Arizona republican., 1920-11-23
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q.Which states allowed women to vote for president before this election, and which state had woman suffrage first? A. w. B.
 l 4. Wyoming was first to grant suf- frage to women, the provision being in corrorated in the first constitution in l 1869. The states having presidential suffrage for women prior to the 18th amendment were: Wyoming. Colorado.
 Utah, Idaho. Washington, California.
 Kansas. Illinois, Oregon, Montana. Ne
 vada, New York, Michigan Oklahoma
 and South Dakota
 c. What Is the address of the rail-
 road labor board, created under the
 Eseh- Cummins act? R. E. M. I A. This board has offices at 5 Wa bash avenue, Chicago, III. C. F. Car rithers is the secretary Of the board. I Q. What green feed should be given
 to hens in the winter time7 o. R. M.
 4. The department of agriculture says that sprouted oats. alfalfa meal,
 chopped alfalfa and clover hay. cab bages and mangel beets are good kinds of green feed for hens during the win ter. Cabbages may be hung up in the poultry house and the beets are split and hung about a foot from the floor
 to keep the feed clean.
 o. How did coffee get its name? p. A. T.
 A. Coffee derives its name from Kaffa in Abyssinia. in which country
 1t is believed that coffee trees originat- ed. The botannical name Coffee ara } bica was given it because 1t was in Arabia that coffee was first cultivated and used as a beverage.
 o. As the speed of the re&sIvine record on . photograph eoverSs the
 pitch of the piece, why does the pitch : remain the same when the neediel !. : reaches the inner grooves where il travels slower? F. w. P.
 A. The bureau of standards says { that the pitch of a phonograph record ] depends upon the number of vibra-
 tions per second on the diaphragm te which the needle is attached. The vi
 brations are caused by the irregular depth of the grooves on the record. The 3 number of these waves is greater neal the edge of the record than near tn, T center, for the same sound. The mum
 Der of grooves passed over in a givei
 time is exactly the same. whether th'
 needle is near the edge or near tn,
 center
 Q. In the days when the senate helt } its sessions in the room now occupied
 by the Supreme court where did tn
 Supreme court sit? c. O. M.
 A The room now occupied by tn . Supreme court was the senate cham ' Der until 1859, and the Supreme cour " then used the room immediately be
 meath, now used as law library. f 0. What is meant by the term o n Mississippi 6ubble"? J. E. Il A. "The Mississippi Bubble" was n banking and commercial scheme pro
 jected in France at the beginning of tn n reign of Louis KY by Scottish finan d cier named John Law. It resulted i = the panic of 1720.
 O. When was the first block sigma 'E used and what railroad used it? E. h A. The actual operation of the bloc
 signalling system dates from the yea 'r 1sS9 when it was used on the Grea II Western railway of England. SylSe IT, system of block signalling. invented :" 1875. came to be used extensively bot in the United States and in England ,e o. Was the picture entitled "8ah ,e Stuart" at one time part of group ii G. w. L.
 f A The famous picture entitle to "Baby Stuart painted by Van Dyl< pr is said to be portrait of James, Dul If of York. the youngest child of Charis st I of England The child was about q. year old at the time the painting ws r. made. He was born october 14. 163 IS. The picture was originally one of u l. group of three children of the kin 1- The other two were Charles, Prince rs Wales, who was years old at the tin l- the picture was made, and Mary, WI he later became the Princess of Orang ce who was a little over years of as
 at that time.
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