The Cost Benefits of Buying in Quantity
The passage argues that buying and selling in large quantities saves money, time, and waste for manufacturers and merchants. It notes lower per pound costs, reduced shipping expenses, and lower advertising costs, enabling advertised brands to keep prices lower and quality higher amid rising prices.
Heart Keeps Beating After Death Says New Theory
Popular Science Monthly notes that heart muscles continue to beat after removal from a body under proper warmth. Experiments show isolated heart cells contract in incubators, but stop as temperature drops. The article compares living muscle behavior to a rose’s fragrance when conditions suit.
A Chinese Epicure
A nineteenth century Chinese author Yuan Mei argues that modern cooks blend multiple meats in one soup but all animals have souls and deserve humane treatment. He says a good cook should showcase distinct dishes each with a dominant flavor to please the palate and reveal the soul’s beauty.
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Yuan Mei
Music in Japan and the samisen tradition
The article notes music as an art in Japan is largely pursued by women who cultivate it with instruments like the samisen. It suggests that historically men avoided music as unmasculine, with attitudes beginning to shift only slowly.
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Japan
Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Oregon locals report events across Salem Portland and Hillsboro including celebrations at Salem fairgrounds and Fourth of July plans. Oregon State Medical Association meets in Portland, and public works progress from Salem auditorium to road paving and river projects are outlined with dates and sites.
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Oregon News
Salem
Oregon State Medical Association
Portland
Coos Bay
Percy Cupper
Desert Land Board
Oregon Normal School
Monmouth
Oregon Yearly Meeting
The
Friends Church
Newberg
Albany
State Fisheries Department
Adams Ranch
Young’s River District
Astoria
Public Service Commission
United Spanish War Veterans
Women’s Auxiliary
Hillsboro
Heppner
William L. Bradshaw
Seventh Judicial District
Thomas Jefferson Stites
Linn County
Oddfellows of
Oregon
Fred W. Wilson
Withycombe
Hood River
Wasco
Bradshaw
Ralph D. Hetzel
Oregon Agricultural College
Agricultural College of New Hampshire
Oregon Exchanges
School of Journalism
University of Oregon
Charlies White
Ballston
France
Northwest Photoengravers
United States Forest Service
Eugene
McKenzie Pass
Industrial Accident Commission
Wil Ham Trebbel
C. C. Neel
Roseburg
Washington
Wilson
Secretary of War
Congress
Willamette River
Corvallis
River and Harbor Board
State University
Brown
McNary
State of
Santiam National Forest
Toledo
Sinnott
Northwest
Swartzlander
Umatilla Reservation
Umatilla
Oregon Iron & Steel Company
Oswego
William Pigott
Seattle
Pacific Coast Steel Company
State Highway Commission
McKenzie River
Carl D. Shoemaker
Ritchie Creek
Johnson Creek
Trout Creek
Driftwood Creek
Granite Creek
Indian Creek
Gate Creek
Martin Creek
Deer Creek
Ennis Creek
Quarts Creek
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Division
San Francisco
8. D. Clinton
Southern Pacific
8. Benson
Umatilla County
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Commission
Washington County
Multnomah
Clatsop County
Astoria Weet
Columbia River Highway
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J. H. Sherlock
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