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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
4
In Elcutta India the ON WHEELS authority orders 22 taxicabs to be cream and green. The Pan American Medical Association condemns sharp armaments on automobiles. Brakes reportedly heat to 1400 degrees Fahrenheit during quick decelerations.
An excerpt notes strange facts from various domains. It mentions Firefly glass made of syn thepe resin and a British Merit order limit of 24. It cites locomotive work involving 50 men, dangers of dragging loaded guns, and Alcatraz prisoners’ eight hour days. It adds Brighton policemen with pocket radios, and amusing stats on widowers and bankers. A London zoo incident reports three monkeys escaping.
The homeland article notes canned cheese added to army provisions. It cites railroads using up to one fifth of domestic timber, annual army and navy mobilizations since 1902, and yearly imports of 1,000,000 pounds of split bamboo from the Far East. It mentions a standing House committee for exclusive papers and a Pullman car generating power for about four homes.
The text notes that Chile's nitrate fields provide employment for about 40,000 men in normal periods. It also mentions other scattered facts including hospital fund-raising and geographic data about places like Window Rock and Awaji.
A scrapbook note cites early aviation law from 1900 and reflects on order as a distant human achievement. It also mentions random facts about mildew from leather goods, low temperatures at the pole, and crude peanut oil usage increasing in the United States.
A Pearson's London Weekly item notes that the Chinese are the fathers of printing and a printed book found in China bears the date May 11, 868. It also mentions that the United States has 2,300 daily newspapers and almost all comic strips, and explains why wedding rings are worn on the left hand.
US passport data show more American women travel to Europe than men. Croydon has had women magistrates since 1920, each wearing a hat in court. In Tehachapi Prison inmates edit their own newspaper. One third of Moscow judges are women, boxing rated worst for women. Three fourths of female professionals are teachers or nurses. Connecticut sets aside a 20 acre hunting and fishing tract for women sports enthusiasts.
A collage of literary maxims and notices describe wisdom and ambition. Quotes from Publilius Syrus Longfellow Bulwer Lytton and Atterbury share views on character and truth. The piece ends with Geneva celebrated for reform Red Cross and League of Nations roles.
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