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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
2
The Bloomfield Democrat announces weekly Fridays and semi weekly Tuesdays editions. W L Slinkard is proprietor and editor. Subscriptions are in advance with prices for one year six months and single copies. Advertising rates apply per line and include bank and lodge notices. Postal and contact details listed.
The article explains that any watch can serve as a compass by aligning the hour hand with the sun. By pointing the sun toward the hour hand, the opposite dial point gives south. Examples: at 4 o clock the 4 o clock hand toward the sun places the N on the dial south, and at 8 o clock the 8 o clock hand toward the sun makes X on the dial south.
The piece questions why people pry into others lives and news while neglecting their own faults. It laments townsfolk over criticizing neighbors and boasting about their own supposed good deeds, suggesting a wearying habit of nosiness and judgment.
The article explains how sour cream tests are harder due to uneven butterfat distribution and curdling. It recommends thorough mixing by transferring between containers or using a wooden ladle, and ensuring solids not fat dissolve completely to avoid inflated fat readings.
Venice on Ascension Day reenacts the marriage of the Adriatic with the yearly dart throwing since 1177. Cork celebrates the first Thursday in September as mayoral admiralty day by launching a mahogany and bronze tipped dart from a ship, signaling port authority.
The old-time capital of Ceylon, Kandy, houses the Rodaya caste and the revered tooth relic of Buddha. The Rodaya, origin linked to a king's sentence for serving flesh of pigs, are the lowest caste with about five members visible near Kandy. They live in huts, lack houses, cannot use bridges, kneel to higher castes, and face social exclusion under both native and English law.
The American pin trades worldwide with ordinary and safety pins. Africans and Asians value safety pins as currency. Manila imports 200000 gross yearly. Italy bought 2160000 safety pins last year. European metal shortages drive demand while Germany and Austria hoard metal for shells.
A William James passage argues that people judge others by their own hidden duties and sins, failing to grasp others' hidden lives. This mutual blindness fuels stupidity and injustice in moral judgments.
Mrs. Chu Ping-hsia becomes the first woman school director in Peking as director of the Paling Girls' Normal School. A young Wellesley graduate, she left a brilliant American record and served as editor in chief of the Women's Magazine in Shanghai before returning to China.
A sharp exchange centers on a woman unable to keep a secret and a military census faker who risks exposing her true age. The dialogue highlights suspicion, secrecy, and tension around identity in a fraught social moment.
Conversation notes discuss a railroad incident with injury to a man named Kelly and severe loss affecting his yard and his wife. The fragment references a rough estimate of total losses and a news discussion from TDows Topics.
A fragile narrative follows The Girl and The Man as Tomorrow speaks in hopeful visions. The Sick-a-Bed Lady clings to belief in Tomorrow, and a miraculous recovery unfolds when faith overrides fear. The tale stresses trust in the future and the power of belief to alter dire outcomes.
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