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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
8
A collection of curious statistics and claims ranging from energy loss by the sun to national recreation spending, gasping for oxygen by goldfish, a Moscow fire death toll, England’s telegraph volume, Polish molasses and shoe blacking, rail recycling into grinding balls, bleaching mahogany, Canadian origins, and daylight saving time noted for its ineffectiveness.
A recently presented motion picture demonstrates cancer spreading through an animal. A new chemical dyes grass green and a fungus is killed simultaneously. In England, novelty woolen yarns use cats whiskers, coconut shells, and grass. The bureau of mines reports a process to recover manganese from low grade ore.
A new X-ray machine capable of seeing around bones and imaging any tissue depth was demonstrated. In Chicago a hotel uses a sorting rack to notify guests instantly of incoming mail by flashing a green light in their rooms.
A collection of varied facts including Iceland’s death rate at 10.3 per thousand, the Caribbean Sea spanning about 7 500 square miles, Cape Sable as the southernmost U S point, Guatemala City housing 165 000 residents as Central America’s largest city, and ongoing use of cotton in early experiments for road construction in 24 states within bituminous road projects.
World brief notes that Antarctica's main industry is whaling. Brazil bans absentee control of most businesses to corporations. Bok Tower sits on a high, central point in Florida. Ohio flood impacts 243 counties across 10 states, leaving 648000 homeless. Argentina bars use of its flag or coat of arms in trademarks. South Africa plans to settle 5000 to 6000 Europeans on land within five years.
A collection of aphorisms and curious facts including sayings on sight drafts blunt humor and family dynamics. It notes a quarter of Texas residents in the Trinity river valley's 11,433,000 acres and that alligators up to twenty inches may be mailed domestically. It also mentions since 1871 Americans have secured $18,000,000 in federal Indian claims.
The article presents Paderewski praising The Reader's Digest as a constant source for up to date ideas by reading its condensed articles. It highlights its usefulness for following American intellectual life and offers a free sample through a Pleasantville address.
Britain’s crown colony of Hong Kong has its own secretary for Chinese affairs, an attorney general, a chief justice and a postmaster general.
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