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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1927
Page
3
By Elmo Scott Watson drawing by Ray Waiters, the piece surveys the push to overhaul the Gregorian calendar. It traces 1924 League of Nations efforts, responses from governments and organizations, and the core issues of unequal months, quarters, and year lengths. It outlines three reform groups, starting with minimal disruption by equalizing three of the four quarters.
The article outlines three reform groups contending for a redesigned year. First group adds a blank day outside the week for even quarters. second proposes four equal quarters with 01 days and New Year’s as a preface. third advocates 13 months of 38 days with Year day between December 23 and January 1. Proponents cite uniform quarters, constant pay dates, and easier statistics, while objections include religious and practical calendar disruptions. The plan's fate hinges on League of Nations approval by 1929 for 1933 implementation, with Sunday-year alignment a key hurdle.
The piece argues that punctuality reflects politeness and respect for others time. It condemns habitual lateness as selfish behavior that makes people wait and wastes valuable moments, urging self‑examination and better time discipline.
Grove Patterson laments in the Mobile Register that hours wasted waiting for others to keep appointments reflect a decline in courtesy and punctuality.
Young actress Little Audrey discusses her debut film The Hor ris of Hell about a young inventor whose device silences airplane noise and the theft surrounding it.
A Kansas City Times report notes a crowd drawing moment as a child displays remarkable skill in detecting counterfeit money. The piece highlights her father expressing doubt yet astonishment at the girl’s performance and training.
A concise note from American Magazine questions why the tongue resists revealing inner thoughts, exploring the tension between mind and speech and the urge for private reasoning over public disclosure.
The Bureau of Standards calibrates transmitting equipment for radio stations to ensure adherence to the 0.5 kilocycle rule set by the Federal Radio Commission. Piezo oscillators are the most accurate checkers, while standard frequency meters often drift and require recalibration. In four months, 46 stations sought piezo oscillator calibration and 21 sought frequency meter calibration.
Radio communication involves transmitters sending waves that travel outward and are received by receivers. Strong signals occur with high power or close transmitters. weak signals when power is low. For remote rural areas, more sensitive receivers improve reliable broadcast service.
Battery electrolyte can be bought at battery service stations. If a charged battery lacks proper specific gravity, drain, rinse with distilled water, add electrolyte, and gradually recharge until hydrometer reads correctly. Also take a voltmeter reading. A single shielding box suffices for one stage. radio circuits shield each stage individually. Some sets use serial condensers allowing tuning with any aerial length without changing the antenna.
In 1933 the office of the public welfare commissioner in Manila started a program to save uninjected children of the Cubon leper colony. By January 1996, 285 children under fifteen had been removed to institutions or private homes with periodic health exams and schooling.
Advertisement copy promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets as a cold preventer and remedy. Claims to ease approaching grip or influenza and fortify the system. Uses promotional language typical of early 20th century patent medicine ads.
The first American highway named for a woman runs through Carlisle Shippensburg and Greencastle in Pennsylvania. Molly Pitcher, said to have taken her husband's cannon role at the Battle of Monmouth in 1777, earned the title of fearless soldier and was later praised by George Washington.
An automatic wireless timekeeper for horse races has been tested at a Cape Town track in South Africa. It uses a light beam from a lamp in the judges box to an invisible selenium cell at the winning post. any crossing the beam extinguishes the light and stops the clock.
The Chinatown playground blends oriental landscaping with modern American play equipment. Chinese children and Namerican kids alike enjoy sandpits, swings, tennis courts, and other facilities in this vibrant community space.
Officials at St Pauls Cathedral in London kept time for thousands by having workers turn the clock hands behind the face every minute from dawn until repairs were finished after a broken pin stopped the faithful timepiece.
An Australian engineer C E Grayson is credited with a crude oil engine claimed to use only a fraction of ordinary fuel. The design allegedly runs on constant pressure combustion, signaling a potential leap in efficiency. Speech is the index of the mind.
Appeal to Yale alumni seeks aid to lease Pilasyn Yale or Yale hall in Yale valley near Wrexham Wales. The hall once belonged to Elihn Yale's family. current disabled veteran tenant proposes Yale men use the estate as a vacation camp. Only about a quarter of the earth gets ideal rainfall 20 to 50 inches annually.
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