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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1920
Page
3
The piece argues that many harshly named trades such as dog-whippers bulldog burners pig-breakers beetle-cutters and worm-trimmers are legitimate occupations in metal mining and manufacturing. It notes that fear or prejudice stems from crude job labels and emphasizes the harmless, technical nature of these roles within industry.
In a Scientific American letter B S Mummert argues that switching to metric would be costly for the United States and Britain due to vast already installed inch based tools gauges jigs and fixtures. He warns that a full immediate shift would require abandoning this equipment and be impractical. The Scientific American editor notes it would not guarantee international uniformity.
A historical note on kissing as a greeting across peoples from Semitic and Aryan antiquity to Polynesians and Eskimo. It contrasts French male kissing and knightly rituals with other customs, noting Napoleon’s reform of ceremonies and the Legion of Honor decoration ritual.
U S department of agriculture experts describe a method to concentrate sweet cider by freezing and centrifugally separating ice from juice. Five gallons of cider yield one gallon of concentrate which can be shipped stored and later reconstituted with water. The concentrate stays sweet longer and could supply soda fountains in summer.
Instructions describe repairing dents on car bodies using a sandbag method. A heavy canvas sack filled with builders sand is pressed against the inner cavity while a boarded, rigid side leverages the outer sheet metal to flatten the dent with light, circular hammer blows using a rubber faced mallet.
The article notes temperature varies by hour, activity, and food. It cites Dr. Frank H. Wynne describing how exertion in heat raises temperature to 102 F before normalizing. In 1924 draft examinations, 17 percent ran normal, 16 subnormal, 67 above normal, and 15 percent over 100 F.
The movement led by Paul Mireille of French universities argues for a final solution by the League of Nations to establish a worldwide common language. It contends that without a shared tongue no society of nations can endure.
In Aleppo Syria market stalls buyers sample foods such as bread soured milk stew potatoes roast meat and cakes before deciding to buy. Dealers discern genuine buyers from freeloaders and eject freeloaders with kicks while police press for a raft payment.
The term links comes from Scottish land between coast and waters covered with short grass and stubble where early golf courses were laid out. Golf began in Scotland with records dating to 1457, though some claim earlier roots before that era.
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