04 Mar 1920
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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
2
Maine enforcement veteran John M. Evans describes how bootleggers concealed liquor in walls tanks and disguises in saloons and private venues. He details plant locations hidden under barrels basements and even in reaches of counter and clothing.
The Prussian minister of education orders textbooks to omit pictures of the Kaiser and predecessors and bars anecdotes that could glorify the dynasty or foster monarchism in pupils minds.
An India religious zealot accepts a painful board as penance to win belief that a holy man remains indifferent to worldly discomfort. He insists on smiling despite the spikes, aiming to show spiritual detachment.
Pinehurst North Carolina golf scene captivates as Miss Metcalf Keating of Agawam Hunt drives onto rails. The engineer peered from the cab, halted a passenger train at the sight, and the ball rested safely on a tiny cinder tee. Passengers steadied as the train resumed its journey northward.
The British air ministry announces a new air route linking London to Cairo and Cape Town. The distance reduces travel from fifty-nine to seventy-five days to about one week, with a flying distance under 5,200 miles and a projected fifty-two hours of flight time at 100 miles per hour.
John J. Taylor of Streator Ir wrote 4100 words on the blank side of a postal card without aid. If printed in newspaper type the text would fill about two and three quarter columns.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes an exceptional cattle export from Montana in 1919, far exceeding typical ranges of 200 000 to 800 000 yearly. Estimates suggest 500 000 to 1 000 000 head moved out, with 400 000 to 500 000 sheep also relocated from the Northwest to midwest and southern grazing areas.
John Shubert 18 is found hanged in his father's apartment after reading a lurid Western novel and watching moving pictures. Police believe he attempted a make believe hanging to reenact a scene from The Young Wild West Holding the Hill. The case links cinematic fascination to a fatal act and notes a supposed grave scene in a bathtub.
News urges farmers to shelter sheep from wind and storm to prevent exposure losses. It argues shelter costs are small compared with sheep losses and notes national sheep losses from bad weather would fund numerous shelters if available.
Farmers can raise calf beef profitably on pasture with a silo and a single crop. Adding soiling crops helps supplement silage and pasture, with some hay and grain to finish calves for market.
Scrub sites go to the butcher’s block and water supply is crucial for livestock. Pigs grow fast on pasture with some grain. cattle convert hay stover and silage into meat. A silo helps diversified farms. beef pork milk or mutton come from good pastures. Milk for piglets and regular salting of cattle are advised. Moldy silage harms sheep. good silage benefits cattle.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania a passenger with a celluloid collar and slip-in bow tie was seated by an open window when a sudden gust swung the car. The wind whisked the tie from the collar loosened the neckwear and sent both flying out the window to the opposite side.
Stanley Neville stood charged with bigamy with Sophia Redford aiding. Neville, known to Redford’s kin as a married man with three children, used disguise by shaving his mustache darkening his hair discarding glasses and walking with a limp to woo Redford’s sister’s hand at a registry office with Redford’s relatives as witnesses.
Mrs. Clara C. Agnes wins a divorce from her showman husband who allegedly shaved their baby’s head and paraded the infant as a member of a newly discovered South Sea island tribe. She also says he forced her into cages with venomous snakes as a snake charmer.
In Kansas City Missouri two thieves tried to crank a motor truck while Jocko, present for advertising, opened his cage and chased the men, saving the day. His quick action disrupted the theft and drew attention to the incident.
A bulldog pinned 17 year old John Sharp who had taken $4 from Abe's cash register. Napperstick shouted Sic em Bill as officers arrived to take the boy to a hospital.
A rugged tramp knocks for food at a kitchen door. When asked to work, he claims he is busy and jokes about wandering from house to house. The exchange ends with the woman skeptical of his claim and the note that small town ideas often disappoint the drummer.
A Boston Transcript quip notes a speaker claiming to own a very light suit and a very heavy one to “average up” their clothing, joking about balancing cold weather attire with two extreme outfits.
A Birmingham Age-Herald item recounts a flirtatious shop interaction in which a fair shopper teases a young clerk. The clerk denies a romantic nickname while the shopper presses suggestions like Love's Young Dream and Kissing Me in the Moonlight, prompting a humorous response about lingering features.
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