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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
8
A report notes certain oil wells have operated for over five decades and daily U.S. output exceeds 2.5 million barrels. It also states more than a quarter of 1,000 ton class sea going vessels fly the American flag, including oil tankers.
A garbled condensation notes farm transfers involving McCoy, Jones, and Mr McCoy, plus scattered figures for oats, wheat, butter, and eggs. Mentions of Christmas mass at St Ephs, Bishop Dunne, and a New Years program at the community hall with a minstrel production and Wood mancamp sponsorship.
A mix of curious notes: a wild owl trained to ride a radiator cap in Idaho, Jumbo the pony visiting a children's ward in London, a 22 ounce Pomeranian from San Bernardino, Tasmanian farmer fined over $20,000 for strays, a chicken heart kept alive at Rockefeller Institute for over two decades, blue-eyed pilots favored by English experts, and 261 Hungarian workers forming a union seeking half-price rail and theatre tickets.
A report highlights books published in 106 languages in Russia over the last year and notes Radcliffe England with 25 000 residents claims no slums. It compares Spain's area to Great Britain and cites Haarlem Holland as a linen and bulb farming city. It mentions a department store strike in Boulage Frank and Australian education authorities meeting in Adirsde to back Sunday games for boys.
A survey of dust measurement notes dust particles per unit area and historic instruments like the Aitken dust counter. It also covers game bird incubation times and a biblical tale of Israelites gathering straw, detailing how Egypt’s bricks were made and Pharaoh’s order to collect straw.
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