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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1932
Page
3
Wisconsin’s first forest planter Walter Ware, a Vermonter, began white pine plantings near Hancock in 1868. The 60 foot trees average 11 inches diameter, surviving from 1876’s 1,876 trees to about 1,500 alive, yielding nearly 20 000 board feet per acre.
A noted remedy for chest colds and aching joints uses penetrating heat from red peppers. Bowles Red Pepper Rub comes in an ointment you rub on the chest to relieve coughing pains and rheumatic discomfort in minutes without blistering.
The Los Angeles Times contrasts great leaders with average citizens noting both may fail to save the country yet only the leaders recognize the deficit in public action.
A soldier reflects on his days after landing in Japan and crossing into Canada, noting rough travels from the Aleutians to Tokyo. He ridicules politicians, taxes, and budgets while praising Japanese politeness and shared modern amenities, comparing life in Tokyo to America and expressing mixed views on politics and home.
Joe Barry, a country youth in New York who works as a caretaker and an accordion player at Louie Bertolini's restaurant, spends a night in the fields abandoning duties, and is discharged the next day. A frequent visitor then offers to befriend him.
In a New York rooming house a struck jobless man, Joe Barry, is approached by attorney Martin with a brutal offer. He offers ten thousand dollars to take a jail rap for a concurrent Jones law liquor case, prompting thoughts of escape, money, and possible new life.
The passage recalls a West Indies cruise with Jamaica as the core destination. It mentions Balaclava and the Black River, Jamaica’s longest navigable stream, noted for its dye woods and alligators, as part of the journey.
The weather bureau explains rainfall arises from condensation nuclei essential to cloud formation. Nuclei include dust particles such as sea salt and possibly certain water-attracting molecules from ports. Air inherently contains abundant such cycles.
A bemused note contrasts a husband who saves a small daily amount for his wife with another who spends on a $5000 fur coat to excuse a past misstep. The piece underscores envy and the idea that wealth can mask motives.
Capper's Weekly notes New Orleans receives Mississippi river water. Filtration removes a small fraction of impurities per million gallons and chemical treatment makes it safe for drinking and domestic use. Modern science enables this purification.
A fish native to Alaska known as candlefish is used by Alaskan Indians to make a crude lamp. A wick passed through its dried body can be lit at the exposed end and burn for a long time.
Surnames are not multiplying rapidly today as nations stick to established ones. In the United States naturalized foreigners often Anglicize or relocate, causing limited surname changes.
The piece traces helmet origins from early Egyptians and Assyrians using fabric leather and later metal. It notes the oldest known metal helmets are Assyrian and date to the eighth century before Christ.
A piece on teaching children keen observation by turning it into a game. It cites Japanese practice of showing a tray of objects then asking the child to recall specifics. The method trains swift, accurate perception and memory, helping in evaluating surroundings and people.
A popular novelty at last fall's Leipzig fair featured a fortune telling doll named Madame Lenormand. The device displayed cards with brief optimistic forecasts about Germany's future, echoing the famous fortune teller's name.
A reflective remark notes that aging brings little pleasure beyond securing ten thousand dollars, implying scant other rewards. The line suggests a cynical view of wealth as the sole notable perk in old age.
An English medical officer cited in Good Health magazine says ultraviolet radiation markedly improves both physical and mental conditions in many disabled children. He notes a transition from pallid, irritable, sleepless, and emaciated states to robust, well nourished, lively children within weeks, except for those with definite mental deficiency.
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