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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1928
Page
7
Boston Transcript mentions a whimsical phrase about a gathester writer and floral notes, reflecting a playful or nonsensical line from a literary fragment. The item captures a quirky editorial tone and a far from precise use of language.
Easy to keep a warm house with the right coal. The copy urges sending the best mined coal to lighten furnace work. Lititz Pennsylvania.
Telephony advances allow color images to be transmitted over wire. A trial sent from San Francisco to New York used three color negatives red blue and yellow, each under ten minutes total about thirty minutes. In New York the parts were joined to reproduce the original. A four piece ad with pictures text and a map was likewise sent and reassembled successfully.
Dr Frederick Br Green describes diabetes as a serious condition that insulin cannot cure, only control. He cites Joslin and emphasizes lifestyle factors: weight, sedentary living, and high sugar intake. Advice urges preemptive changes, including diet, exercise, and ample fluids, to avoid disease.
Edward W. Bing describes a renowned mosque amid the ruins of the Once mighty Ontyyads dynasty. Erected after a Mongol siege, it contrasts Turkish mosques with a rectangular minaret layout. The exterior misleads while interiors reveal vast halls, courtyards, and luxurious carpeted doors, evoking grand religious splendor.
In the Audubon Park tropical bird house in New Orleans a display of weaver birds shows high industry when supplied with palm fiber called rata. Deprivation of rata halts weaving, triggering nest tearing and rebuilding as the birds seek to occupy themselves. Originating from Pruns vaal and lake regions of Africa southern Asia and Australia, these birds earn their name from their weaving work.
In a dialogue from the Boston Transcript, Great Vacation Jones and his wife discuss a plan for separate vacations after nearly twenty years of marriage. She consents only if he takes the six children she has not seen in ten years, prompting a humorous rebuke and a shift to another topic.
The passage traces vision aiding devices from burning glass and rock crystal balls noted by Aristophanes Pliny and Seneca to Ptolemy optics in AD 150. It notes Al hazan the Arabian in the eleventh century, monks grinding rock crystal into lenses, the proto monocle, then a lorgnette, and finally glasses taking their present form about six centuries ago.
Dr Stratton D Brooks, president of the University of Missouri, warned in Kansas City that rural Missouri children should have educational opportunities equal to city children. He stressed the intertwined futures of country and city, noting highway improvements as vital for statewide progress and community building. The Kansas City Star report highlights the joint interests of urban and rural areas in commerce, education, and infrastructure.
Mrs. Ernest J. Mott of San Francisco urges women to join school boards, citing home influence on education and the need for diverse viewpoints. She recounts her own seven year term on the San Francisco school board and argues both sexes share the goal of high standards in public schools.
Kansas state highway commission issues an order requiring removal or relocation of all advertising signs along the state highways by the first of next year. The act passed by the legislature bans nonofficial signs and limits billboards within 1,000 feet of intersections or railroad grade crossings to improve safety and highway appearance.
The piece urges building to suit needs over style, arguing a home should grow naturally on its lot. It notes low repair costs, lasting pride, and family benefits from living in such a house. The author states that a builder gains the most and best for his T Honey.
The article stresses using durable materials and workmanship for interior and exterior work to prevent surface quality masking underlying deterioration. It warns that a seemingly solid building may incur heavy repair, maintenance costs and tenant losses after a few years. Materials and construction types should resist wear and tear to minimize future burdens.
A Massachusetts state committee for better homes opens with a message stressing contentment over ownership. The speaker claims happiness lies in making the most of the home one already has rather than acquiring new property.
Government researchers recommend the Chitose eh for dry climates as a fast growing, durable shade tree suitable for harsh conditions. The advice emphasizes resilience, quick canopy development, and suitability for arid regions.
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