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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1924
Page
7
The article details Underwriters' Laboratories safe testing, including explosion and furnace tests, heat up to thousands of degrees, and a dramatic drop test. Eight men operate as the safe is rolled from the furnace, dropped from a fourth floor, and then reexamined, with success earning a high rating from Youth's Companion.
General Lewis Cass of Michigan organized an expedition from Detroit in spring 1820 to trace the Detroit River to the Mississippi. The party, noting Indian tribes, botany, mineralogy and meteorology, reached the Mississippi too late to find its source and rested on a Minnesota lake now named for Cass. Cassake is described as an 18 mile transparent lake near the route.
Two Scotchmen who cross a river by ferry argue over who should pay the fares. They joke that neither should keep count and decide to pay their own way, fearing they might meet someone on the other side.
A short dialogue fragment features Roy and Gabeon discussing women who imitate men. Roy calls such women idiots while noting that imitation is successful in some cases.
A note expresses gratitude to Henry Carr for pleasant rides. The writer credits the ballast device of about 200 pounds on the rear seat for easier car operation.
Medical writers challenge the belief that cold water worsens heat illness. They trace the idea to historical warnings and show that heat exhaustion stems from heat buildup, not cold intake. The piece notes a century ago a city posted warnings on public pumps to wait for the water to warm, contrasting humane society acts then and now.
The bass, large and small mouth, is a nomad feeding through the year. It feeds best at dawn and dusk and moves its home with the seasons. In spring it stays shallow by rapids, then goes to deep pools. summer finds it in cooler depths among weeds and logs. Smallmouth favors stony bars at 2 to 60 feet, while largemouth prefers weeds and mud.
English astronomer P Ryves reports from Ivana 8000 feet up observing Mars at its near pass. He notes cloudless skies and abundant polar snow with greenish southern regions and red markings suggesting clear, dry weather on the visible side.
Reports to the Detroit Free Press say Genesee County houses many ancient Bibles. Rev. George Bedford of Grand Blanc claims the oldest, printed in Oxford in 1825, and another from Worcester, Massachusetts dated 1797. Most derided texts are well preserved and include books like Esdras, Baruch, Susanna, and Maccabees.
A clear barytone voice from a rooftop draws hundreds of shoppers to Eighth Avenue and Fifty second Street. The performer, holding a megaphone, announces the opening of a new grocery and butcher shop on the ground floor of the building.
Scotland wakes to plans under the Grampian Electricity bill to use waters of 15 lochs and nine small lakes for hydro power. The project would span 417 square miles and generate about 56 000 horsepower across Perth Kinross Forfar and four other counties with £4 500 000 capital. Supporters say natural beauty remains protected while electricity and dividends rise.
Copper horseshoes are tested as a fire prevention measure in national forests across the West. Angles supervisor cites steel shoes in Flinty regions as potential spark sources. Trials began recently in Calaveras County, California.
An industrial textile additive named Eulan F is introduced to German markets claiming moth proofing of wool without color loss. The product exists as a water insoluble white powder used in mills with acid to dissolve, and as a household solution requiring only 1 percent. Germany markets report Eulan F now available for textile protection.
A nearsighted bookseller recalls stepping onto a shaded porch for a first sales attempt. He asked a man about sixty or seventy if his mother was in, only to realize the person was an elderly man behind the screen door.
Lord Northcliffe feared bad luck from seating 18 at table. At a London luncheon 13 men sat, including Americans, and he cried that there were 138 at the table and ordered everyone to rise until his secretary could make 14. He recounted tragedies he blamed on 18-person seating.
A New York city official and a commissioner walked past Nathan Hale statue in City Hall park. The commissioner praised the sculpture, prompting the official to joke that he thought it was a statue of Houdini, revealing his confusion about the figure.
Visitors to state museums and palaces in Paris must pay an entrance fee. The Louvre charges 1 franc while others such as Luxembourg Cluny Arc de Triomphe and Petit Trianon vary. Daily receipts estimate 2000 francs at the Louvre and 3850 at Cluny and Arc de Triomphe. The plan aims to ease taxpayer burden and a proposal may tax Versailles gardens when fountains run.
A New York optician notes higher telescope demand in summer as people study the heavens outdoors. He cites uses for sea watchers and mountain lookouts, but says most sales go to amateur astronomers, with 200 units sold annually. Lenses range from 1 inch to 3.5 inches, with larger sizes rare.
Seawise passengers recalled signs blamed for misfortune aboard the Adriatic after an explosion that followed an anchor loss, nearly striking the Holyhead Dublin ferry and occurring near the Titanic wreck site. An elderly man quipped that he feared dying for years of trimming people.
Denatured alcohol is grain alcohol rendered unfit for drinking by adding 10 gallons of wood alcohol and a gallon of benzine to 100 gallons of ethyl alcohol. It may be bought tax free for fuel or light, only in bonded warehouses under government supervision. Grain alcohol must be produced from grain or similar starch sources in well equipped factories due to required conditions.
Doctor Marine notes goiter is preventable. Iodine supports thyroid function and recent Akron Ohio school study by Dr. O P Kimball shows that a minute daily iodine dose prevents goiter in iodine deficient areas.
The paragraph recalls Charley Wooster allegedly breaking a western record in the early 70s while barefoot in blue den ims and a silk tile. It also mentions Paswell in 1860 acquiring a clawham mered suit via a relief box from Boston and wearing it all summer on the farm, with overalls to church noted.
G B Burgin recounts a Leacock anecdote from a literary club. A cemetery custodian notes Lord Strathcona is the only distinguished Canadian buried there and a vacant plot beside him. Leacock replies he will arrange for another Canadian to occupy the space but then reveals he has chosen Westminster Abbey for burial.
Underground fires are smothered using a million tons of mud in three connected mines near Butte. Tailings and decomposed rock are repurposed to blanket the fire while water serves to transport materials 1200 to 2200 feet below ground. By late 1922 a vast ore body will be accessible, with copper content exceeding 80 million tons.
A complete skeleton of a young adult male was unearthed on the east side of the Roman encampment at Ham Hill Somer set. The grave lay two feet deep oriented north south and was boxed by Ham stone slabs with a black pottery dish, a crude brass coin, and an oval hammer stone nearby.
Kentucky homespun jeans once popular across the nation are now produced in small rural pockets. Old time methods of carding wool spinning and loom work survive in the mountains where cloth and garments are still crafted. Women weave rag carpets on mountain looms admired for color blends and designs.
Washington Star recounts a dialogue where Senator Sorghum rejects claims of sole fitness for a position. He argues several could fill the role but asserts no one has his experience and fortitude to endure campaign primaries.
Mr Chuggins recalls reporting a car theft and being told his own carelessness caused the crime. The exchange highlights social attitudes toward car ownership and theft.
One day only Dr. Mellenthin, licensed in Texas, offers non surgical treatment for stomach and systemic diseases. He lists several Texas patients with conditions from bronchitis to high blood pressure and kidney issues. Free consultation offered. married women must be accompanied by husbands. address 211 Bradbury Bldg Los Angeles.
A torpid liver benefits from Herbine with immediate energy return and renewed appetite. Restful sleep follows and the remedy is sold by 8. P. Smith for 60 cents.
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