Thoughts on Study and Drift From 1922 Column
A F.4 Walker essay urges self discipline and persistent effort over blame, warning drifting leads to failure. It argues real progress requires hard work, personal industry, and prioritizing wisdom over wealth. The piece, dated 1922, contrasts with a Tacoma report on Aleutian grasshoppers carried by the West Nimrod.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Arctic
Pacific Ocean
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Siberia
North Pole
Arctic Circle
Tacoma
Wash
Orient
Christian Science Monitor
Be a Good Loser and Strive to Win Often
A reflective piece urges embracing loss gracefully while maintaining effort to win. It cautions against excuses and jealousy, notes personal responsibility for outcomes, and advises setting modest win goals to improve behavior and self respect. Copyright by John Blake.
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John Blake
Disraeli as Talker in Wit and Wisdom
W. E. Henley reviews Disraeli's Wit and Wisdom noting its crisp phrasing and memorable style. He contrasts Disraeli with Henry James Trollope and Meredith, calling the work a Talker's Guide that preserves memorable speech from a renowned orator.
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Disraeli
Henry James
Anthony Trollope
George Meredith
W. FE. Henley
Sulphur Shapes and Forms Describe One Element
Sulphur appears in diverse forms yet remains the same element. The yellow brittle solid is the common form. Molten sulphur poured into water cools into a stringy amber mass that can be molded. Flowers of sulphur are nearly white and distinct in appearance.
Japanese Tea Etiquette and Brewing Temperatures
East and West News describes how in Japan tea is enjoyed throughout the day in small cups. It notes no milk or sugar, careful water temperatures, and multiple brews from a single pot using a tablespoon of tea and hot water poured over it.
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Japan
Ceylon
How to handle cistern odor and taste from algae growth
The odor and taste in cistern water come from algae and moss. Add chlorinated lime about 35 percent available chlorine at one to three pounds per 100000 gallons to kill bacteria and algae. Thorough cleaning of the cistern walls may be needed, and a stirring jump like a chain pump can help.
Why Salt Makes Us Thirsty in the Body
The article explains that salt is essential in the body and that excess salt in the stomach triggers thirst as the stomach seeks to dilute and flush out the surplus. It notes salt’s comparison to sea water and describes how salt absorbs water, prompting the urge to drink.
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Nyone
Wheeler Syndicate
Lea
Origin of Drinking Pledge and Danish Influence
In John Brand’s Observations on the Popular Antiquities the origin of pledging in drinking is traced to French gage and Danish customs. Danes supposedly stabbed a pot in the act, prompting drinkers to seek a pledge for safety. Englishmen reportedly avoided drinking without such guarantees.
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Great Britain
John Brand
Society of Antiquaries of London
Dr. Henry
Untamed Islands And Violent Tales In Solomons
A traveler portrays the Solomon Islands as wild with danger in Choiseul and Malaita where taxes cannot be collected and a district officer needs armed guards. Murders, revenge, and skull collecting pepper village life while Bougainville offers indescribable scenery and a Chinese trader recalls a brother's death in a police clash.
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Solomon Islands
Choiseul
Malaita Islands
Bougainville
Gold in Cambria coal field pyrite carries precious metals
An expert notes small quantities of gold and silver in Cambria coal. Iron pyrite distributed through the seam suggests the mineral may carry gold. coke from the coal feeds smelting works. Gold per ton ranges one to two pennyweights, offset by high ash. A similar South Africa occurrence is described with purple- colored ash from metal particles.
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Cambria
Wyoming
South Africa
The Ingenious Beaver
The paper notes beavers as early creators of stable artificial environments, achieving thermal and chemical constancy. It contrasts beaver activity with human efforts, highlighting how beavers have long shaped their surroundings more actively in some regions. The text frames this as a notable instance of animal ingenuity and environmental modification.
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British Association
Modern Styles in Ancient Crete Frescoes at Knossos
J McCabe notes Knossos palace frescoes affirming high ancient Cretan standard. Women wear low neck bodices and long flounced skirts with corsetlike supports. wasp waist common. A French visitor quips the figures resemble Parisians, despite age estimates of at least 3,500 years.
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Crete
Knossos
J. McCabe
The Professor Regrets at Evening Social
A London Tit-Bits item notes the professor regrets leaving a party and questions taking his wife Mrs Handsworth along. The brief exchange captures social propriety and wit of the era.
Wealth of the Nations. How Different Men Hide Their Wealth
The article surveys national habits of storing money, noting the Englishman keeps silver and copper loose in pockets, the American uses a long wallet, the Frenchman carries a leather purse, the German favors silk-embroidered money belts, South American capitalists hide cash in belts, Italians wrap fortunes in knotted handkerchiefs, Spaniards and Russians also choose concealed spots like boots or linings.
