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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1924
Page
5
The Lake Behad region in Central Africa features a tradition where young girls undergo lip piercing and progressive stretchings to widen the lower and upper lips. By adulthood some Sarag-Djingesti women reportedly wear disks up to seven inches wide, held in place by increasingly larger pegs, a practice tied to social pride.
In southern France a thriving butterfly culture breeds hundreds of beautiful specimens under expert guidance. Eggs hatch on leafy plants, caterpillars feed, then enter cocoons or leaf rolls. Nets protect developing butterflies before sale to collectors and for millinery use.
A doctor recalls judging three men who alighted a street car ahead of him. He notes the hustler, the steady walker, and the dawdler, only to realize all three were ahead of him, prompting a moral on fate and self-perception.
A joint lighting educational committee formed by the electrical industries launches a nationwide effort to promote proper illumination in homes. The program advises resting eyes, avoiding reading in poor light, and keeping reading distance at 12 to 15 inches to reduce eye strain.
An odd public notice reveals a red apple bribery scheme aimed at non advertisers. The offer promises a solution by Pep, the Central New York Press Association, noting creditors’ notices at new rates and threatening consequences.
Chicago reports D W Davis of American Falls Idaho former governor and now finance commissioner of the bureau of reclamation will tour for the Coolidge Dawes ticket. He spoke in Madison and Beatrice Nebraska and is billed for talks in Iowa. Also includes eye care tips and remarks on lighting and illumination quality.
France reports natural turf as an excellent medium for sewage filtration. Each square meter of turf can purify about three to four cubic meters of sewage daily. An experimental turf filter, active over seven months, shows efficiency drops if overloaded but recovers when sewage amount is reduced. Chemical tests and fish studies support the process's effectiveness.
During June to August butter markets in Normandy attract visitors as peasants gather in market squares. Buyers walk the lines bargaining on large pats wrapped in white cloth, tasting samples to judge flavor and trust consistency across the rest. French food adulteration laws are strict and fraudulent sellers face severe penalties.
The Philadelphia Ledger recalls Henry L Gea a Baltimore resident who recently revisited his old hometown after years away. He chats with an old friend about 1940s figures and notes Tom Hall became an actor, Bil pursued art in New York, Lucy writes literary work, while Henry never rose to much.
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