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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
6
A nostalgic note reflects on memories tied to a family home, suggesting sentiment softens even sharp disputes and preserves values despite changing times. It hints at enduring bonds and the way households shape personal history.
Palmaicken, Germany, restarts amber mining at the Prussian amber works the world’s only plant of its kind. The village of 2,000 people relies on amber, traded with ancient Phoenicians. About 3,000,000 cubic meters of soil are moved each season to yield 125,000 pounds of amber, of which one third becomes beads and ornaments. Pieces vary in size up to fifteen pounds, with byproducts including oil and acid. Amber specimens range from bright to pale yellow, some containing fossils, dating to a sub tropical era. The most valuable sample is called siuerkraut, pale yellow with cabbage-like markings.
Princeton researchers at Princeton University announce a supersonic radio wave method using a miniature broadcasting device and a quartz crystal to penetrate a well and destroy living matter inside without harming the walls. Dr E Newton Hartley and Alfred Loomis laboratory report that blood corpuscles break into globules and emulsions, suggesting potential for influencing egg development in species.
A Russian geisha candidate named Helen Doran won a Tokyo license after a police exam on language and shamisen skill. Six Russian geishamaids entertain business travelers in Kobe Osaka and Nagasaki while authorities limit foreign entertainers. Doran says she was born in Moscow and raised in Hirgib, earning a living as a cabaret dancer before studying Japanese.
German waiters begin working in English hotels and restaurants again for the first time since the war. Four have left Germany with more to follow. Estimates show over 40 percent of prewar English hospitality staff were German. The Neue Berliner Zeitung notes the first group has been hired for five years at wages between 80 and 35 dollars a week, higher than in Germany.
New York readers learn that home lightning risk is tiny but real. Engineer R M Sparek explains that while skyscrapers offer protection, isolated hilltop homes face higher odds. advice covers staying away from walls with plumbing and radiators, and noting that modern steel offices and metal roofs absorb strikes rather than channel them to occupants.
Yale’s D Ellsworth Huntington and assistants traced growth rings in 451 Sequoias to build a climatic curve. Following Douglass method, rings from trees felled at known dates yield a reliability of the record back to before Christ and beyond for several centuries. Oldest rings date to 3 210 years.
Italian education officials face a push from the national committee for the correctness of the mode to ban students with attire deemed immodest. They seek minister Fedele’s action to bar girls whose outfits violate modesty norms at state high schools and colleges.
The Supreme Court of Canada decides women are not entitled to senate appointments under the British North America Act. This ruling bars women's access to the upper chamber based on constitutional interpretation.
Albany reports four new wampum belts joined the New York state museum collection through the will of Anna Treadwell Thacher. The belts include the Uiawatha, Washington Covenant, Wampum to Mark the First Sight of Pale Faces, and Champlain belts, dating to the 16th century origins of the Iroquois league and Champlain’s 1609 voyage.
The Temple of Heaven, or Great Lofty Shrine, in Beijing has been converted into a military storehouse. Access is now restricted to privileged officials, with explosives and ammunition moved to safer facilities. The site, created under Ming emperor Yangliu, once hosted imperial New Year sacrifices and rests for rites.
The pension bureau reported a drop in Civil War pensioners to 79,300 as deaths rose. In 1923 disbursements reached 141,377,515 showing long decline since 1898 peak of 45,522. All remaining pensioners exceed eighty, with estimates only a few surviving 25 more years. The note references Mexican and Revolutionary War survivors and dates of last deaths.
The first house built in Madison County Illinois by Col Samuel Judy in 1808 between Collinsville and Edwardsville is to be torn down. Constructed with thick walls and four attic port holes for defense against Indian attacks, the building shows bulges and instability and is deemed unsafe. Judy helped establish the county legislature and served as an early commissioner in 1812, with many Judy descendants remaining in the area.
Fresh water is essential for birds and should be available daily in warm months and weekly in winter. If a bird refuses to bathe, do not force it. Always keep good gravel or grit in the cage to aid digestion.
Stone carvings on Imperial Chemical Industries new Westminster building depict living men including Sir Alfred Mond as heads of the concern. Other likenesses honor notable figures in chemistry, with peacock imagery symbolizing incorruptibility in the decorative reliefs.
Babson recalls a tale about a town credit man who knew too much about everyone. He notes the ill effects of a credit based economy on personal privacy and social life.
MAL MARTIN promotes Diamond Dyes as easy home tinting for updating outfits. The piece highlights that savvy women reuse old clothes with simple dyeing to stay fashionable, claiming Diamond Dyes offer streak-free, lasting colors. It invites readers to request a free George book, Color Craft, from Martin in Burlington, Vermont.
An exploration of the term greyhound, noting that the word grey derives from a Scandinavian root meaning hound. The piece argues the name effectively doubles the word hound, reflecting linguistic history rather than color.
Ambiguous report notes a man named Hunter Whavs in trouble amid a chaotic scene. His wife Willie allegedly swallowed a cartridge and there is fear the situation could escalate, with the party avoiding direct confrontation to prevent a possible discharge.
A mock or satirical snippet reflects on testimony in a Mint divorce case. It notes witty remarks about behavior and perception, including comments on calm responses, balancing sides, and humorous quips about appearances and self.
Researchers at University College Dun measured more than 3 000 raindrops to study rainfall. They found that drops vary in size with some nearly ten times larger than the average, shedding light on rainfall variability.
A playful quotation from Stockholm Kuasper recalls a wife noting her husband’s fury over an unopened love letter he had written himself. The line suggests irony that the anger would be about a letter he authored but never opened.
An unclear quotation refers to a quarrel with the Osg and questions the outcome. The text mentions a cessation of income, implying financial loss or disruption following the dispute. No concrete names, dates, or places are provided to anchor facts.
A reader from Pratt West Virginia says she was weak and confined to bed for months at 30 years old. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered enough to resume work and now recommends the product to friends, claiming it met and exceeded its advertised claims.
An old advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a fast remedy for painful swelling in feet. It claims two to three applications relieve pain in minutes and regular nightly use shrinks corns and callouses, with a money back guarantee from druggists. The tone mirrors early 20th century patent medicine pitches.
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