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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1927
Page
6
A father explains to a child how blood moves through arteries and veins, powered by the heart. The discussion covers diffusion, pumping action, valve function, and the journey from lungs to the body, with analogies to pipes and doors, noting valves prevent backflow and arteries’ elasticity.
The set lists questions and provided answers covering topics from famous quotes and historical figures to science and geography. It includes names like K T Jones Jr and Abraham Lincoln, plus objects like the Moby Dick novel, Vesuvius, and the Suwannee River. it also cites figures such as Washington and Jefferson and notes on topics like the atmosphere and electricity.
A newly described Austrian method colors wood while green using heavy pressure in detoxed towed, displacing water and inserting coloring fluid. Birch, beech, alder, plane, elm, lime stain well. oak and pine do not. Used for furniture doors and frames, outdoor work may avoid painting though varnish is likely. Suitable for ship and railway car fittings.
United States coast and geodetic survey records show a survey act approved by Congress on February 10 1807. Field work began in 1810 with a survey of New York Bay and harbor.
A visiting girl feared a spanking for lateness and a host gave her a copy of Children, the Magazine for Parents, saying her mother would read it and stop the punishment. The host urged sharing the magazine with her mother to prevent punishment.
Robert T. Unit of New York University reports a lively red squirrel in the woods eats two poisonous mushrooms, Amanita muscaria and Rusaura emotica, when foraging and storing food. Experiments with caged squirrels show preference for these toxic species over edible fungi, puzzling researchers.
An older African American man teaches a motorist nine real lessons after a crash near Ausgasse. The motorist speeds away, a tire explodes, and the man emerges from the wreck, threatening to help him until a payment is offered to cover the damages.
The Dearborn Independent reports that poet Robert Frost sent a manuscript to a nearby agricultural college for factual check during revisions. Officials replied that his pomology was accurate but his poetry was awful.
Mrs. Paul Welten bohm of Terrebonne parish Louisiana endured a bizarre incident when she spent a night trapped by a tree during a hurricane. Her entangled hair required her husband to cut away much of it to free her. Meanwhile the article notes the US using 70 million pounds of artificial stick made from wood.
A New York oil man recalls Viscount Cowdray, builder of the Pennsylvania Railroad Hudson river tunnels, noting his humor under criticism. He quoted Cowdray saying critics were like Ike Jones, who would never stand by and see a friend abused, but would join in.
A quirky column notes questions about the term plain and its use in slang. It examines how plain refers to flat hits and the idea of a plain space where performances lack lift, presenting a light, humorous take.
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