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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1920
Page
8
This excerpt argues that no two individuals are identical in any feature. It presents examples of natural asymmetry such as the left and right sides of the body differing in size and shape. The text extends to limbs and facial features, claiming universal variation.
Louis Crommelin, who fled France after the 1699 Edict of Nantes repeal, drove progress in Ireland’s linen trade aided by refugees. The linen board formed in 1711 spurred mechanization from 1725 with later innovations including Ferguson’s lime bleaching in 1765 and sulfuric acid use in 1770. Advancements continued with alkali and chlorine bleaching developments by 1795.
The piece notes the United States lags Europe in potato eating, with Germany at seven bushels per person annually in normal times and the U S at two and a half. It highlights extensive European use, including potatoes in flour, starch, dextrine, glucose and alcohol, and even mentions Irish breakfasts.
The piece argues men owe a duty to childhood because they were once children. Each generation inherits accumulated wisdom and piety from the past and must pass it on, adding its own contribution through effort.
A Mothers Cook Book offers practical notes on using prunes as a fresh fruit stand in any season and on wholesome meals for children. It details soaking and simmering methods, whole wheat dishes, cheese bread bake, a sugar rich cookie filling, and beef preparation with vinegar to tenderize tough meat.
A woman never sees her husband as a gambler if he stays lucky. A successful man forms plans and works steadily toward a goal. Without his wife, a man learns nothing of his neighbors. A girl in love calls a square meal something far from a free lunch for the average man.
Arthur F. Rice notes that among all nature sounds, the bark of the gray squirrel thrills him most. The scene features birds, chipmunks, red squirrels, and a dawn woods awakening as the gray squirrel signals its breakfast scramble with a bark.
Huei Kuan schools established in major Javanese towns aim to preserve Chinese language literature and Confucian ethics. They offer modern curricula with English and other subjects taught alongside Mandarin Chinese. Many graduates head to China for military colleges, while local business uses Malay and English.
A Boys' Life writer notes scientists split on when Indians arrived in North America. Some claim a late arrival from Asia via Alaska, while other findings point to humans in the Ohio and Delaware valleys near the end of the ice age. Artifacts buried in gravel suggest occupancy 10 000 to 15 000 years ago.
A chipmunk stores a prodigious quantity of nuts and grain in its winding burrow to endure the cold season. Enemies like hawks owls and weasels may suffer hunger while the creature rests beneath snow ready for spring. The piece notes the animal’s cozy winter and hopes for the south wind to return.
A gas oven designed to bake and boil foods simultaneously draws attention as a California inventor claims efficiency gains. Critics question practicality and safety while highlighting potential household uses and limits.
Northwestern led endowment campaigns seeking 25 million dollars for buildings and maintenance, with Harvard Princeton Cornell and New York University among top fundraisers. Other schools including MIT Fordham Mount Holyoke Bryn Mawr Smith and Barnard also pursuing large sums. total campaigns exceed 100 million before ten campaigns conclude.
In Ossawatomie Kansas a boilermaker foreman J I Sturges found a school of small minnows inside a locomotive tender amid water and fuel shortages. The unusual discovery followed rail yard strains and strange occurrences linked to the famine conditions.
One of three silver cups will be presented by Secretary Baker to the schools attended by the three prize winners in the War Department contest on What Are the Benefits of an Enlistment in the United States Army. The contest is open to students from all schools. The judging panel includes Secretary Baker General Pershing and General March.
Indiana University geology students study a Monroe county limestone rock received from the Smithsonian Institution. Geologists estimate the specimen at about one and a half billion years old, highlighting its ancient origins amid local rock abundance.
Governor Thomas Riggs Jr of Alaska announced plans to open Tongass and Chugach reserves to pulp mills, arguing billions of feet of newsprint wood are available. He urged Washington to restore the reserves to federal domain or permit pulp industry access, citing vast forests and favorable conditions.
London fears American frequency will corrupt youth speech as films and music favor Yankee phrases. Critics cite subtitles in scenes where villains say forget it and the Bun's Gone Daffy, while characters talk of cut out that dope and bootlegger.
Fractional metal currency vanished in Tyrol and authorities ordered a leather factory to cut scrap leather for local needs. In Mattighofen and nearby areas people found it cheaper to use leather money as soles for paper shoes rather than buying leather soles.
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