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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1929
Page
15
An overview of household tests to detect adulterants in milk butter meat coffee and canned goods. Describes lactometer formaldehyde detection turmeric paper boric acid tests coal tar dyes artificial coloring and tin iron lead salts, with simple procedures and safety notes.
French scientists showcase gazogène gas for gasoline engines at the Versailles Forestry Exposition with charcoal gas distillation, cooling, and storage. London and German reports hint at a flax and linseed based substitute for cotton, suggesting short fibre flax could spin like cotton using existing machinery.
The rabbit emerges as a significant source of fur and meat with a nine year growth record. Government experiments at Ontario California and Saratoga Springs support a burgeoning industry, while U S demand and processing methods drive large trade in pelts for fur garments and hats.
A 19th century explanation of action and reaction shows how a strong man bears blows from a sledge hammer. If the hammer weighs ten pounds and moves sixteen feet per second, it could move a lighter anvil, but a heavier anvil resists movement. The lesson notes that the body endures the strike without discomfort due to equal and opposite forces.
A Boston man, Sterling D. Rosan, invents a detachable grip to correct stroke errors. The flexible celluloid grip has a U-shaped middle to fit the shaft and two flanges to guide the thumb and forefinger. The article notes another inventor, Charles, proposing a sound-reproducer concept.
Night plowing with tractor searchlights speeds soil preparation ahead of planting, allowing earlier harvests. Separate notes describe a vibrating paper sheet device for sound waves, a moving radiator figure for cars, and a Newark inventor’s drive cap lamp. Dog nose prints shown as stable identification from infancy to old age, used by veterinarians for lost or stolen pets.
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