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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
4
The piece muses on happiness and health, arguing that modern life offers measurable happiness despite enduring human sufferings. It reflects on the progress of remedies and understanding, noting more wrongs seen as knowledge grows, with a future generation bearing keen insight into loss.
The Popular Science Monthly describes a wax and pumice stone writing device by AVIMlam Co of Akron that replaces pens and pencils. When heated and cooled, the wax ink mix solidifies into a cell filled core, offering a uniform ink supply and easy wear away on paper.
Louisiana sugar cane planters experiment with turning spineless cactus into candy by removing peel, dipping in hot molasses and coating with sugar. The process yields a confections idea called knotte-kandy, using cactus already grown for cattle fodder as raw material. The effort also enables sugar salting facilities to reuse equipment for candy making.
A fragmentary note discusses how thought travels at light speed and how mind motion could relate to telepathic ideas. It suggests thought forms in the brain and speculates on distant mental communication through brain vibrations and the limits of transmission.
Fragmented OCR notes describe the Kremlin Cathedral and the tombs of emperors near Peter the Great. Mention is made of the Archangel Michael chapter and upper stories of the treasury, with references to war and scattered arms in the arsenal.
The article traces early Chinese printing from 592 A.D. under Yan Chien, noting block printing did not rival manuscripts until the tenth century and rapidly spread books. It links printing to the Song dynasty's intellectual flowering, compares Chinese output to Europe, cites Ming library holdings, and highlights vast Buddhist, Daoist, and geographic literature including gazetteers and biographies.
The Tet al Amina tablet discoveries in Beyat reveal six letters from a king of Jerusalem to the Pharaoh of Egypt, dating to the fifteenth century B C. Scholars identify the king as Abd-hiba or Abd-sadak, and the letters request troops and reinforcements as Jerusale m’s ancient history gains new context.
A historical column extols corn as a staple from Pilgrim times to the plains, noting corn fed life and vitality. The Southern Pacific dining car offers a card with corn based recipes and notes government guidance to use wheat sparingly.
A schoolmaster lectures on thrift to students, asking for animal examples. One boy suggests a dog and another a bear, sparking a humorous exchange about how animals store food and endure winter. The garbled OCR preserves a moment of classroom humor and inquiry.
A discussion begins with Lyman Abbott on how religion forms in a child through maternal care and obedience. The piece contrasts child faith with later religious concepts, noting a mother’s piety and love shape reverence and belief before formal theology. A separate anecdote recounts shoemaker Engle discovering two fat purses in shoes and returning them, prompting a frightened woman to reclaim more than $900 in cash and jewelry.
The Christian Herald reports that in wartime Budapest a famous crucifix was struck by a shell, destroying the cross while the Christ figure remained unharmed. The event stirred Hungarians, with miniature statues depicting the damaged cross and intact Christ sold widely.
Dr. Louise Stanley of the Missouri college of agriculture proposes suet as a cheap fat source for households. Suet costs about 10 cents a pound and yields 14 ounces of pure fat at 12 cents per pound. To imitate lard, mix one part oil to two parts suet, creating a satisfactory fat substitute for 15 cents a pound using either cottonseed oil or corn oil at about 21 cents per pound.
Investigations into how well the eye perceives contrasts reveal practical findings. Outdoors brightness contrasts rarely exceed 1 to 20, while indoors contrasts can reach 1 to 200. Dark window frames against the sky show contrasts up to 1 to 10,000, with optimal eye health contrasts between 2 to 20 and 1 to 100.
The French government proposes to assist depleted farmers and amateur farmers via a correspondence course. Pupils receive reading lists and instructions for managing a small experimental plot, conducting experiments, and visiting neighboring farms. The Union of Agricultural Syndicates oversees the program and has appointed monitors to supervise pupil work, with monthly exam papers and reports.
A study from Canada and a Florentine chemist demonstrated a powder that burns without an after flame and causes no smoke or flare on detonation, aiming to reduce airship explosions by improving safety in firing mechanisms.
A writer notes storms favor certain paths, leveling woods with sweeping force. Trees with deep roots survive best. wind resistance of trunks and branches shapes bending. Hickory endures top stress, while mixed woods show more maples toppled under strong gusts.
A horsefaced guest at the Petunia Taverne in Kansas City complains of anti factory noises and requests a room with southern and western exposure near the rail line. He demands prompt service, fresh peanut butter, Beta-Blita, distilled water, and quiet surroundings, but the landlord insists the house is full and cannot accommodate.
A reflective essay urges women over thirty to accept aging. It compares beauty to timeless sculptures like the Venus de Milo and Psyche, warning that youth cannot be preserved. The author chastises futile hopes to regain sixteen despite external cosmetic efforts.
A compact reflection on character as the essential truth in objects and faces. The author ties inner meaning to outer form, asserting that true beauty arises when outer impressions reveal inner truth. The piece emphasizes the artist’s duty to discover hidden meanings in all things.
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