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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
8
A report from Emery City Georgia notes that a candy jar can feel heavier to a child than a sand jar of lesser weight. Among 6 to 11 year olds real coins appeared larger than gray disks of equal size, with poorer children perceiving sizes as greater than richer children. The piece also mentions furniture finishes, favoring light tones and new aged effects in the current display.
Life insurance payments to American families rose to 389.502 million in January, 5 percent above last year’s record. The increase reflects higher total policies outstanding at 167.995 million, about 11 million more than January 1951. Living policyholder payments reached 221.507 million, about 57 percent of all payments, with living benefits up modestly from a year ago. Matured endowments slipped slightly, while cash surrender values, disability payments, annuities and dividends all increased.
University of Pennsylvania scientists plan to use radioactive dating to determine the age of the Hotu Man specimen from northern Iran. The two skulls and other bones were found about 40 feet underground, deemed possibly 15,000 to 75,000 years old, and linked to a cave rockslide that killed two or more early humans.
A motorist struck by a train at a grade crossing risks charges for careless behavior showing failure to keep a sharp lookout for trams at danger points. If he crosses ahead of a tram after warning whistle, he may be prosecuted if the engineer can identify him. Livestock along the right of way are not paid by the railroad. owners bear damage if property losses occur. If no damage to railway property, the owner is billed for carcass burial costs.
Viscount Ranelagh defied the 1867 law banning smoking on trains, was arrested and fined, sparking public debate. The incident helped trigger Parliament to consider repeal, launching a sharp political fight that ended with a narrow victory for the bill in the final vote.
Advice on arranging pictures and wall decor while repainting a room. Try moving a few items up or down, or grouping them differently. When satisfied, hammer in nails and patch holes with spackle, then hide the work once the paint dries.
The record notes a major blunder during the first transcontinental railroad build in the UWS. Union Pacific and Central Pacific crews reportedly received mixed signals and laid up to 305 miles of parallel track side by side, a costly misstep in early railroad construction.
Ole asks Lena to marry him during a serene evening ride and she says yes. He then remains silent, to her frustration. An author interrupts with self praise but shifts to the reader. A playful line hints at a global ball that revolves on taxes and a joke about a modern babysitter watching TV.
A lively exchange features a Yankee boasting of a mare that licked a fast express train on a forty mile run and a Canadian storyteller recounting his pony racing a storm for ten miles home while his dog swam behind.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a tense moment as a person accuses another of planning future social plans. The overheard exchange implies jealousy and uncertain relationships, with a confrontational tone and unclear setting. Further context is unavailable from the readable text.
A minister spots a boy fishing on Sunday and scolds him for cruelty but misunderstands a bug. The boy explains the catch is an imitation insect while pulling a string of fish from the brook and quips that the minister misread the bait as well.
A father tells a young suitor he cannot marry his daughter without permission because she is a minor. The young man quips about asking John L. Lewis, hinting at labor era roots and authority figures in a guarded exchange.
A brief item notes a person described as an eid and not very. No further details are available in the readable text.
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