Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1919 — FACTS BRIEFLY TOLD [ARTICLE]

FACTS BRIEFLY TOLD

Contracts for hospitals at Peking and Shanghai td cost $3,000,000 have been let by tbe Rocke’eller foundation. Spanish experimenters In the production of cotton In Morocco have obtained the best results with Louisiana seed* ' 1 Of the coal & required by the railroads about one-fifth Is consumed by locomotives when standing idle, ini doliw n*

Pulverized peat is being used by the Swedish railroads for fuel, with success. Chiefly for roofing automobiles an imitation glass that resembles celluloid has been invented in Europe. Swedish is the commercial language of Sweden, but English, German and French, are understood in all business houses. ~ Dental parlors atßlo de Janeiro are like those in the United States, as, moss of the equipment Is of American manufacture, -.i:. -r -~-~