Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — Around the World. [ARTICLE]

Around the World.

• Damascus, In Syria, is the oldr est of all cities now existing. r They are agitating the quesr r tion of digging a canal along the r south shore of Long Island. f * Wisconsin was a part successr ively of Indiana, Illinois and f Michigan before it was made a t state in 1848. r Keyless fire alarm boxes are ’ replacing the old “break the ■ glass and turn the key” style ■ in New York. • If Alaska’s erratic coast line ; was stretched out in a straight • line it would be longer than the ’ entire coast line of the remain- ’ der of the United States. A. flve-ton electric cannon ; which may be fired without noise, smoke or powder has ■ been Invented by a Philadelphian. It is to be tried out at Norristown, Pa.