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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1920
Page
2
A simple cheap filter uses a large garden pot with the bottom hole blocked by clay, topped with powdered charcoal. Water poured in passes through charcoal, yielding purified water suitable for family use. Change charcoal every three months and replace the sponge several times yearly.
A teacher reads a Jungle story to children and one student defines the Jungle as where the circus Ives resides, yielding a humorous misunderstanding from the classroom scene.
A Century company employee was approached by a roughly dressed man seeking story tips. The man claimed to be a writer from an emigrant ship and offered material to editors. He left after the offer was declined, and the Century company lost access to Robert Louis Stevenson and William W. Eilsworth, A Golden Age of Authors.
The Dead Sea region contains ample bitumen that can be gathered and prepared for road making at lower costs than current Near East and European supplies. It can be applied using standard tar-spraying machines.
In Tasmania a mammal species is described whose females lay eggs and hatch their young like birds. The animals are about porcupine sized, covered with dense spines, and have a slender beak formed from white horn.
The text argues a weak receding chin signals poor character in both men and women but cautions against judging a person by the chin alone. It notes possible counterbalancing traits and warns that presensar is easily discouraged, urging broader assessment.
A method to recover readability from fire charred documents is described. Cold dion is poured over the charred sheet, drying to form a tough transparent coating that allows printing to be seen. Bank notes and other papers charred have been treated successfully.
In central Africa a negro miner recently swallowed 21 diamonds weighing 347 carats. Valued at 350 to 500 dollars each, the meal cost mine owners about 105 dollars. An X ray is now used on miners as they leave for the day.
A child, Betty, reacts to a new baby brother by touching his bald head and declaring him a lucky shampooess kiddie in a humorous family moment about hair care.
A birthday dinner at our house featured Hard Luck Tackle who ate heartily at first courses. After dessert he sighed and said he was running out of appetite in a humorous remark.
A thrifted cork can be softened by soaking in boiling water for fifteen minutes. After soaking it expands to fit any bottle, offering a simple at home solution when the right size cork is unavailable.
In the event of a prison officers strike more convicts now serving sentences offer to come out in sympathy striking support. The note reflects solidarity among inmates with potential disruption to jail operations.
Sir Roy Lankester says a mammoth skull and tusk unearthed in Denham England are about seventy thousand years old. The discovery highlights Ice Age life in the region.
A man's hair grayens about five years earlier than a woman's according to some pointers. The same source notes ten thousand gross of steel pens can be produced from one ton of metal.
The Salz burg salt baths once famed for eastern European leisure have been refitted by the American Red Cross as a military hospital for chronic rheumatism from trench warfare. Five hundred Romanian soldiers are recovering here under Maj. George C. Treadwell of Albany and American physicians after war damage stripped the facilities.
Eastern Siberia reports a clothing shortage while food is plentiful and production stalls. A YMCA secretary notes bread costs about two cents and butter 45 cents a pound, yet many cannot afford proper homes as population soars and holes in the ground and freight cars serve as dwellings.
Mrs Gilton remarks on her new chauffeur and his quick change from foreign nobleman to a normal worker. She notes the driver, Pierre, likely imported, corrected his airs, and answered in French when greeted with a standard greeting. The exchange underscores assimilation and language use in daily life.
A Yonkers Statesman fragment shows a father challenging a suitor and the young man replying with confidence about a future marriage. The dialogue hints at financial readiness and prudent planning, framed in a casual sports shirt and red tie.
A Boston Transcript joke contrasts a father and son over an item priced at 200 dollars. The son jokes the cost covers two masseurs at one hundred dollars each, highlighting satire of high prices.
After the German retreat Ostend fishermen resume fishing with several boats earning up to 1000 dollars weekly. The town relies on the sea for income as coastal livelihoods rebound from wartime disruption.
A short debate compares human and animal thinking with a wild theory about hens. One speaker counters that humans also exhibit cackling or noisy behavior, suggesting the joke hinges on human traits projected onto animals.
Mrs Chris Thompson and son George of Indianapolis visit L E Miller and wife. Lost blue ladies coat placed in wrong car Saturday near Picture Theatre. Reward. Chalmer Spaulding and others spent Sunday with Walter Graham. Obituary notes include Nora Small 37 of Walton. Funeral at Walton Lutheran. Marine Tip and Kokomo fire reports follow. Honest remembrance of Aunt Nellie and a joke about germs.
Mrs. Harry Garrison is reported ill at her Lincoln street residence, with word of the condition reaching local neighbors.
In Indiana, Jerry faces humiliation after his Latin teacher invites his parents to a school meeting. His father is elected president of the new mothers’ club, prompting Jerry’s defense that his father’s leadership shows openness to the relationship between parents and teachers. His mother scolds him as a sissy.
Mrs Fahlsing of Ft Wayne visits granddaughter Mrs Tom Streeter. E A McCoy and family spent Sunday with Chauncey Miller and family in Kokomo. Fire department called to Mrs Ora Chumness home Saturday for smoke from burning paper, alarm false.
Chas Cree returns from California with wife and daughter for a two week visit. A royal reception Sunday at the Cree parents’ home drew eighty six neighbors and friends for noon dinner, music, games, and chatter. Attendees included families from Terre Haute Logansport Frankfort Walton Young America and more.
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