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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1929
Page
17
Hollow steel and glass sphere homes resembling giant golf balls appear as real architectural experiments in Dresden. The structures use full-surface windows to maximize sunlight and signal a drastic shift in design ideas.
An overview of U S Government chemists improving money durability through stronger paper and varnishes. Developments include cellulose acetate coatings that resist oil and water, reduce wear, and maintain folding strength for mass production of notes.
In a Rugby area village, a ghost of a miserly old woman haunts a locked home, nightly thumps and moving furniture until the mourners discover a hoard of gold and old deeds in the attic. Disturbances cease only after debts attributed to the ghost are paid in full.
The rotoscope, a British engineer designed instrument, lets observers study objects at extreme speeds by producing two glimpses per rotation. It creates a continuous slow motion view and has shown flames flicker and taps produce spherical drops rather than pear shaped ones.
A $2,000,000 War Memorial in Nashville will house a newly finished model of American war cemeteries in France created by Caperworth. Funded by a special wartime appropriation from Congress, the exhibit may expand to include miniature cemeteries with inscribed headstone details. Memorial Day visits will highlight these commemorative models.
German manufacturers perfect a flexible fabric made of thin aluminum foil bonded with protective coating. The material is light as silk, tough as leather, waterproof, and highly reflective, enabling raincoats umbrellas dresses and even business suits as well as decorative home items.
A vacuum apparatus for fat reduction appears in the article, notably a rubber vacuum cup. It functions similarly to a device used by plumbers, among various forms of approaches to combat excess fat.
A survey of new tools and gadgets includes a bread knife with a wedge frame for rapid cuts, an automatic office force with electric typewriters and calculators, a high speed hedge trimmer, a safety hand sharpener, and a suction device claimed to reduce fatty tissue. The strawberry tree, uncommon to most naturalists, bears orange red berries and heals nearby Killarney in Ireland.
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