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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
4
Dr. M. R. Fraentist and Oral Surgeon in Bedford announces a Royal Neighbors gathering at the hall on June 6th at 2:00 p.m. A good attendance is desired as noted in the Oracle.
A scribbled note indicates Bur eau Mixture, Limg Sulpher and Arsenate of lead sold or discussed at a local drug store. The fragment mentions directions or labeling with Sg to the Drug Store. The source text is incomplete but centers on medicinal preparations and a drug store reference.
Mrs McColm who had stayed with Mrs Chandler has gone to Clarinda to stay with Mrs Bradley. Miss Avis Warner who was called home by the death of her grandfather Geo Warner returned to her school work at Chillicothe Missouri Sunday.
Mrs Adda Dickerson of Sterling Colorado came last week and is spending two weeks with her parents F A Batten and wife.
Theodore Masker came back Sunday from Corning where he stayed with his son Will Masker and his family. He said his granddaughter, a member of Corning High School marching band, underwent an emergency appendectomy while the band performed in Minneapolis last week. She is recovering well and expected to be released home later this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wood of Idaho Falls Idaho visited at Mrs Ela Brookman s home Monday then went to St Joe Missouri to see Mrs Wood s mother The trip followed a funeral in Lenox for Mr Wood s sister held Sunday with several family members attending from the area
R A Sharp returned to his home in Promise City on Saturday after a brief stay with his daughter Mrs. G E Smith and her husband.
Mrs G E Smith traveled to Premice City on Monday to observe Decoration Day. She planned to attend local ceremonies and honor veterans.
The author argues courts must enforce drunken and reckless driving laws despite political pressure. They praise judges with courage who uphold safety rights, stating officers can present indicators but courts enforce the law, elevating justice in the community.
A Pearson's London Weekly writer says snakes tongue is harmless and cannot harm. The article notes the forked tongue is delicate, may aid vibration sensing, and can protrude with the mouth closed through grooves. It emphasizes snakes bite with fangs, not their tongue.
A mohur was a Persian gold coin used in India since the sixteenth century. Between 1835 and 1891 a mohur ashift was minted in British India with a nominal value of 15 rupees. After India adopted a gold standard in 1899 the British sovereign became legal tender and the mohur was superseded.
Travel writers label the Turkestan to India route as the world’s worst. The highway climbs to 3,000 feet, traverses rocky ledges, and sits along precipice edges less than 50 feet wide. Caravans from Ili expect to lose about 40 animals per trip on this perilous pass.
A Collier's Weekly writer notes that up to recent years Chinese people believed a criminal was not dead until his name was erased. Each year the beheaded individuals’ names were written on paper and burned in a temple in Peiping.
California state controller records show the first approved payment after statehood was for a Bible costing five dollars. It was ordered from San Jose to be ready for the first session of the Supreme Court in June 1850.
Ancient Greek sculptures are extremely rare in original form, but many copies by Greek or Roman sculptors and works from Roman art survive, preserved beneath centuries of debris and rubbish.
The Brittany spaniel is a French breed known officially as a spaniel but its size and pointing style lead some to call it a setter. It stands 18 to 20 inches tall at the shoulder.
Europe concentrates on fragrance plant cultivation with Bulgaria expanding rose growing southern France focusing on violets and England famed for lavender. The shift reflects a broader trend toward scented exports and regional specialties in horticulture.
A striking figure shows American steam locomotives consume about six hundred billion gallons of water annually. The volume would fill a channel around 100 yards wide and 9 feet deep, stretching from New York to San Francisco.
Australia’s megapode or bush turkey is the only bird able to fly and lead an independent life from hatching, Collier’s Weekly reports. The piece notes the bird’s early flight ability and self sufficiency.
Mrs. KateJ Adams reports the birth of her first great great granddaughter to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Churchill of Bedford. The child is named Madeline LaMae, marking a new generation in the Churchill family.
An electronic clock installed at the Washington Naval Observatory will not gain or lose a second in five or six years and will regulate all official clocks in the area.
City smoke may slow plant growth as soot coats leaves, hindering absorption of carbon dioxide and blocking sunlight, researchers say.
National Consumers Tax committee says a felt hat carries 77 federal taxes and 30 state and local charges, pushing its price up by about 11.3 percent. The finding highlights the tax complexity affecting consumer costs.
The piece explains that the poetic and operatic character Faust draws from a real magician who lived in the sixteenth century.
A Peruvian potato is hailed as the most valuable gift to global farming. The brain fever bird in India earns its name from its ceaseless calls. Sea lions eat about 40 pounds of fish daily. Madrid faces sudden extreme temperature shifts. The Alaskan moose is North America’s largest native mammal.
The piece traces glass origins in myth and fact from Phoenician tales to Jamestown and colonial America. It notes early glassmaking in Jamestown producing bottles, later trade with Native Americans for beads, and the spread to New England states after the American Revolution, concluding with modern ubiquity of glass products.
A Chicago Tribune writer outlines three pork curing methods: sweet pickle for hams with salt brine and nitrate, dry salt layering for preservation, and a light brine for bacon. Finishing smoke from hardwood adds flavor and color. lard yields from hog fat via boiling or steam methods, with byproducts used as stock and poultry feed.
The phrase Annie Oakley in American Tramps and Underworld Slang means a free admission pass to an amusement show. Passes were hole punched to deter resale and refunds, mirroring target cards used after Annie Oakley shot them. Oakley spent 17 years with Buffalo Bill's circus, and the term spread from circus to broader stage and boxing slang.
Polar Eskimos are a cheerful Arctic group living from Greenland to Alaska. They travel across the frozen lands in skin tents during short summers and snow igloos in winter. Their diet is entirely fresh meat from seals bears foxes whales walrus and reindeer.
The text explains silver as the whitest precious metal, its polishing and workability, and why alloys are used for durability. It defines sterling silver as 92.5 percent silver with 7.5 percent copper and coin silver as 90 percent silver with 10 percent copper, noting these standards for United States coinage.
Describes glaciers as rivers of ice formed in high mountains where snowfall exceeds melt. Ice accumulates to 1,500 feet, becoming heavy enough to flow downhill. Typical movement is about 1 inch per hour, with rare cases in New Zealand and Greenland reaching 30 feet daily, capable of crushing obstacles in their path.
Bi Monthly Mesdames Gien Baker and Geo Dzpew hosted a Saturday bridge gathering with ice cream cake and coffee. Hi yu wau weu club met with Mrs T R Hefley. Just Right couples hosted a dinner for Glen Oxley Marion Jetton. The UU bridge club met at Ralph Price's May 27 with guests Liston Morgan and others. prizes went to Liston Thomson Thom son Dowell.
Sella Mann and his wife visited the Independent office Monday morning to decorate the graves of Mr and Mrs T C Mann. They report Mrs Sylvester Mann has been seriously ill but is recovering at her son's home in Des Moines. Sylvester plans to move to Des Moines soon with the family.
Frank Peterson his wife and little daughter of Omahe Al Lund and wife of Shenandosh Dort Davie and wife Mrs Ida McFarland and C E Martin and wife attended the services at Guse Sunday.
Visitors on Decoration Day include Gilbert Welie and wife of Griswold, Lyle Young and family of Bedford, Frank Ledgerwood with wife and granddaughter of Greenfield, Hawley Mahaffey with wife and daughter of Russell, Gary Savage and wife of Des Moines, Mra Rosa Storer and mother, Mra Frank Whiteman of Indianapolis, and Mrs Jeee Morgan of Omaha.
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