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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1922
Page
2
Lois meets Burton at the lake when he borrows sugar for a cake. She helps with his municipal hall draft, then they race by boat to the village as romance grows. Burton vows to return by train, but Lois keeps his memory with a farewell kiss before he departs.
Early voyagers encountered the birds later named Manuk de wata and Birds of the Sun. Malay, Portuguese, and Dutch writers offered varying labels and myths about these feetless, wingless creatures said to live in the air and perish upon death. European knowledge remained scant until the 18th century.
At a Swiss rifle meeting investigators found steel jacketed bullets deviated by telegraph and telephone wires along the range. Experiments at Thun with four parallel cables and 8 000 volts shifted bullets 24 yards on a 260 yard range and magnetized the projectiles. An artillery test at 8 000 yards showed electromagnetic influence turning projectiles 14 degrees off target.
The Smithsonian Institution exhibits a model showing the steps from production to use of natural gas and warns towns may shift to manufactured gas as natural reserves decline. A forthcoming bulletin will explain the future manufactured gas situation for lay readers.
A long rumor links a Bay road milestone to a Puritan burial superstition. The stone bears an 1710 inscription from Job and a faded old script resembling gs like an f. The inscription notes death and the house appointed for all living.
A compact guide explains building a loop antenna for apartments or crowded areas. It covers materials, dimensions, wood joints, bakelite parts, coil tuning, and the use of a shunt condenser for wavelengths above 175 meters. It highlights directional benefits and limitations versus outdoor antennas.
The Missouri Farm Bureau Federation plans to press the legislature in Jefferson City to lower taxes on farm lands and farm property. Ches ter Gray of Nevada named legislative agent, with broader aims including reform of state government jobs, farm co operatives laws, and expansion of rural services and roads.
A New Jersey incident shows the danger of stringing radio wires over live lines when a citizen died from a shock. The piece notes radio distance appeals to listeners far away and mentions a new filter separating telephone and telegraph waves. Dean Dexter B. Kimball of Cornell University summarizes two points from a radio talk about speaking plainly and radio’s infancy guiding future discoveries.
The article notes British Columbia's rich fisheries, the US Army Air Service with 600 planes active, and various oddities from sweet potato flavorings to a published slacker list. It also mentions historical executions in England, a curious claim about spiders as tonics, a plague death toll in Constantinople, and Polish deputies facing grievance.
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