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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1925
Page
2
If your alarm clock wakes the whole household attach an elastic band around the bell to dampen the sound. A wider band lowers the volume so you wake while others sleep. Adjust the band to strike a balance between waking you and not disturbing others.
A natural note explains how wild geese shed nearly all wing feathers at once during summer, a synchronized molt that leaves them temporarily flightless and vulnerable.
The item notes Winland Ia acreage 4 868 853, China receives new Chopsuey, Japan leads machinery demand, Argentina imports eggs from the United States, jelly sugar content, Sweden half California, Iceland freed in 1874, a 15 million year scarab found in North China, and Antares as the largest star by diameter.
Readable bits report a disparate mix of claims from Fiverton England to Labradoria and Alaska. Highlights include a large brown owl attacking men in England and Japan reporting a naval budget of 70 million dollars for 1925 26. Greenland is named as the largest island, and Jan Van Albert is listed as the world’s tallest man at 9 feet 828 inches.
A Boston Transcript report notes a judge and policeman in a street scene where a young woman is asked for the charge. The officer quips that running across the street costumed as Repember Mora. The judge replies with a terse sentence about thirty days bath Reptember.
A New York restaurant displays a polite sign cautioning patrons not to take certain remedies after meals noting the medicines should not be consumed in that context. The oddly worded notice reads do not look upon our kelves and forking medicine.
General Farm News discusses neglect of hogs on many farms and shows how proper care boosts profits. It outlines farrowing timing, feed regimens, and pasture options, stressing clean quarters, balanced rations, and self feeding as hogs grow. It cites Circular C-12 from A L Ward of Texas A and M Extension Service.
In a brief exchange Tamlor notes Betty is a striking beauty while Senior adds she slapped him twice, highlighting a sharp personal remark in an unidentified local vignette.
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