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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1931
Page
8
The ladies of the Christian church will hold their annual October dinner in the church on the 28th. Everyone is welcome.
Mrs Cora Lovelace spends the week at Bedford with the Walter Lake home while her sister Mrs L J Phillips stays in Oklahoma.
Curtains finished at Moore's Laundry and look like new. Contact Ed Lock's Barber Shop for details and service inquiries.
Mrs M Owen recalls an episode where stomach gas caused alarm at night. Adlerika is advertised as relieving gas in ten minutes by acting on both upper and lower bowels. The ad emphasizes cleansing hidden waste.
The Free Methodist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. A Sunday evening service is at 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting is Wednesday evening and class meeting is the first Sunday of each month at 11:00 a.m. All are welcome.
Homemakers are urged to buy the Premier Duplex Cleaner at 49.50, a $10.50 savings from 60, marketed as a full size, high quality model with motor driven brush. Iowa Nebraska Light and Power promotes dealer offices for details. Irvin J. Barr wins Atwater Kent audition in Des Moines. Jay Beemer leaves for National Postmasters Convention in St Louis as delegate. Read the home paper.
The Rally Day program and Homecoming at Oak Hill Church were delayed from last Sunday due to muddy roads. A morning program will precede a noon basket dinner, with preaching in the afternoon. Invited attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Merle Allen and son, and many local families.
J. H. Hough of Omaha is spending his vacation with his uncle C. W. Hall and helping him paint the house.
The newspaper lists paid up subscribers including Elbert Storer Galen Wing B C Stearns Joe Cooper Ralph Kennon K T Stimson and W L Chandler in an honor roll segment.
Earthly Discords in Greek myth center on the goddess Discordia daughter of Nox sister to Nemesis. Exiled by Jupiter for causing quarrels she throws an apple labeled for the fairest. The fruit sparks the Trojan War and brings misfortune to the Greeks gaze.
A Detroit News opinion piece questions lending books, weighing effects on authors and publishers. It notes borrowers may later buy titles or obtain books via libraries, while publishers resist easy reading and clubs, arguing high prices curb demand.
A century ago a traveler described waiting on a Charleston platform for hours while the engineer and fireman tested the engine by back and forth runs. The tiny cars filled with passengers as the train moved, slowed, and stopped to get up steam with pine knots in the furnace.
Common brick appears in King Tut's tomb and Ur noting its widespread use from Rome to Indus sites. The text cites Nero’s Gold House, the Coliseum, Monticello, Independence Hall, Babylon, Wheat Row, University of Vermont, and Caesar's works as lasting examples.
A Russian scientist notes the eyes move about 100 times per minute and rest briefly in quiet surroundings, then resume wandering in various directions. He suggests evolutionists see this eye restlessness as a throwback to ancient vigilance for danger.
Muriel a pajama clad girl in the living room recalls her teacher saying to stand for the national anthem. Her mother finds Muriel in the bedroom, both stand upright as The Star Spangled Banner plays on the radio.
Berlin’s vanished landmarks include windmills and water wheels once common in the city. Only two survive the century plus decay with a water wheel near Tiergarten said to date over 300 years yet unused since 1837. The Zehlendorf wind mill stands 20 feet from the road in fair condition with blades idle for decades.
The article explains two telescope types refracting and reflecting. Refractors use lenses to bend light and transmit rays through the objective lens. Reflectors use a concave mirror to bring light to a focus, with a small axis mirror sharing the focus.
The article urges making breakfast lively using Hawaiian pineapple as a key ingredient. It explains pineapple’s acid turns alkaline in the body and offers two serving ideas: seed cantaloupe filled with pineapple and pineapple centered grapefruit with a sugar dusting. The grapefruit method serves eight.
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