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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1910
Page
6
A jumble of dated observations on politics weather aviation and society censuses and jokes. Notes touch on New York charity spending aviation dangers humor about language purity domestic service and international affairs with satirical tone and scattered names and places.
A murky note mentions a potential new comet and its imagined impact on politicians. It cites a US Army captain seeking pension for a dancing injury, a Chicago woman baking a love lure, a New Jersey jewelry theft in old clothes, and a quip about Chicago pilots bypassing Michigan for Milwaukee.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a sample setup in Manila with formaldehyde in water and various chemicals. The text references swarms of files, kil breoding linens, acetone like substances, petroleum, and earth coverings, but the passage is garbled and lacks clear actions or outcomes.
A concise line notes a positive point in favor of aviation meet fourteen, suggesting smoother proceedings with less dust disturbance and better event flow.
A troubled aviator in Harlem faced arrest after his aircraft was confiscated while he visited a friend in a city hospital. A local ordinance requires three days’ notice before seizure, but the timing risked keeping the friend from leaving the hospital in time.
Briand, aged 46, becomes prime minister of the French republic. A self made legal mind, outsider turned leader, he blends bohemian charm with relentless intellect. Critics wonder how such a reluctant figure with few formal studies can master the French cabinet and the presidency may follow.
Prof Richard L Garner returns to America after years in Africa studying apes. He carried a phonograph camera and iron cage for safety while attempting to learn the monkeys language. He brings back a ape named Susie that can laugh when tickled under the chin.
Washington reports that twenty nine students and three professors from the University of Commerce in Cologne now in the United States note the gum chewing craze sweeping America. They describe ubiquitous nickel gum machines, subway and trolley crowds chewing, and gum’s ties to digestion and nerves. The piece cites a 2 billion piece annual U S production and the rise of a large gum industry.
A Vancouver reader describes carved wooden rattles from the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia. The dancing rattles, called the Haldis, are used in festivals by native people, making a loud clatter as groups march and shed effort. The author notes the islands lie off the Pacific coast.
A sermon on judgment day across life and history. It argues final judgment occurs at decisive moments death and rewards or punishments, with examples of graft and vice versus faithful living. It emphasizes becoming children of God, inheriting heaven, and the law of harvest: you reap more than you sow.
A nineteenth century Gazette excerpt describes a four inch thick curtain wall for farm use. Reinforce with buttresses at ten foot spacing, add posts, and fill a form built from hog fencing and boards with concrete. Construct in panels to prevent cracking, brace against wind, and cap with reinforced concrete to resemble a solid wall.
An illustration and description of a worker bee foreleg show how the tibia palmar joint cleans the tongue and antennae. The antenna is guided through the groove as the leg flexes, resembling a rope drawn between fingers. Claws and the purulus produce a secretion aiding grip on smooth surfaces.
The text explains that in the United States, swampy, low land with brush and woody growth favors goats due to browse. It notes some winter feeding is needed in colder regions, as only soft twigs remain. Goats will eat grass if forced, but grassland is better for hay or cattle and sheep pasture.
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