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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1907
Page
10
The text explains how water expands or contracts with temperature, boiling at 212 degrees under normal pressure, and expanding near 32 degrees to risk pipe bursts. It notes lower boiling points at reduced air pressure, and how solubility changes with temperature and pressure. It also mentions how salts and sugar dissolve differently in hot versus cold water.
The article explains frankincense as a gum resin from Arabian terebinth, obtained by incising the tree and peeling bark to collect exudate after months. It notes a past belief that winged serpents infested the trees and that burning styrax was used to drive them away. it ends with a note that frank incense was forbidden to be used for.
The text notes embalinine once forbidden to compound by Israelites for sacred purposes, but now used freely in Roman Catholic and high church ceremonies, indicating a shift in religious practice.
An investigation into egg production shows hens lay about 20 eggs at one year, 120 at two, 135 at three, 115 at four, 50 at five, and 60 at six. It concludes hens should not be kept beyond four years for poor returns on food.
Berlin Woche comments on American optimism and humor praising the United States as a land of plenty with a practical learning spirit and open skies, noting Americans are cheerful and humorous observers of their own nation.
A humorous remark from London Tit-Bits about Young Jobson who weighed his wife at a railway station and, with a pocket notebook, calculated wedding and railway expenses. He concludes by saying she has lost him fourpence halfpenny a pound.
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt recalls a family moment aboard a train where a woman is urged to give her seat to her father and the young boy Bobby resists the idea of a strap. The anecdote captures social expectations and tension in a compact vignette.
Mitchell area visitors include L Wells of Canton with brother J Id Wells, Mrs Burton visiting Pierre, Earl Rovers of Owatonna, A C McGrath visiting his parents, Rev Wilkinson returning from Alpena revival, Dr Anderson from Murdo, and Mrs McDonald delaying train changes. Community events feature Mitchell Club dance with Hoyt orchestra, theater visits, and church notices.
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