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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1921
Page
2
The report details a Washington shift of stock market reporting to the Post Office department with scheduled dispatches from Omaha Kansas City St Louis and Washington stations. It explains times for live stock grain potato and radio marketgrams and urges amateur operators to distribute prices and market comments to farmers and agricultural interests.
The United States Bureau of Markets expands its wireless market news service to send agricultural reports from Washington Bellefonte St Louis and Omaha through the Post Office all mail service. Daily prices and conditions on fruits vegetables livestock and grain will be transmitted to farmers within a 200 mile radius. The program began December 15 2020 and aims to test practical delivery of market reports by wireless radio.
Madison figures show a typical working family of five needs 1890.71 annually for essentials and health. B G Packer, Wisconsin immigration commissioner, cites surveys from the U S Department of Labor across seven regions. The family includes a 12 year old boy a 6 year old girl and a 2 year old boy.
Tadpoles fed extracts of the thyroid gland undergo rapid metamorphosis into frogs but do not increase in size when their thyroid glands are suppressed by cauterization or excision. Conversely, feeding extracts of the sheep thyroid gland causes growth to great length without frog development, yielding giant tadpoles.
The article debunks a claim that the aspen leaf is suited for a crucifix due to its wood. It notes the leaf is broad, mounted on a flexible stalk, and the upper stalk is flattened and perpendicular to the leaf, making it easily moved by a light breeze.
Jacob H Rubin, a Milwaukee socialist who visited Russia, reports appalling conditions under Bolshevik rule. He describes nationalized housing, strict mobility, constant surveillance, and widespread suspicion among citizens. He recalls imprisonment in Moscow and Odessa, and notes clashes between Soviet leaders and anti Bolshevik elements.
Fragmentary report mentions Jud Tunkins and a downtown economist with five dollar lunches and dollar ginners at home. The passage is incomplete and lacks verifiable details.
France aims to average 4 million horsepower yearly by 1954 by tapping rivers for electricity. Investment across 49 plants totals 450 million francs in three years, with the Rhone water power project dominating plans and a 2 billion franc budget. The program seeks rail and industrial electrification and coal import reduction.
The text contrasts expectations of white teeth with reality. It notes teeth are never truly white and discusses crowding gaps and the need for clean spaces. It mentions whitening ideals versus natural appearance and health signals reflected in tooth color.
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