, with the last pure descendant dying in 1816. later crossing with Welsh mates produced the modern, stronger St Bernard, retaining many traits of the medieval type.
At the Belle Isle field meet a school official ran a large manpower clock atop a platform. He directed five minute hand moves from the ground while denying ladder loans, citing a playful plot to keep the crowd busy and amused.
The Mustration on the current dollar stamp in China shows the Temple of Confucius at Peking. The Sultan of Egypt sent 400 dollars to a Philadelphia dealer for 11 rare stamps, reputed to own the world’s most valuable Egyptian collection. Belgium’s 10 cent red stamp of July 19, 1919 sold out in five days with limits on buyers. New stamps for the city of Fiume read Poste Fiume rather than Flume.
A gentleman burglar demands valuables from a startled family. The wife shouts a cry as he claims to seek butter and eggs, prompting a desperate leap to stop him. In a separate note, the British geological survey reports a new African mammoth fossil discovery near Accra with about 100 gems found in shallow quartz gravel.
Edward B. Clark extols Leonard Wood as a master of civil and military administration. From Boston hospitals to Cuban and Philippine governance, Wood built schools, roads, courts, and banking systems, reorganized railways, and stabilized economies while guiding colonial and postwar recovery. He met leaders like Roosevelt, Cleveland, and McKinley, and later led as chief of staff shaping the army’s administration into a vast business-like enterprise.
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