Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1917 — Short : Paragraphs : of : Interest [ARTICLE]

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An aviation school is about to be opened by the Chinese government Waste molasses is now used in Hawaii as fuel for furnaces that produce steam power. An English Inventor’s interlocking concretg piling is said to be stronger than sheet piling made of wood. •The production of apples In the United States equals a busheUand a half sot every man, woman and child In the country. '

A Spanish bell bearing the date 1247 is still in use in Oakland, Cal. The electric, railways of the United States are valued at the enormous sum of $730,000,000 In national factories and establishments controlled by England, 500,000 women are now employed. ■ German brew'erles are manufacturJng a form of yeast to be mixed with stock foods to increase their nourishing qualities.