Sugar and ash enable burning sugar with a match
A short note explains that burning a lump of sugar fails with a match, but placing cigarette ash on it makes combustion possible as the ash alters the chemical reaction without changing itself.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1948
Page
7
A short note explains that burning a lump of sugar fails with a match, but placing cigarette ash on it makes combustion possible as the ash alters the chemical reaction without changing itself.
Houston Buffs begin a busy April at Buff Stadium after spring training, facing Milwaukee Toledo and St. Louis Cardinals exhibitions before opening Texas League play April 14 in Beaumont and home April 16 versus the Exporters. Manager Johnny Keane rebuilds a team losing stars from 1947 but welcomes returning regulars and Cardinal prospects.
Leitha weighs staying with wealth and friends as Tanis plans to marry and Charlene accepts a housekeeping role. A late night scare awakens Leitha as Justin returns, and a pantry attack by an apparent assailant unsettles the household before lawyer Joseph Clairmount intervenes.
A vivid column sketches a scene with the Handsome Cop and Barry Fitzgerald in Naked City as a Harlem doorman at 49th Street. It traverses showbiz chatter about Jolson, Mae West, Iturbi records, and a parade of performers, plus a vignette on four conscientious objector brothers and a mix of gossip and witty asides from New York society life.
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