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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1927
Page
8
An inquiry concludes bamboo is the world’s most useful plant. The hollow reed grows tall or short with round or square stems. Its versatility spans ladders, houses, water pipes, ships masts, beds, cages, tools, pens, umbrellas, food uses, and textiles.
The piece calculates thread density in fabrics, noting about 24 threads per direction in cloth and 1 800 threads per square yard. It estimates a wearer uses around four miles of wool per outfit and about 400 miles of wool over fifty years, plus vast thread lengths for linen and cotton items like handkerchiefs requiring thousands of strands and yards of cotton thread.
The fragment describes Herodotus figures for Xerxes invasion of Greece in 480 BCE. It cites a vast Persian host including 80 000 cavalry and sailors and others pushing total forces toward 2 317 000, with troops gathered at Thermopylae and lines built around them.
John M Herrman Jr and neighbors rushed to action when a trash fire set near dawn sparked alarm for Gospel Ridge. A Masonic revival drew a crowd, while Mrs Sylvie Edwards died of heart trouble in Iowa. Lieutenant Gregg returns from duty as household surprises cheer two sons. A stove fire and home moves highlight local incidents and events.
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