Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1916 — INTERESTING FACTS [ARTICLE]

INTERESTING FACTS

Ice Is made use of In u Texas orchard to retard the budding until desired. With an automobile tire in mind an Inventor has brought out fire hose with a removable inner tube that can be renewed when Injured. Two American express companies have recently opened offices In HongKong. There Is considerable parcel post business between that part of the world and the United States.

To retard the speed of motor trucks or stop them entirely if not running too swiftly a Frenchman has invented a wide blade fan, horizontally mounted beneath the vehicles. The government of Norway has established a censorship of motion picture films intended for public exhibition. Swimming apparatus made of rubber cushions that can be Inflated through an air valve and so compact it can be carried In a pocket has been invented.