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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
6
Elizabeth Cooper describes Bedouin women observing ancient customs in their village. Tattoos on lower lips and neck, henna dyed hair, silver anklets, gold chains, and bold jewelry define their beauty, with ritual veiling and traditional dress marking dignity amid change.
The Emergency Fleet Corporation tests electric welding at Federal Shipbuilding in Kearny New Jersey on a 40 foot section of a 9600 ton cargo ship. Spot welds join frames and plates while arc welds seal seams. If successful, weight savings of about 10 percent and large time and cost savings are expected, including $40 per ton of steel.
Demand for art in Japan yields record prices at Higashi Hongwanji and Viscount Akimoto sales. Ogata Korin screens sold for 305000 yen, Keishoki album fetched 140000 yen, Nobunoe scroll 116000 yen, and Royokai kakemono set a new peak at 210000 yen. Final sales surged beyond prior records.
The center of production for U S crop and animal value in 1917 lies in the central Dixie region, indicating the lowest overall production concentration there. This assessment uses the national agricultural value distribution to identify the central production point.
The article describes the rapid growth of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service from 1917 to 1919, expanding from 12 oil tankers to 1,500 ships and employing thousands of officers and men. It notes plans to train 22,000 officers and 200,000 men to crew the merchant fleet, and highlights the service role of supplying fronts, gathering U.S. goods, and maintaining continuous shipping.
The navy overseas transportation service expands from New York to Philadelphia with about 3,000,000 tons for coastwise, West Indian and South American trade. It fast-tracks oil tankers, commissions civilian skippers as lieutenants, and aims to load cargo in record time while defending ships with gun power, speed, and alert lookouts.
A vintage advertisement explains mixing juice from two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to create a cheap freckle sunburn and tan lotion. It claims to whiten and soften skin, remove freckles, and notes the mixture is harmless and widely available from grocers and drug stores.
A reflective meditation on listening to music in all forms. The poet argues that masters’ complex music and simple melodies share harmony for those with trained ears and open hearts. Wealth and praise can crowd out other sounds, yet many lives hold song in every phase if one learns to hear.
A quip from Boys' Life humor column states Willie offers three proofs that the earth is round: the book says so, you say so, and ma says so, highlighting simple, everyday reasoning.
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