Muskweion papula fruit of Hawaii described
The papula or muskweion fruit grows on Hawaii trees and can weigh eight to ten pounds. It resembles musk melons in appearance, turns bright yellow when ripe, and contains many small seeds. Trees thrive in poor soils, with plantations in rocky districts. they reach up to about 15 feet, though occasionally 30 feet, with a straight trunk and large leaf crown.
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Hawaii
First Beau Calls. Girl’s Vanishing Cream Fails
A high school sophomore recalls her first date with a senior. She wore vanish cream that seemed to vanish only to ooze from every pore, leaving beads of powdery glaze and a mortifying mirror reveal. She never saw him again.
Octopus Worship Drives Ritual Food Feast in Isolated Lagoon
In remote regions superstition surrounds a giant octopus blamed for dread. The creature dwells in a lagoon fed weekly by offerings, once human, now goats and calves. Natives attend missions yet miss schools and churches during the ritual.
Bronze Age Beaker Beads Found In Berwick Cist
A farmer clearing a Berwick field uncovered a beaker type Bronze Age cist with a cover and four sandstone side slabs. Inside lay well preserved human remains and parts of an urn dating to about 1500 B C. Also found were two small flint tools, including a thumb scraper used as a chisel.
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Berwick
England
Pepys Diaries and Letters Contrast in Black Essay
A Black magazine writer notes Samuel Pepys shows diarist intimacy and frankness, but his letters lack these qualities. The piece suggests Pepys wrote to himself on paper, with the diary preserving a fresh fearless style while letters reveal the industrial official behind the pen.
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Pepys
Black Magazine
Samuel Pepys
Providence
Fairies and the Buttercup Legend
A folkloric tale recalls an old man who sought a pot of gold at a rainbow’s end. He hid it to avoid sharing, but a tiny elf cut the bag and dropped coins, which fairies later tethered to stems. The meadow brightened with golden buttercups for children to find.
Bescher Lahrman Wedding in Richmond City Church
Miss Mary Edith Lahrman and Frank Edward Bescher united in a noon ceremony at First English Lutheran Church with Rev. Frank A. Dressel officiating. The service featured a full musical program, a lavish floral chancel, and a luncheon reception for about sixty guests before the couple plans a wedding trip east.
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Richmond Lite
Mary Edith Lahrman
Fred C. Lahrman
South Thirteenth Street
Frank Edward Bescher
B. A. Bescher
Lincoln Street
Frank A. Dressel
Lois Johanning
Schuman
Mary Jones
Elgar
Johanning
Alice Knollenberg
Cowen
Baldwin
Dubois
Miss Jones
Helen Eggemeyer
Helen Hill
Detroit
Elmer Bescher
Fred McClure
Gibson City
Herbert Thompson
George Tarkleson
Kathryn Bartel
Ann Markley
Earl Bescher, Jr
Miss Markley
Earl Bescher
Earl, Jr
Dayton
May Robinson
Camden
Ohio
George Hawekette
Herbert Fledderjohn
George Burkett
Anna Louise
Alice Burkett
Indianapolis
Clarence Coyle
Birmingham
Ala
John Dodson
Amy McDaniel
Cambridge City
Evelyn van Zant
New Castle
W. L. Morgan
Horatio Land
J. Brandon Griffis
Marjorie Gennett
Elizabeth Tarkleson
Maxine Murray
Doris Groan
Janet Seeker
Earl Keisker
Donald Bell
Thomas Bell
Russell Allen
Ronald Cox
Seldon Phillips
Floyd Nusbaum
F. A. Dressel
Charles Hieger
Juliet Nusbaum
Margaret Mooney
Tanlac Promises Cure For Tired Feeling And Nervous Debility
Tanlac is advertised as ending tired weak run down conditions and restoring health and energy. Testimonials include Earl J. Stritmatter of Ft Wayne Indiana who says his stomach improved and he gained twelve pounds after using Tanlac. The ad claims nervousness stems from stomach issues and promises better digestion and vitality with Tanlac.
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Tanlac
Earl J. Stritmatter
Box 9
Ft. Wayne, Ind
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Walker
Wealth of the Nations
Tree Muskmeion of
Bescher-Lahrman
Columbia City Post
Ranch Cigar Co
Dayton’s Tire Shop
Lamont Bros. Show
Milton, Ind
Lamont Bros
America
C. C. Green
Welfare Loan Society
J. E. Healy
Asst
Mgr
Richmond, Ind
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