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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1929
Page
6
Government scientists at the Arlington experimental station test a corn flour and air mixture as a combustible for a motor car engine. The method uses an electric spark to ignite successive explosions inside a large box, illustrating explosive dust risks from grain and pantry powders.
The Chinese collect crickets kept in carved gourds and jars for song and fighting. Victors are prized as generals, fights occur in public arenas with referees and ticklers, and betting reaches high sums. Wealthier collectors nurture prized crickets while experts care for pets at home.
Two British chemists, Professor Baly and his son, reveal plass a new transparent material made from natural substances and coal tar. It resists breakage after blows, remains clear to UV light, and can be molded into rooms, pens, radio panels, phonograph records and decorative fabrics through a novel dipping technique.
Inventor George T. Ritter of Burley Idaho patents a single piece device to hold a spoon upright in a cup. W D Johnston Jr USGS reports on mapping a vein in the Little Florida Mountains near Deming New Mexico. ants reveal ore by testing hill sand. Other notes include jeweled masks for fur heads by George J. Baruch and a floating bath soap dish by Henry F. Nelthorpe of Los Angeles with an integral air chamber.
An experiment to test mental influence describes drawing a circle with two perpendicular diameters on paper. A pendulum weight hangs from a pencil over the circle and will swing along line AB or CD when the observer concentrates, or circle the motion when focusing on the circle.
Prof. Geheim rat Rubner, a leading German physiologist, condemns scanty present day women’s dress as unsanitary and linked to rising mortality among ages twenty to twenty six. He cites light clothing and weight loss from slender fashions, noting reduced garment weight and insufficient washing of outer wear as harmful to health.
The article discusses Earth's slight shrinkage in circumference over the last century linked to faster rotation and notes experts doubt if shrinkage will continue. It also reports glucose injections aiding recovery in encephalitis patients and improving sleeping sickness, with studies at St Elizabeths Hospital and comments by Dr Leland Alford.
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