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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1922
Page
6
Jealousy, the ugliest of human passions, stems from egotism and vanity. It arises when others possess what we desire or threaten our hold on it, wounding self-love and sparking fury and misery.
A Chicago backer financed a small repertory burlesque show and urged one night stands in Kansas. After Topeka, Hutchinson, and Chanute receipts were telegraphed with growing pride, until a final telegram urged one more impression and then return home.
The Manchester Guardian reports France lacks limits on campaign spending while Britain tightens. Jean Barnard cites Floquet’s 1891 costs from 1,500 to 25,000 francs and 1910 figures. his own campaign exceeded that, with opponents allegedly spending 200,000 francs.
The Society for Electrical Development presents the teleg raphone as a device to judge a woman's love by heart action. The inventor says a lover whispers, the heart flutter signals happiness, guiding banns publication to prevent unhappy marriages.
A peculiar improvised pump on L je Isle Detroit drains canal water and clears refuse annually for skating season. The device is a three by twenty foot box mounted on two gear wheels with end sprockets. Chains loop over the sprockets with pads attached every fourteen inches.
In a Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt a diplomat challenges the idea of building a large military for self defense. He asks if there is any intention of aggression toward other nations, and the diplomat responds cautiously, denying immediate threats.
An English correspondent reports a Great Western dining car conductor from Southall lost a leather wallet containing over 140 shillings in June 1920. After months of searches, he found it on a private path near Old Oak Common beside the railway sheds, the notes still dry despite weathered leather and rain exposure. The path is used by hundreds daily.
In efficient households a kitchen thermometer is essential to control heat. Two types exist: a cheaper white china model for oven use and a brass version for frying fats, both with an iron stand and printed standard cooking temperatures for quick reading.
Dr Edward A Ross foresees the US reaching about 223 million by AD 2000. Extremists warn of war famine and crowding from overpopulation while John B Summer of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice counters that overpopulation is not a physical threat, but a matter of mental and spiritual condition.
A long lost Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, once bought by Connecticut officials from South Carolina, is linked to the Hartford State Library building’s Memorial Hall display. The May 1800 purchase followed a commission from a Connecticut committee after South Carolina rejected the painting as Washington’s portrait.
A Portland Oregonian reader recalls the arrival of a new spring sound as a airplane returns after months without activity. Locals compare the noise to a bird signaling warmer weather and talk of the season’s rebirth.
The Versailles municipal board opposed women serving in higher municipal offices. They urged women not to seek administrative roles and to confine activities to the home, arguing they should not be encouraged to apply for such positions.
Le Petit Parisien notes Champollion’s breakthrough on deciphering hieroglyphs after two decades of study. The 1822 discovery centered on a Greek inscription and the symbol values for P and O, revealing the alphabetic and ideographic complexity of Egyptian writing.
A widespread religious revival spreads from Grimsby to John o Groats, with nightly prayer meetings drawing crowds and households deserted by cinemas and pubs. Strangers and locals are urged to confess salvation, while hospitals report six young people removed for mental health care and concern grows for further cases if the revival endures.
The term cabaret traces to Gallic roots and English tavern usage in the sixteenth century. It faded after 1655 and reappeared in the mid eighteenth century briefly, then surged again with the dancing craze years ago into its current sense.
A Belgium woman enters a toy shop and mistakes a clerk for someone named Edward. She mispronounces phrases amid confusion, prompting the clerk to fear police. Outside she points to a man resembling Edward, suggesting a concealed identity and a misunderstanding.
Chinese bezique booms in London clubs as players adapt the game from bezique. It uses six 32 card packs and features high scores such as bezique 10, double bezique 100, treble bezique 1500, quadruple bezique 4500, plus 1000 points for four aces of trumps and 250 for last trick.
The Department of Agriculture reports the average American drinks about 44 gallons of milk per year. Per capita consumption is listed as double that of earlier generations, with milk used in ice cream cheese and butter.
Salem May 16 The Oregon Growers Cooperative association announced withdrawal from the market on fresh logan berries and other fruits amid limited tonnage. Eastern buyers are slow to learn of poor crop prospects while the traffic department reports uncollected claims totaling 265 from 1990 and 1921, with $2 361.85 collected today and returned to pools.
Mrs Charles C Campbell died Friday May 6 at the Dulles after an operation for acute peritonitis. Funeral service was held Sunday conducted by Rev Thimble of the Christian Church. Mr and Mrs Campbell resided on the Salem road a short distance east of Dallas.
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