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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1920
Page
16
A scientific note argues that no two people are identical in features and measurements. It cites asymmetries such as the left and right sides of the body differing in size and shape, including hands arms and legs, and even ears and shoulders.
Louis Crommelin led the rise of the Irish linen industry after fleeing France in 1699. The linen trade advanced from hand methods to new machinery by 1725. Dr. James Ferguson introduced lime bleaching in 1765 and later sulphuric acid in 1770, with acid use evolving from buttermilk to mineral alkali. Potash and chloride of lime followed in the late 18th century.
The article notes Europe, especially Germany, surpasses the United States in potato use as a table vegetable. It cites per capita averages of seven bushels in Germany and two and a half in the U S, with eastern Germany workers consuming seventeen bushels annually, plus widespread nonfood uses like flour starch glucose and alcohol.
The passage argues that men have a duty to childhood because they were once children. Each generation inherits the wisdom and piety of prior ages and must pass it on, adding its own increment through exertion.
A digest of practical kitchen guidance from a mothers cookbook. It covers selecting prunes, soaking and cooking them with minimal sugar, plus using whole wheat for children. Recipes include bread crumb cheese filling bake, a lemon raisin cookie style dish, and a tenderizing beef method with vinegar to soften fibers.
A woman never thinks of her husband as a gambler as long as he doesn't lose. A successful man forms plans and sticks to them, working like a gimlet to a point. If it wasn't for his wife a man would never know anything worth knowing about his neighbors. What a girl in love calls a square meal wouldn't pass as a free lunch with the average man.
Arthur F. Rice notes in Boys' Life that the gray squirrel’s bark thrills most when observing dawn woods. He describes the forest’s early chorus with jays, crows, grouse, chipmunks, and red squirrels, culminating in the gray squirrel’s alarm bark and tail flick as it forages.
Java’s Huei Kuan schools spread to major towns to keep Chinese language literature and Confucian ethics alive. They offer modern curricula with English and European studies taught alongside Mandarin. Students often pursue arms and military education in China, while Malay and English dominate local and foreign business.
Scientific observers debate whether Indians arrived from Asia via Alaska or appeared in North America around the close of the last ice age. Finds in Ohio and Delaware valleys include gravel-buried tools and habitations suggesting humans 10 000 to 15 000 years ago.
The chipmunk collects a large cache of nuts and grain and hides it in a winding burrow. When winter comes he remains safe under the snow and soil, free from predators, enjoying comfort while awaiting spring.
A gas oven claimed to bake and boil food simultaneously is reported as a Californian ingestion. The device prompts curiosity about combined cooking methods and potential kitchen efficiency.
Nearly seventy five colleges nationwide push endowments to raise professor pay and build new facilities. Northwestern seeks 25 million with 10 million for buildings, 11 million for program expansion, 4 million for current curricula. Other top targets include Harvard Princeton Cornell and New York University.
In Ossawatomie Kansas boilermaker foreman J I Sturges at the roundhouse reports a tiny school of minnows discovered inside a locomotive tender amid water and fuel shortages. The odd finding came as crews investigated strange railroading incidents caused by famine level conditions.
One of three silver cups to be awarded by Secretary Baker to the schools attended by the three prize winning essays on What Are the Benefits of an Enlistment in the United States Army. The contest is open to all schools and the judging panel includes Secretary Baker General Pershing and General March.
Bloomington Indiana. Geologists at Indiana University study a Monroe County limestone specimen recently received from the Smithsonian Institution. They describe the rock as very old, about a billion and a half years in age, sparking curiosity among students about the region’s geology.
Gov Thomas Riggs Jr visited from Juneau to Washington urging removal of restrictions on pulp mills in Tongass and Chugach reservations. He cited 84 000 square miles of forests and hundreds of millions of feet of usable wood and water power for year round operation to lure mills from British Columbia.
London argues American frequency threatens vaunted English speech as youth absorb Yankee talk from films and songs. Critics note subtitles introduce phrases like Cut out that dope and The Bun's Gone Daffy, while British audiences struggle to grasp meanings.
In Tyrol Austria authorities pressed a large leather factory to stamp scrap leather into small tokens for local use. Citizens in Mattighofen and nearby areas found it cheaper to pay with leather money for paper shoes rather than purchasing leather soles.
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