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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1922
Page
6
Washington scientist Dr. W. J. Humphreys, in the Smithsonian annual report, explains paradoxes about rain drying the air, warmer afternoons after noon, and the sun appearing before rising and setting after going down. He notes vertical atmospheric circulation and light bending as causes.
The text notes that atmospheric refraction and Earth's rotation slightly alter sunset timing. Light is bent upward by the atmosphere so the sun is actually below the horizon when it is first seen, meaning the sun appears to set after it has gone down.
The National Bureau of Economic Research reports wide state by state income variation in 1919. New York tops at 9.07 billion dollars, while Nevada trails with 65.8 million. Per capita income favors New York at 874, with Pacific and Middle Atlantic regions near 700 to 800. Farmers’ incomes vary by region, farming supplying large shares of southern and western incomes.
In Gillette Wyoming Betty Carter leads a snake hunt with fifty six rattlers killed in Pleasant Hill area. Dick Bell and Bill Jones have slain sixty four from two dens, making a neck and neck contest for the top totals.
Anna Vivdenko a nineteen year old Russian refugee stowaway on the Manitowoc falls in love with first officer John Brakke after being discovered hiding with Evguenia Bonar. Despite deportation concerns the pair marry with humanitarian passport waivers while the crew aids a quiet passage to Baltimore.
New York collector Christopher J Fitzger ald paid 450 dollars for a horse study at auction. Cleaning revealed it is a work by seventeenth century Dutch master Isaac Van Astade. An offer of 25000 pounds has been made, but Fitzgerald refuses to sell.
Consternation spreads among bathers after a barracuda is captured near Montreal. The fish, linked to a Montreal death earlier this year off the Florida coast, prompted two men to kill it after it attacked them in machine rapids, closing many bathing activities.
William Boggerty sues a street pavement artist in London for damages after a broken leg. He claims the artist used greasy chalk on a banana drawing, causing his slip and injury on the pavement.
Elkhorn mourns Wyncken Blinken and Nodd of Dr L H Coulsen's cat family born with one body and three heads. Their mother abandoned the litter after shaming herself with such odd offspring, leaving the fate of the trio unclear.
A midwestern roundup covers farming, institutions, and local events from Cedar Falls to Muscatine. It notes teacher exams, county fairs, hospital gifts, railroad status, school buses, Christmas droughts, and a broad reflection on how play shapes nations from Persians to Americans, with a focus on youth sport heritage and the Greeks, Romans, and Brits.
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