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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
5
A Harper's essay notes American ingenuity in labor saving devices from electric curling irons to mail chute letter delivery and self drying plates. It praises endless modern conveniences that promise to cut labor, reduce effort, and simplify daily tasks through clever machines and simplified processes.
The Future Magazine notes that parts of Michigan have seen the potato bug nearly eradicated by a tiny parasitic Ny phora fly that lays eggs in the striped beetle. Grubs inside the beetle consume its innards, offering a natural control as parasitic enemies multiply and may spread nationwide.
A fragmentary essay argues that true education begins after formal schooling, requiring solitary struggle, heroic thought, and inward stars unseen. It contends intellectual ambition comes only from self discipline, solitary testing, and an inner prophetic vision that outlives the thinker.
A fragmentary note traces popular expressions to medieval calendars and Shakespeare origins. It mentions red letter days as festival reminders, ties necessity to "the role of any," and references Brindi’s Northern Memoirs of 1658, with notes on phrases associated with Barong and Mansfield.
Death Valley in California is described as a former lakebed with barren flats and basins. The region sits well below sea level, experiences extreme aridity, and lacks surface water, making even a short summer without water deadly. Commercial borax deposits are noted but the area remains waterless and unforgiving.
Alberta boasts to house 15 percent of the world coal supply and hosts the last wild buffalo herds in northwestern regions. Migratory ducks and geese nest in prairie provinces as spring flights head north. Weather patterns attributed to Alberta influence U S storms. England contemplates a Kensington Gardens monument to war dogs for roles in the war.
A compact overview traces early clay almanacs in England and Cenmiair, noting a square box eight inches long with months marked at corners and sides. It covers holidays depicted by saints symbols, St Clement's day ale custom, Greek origins of calendars, Petrus de Dacia, and the first printed European almanac in Regiennian tans.
A description explains making unbreakable glass by combining glasses with different expansion rates. Tubes from each glass are inserted one inside the other and fused, creating a rugged glass that resists thermal stress.
A large waterspout seen in the Caribbean between Progreso and Havana near the Niner Esperanza, which had just reached New York, dissolved after Captain Frederick G. Avery ordered a life line mortar fired to view the top of the tall spout. A prior blast from the ships whistle produced no effect. The incident occurred around 7 a.m. and followed speculation that sound waves could collapse the spout.
A handy home tip suggests a small heavy board on casters to move buckets or baskets across floors. Place the bucket on the board and kick it forward with your toe to avoid lifting, reducing effort while scrubbing.
A New York Sun item notes a lady teaching her canary to use bath towels for drying. After baths, the bird hops onto towel pieces atop its cage and rubs against them to dry itself, avoiding neck strain.
The article notes extensive manufacturing research converting waste into wealth, highlighting sulphite mills recovering alcohol and solid fuel from waste liquors. The recovered alcohol, termed sulphite spirit, is wood alcohol usable for power and is being adopted for municipal omnibus use in London.
A dentist correspondent notes that fake teeth for wild animals, like bears and tigers, are risky and require nerve. Extracting an animal tooth is hard, sometimes as tough as pulling a screw from oak with pliers. A well known menagerie owner once had an old bear fitted with full dental plates glued in place.
In a rainy night scene outside the regimental P C, two posts joke about what P C stands for with Post No 1 revealing it means pinochle club. The exchange shows lighthearted camaraderie amid stormy weather.
The piece argues that American talk often stays anecdotal and evasive while French and Latin American dialogue embraces confession. It notes travelers in transit share stories but still avoid deep personal truth, suggesting a deficit in honest self-expression among Americans compared with other cultures.
The text debates quoting for thought or quotation, arguing for fidelity to authority and the dangers of overquoting. It lampoons ornate rhetoric and stresses careful attribution, restraint, and the value of original expression over borrowed phrases.
A historical note describes how playing cards in Spanish speaking American nations differ from the standard deck. It notes only 40 cards with face cards and a distinct ace, plus a queen shown as a horse on a chariot. Decks are imported from Spain, thinner and more fragile, making shuffling and tearing easier.
Dr Lyaufer stated in an AAAS address that the potato entered the United States not via a band of Spanish adventurers as De Candolle suggested, but in a respectable manner from Bermuda, where it had earlier been introduced from England. The potato, native to Chile and Peru, became a naturalized English mark in the United States, having arrived in England around 1586 or later.
A man adores a film heroine and murmurs she is lovely while his wife retorts that beauty erodes commitment. She argues nothing reinforces that fact like seeing a pretty girl. The exchange satirizes marital distraction from cinema glamour.
Fragmentary note from In the Whirl column mentions eager readers and scattered phrases about characters named Blobson Taylor and uM Post. The legible parts suggest a community gossip tone with unclear surrounding actions.
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