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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1928
Page
8
A vintage guide explains quick at home checks for sight hearing smell taste and touch. It covers distant and near vision tests astigmatism simple ear tests with a watch, smell trials using common odors, and the interplay of taste and smell with examples of how touch and even texture perception matter in daily tasks. It also notes a novelty device for seasickness and outlines hands on tests using everyday objects like a glass rod and a marble.
Harry G. Hall of Williams Arizona invents a cylindrical watertight denture brush box with a hinged lid. A central shaft on the cover drives a bristle plate that rotates to scour false teeth when the lid is closed and latched.
Arthur W. Kewley of Atlanta introduces a radiator cap patent that condenses steam to conserve radiator water. Otto Feick of Schonau on the Brenz proposes a two hoop exercise contrivance to rotate a man inside, exercising all muscles. A thief in Australia faces a vertical license plate lock that prevents reseating without a key.
A Pearson's Weekly contributor recounts Charles I weighing a condemned man, then a 1760s experiment with Oliver Humbard and Samuel Johnson observing a dying man on scales. Witnesses debated whether the soul weighs. Nearby Quadewater preserves witch-scales from witchcraft inquiries, while sleepwalkers were tested as weight loss and confinement led to punishment and execution.
Safety lamps for cars urge better headlight use as New York records 48 fatalities and 364 accidents last year due to glare. Tips include adjustable lamps with simple screw fixes, easier bulb exchanges, and a new fixed focus headlamp designed to avoid high glare while evenly lighting ditches curves and road signs.
Ray A. Harris of North Windham Connecticut invents a lingerie clasp and perfume holder shaped as jewelry. The device includes an absorbent perfume pad and openings for fragrance release created by filigree work, plus a clasp to attach the ornament to clothing.
The article contrasts the chrysanthemum as a symbol from China and Japan with its meaning as a gold flower. It discusses Confucius, national symbolism, the Mikado’s Order of the Chrysanthemum, and includes an odd mix of a lamp design description and safety notes about glare and road illumination, mentioning an inventor and evolving headlight concepts.
University of Nebraska researchers report underwear worn for a day yielded about 400000 bacteria per square inch, six days of unwashed shirt reached nearly 10000000, and laundering plus sun drying reduced counts to 1000 or less. Findings link skin flora to contact with clothing, noting pimples and skin infections.
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