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Newspaper
Greybull Tribune
Location
Greybull, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1922
Page
5
A old report notes razor blades under a microscope resemble saws and suggests a possible link between the two concepts. The observation reflects curiosity about shared edging and cutting properties and hints at ongoing speculation.
Mr and Mrs Luther Nordall and children and Misses Gertrude and Mabel Ryan motored from Lake Basin Montana to visit Mrs Nordall’s parents Mr and Mrs M J Ryan in Grey Pull.
Mrs. Allen Daley and her children returned Tuesday from Denver and Loveland after ten weeks visiting relatives and friends.
Two men were arrested Tuesday by Chief Garland and charged with stealing a Velie car. They were taken to Montana, and the vehicle remains in custody here.
Editorial extols steam laundries as a public health asset. It argues laundries pollute nothing and kill germs with oxidizing bleaches, preventing contagious skin diseases and reducing domestic labor strain. It praises sterility, comfort, and fewer divorces, noting Mondays are no longer hell for women.
Bettie Compson in For Those We Love portrays heroic devotion amid sacrifice. The tale grips hearts with suspense and memorable pathos. Buck Jones stars in One Man Trail, a strong western production. Katherine MacDonald headlines Beautiful Liar with a First National attraction.
A satirical piece argues the blame for women's lateness lies with male scrutiny and social expectations. Genevieve asserts men dominate street life while women face gaze and risk, claiming women are late to avoid being stared at, not from neglect or fault.
A Parisian wit Max O'Rell mocked Australians as lamp post standers but warned his readers the real charge would rise if anyone claimed Australians are not conservative. The Sydney Morning Herald recounts a tale of a young Englishman visiting New South Wales a century ago, who misreads the land, borrows a horse, and ends up respectable as modern transport arrives.
A legendary origin from 900 years ago in France explains black cats gaining a bad reputation. An abbot attempting a bridge over a mountain torrent, blaming the devil, supposedly made a pact that the first creature to cross would belong to the devil, and the first crossing was by a black cat.
A young dragonfly uses a jointed mask on its head to snare mosquitoes. The mask extends as a two-part, toothed grasping organ that shoots out to seize prey and folds back over the head when not in use. It lives in ponds and streams and relies on this slow, effective trap for survival.
Odors and perfumes have long been valued in Western societies for cooling effects in hot rooms. Professor Wyndall showed they block sun heat rays, admitting mainly light. A short perfume spray in a sunlit room can noticeably lower temperature, and odors are now noted as strong antiseptics protecting against epidemics.
In a leading film production a dramatic storm scene used artificial lightning. A flashlight charge inside a tree, wired to a portable generator, produced a blinding flash as two searchlights illuminated the trunk. The crew timed the explosion with scratches on the film to simulate a lightning bolt.
At the Beziers Agricultural Society annual meeting a committee was empowered to run a competition to find a practical economical motor fuel based on alcohol. Prizes total 200000 francs, 100000 francs to the best product. Competition runs January to March 1922 with engines of existing type in mind.
A woman on a grim city errand finds a bright brass doorknob on a shabby doorstep, its gleam suggesting warmth, thrift, and a brave, dauntless spirit that purity and cleanliness can amid poverty.
The annual report of the bureau of chemistry in the Department of Agriculture outlines research on agricultural industry processes. It covers adhesives and cellulose from corncobs, starch from potatoes, syrup from sweet potatoes, waste citrus utilization, leather tanning advances, rosin and turpentine manufacture, and dye chemistry laws.
The article notes that while cars are rare in China due to poor roads, jinrikishas in major towns now feature rubber tires. It records the numbers in Tientsin and Pekin, estimating 10,000–12,000 public rikishas and 1,000 private in Tientsin, and 28,000 public and 8,000 private rikishas in Pekin.
Japanning ovens now common in car plants and other industries. Electrically heated ovens bake everything needing treatment from cores to dolls heads. The Doll race improves with electrical processing.
Bee keepers report many bees died during the heat by sticking to melted honey. The tale mentions a frog that smoked a cigar, recalling a man’s first try and fear of croaking.
The remark notes the impossibility of a tax plan that satisfies everyone and the irony that nothing seems to please anybody.
A columnist notes that a statesman is handicapped when his mental horizon is so narrow it threatens to constrict his leadership and judgment.
A satirical note laments high taxes and the public anger when government appears to provide little in return. The speaker argues that money cannot legitimize laziness or incompetence.
A New York doctor warns quitting business is a dangerous luxury likely to cause mental and physical decline. The piece humorously notes if the author stopped, stomach trouble would follow from poor balance with the corned beef and cabbage merchants.
The writer notes that assertions about blond races dying out in warm climates resemble the Boers in Africa who have thriven, using the comparison to critique such eugenic reasoning and stereotypes.
The article weighs who is the world’s richest man with names linked to wealth: John D. Rockefeller as the top candidate, Andrew Mellon as a rival contender for second wealth, and Thomas F. Ryan also cited as a potential honoree in the list of enormous fortunes.
Mr L D Cormuelle of Cincinnati completed a church in Sierra Madre California alone in one year eight months. The feat is described as a worthwhile accomplishment comparable to the value of effort. An ant hill is worth a dozen rat holes.
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