Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1919 — SCRAPS [ARTICLE]

SCRAPS

Leather made from fishskin Is pronounced a success. A bicycle tire Invented In Europe Is made of closely colled steel wire. The idea that hard wood is any better than soft for fuel has been found erroneous. There is a shortage of salt in Japan. The defilcit this year will be about 933,330,000 pounds. A wheat recently developed in Italy Is said to yield an average of 10 bushels an acre more than any other known kind. According to a Roumanian scientist, old age is due solely to a decrease in the amount of water In the human system. It has been suggested that wood for fuel be bought by weight rather than by bulk as the only fair way of dealing In this commodity. All the paraffin wax for candlemaking In South Africa has to be Imported. This amounts annually to 8,250 tons, valued at $1,500,000. Airplane mail, freight and eventually, passenger service between the principal cities of Brazil is proposed by promoters who have received a government Three .Josiah Qujncys have filled the office of mayor of Boston. The first Josiah Quincy to become mayor served six years, from 1823 to 1828, later becoming president of Harvard college. His son, Josiah Quincy, Jr., was mayor for three years, from 1846 to 1848, and he was the grandfather of the Josiah Quincy still living, who was mayor for four years, from 1896 to 1899.