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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
4
Mr and Mrs J W McFarland and Mr and Mrs W R Brookman with daughter Betty Lou of Blanchard join Mr and Mrs Darrell Reed and daughter Beverly June of Des Moines for a Sunday visit at the Deonard residence.
The president has chosen the Black Hills as his summer home with elaborate preparations underway for his arrival and entertaining. The middle west gains the distinction of hosting the president in our midst, an unusual privilege.
If Lucky Lindburgh is not spoiled by the honors being thrust upon him on the other side of the Atlantic, it will prove that he is an unusual young man. He expects to leave for America and home, Saturday. A great welcome awaits him in his home land.
Mrs. W. B. Stewart and her children left yesterday in their car for Sterling Colorado where they will spend the summer season.
Edward J Orr came home Tuesday morning from Villigen where he attended memorial services.
Rev. Greene and family drove to Diagonal Monday afternoon and returned Tuesday morning after visiting overnight with relatives in that city.
Miss Frankie Mellinger, formerly a teacher at the state orphan's home in Atchison Kansas, arrived here late this week to visit relatives and old friends for a while before continuing to Florida.
Dr F A Hines returned Friday from St Joseph Missouri where he witnessed an autopsy at the slaughter house on ten cattle shipped by Ira Pfander of Sharpsburg. The animals were all tubercular with some in the worst stage of disease. County agent Isaacs and Chester Hamblin attended the viewing.
Fifteen year old Homer Nickell, son of Mr and Mrs Harley Nickell, ran away from home Tuesday while the parents were away at Bedford. He left on foot with a small bundle of clothing. Authorities and broadcasting stations have been alerted as his parents conduct a two day search.
A near Niagara Falls plant uses Niagara power to reclaim scrap iron. Cast iron scrap acts as anodes in huge wet batteries with iron chloride solution. When energized, iron dissolves into the liquid and deposits on steel rods, yielding nearly pure iron.
Vienna newspapers report the authentic death mask of Duke of Reichstadt known as l Aiglon, created by Franz Klein, has been found and will be shown at either the Vienna Burg or Schoenbrunn Castle. The prince died in 1882 and Klein also made Beethoven's mask five years earlier.
Officials at the public health demonstration station in Peking, established just over a year ago, aim to reduce a high death rate caused by son preference. Doctors say poverty drives families to abandon girl babies, and they plan to open free clinics to educate the poor against this practice.
Census figures show New Jersey produced 43 percent of the country’s vitreous chinaware in 1925, valued at 11.89 million dollars from 18 plants. The Trenton pottery district led, with several facilities operating multiple potteries, while Ohio was second at 16 percent and New York stood lower.
A summary of enduring superstitions about the cuckoo. Old lore cites Aristotle and Pliny noting the bird lays eggs in another nest, and cites beliefs linking cuckoos to gods, infidelity, and a life of bachelorhood for single men. Folklore persists in English rural memory with hawklike habits and memory of past forms.
Reports describe an ancient musical instrument made from acorns strung in scale order. Players bite each acorn to set it vibrating as the string is drawn taut to produce clear notes. The elderwood flute, carved from a dry green stick, features four holes set to form distinct scales.
A Washington Star note describes a dust collection setup in a workshop where valuable metals are ground. An electric motor powers a grinding wheel with a small motorized exhaust fan drawing particles into a funnel leading to a floor sack. The system is praised for simplicity and material savings, especially for manufacturers where losses are significant.
A schoolboy joke about the cuckoo is challenged by a naturalist who argues that cuckoos are not deceitful egg thieves by nature. The article asserts that the bird’s behavior is driven by natural design and notes the cuckoo’s unique reproductive adaptation.
A careful survey of the underground water courses in the carboniferous limestone region of Yorkshire Bungland reveals an extensive subterranean drainage system with outlets miles from surface sinks. Similar, less studied phenomena occur globally and recent ocean bottom research shows rivers entering seas beneath the surface.
A London paper recalls Rossetti proposing to buy an elephant to clean his windows. He said passers by would ask who lived there and learn of the painter Rossetti, prompting them to buy his pictures when told the name.
Northwestern University President Walter Dill Scott compared modern power use to 170 slaves per person, noting how motors and devices replace personal servitude. The piece argues mechanical energy has freed workers, enabling comforts and opportunities unseen by ancient rulers, with Archimedes cited as a precursor.
In the Big Creek basin west of Cleveland a steam shovel yields fossil fishes and sharks from the Cleveland shale at a higher rate than old collectors. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, with land company help and donor funds, salvages millions of years old fish remains that would otherwise be lost.
Secretary Merrill at a Washington dinner rebutted foreign critics of U S merchant marine. He cites a mock English tale of an American freighter entering Liverpool and a captain shouting humorous lines to his crew about the blunt end and the blunt stop phrase. The speech portrays pride in U S maritime history.
The father asks if the beloved is worth a future, the son rejects a mortgage of his dreams yet insists he needs her. The father sighs and with a final twist denies the match, saying the boy talks like he has prior experience with women.
The United States Department of Commerce reports American pianos violins mandolins and guitars are widely used in Japan. Canada leads as a purchaser of sheet music with Japan third in phonograph records. Piano remains nonnative but popular in educated wealthy families.
A cow escaped from near the Woking rail yards and entered a moving picture theater. It stood in the front row during an orchestral rehearsal, then exited by an emergency door. The animal was followed down 20 steps and blocked a woman attendant until release as the program began.
Dr Charles H Townsend of the New York Aquarium describes the sea’s marvels from the tiny sea horse to the 200 pound Jewfish and the shark with suction discs. He notes scientific fascination with the horseshoe crab the bowla mudfish and strange deep sea fishes.
An Indianapolis businessman settles on a southern border county farm along the river for hunting and vacations. Rastus, hired as a caretaker, is told to lock all buildings including a padlock on the chicken house granary smoke house and tooth house. He questions locking the toolhouse promising no break‑in risk.
The revived inland waterways system uses towboats equipped with sending and receiving radio sets. Operators stay in constant contact with a land central station. After proving useful on the lower river, the service will extend from St. Louis to the Twin Cities, aiding shippers and line operators.
The duchess, a new aviation enthusiast in Britain, plans frequent London to Manchester hops and travels to Newton Stewart by air. She argues hiring airplanes is cheaper and keeps pace with progress, contrasting with Mrs Sophie El Mott Lynn as a pioneer in air travel.
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