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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1936
Page
8
A former Monticello boy writes anonymously about his Brazil voyage beginning with a 1930s Atlantic crossing on the S S American Legion. He describes Rio de Janeiro harbor beauty, pre carnival nightlife, a glittering club with Brazilian jungle rhythms, and contrasts with U.S. prosperity and social life.
Wool is a unique perfectly elastic fabric that returns to length after stretching. It describes fiber dimensions and heat retention properties, noting wool’s poor heat conductivity. The stork legend in Germany links to baby origins and nesting wheels on houses. Indian Pueblos are described as ancient peaceful agricultural communities along the Rio Grande.
Camel hair is praised as an excellent nonconductor with a medullary ray and double-walled sheath. Its insulative properties make it active with static electricity, adaptable to rapid temperature changes, and suitable for soft warm fabrics. Natural color is pale tan with occasional white, black, or pinkish variants depending on origin and conditions.
Breton village displays low stone cottages with thatched roofs and doors marked by initials and dates of the first couples who built homes, a tradition preserving its two century history.
The text explains two forms of aquatic snails. Marsh snails have thin shells suited to quiet, weedy waters, while river snails possess thick shells to endure swift currents and fend off predators.
The text compares Brazil nuts in the wild to coconuts with hard black curteos shells half an inch thick. A shell containing 16 to 25 nuts weighs four pounds. It warns that a direct head impact from a falling nut could be fatal.
In New Orleans a group of trees in a city park is linked to a historical duelling site. Dueling under the old French code of honor is said to have chosen the spot just outside the city where affairs of honor were settled, giving the trees their name.
The largest quarry in the United States sits in Ohio near Amherst and sandstone quarries at Berea have long been worked since the state's early days. Other quarries lie near Marietta with limestone mined from islands in western Lake Erie since pioneer times.
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