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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1920
Page
12
An Indian scientist develops an instrument to have vegetables display emotions through marks and dots. He excites the produce, records its reactions as dots, then uses potassium cyanide to numb it. After intoxicating vapors and heat the dots rise, ending in death, suggesting a divide between animal and vegetable life.
The article explains a Japanese dwarf tree method: select a weak seed, prune the leading shoot, let two shoots grow, keep the stronger as the main trunk, trim relentlessly, water barely, confine roots in a small pot, and train shoots to mimic a full tree. After about five years the plant stabilizes, producing striking miniature specimens.
A straightforward method shows how to separate an unused postage stamp from an attached envelope without soaking. Tear the envelope away from the stamp leaving margins, then peel the paper at corners to free the stamp, using careful turns to detach it from the center.
Instructions describe disassembling a clock to remove pointers face pendulum and wire. It recommends releasing the ratchet from the tick wheel allowing the clock to run down and clean itself. Oil axles lightly and reassemble. A watch escapement can be removed quickly without full disassembly. Cleaning takes about 20 minutes and saves repair costs.
Tarnished silver reacts with sulfur from eggs rubber bands or lamination gas forming gray to black sulfide. Rub with moist common salt before washing to form silver chloride, then wash in ammonia where it dissolves.
Carl Shaffner states intentions if elected to pro rata gravel road funds for ongoing construction, to impartially use all other funds for township road improvements, and to set aside a dragging fund. He pledges timely road work and proper seasonal attention, asking for voter support.
A playful exchange questions a man with a film in his eye and reveals a misunderstanding about a motion picture director. The humor hinges on a pun between film and eye injury.
A fragmentary note mentions a signature related to CA STORTA and the phrase you have always bought. The context is unclear and other details are unreadable.
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