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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
12
Elcutta India government orders 1222 taxicabs to wear cream and green paint. Pan American Medical Association condemns armed vehicles. Brake temperatures can reach 1400 degrees Fahrenheit during rapid deceleration.
A patchwork of curiosities notes 16 percent of France as order forest and describes firefly glass from syn thepe resin. It mentions a 24 member British Order of Merit, locomotive presection equating work of 50 men, risks of handling loaded guns, Alcatraz prisoners’ routines, Brighton policemen with pocket radios, social patterns of remarriage, and a Lond on zoo escape of three monkeys.
Government reports note that canned cheese is now included in army provisions. It also mentions railroads using timber, annual naval and army movements since 1902, large bamboo imports from the Far East, a two member standing committee on executive papers, and a Pullman car generating electricity for about four homes.
Chile's nitrate fields employ about 40,000 men in normal times. Over 5 million dollars in six cent pieces were raised for hospitals in the last year. Window Rock Arizona with 200 people is the Navajo reservation capital on 16 000 acre lands. Greater New York has about 5 500 miles of streets two thirds paved. Harvard University owns a rare statue of King Gudea from 4 300 years ago. The U S steel industry spends over 9 million dollars yearly on research. Awaji Island in Japan's inland sea hosts 189 000 people in 218 square miles.
A collection of curious statements notes aviation laws from 1900 and earth’s last realization, mildew from damp leather, and extreme North Pole temps. It cites peanut oil usage growth, NYU Hall of Fame rules, European soldier cemeteries, Spanish moss income for Louisiana, and a Coleridge quote on wonder.
A Pearson's London Weekly note claims China as the fathers of printing. It cites a printed book found in China dated May 11, 868. The piece also mentions wedding rings worn on the left hand due to a myth of a vein to the heart.
About one third of Moscow judges are women while boxing is rated the worst sport for women. Tehachapi Prison inmates publish and edit their own paper. U.S. passport data show more women travel to Europe than men. Croydon has had women magistrates since 1920 who wear hats in court. Most women workers are teachers or nurses. Connecticut sets aside a 20 acre hunting and fishing tract for women sports enthusiasts.
A collage of quotes from Publilius Syrus Longfellow Bulwer Lytton and Atterbury presents reflections on ambition sincerity and virtue. It also extols Geneva noting its Reformation history Red Cross ties and League of Nations era.
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