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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1920
Page
3
The Chronicle Mornings Except Mondays lists subscription options with yearly and quarterly pricing. Editor and Publisher Steven Robrent Stevenson oversees publishing. Prices shown include per year and three month prepayment amounts.
The article argues that neither major party will pledge a veterans bonus, splitting sentiment and leaving Congress unfriendly. Veterans groups shift to electing favorable congressmen, but success seems unlikely. Instead, push for constructive legislation may yield longer term benefits.
A citizen argues that car fronts and steel bumpers injure pedestrians and proposes a soft pneumatic fender with a cushion to absorb impact. He suggests both car and pedestrian protection could become compulsory, condemning politics as corrupting ordinary citizens in public life.
Sir Thomas Lipton, the cheerful challenger, used a native seaman to steer his boat amid foreign winds and currents as Americans helped him in hopes of lifting the cup. Andrew Jackson Applegate, Sea Bright skipper who rowed for the Shamrock, has received a letter.
A harsh note condemns an English guest aboard the Shamrock in its races. The writer blasts Captain Applegate and Americans who show hospitality, predicting widespread contempt for the letter writer rather than for the captain.
New theaters costing 25 million dollars are rising in New York City. The Broadway district will gain more grand playhouses and palatial cinemas as the metropolis adds to its 500+ theaters. Meanwhile housing loans are scarce, old flats are displaced, and the city faces a housing famine even as visitors seek shows.
A reflective note contrasts past admiration for horses with present scenes of horse drawn vehicles on highways, describing the shift from vigor and grace to awkward motion and evolving transportation. The fragment hints at nostalgia and the changing role of horses in modern roadways.
A reader suggests moving yacht racing to a saucer shaped circular course for better visibility, likening it to a bicycle race and to a Ben Hur style chariot spectacle on stage. The remark satirically contrasts practical sailing with a theatrical display.
A cryptic note suggests reliance on key speakers in Chicago and San Francisco to save the country, implying doubt about commencement orators’ impact and urging trusted voices to lead the effort. The message emphasizes national salvation through prominent speakers across major cities.
Astrologists have not revealed what the stars indicate for Senator Harding but editors agree the Marion star is favorable, signaling positive attention for his campaign in the local paper.
An auction note remarks a carved ivory deer stein from the former Kaiser era brought about $200 at a New York sale. The terse comment questions the presence of Kaiser-worshippers in the country, reflecting controversy over such artifacts.
A government official asserts plentiful coal and cars, while coal remains in the ground and cats stand idle in the freight yard. The remark contrasts resource availability with halted industrial activity, hinting at transport or mining disruption.
A quirky correspondent asks how corn on the cob should be eaten and muses that inhaling it isn’t against rules. The piece teases a shifted military bonus fate and wonders if Legionaries seeking it must form a fourth party. It predicts Villa may tour the United States as chautauqua or revivalist and hints socialists face a dubious debacle.
K. Packard argues Twin Falls should align with Pacific time, detailing historical shifts from local to railroad to zone time. He cites Boise, Meridian and Meridian line context, noting clock discrepancies and asking officials to declare standard time for court filings and daily schedules.
Boston August 9 Charles J Appleton also known as Lawrence A Aimon is under arrest for using the mails to defraud officials say in a scheme involving false stories about Wellesley Smith Mount Holyoke and Eastern Women's colleges. The probe followed college complaints about a hoax ceremony and claims of a German pennant while other stories alleged to have targeted Smith and Wellesley endowment fundraising.
Mr Pipwillow tends his garden and shares milk with a neighbor’s cat in a curio scene. The neighbor jokes about a cat training on a cabbage plot as the feline purrs beside a milk saucer near a chemist shop.
An explainer on maple sap as the source of real maple syrup. The article outlines how starch in the tree is converted by enzymes into sugar, which travels as sap to nourish buds and expand with warmth. Gas in sap wood creates downward pressure, causing syrup to drizzle from a tapped tree. A well‑fed maple can yield about 50 quarts of sap to make three pounds of sugar when boiled.
A compact French device uses compressed air to spin a small airplane propeller. A 100 foot tower carries a wheel acting like a crank to engage the propeller shaft. A cord on the wheel winds to spin the mechanism, aided by a cylinder piston and a carbonic acid tank.
The article notes Britain’s coal exports were a major component of total trade before the war, constituting 8 percent in value and 75 percent of weight. It cites figures: 50,000,000 tons exported to continental Europe, with 20,000,000 to France, 9,650,000 to unspecified destinations, 2,200,000 to Norway, 4,560,000 to Sweden, 1,860,000 to an unnamed area, plus 9,000,000 to South America and 6,000,000 to other parts of the world.
Joe Patterson of Mustport Me built a banjo composed of 1,400 pieces. It has traveled over 64,000 miles in recent years. The instrument features bits of pear, ivory and various woods in all shapes and sizes.
Local chatter mirrors a playful exchange about sharks in a small pond. One fisher jokes about the lack of sharks while another questions the odd question, capturing rural humor and everyday life.
A large crowd in Winona Lake watches Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and Major Jackson Morris of Kentucky clash over the League covenant. Hitchcock defends Article X and aims to reassure cries for world peace, while Morris criticizes Lodge reservations and warns of America being drawn into European conflicts including Poland. The debate centers on the League’s aims, Poland, and the Versailles treaty protections.
Marion August 9 Senator Harding sent a message of greeting to Texas Republicans read at the state convention in Dallas. He said Texas leading a new political alignment could herald a new era in American politics and unite the party in the South and nation.
Corn Products Refining Co announces purchase of seven acres in north Kansas City Missouri for an immediate $7,600,000 plant. Seven buildings will rise on the tract as part of the project.
A Reuters dispatch from Vladivostok says the Japanese residents of Okhotsk on the Sea of Okhotsk have been massacred and the town burned. The government reportedly received advices confirming the attack and destruction.
In Baltimore Maryland an elderly veteran, Richard Nevius Bowe, aged around ninety, was decorated for gallantry by General Grant. The article notes his long friendship with President Bias Higgs and records the ceremony acknowledging his bravery.
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