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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1932
Page
7
An advertisement promotes Castoria as a pure vegetable remedy for babies and children. It asserts Castoria is mild and gentle with no harsh drugs or narcotics and that it reliably eases digestive upset and related ailments. Real Castoria bears the name.
A new recording lock records the opening time and key used. Suitable for any standard door fitting, it prints on a small paper roll like a cash register receipt and can handle up to six keys with forgery proof imprints.
A young man using alias Joseph Bradley opens two $400 savings accounts in Great Bend Kansas then spirals into a spending spree. He enjoys a circus parade and fascination with a piano from a tent, as Temptation, a story fragment, shifts to a Gulf coast Australian legend about a pine tree linking heaven and earth and its fire caused by hawks.
Joe Barry, a country youth in New York, works as a caretaker and accordion player. He sleeps in fields after neglecting duties, then Louie Bertolini fires him. A visitor named Martin offers $10,000 to impersonate a bootlegger, with $1,000 paid up front and a penitentiary sentence possible.
In a tense room scene a hustler pressures Joe Barry to betray friends for eight thousand dollars and a staged getaway. Joe, torn between hunger and crime, weighs leaving the city with money and a new life against the risk of punishment. He counts the certificates, plans deposits, and contemplates a fresh start with a future fortune.
Joe Barry accepts a ten thousand dollar deal to enter a penal institution and lose his identity for years. He feels wealth and liberty as he leaves the city on an early train, seeking escape from a harsh lodging house and daily fears. By noon he has traveled about eighty miles away.
David and James debate whether Ignace Boniface is a writer. James guesses Ivanhoe, while David counters that Ignace Boniface is a colored boy in his class, revealing a remark about race. The exchange highlights confusion over names and identity among siblings.
Barley, described as the hardiest cereal, can be grown over a broad climate range. The grain dates to ancient times when used mainly for food and now ranks third in Dominion cereal acreage and total production, according to the Canadian Newa Bulletin.
A Collier's essay notes Spain's preserved neutrality in the great struggle, citing Napoleonic memories, Gibraltar irritation, and a split public opinion. It says the aristocracy leaned pro German, the middle class anti French, and the monarchy claimed alignment with neither side.
California leads with 523 tractors per 100000 acres, followed by New York and Illinois. In farm machinery value, Iowa heads the list, Texas is second and California tenth. Figures drawn from the 1930 government census report.
Foreign Market Basket Europe now spends about 280 million dollars annually on American groceries. The remark notes that even a weak seed can grow when planted in fertile soil.
A historical note traces the loving cup as a sporting prize with ancient origins. It compares Greek amphorae rewards to the modern cup and cites a 1646 Stamford England survey referencing a silver gilt cup for loyal races.
The piece lists popular dances such as the minuet the waltz and the jig in Washington's day. It notes unusual dance titles like The Successful Campaign Burgoyne's Defeat and Clinton's Retreat. Miss Peggy Champlain chose The Successful Campaign to open the ball dancing with General Washington in Newport.
A reflection on Pope's Dunciad noting how kings once sheltered poets and artists with board or stipends while aspirants faced hungry praise. The contrast shows that praise without real sustenance fails to feed the artist.
The article explains the term sea call as an old English phrase for a ground swell. When this occurs on a heavy shore, the sound carries miles to land. Sea side residents report listening for ominous signals linked to death. poet Tennyson alludes to similar calls in Crossing the Bar with the line And one clear call for me.
The original copyright lasts 28 years and may be renewed within one year of expiration for another 28 years. If renewed, the total term can reach 56 years, extending protection for the work.
The United States and Mexico International Boundary Commission at El Paso Texas attends to occasional changes in the Rio Grande boundary due to shifting water courses.
The Washington Star notes that Kipling’s line about dawn “comes up like thunder” is a literary figure, not a literal place. It argues that sunrise imagery should not be taken as a map reference across China or across a bay.
The article notes Halley’s Comet returns every 7 years, with its last appearance in 1910. On April 10, 1910 it passed 55 million miles from the sun at 84 miles per second and on May 18 it came within 14 million miles of Earth, reaching a projected length near 20 million miles. it is due to return in 1986.
The Cyclopedia of Education argues no single individual originated the graded school system. As schools organized, teaching groups by similar attainment led to grading. Gradual movements resist single credit for origin.
Dipping eggs in mineral oil seals shell pores to reduce water loss. Most processed eggs are destined for cold storage to maintain quality over time. The process aims to prevent deterioration of already cold-stored eggs rather than replace cold storage.
The article notes that a submerged submarine can be seen by an airplane only when sea calm and air clear, with submarines at 50 to 60 feet or shallower. It explains newer submarines typically submerge to about 280 feet, while depth varies by vessel.
The stratosphere lies above 11 kilometers where temperature changes little with altitude and clouds of water never form. It has minimal convection or atmospheric mixing, leading to limited winds and is often termed the isothermal region.
Water is described as very slightly compressible with a compressibility range from 0.000040 to 0.000051 per atmosphere, decreasing as temperature rises. Each foot of pressure reduces water volume by 0.0000015 to 0.0000013, and at a depth of one mile a cubic foot weighs only about half a pound more than at the surface.
A brief note explains how hearing range narrows with age. It describes three individuals with intact hearing who hear a single note differently: one calls it rather high, another finds it painfully shrill, and the third hears nothing.
Burton defender of tobacco as medicine but condemns smoking for pleasure calling it mischief and a violent purger of goods lands health hellish devilish and ruinous to body and soul. Source notes his stance as a caution against indulgence and social harm.
In common usage ape and monkey are interchangeable, but scientifically ape denotes tailless large anthropoid primates while monkey refers to smaller tailed or tailed members of the same group.
English speaking viewers favor happy endings while Germans prefer unhappy conclusions and Latins want logical conclusions. Filmmakers often tailor final scenes for export audiences based on these preferences.
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