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Newspaper
Checotah Times
Location
Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
3
The article surveys travelers reports that portray natives such as the Caribs, Payuans, and Kurubars as gentle, virtuous, and lawful. It contrasts early Columbus-era views of savagery with accounts of peaceful life, family affection, justice, and honesty among these groups.
A playful exchange has Mr Sunnyface urging cheer and Mr Blubody warning not to forget a note due next Monday. The light dialogue centers on memory and a looming payment, implying a humorous domestic or social scene.
New measurements in Scientific American suggest Mount Blanc is now about 4,807 meters tall instead of 4,810. Discrepancies arise from instrument precision, while some contend a real loss. A snow cap on the summit may have thinned by roughly nine feet after a hot summer.
A Minnesota inventor reports a newly compounded explosive showing strong disruptive potential when confined in shells or drill holes. It supposedly detonates only via a blasting cap or electric detonator, emits no fumes, resists heat to 212 Fahrenheit, does not freeze, and cannot be triggered by shock accidentally.
The largest passenger engine in the world begins service between Salt Lake City Utah and Butte Montana. Weighing about 300 tons it has eight 73 inch driving wheels a wheel base of 41 feet and a length of 80 feet. It carries 12 000 gallons water and 20 tons coal and is expected to haul a 12 to 14 car passenger train on grades better than 1 percent at 35 to 40 mph.
A new low temperature research station in Cambridge England claims to be the world’s first of its kind. It will study food refrigeration and the effects of low temperature on plant life, marking a notable advance in cold science.
The Mescalero Apache tribe, 625 members, endure poverty and tuberculosis as water cuts and poor land limit farming. Many depend on grazing or government lumbering while Capt. Ernest Stecker helped secure permission to cut and sell mature timber valued up to 500000 dollars under the Indian bureau forestry division. Congress plans to advance funds tied to timber sales.
Dr. Hubert Work, postmaster general, spoke at a dinner criticizing objections to a new postal regulation. He contrasted such opposition with George Augustus Sala, recounting a joke about his reaction to Asti wine being called nasty.
The Department of Agriculture notes grapefruits resemble oranges and identifies two varieties, Samp son and Thornton. Thornton is less acid and less likely to squirt when a spoon enters the segment, while both are described as delicious.
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports a film star telling his press agent he wants frank public disclosure in an authorized bio. He contemplates mentioning bus boy work and omitting two years as a chorus man to protect popularity.
The article tours a geologic corridor in central Oregon where erosion exposed a fossil rich shore. It describes fossil shells, clams, oysters, and even three toed horses embedded in rocks while noting billions of years of life prior to humans. Drilling derricks appear on the horizon signaling future exploration.
The excerpt notes new fruits like fieroa jujube sapote and roselle, grown in California Florida and Texas, highlighting maize rice potatoes and bananas as dominant crops. It counsels taking time to relax, let go of daily worries and persevere with new tasks, quoting Elizabeth Arnold from the Detroit Free Press.
The piece notes Japan's mix of motorcars and traditional stables with ornate carriages. Rickshaw workers in private service wear uniforms bearing the emperor crest. They showcase great speed and endurance, commonly reaching ten miles per hour. A two-man team can sustain about 50 to 60 miles, a pace once said to shorten a coolie’s life by ten years.
A dialogue discusses women entering politics. Miss Cayenne argues reform takes time and influence grows slowly, noting politics have long been male controlled and changing a single man is easier than reshaping the entire sex.
Fragmentary OCR reads Primitive Heating Plants and mentions New York urban context. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities beyond generic terms. Summary reflects limited, readable portions with unspecified subject.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a fixation or event amid fog with uncertain ages and vague details.Names, dates, places are unreadable. The readable text hints at a lone item or note rather than a full story.
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