26 Jan 1921
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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1921
Page
1
The text humorously reflects a bygone era mixing social topics. It notes a lack of demand for rock after rye waned and jokes about weather affecting girls, shoe prices, and a capitalist’s daughter reacting to a remark about mice.
The article describes the Dutch state day as a ceremonial opening of parliament in The Hague. The queen travels in a gilded carriage to the Knights Hall with crown on, while ministers wear old fashioned hats as tradition. After the pomp, ministers shed their regalia and resume work as the queen returns to private life.
An old classified ad promotes Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel and rheumatic pains. It states a dollar twenty five price, mails for testimonials, and lists Dr KE W Hall of St Louis Missouri as the seller via druggists.
The article claims women now dress much faster using one piece garments and snaps, abolishing many traditional steps. It notes women executives and businesslike effort, while men still tie belts and fiddle with attire. An expert says a girl can dress in ten minutes plus twenty for makeup.
A Norman charter collection at Carlton Towers linked to Baroness Beaumont includes a grant dated between 1067 and 1078 to St Stephens Caen. The document bears crosses for William the Conqueror and Queen Matilda, amid questions over royal penmanship and the authenticity of the signature.
An old article lists eight traditional Indian marriage forms including Brahnya Thriva Adsha Verajapaiya Asura Rakashasa Gandharba and Kasi vibrations. It notes these customs reflect limited progress in gender norms and contrasts with modern expectations.
A London barber argues a general rule for razor strokes per shave. He notes a first counted shave reached 3500 strokes, but claims an average of 200 strokes per man. He estimates weekly usage around 288,000 strokes.
The Bayer Tablets of Aspirin message urges users to take aspirin only as directed by physicians and on genuine Bayer packaging. It touts safety for colds, headaches, neuralgia, rheumatism, toothaches, and other pains, notes inexpensive twelve-tablet tins, larger packages from druggists, and cites Bayer as the manufacturer with a misspelled note on salicylic acid.
A century ago students of Prof Bartholomaeus Adam Werniger at the University of Würzburg staged a grand fossil hoax. They planted clay models and fake inscriptions to fool the eminent natural philosopher who believed the finds proved divine origin. His discovery, manuscript, and belief were shattered when the prank surfaced, tarnishing his reputation and shaking scientific faith.
The article discusses a photogenic memory best developed by individuals with strong visual concentration, often associated with performers and actresses who study lines quickly. It describes how they form a mental image of pages and read through to “see” the words, crediting gradual development to intense focus and practice.
The text contrasts two views of matter a microscopic atom and endless divisibility. It traces the atomic theory to Leucippus and Democritus with Epicurus and his followers refining the idea that indivisible atoms endowed with gravity and motion combine to form all substances.
A utile look at lamp materials reveals tungsten ore from California Colorado Nevada and South Dakota forms the filament. The glass bulb houses silica soda nitre from Chile potash manganese arsenic borax feldspar sead aluminum cryolite cobalt and more sourced globally. Copper and zinc bases come from Utah Missouri while basing cement uses Vermont warble dust Ohio whiting Jedla shellac and Georgia pine resin.
The article explains the structure of human skin with its two layers the epidermis and inner layers and notes how the outer skin prevents moisture entry while pores vent sweat to regulate body temperature. It imagines a material duplicating these properties to block rain while letting moisture escape, calling it a potential fortune.
Experiments by Overholser and Taylor show high temperatures slow Bartlett pears ripening while hastening Yellow Newton apples. Pears held at 85 degrees show no change, but at 87.7 degrees delay increases. second crop pears delay under 101 degrees with low humidity. Flavor declines above 85 degrees. Conclusion: delay pear picking in heat, hasten apple picking and storage in cool conditions.
In Barnstable Massachusetts courthouse an old cracked bell may be the nation’s oldest. Alfred Crocker notes 1675 visible on a photo from the Ross ton Evening Transcript. The bell served in England for a quarter century before arriving in Sandwich church worship. Gratitude bought the bell after Captain Adolph died in 1697 wreck off the Massachusetts coast.
A humorous diary records a week of the wife temper as a meteorological forecast. Entries describe Monday cloudy and rainy in the afternoon, Tuesday brighter, Wednesday changeable and rainy, Thursday wind and thunder, Friday fair morning with variable afternoon, Saturday misty and foggy with lightning, Sunday tempestuous then calmer toward evening.
Mrs. Lora Wilcox of Wichita Kansas says she suffered twenty years with rheumatism and could barely move. After taking Tanlie she reports restored appetite, relief from gas and heart pains, and can perform housework and sleep like a child, calling Tanlie a blessing and urging readers to buy from local druggists.
An ad promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as smart personal preparedness for indigestion constipation and kidney troubles. It notes a bottle costs 1.25 and cites Tlano Drug Co as special agents.
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