Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-06-13

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The first was archbishop John Nc
closkN. of New York. who was made
cardinal March 10, 1873. and died in
1855. The second. in order, Archbishop
Gibbons, of Baltimore. WAS ordained
cardinal June Z. 1856; Archbishop
oConnell, of Boston, was ordained
cardinal November u. 1911. and Arch
bishop Farley. of New York. WAS made
cardinal i'm 1911. The three last named
are no win office.
N is not generally known that the
banana is AN annuul. The fruit comes
To maturity about "A year after the
shoot is planted. the trunk of the tree
subsequently attaining II height OF
from eight To 10 feet and :, girth OF
S6 inches. From the root of the tree
several shoots or suckers sprout. each
of which in turn ccomes u fresh tree.
The life of the banana tree, however.
~ not unusually long. FOR il is felled
after the fruit is gathered and ONE
times indeed during the operation.
The soya bean. whose merits have
been widely proclaimed, may rid celltt-
loid of it's serious drawback. high in
f~lammability. A celluloid substitute
which will not burn has been made
from this useful vegetable, according to
adNices from Japan. II is called "Sato-
lite being the invention of Professor
''''f ''''' ~ w va NitiN
ing the Slucine of soya bean With for
malin. A company has been formed
and Will btiild Il factory in Toxic. wrom
which production viii begin soon.
The world discarded $4,000 tons of
tires during 1916. Adding
to this the large number of bicycle tire
thrown away every year by their own
ers. it appears that the world spends
every year ut least 5000. 600. 900 for
pneumatic tires alone. Nearly 3. 100000
automobiles are now in use i'm the
United States. TO supply these with
tires nearly 10000 tons of India rubber
are needed every year. and the Amer
can automobile owners pay every year
as much as $500. 600. 900 for tires.
Family allowances will he paid by
the United States to Il soldiers wife
or child while he is making compul-
sorry allotments to them as follows:
III there be Il wife, SIS: wife and one
child. s25; wife II two children.
$3.50; additional for additional child,
81. If there be no wife but "a child
SIS: two children. $12.50: three children.
$40: four children. $50: additional for
additional child. SIS. The monthly AL
lowance, however. shall not exceed
$50.
ID. ID. Dickey. engineer in a factory
Mt Berberton, Ohio. spent just $5S.2S
for food. or an average of about 15c a
day. during 1917. Dickey worked all
through The year. IL hours a day, six
days a week, and gained two pounds
during the year. Dickey's menu had no
place on 1t for meat and milk for
steady use. although he had them oc-
casionally. Fruit and baked dishes
made up a large part of The bill of fare.
Raymond Downing. of Waverly. Ia.
age 10 years. was old by his teacher
a few months ag to write to some one
he knew in France The lad knew no
one. but wrote to General John j. Per
shin. In the course of vlme an answer
arrived. and today there is no prouder
boy in Waverly thar the recipient of
that brief. kindly letter from the busy
general at the 'front.'.
A disease new to science and provi-
sionally called X a broker out In
the west and northwest of New South
Wales and has already caused Il num-
Der of deaths. says the Scientific
American. The symptoms somewhat
resemble those OF cerebro-spinai mem
ingitis. but 1t differs pathologically
from hat disease and in some respects
il somewhat akin to pneumonia.
When Henry Redus. of Starkville,
Miss. opened his grocery store he
found a negro boy. age IL, wedged in
the chimney. The negro entered the
store by way of the chimney and filled
himself with good things to eat. not
forgetting to cram his pockets as well
as his stomach. Then he tried to force
his way outi through h chimney and
stuck.
Writer'S cramp is IA disease to which
those who do much writing are liable
toward middle age. and a person af-
flicted with it has no complete control
80 A. ~,r~1~ - 49, l.-l - = n
and forefinger. The typewriter has
proved he best resource of those who
suffer t rom the ailment.
Wentzel Beecher. who ives near De-
fiance, O0io. has had his long whis-
kers removed from his face in order to
prove that he is strictly American.
False reports had been circulated to
the effect that Beecher had said he
would not shave his whiskers till Ger
many had won the a /.
When David Is. Weaver. Saxony.
MIMI, VENT to Montana in 1864. he dis
covered asg0ld mine. While he and his
parents were at work on 1t. Indians
drove them off. Four months ago he
tho same mine and intends to work 1t,
despite his 7S .
Mrs. Esther Colt. Of McKinley, Ne.
has q hen which declines to lay eggs
anywhere hut In the best" room up-
vtairs. When MreaGott found the first
oeg she thougtksher little son had nut,
it thannfSn6k later she saw the hen
walt x0ldIy up the back stairs I her
Girl workers in the danger buildings
n Woolwich arsenal. London, are o
allowed 10 wear Jewelry. 70 they In
dUlee their love Of personal adornment