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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1920
Page
2
H Gernsback reports on a high voltage experiment at a testing lab where a rabbit sits on a transformer plate receiving 500,000 volts through 20 kilowatts. The test claims a dry bath effect that removes dead skin and dust while toning the nervous system and rejuvenating the body.
Charles Rabot, famed French arctic scientist, is named honorary member of the Christiania Geographical Society. He led 1892 La Manche expedition to Spitzbergen, first to map west Spitzbergen glaciers and distinguish glaciological patterns. His key work is Des Variations de Longueur des Glaciers. He charted the black Ice between Saltenfjord and Ranefjord, noting Vestbraen and Osthbragen.
The Spanish king heads a nationalizing effort to invite Moroccan Jews to return after three centuries of ostracism. Prominent statesmen from many parties support the plan as an official invitation to resume their role in the country’s evolution.
In a brief Tit-Bits strip, Brayde jokes about language limits while Baker asks how many tongues a wife speaks. The exchange hints at marital irony and social quips, set in a compact one language may suffice sentiment.
In Brown county western region a farmer laid narrow ditches across a road to deter speeders after chickens and a nearly 100 pound pig were killed by autos. Cars hitting the one foot wide by eight inch deep ditches at 35 mph were slowed significantly, the farmer claims, and the method proved effective.
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