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Newspaper
Hanover College Triangle
Location
Hanover, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1918
Page
4
S M Crothers argues leisure nourishes hidden selves and sabbath moments, urging sanctified rest even in ten minute breaks. The idea links to the Declaration of Independence by affirming the right to pursue happiness beyond wage labor.
During a London hearing a witness described a plan to lure British New Guinea natives into labor by offering beads gaudy cloths dogs teeth and musical instruments. Workers would toil for a year and then recruit others to continue the cycle.
The American consulate prompted shipments of maize from Venezuela to the United States due to higher New York prices. Already 80 tons have been sent, with expectations of larger future exports if current prices persist and the new crop proves excellent.
On an Oregon Electric railway a dispute broke out between two commercial travelers about how the automatic brake works. They argued for an hour before the motorman settled it by explaining the vacuum brake operates by turning a top and filling the pipe with vacuum.
France increases coal output with Loire region at 3,000,000 tons annually and gains from 1,800,000 in November 1916 to 2,867,000 in March 1917. Total production and imports rise from 3,400,000 tons in January 1917 to over 4,000,000 in May. Rail and road transport reforms, including motor lorries in St Etienne, ease distribution and congestion.
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports German researchers warn prolonged sun exposure harms those not outdoors often. Headache and meningitis can follow sunbathing on beaches, especially in nervous or anemic individuals. Tanned skin offers some protection but urban skin is usually insufficient and can worsen nervous conditions.
The first Montana gold discovery is attributed to a halfbreed Indian who found colors in gravel near Gol Creek in 1852. Workable areas appeared on the creek in 1862, with a small gold yield from sluice boxes near Pioneer. The Hope mine opened the district in December 1864, Philipsburg founded in 1865, and the district has produced about 50 million dollars in gold and silver since.
Rob Wagner notes in the Saturday Evening Post that everyday objects from sausages to lawnmowers and baby carriages provoke laughter. He cites spaghetti as unlikely humor, onions, cabbage, and produce as comic props and praises animals like the donkey mule and pony for visual gags. He urges care with fragile humor.
The Kansas City Journal notes a vaudeville scene where chorus girls perform in front seats and fiddles whine. As the show opens the chorus sings in unison, yet the audience cannot understand a word of the performance.
A comic caption evokes the panic of starting the first hour at 7 46 and the anxious rush to avoid being late for a date with the best girl. The narrator imagines the Prof close behind and the grand, thrilling feeling of the moment.
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