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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1927
Page
6
A compilation of quick factual questions on history geography science and famous names. Topics include how divorce is obtained in the Soviet Union, the author of The Virginian, river voyages, and notable figures such as Jackson and Hudson.
A compiled set of quiz answers includes Brazil and Argentina. Captain James Lawrence. Eugene Sue. Babe Ruth. a 59 in 1921. a combustible mineral from decomposed vegetation. a hazel or willow twig for locating minerals or water. Benjamin Franklin. an 1884 date. Schubert. The Amazon. Commodore Perry. Rev James Owen Hannay. Archaea area. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Cambridge. William the Conqueror eight o'clock lights out. an internal combustion engine using compression to ignite air. Gen A. 8 Johnston. Plattsburg NY 1915. North Carolina.
The quintain is a medieval military sport apparatus: an upright post with a swiveling crossbar carrying a sandbag. Riders strike the crossbar with a lance and must clear the bag before it swings to strike them, requiring expert horsemanship and brisk reflexes.
The text notes that any grade of 2 per cent or more is uneconomical and reports that the Denver & Rio Grande railroad has about 12 miles of 2.4 per cent grade westbound from Helper to Kymne, Utah, plus a 2 per cent grade from Soldier Summit to Tucker, a span of roughly fifteen miles.
The candle fish is used by Indians in parts of British Columbia for lighting. After catching them, they dry and store the fish until water evaporates. The head or tail is then set alight and the oily carcass burns as a bright steady torch.
Washington reports eight layered weather maps now part of the official forecast system. Balloons and kites provide upper air data from 43 balloon stations nationwide plus five kite-report sites. Helicopters may replace balloons. after appropriation, weather broadcasts will be expanded worldwide.
Andre Perugia, arriving from France, critiques American shoe design. He says most shoes are built for crooked feet and that normal feet are misrepresented, urging American manufacturers to rethink footwear shapes for women. He notes fashion trends push dainty shoes amid mannish styles.
In Winston Salem North Carolina a towering tin coffee pot stands at a busy corner, a historic landmark and early example of direct advertising. Erected in 1858 by Julius Mickey the tinsmith from Salem’s Moravian colony, it is linked to Civil War legends and a trap door used by visiting children and curious passersby.
Napoleon Vlasma and Nicholas Ultenkov claim extreme longevity. Ultenkov says he reached 182 years and was a volunteer in the Russian army that pursued Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces during the retreat from Moscow.
Mining engineer Michael J. Spellacy returns from Bogota after transporting a dog by air over 600 miles. The airline ruling labeled the dog excess baggage highlights travel cost and dispute over pet transport.
Spokane UPI report details Paul G. Wapato leading a shift among Pacific Northwest Indians toward self reliance and unified action. The reformer aims to have tribes form associations on reservations to propose concrete remedies before the next Indian congress in September. Wapato, who left home at 13, trained at Wenatchee High and Whitman University, and his brother Paschal Sherman works in the war risk department in Washington.
Berkeley astronomer W I Wright of Lick Observatory reports color photography shows two Martian cloud types. He identifies yellow white clouds and higher blue clouds, suggesting blue clouds may influence polar cap prominence.
Gilbert Lueningheener of Midland college in Fremont Nebraska spent ten months shaping a ten inch plate glass mirror into a parabolic lens with over 100 hours of grinding. He crafted a black and white stovepipe barrel and added a right angle prism and eyepiece. The telescope can magnify 90 times and allows study of Jupiter’s moons Venus crescent Saturn rings Orion nebula and lunar topography.
A 20 percent increase in farmland yields reportedly results from atmospheric electricity used as a crop stimulant. Observations are underway at Henre arber’s farm in Warrenton Missouri, one of the first to claim gains from electric treatment. The method discharges electricity into soil at plant roots via wires and a device capturing atmospheric currents, and is said to be used successfully in France.
John D. Rockefeller celebrated his eighty eighth birthday with a posed photograph in Tarrytown New York. The event highlighted the longevity and public profile of the industrial leader as he reached age eighty eight.
Eddie Stinson clinched the national reliability tour title flying his Stinson-Detroiter aircraft, marking a standout achievement in early aviation competitions.
A golfer and his caddie search for a ball at a crucial moment after losing it. A tall angular spinster emerges from undergrowth and scolds golfers for driving balls, claiming one hit near her, ruining her dog's teeth.
A small abrupt cirque carves ten feet into the eastern Trail Ridge wall in Rocky Mountain National Park. Its nearly thousand foot wall drops to a lakelet fed by a tiny glacier. Ice cakes float on the water in August and access to the shore is possible from the south side. The setting is described as admirable from all angles.
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