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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
3
A narrative excerpt features a Gray Wolf addressing other wolves about freedom and goodness. The wolf laments reduced wildness for safety, reflecting on quiet, well behaved humans and the irony of happiness without danger. The talk hints at deeper themes of restraint and enjoyment.
A Gray Wolf and two companion wolves discuss bravery and caution in the wild. The Gray Wolf reflects on family daring, the dangers of guns, and how they fought when pressed, while others praise boldness and admit caution when needed. The exchange ends with the Gray Wolf muttering the line wild wolves, how sweet the words sound in a growl.
A grand island railway in the Athabasca river northern Canada spans a quarter mile with two lorries. Boats carry goods to the island, transferred to rail cars, then shipped by water again. Customers load and push cars by hand. The owner says the venture yields thousands yearly and is the world’s most profitable railroad.
Eleanor finds a priceless watch in a park rubbish heap and faces temptation to keep it. After medical help for Dexter Brill, she pawns the watch to fund recovery, only to be questioned by a detective. The jewelry is traced to a missing silk bag from Mrs. Randolph Drexel, yielding a reward that becomes a wedding fund as Brill confesses his love.
A National Geographic study describes Doorn as the former Kaiser’s home base and surveys nearby sites in Rhenen, Zelst, Maarsbergen, and Utrecht. It notes Kunera tower, a Moravian settlement, and Marmont’s Pyramid as reminders of Napoleonic era figures, with Utrecht linked to a treaty expanding Britain's colonial reach.
On the Pacific coast near Cocos bay a shellfish called the nacascal yields a fine purple dye. The dyeing process is simple. blowing into the shell releases a greenish liquor that, when threads are dipped and exposed to sunlight, turn a fast purple. Preservation and broader demand are uncertain, but the dye could expand if priced well.
Burton J. Hendrick recalls General Leonard Wood leaving his medical role to join a small army unit chasing Geronimo across the Southwest and northern Mexico. Reports by Generals Lawton and Miles praise Wood's zeal, leading to the Medal of Honor for bravery in the campaign against the Apache chief.
Britain plans large subsidized air trunk lines connecting London with Canada via Newfoundland and London to Egypt with an extension to South Africa. Initial service to be by airships, later aircraft, signaling a major shift in long distance air transport.
The growth of trained industrial nurses shows rising employer recognition. Before 1919 only 66 firms employed such nurses, but now more than 871 industries provide nursing services. Industrial nurses prove a good investment, teaching hygiene and health education to prevent costly accidents.
Historical note shows sharks provide about 119 percent hide value, 31.3 percent edible material, and 447 units of fertilizer material. A ten pound liver yields three quarts of oil with little fish odor, suitable for tanning and paints. Dried fertilizer material amounts to about 2 percent.
Phil Norton writes that Vladivostok with about 850000 inhabitants has no running water. A Manchu water vender delivers two buckets daily for about two dollars, carried on a pole. Coolies melt snow for baths, and strict boiling is required before drinking. The city remains the political capital of the Far East.
Venice reports the return of Titian's Assumption of the Virgin to its original home in the choir of the Church of the Frari after recovering from war damage. The painting, prized as a world treasure, is reinstalled with its carved marble frame showcased for public reverence.
Elihu Root praised radical meetings for their clever hecklers at a New York luncheon. He recounted a brown cap youth taunting a speaker, who lost his temper and demanded the cap be removed. The youth refused, quipping that he kept his cap on when the speaker went over the top.
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