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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1935
Page
3
A homeless man named Mr. Pike endures damp weather and hunger as he seeks shelter beside Tremont Street. After sleeping on benches and courting a rain-soaked grass plot, he discovers a 10 cent coin, then finally purchases a Sunday newspaper to shield his grass plot from rain.
Dr Robert F James of Westinghouse says iodine in internal infections may be delivered via non toxic iodine compounds injected into the infected area and irradiated with X rays to release germicidal nascent iodine. Further work is needed to assess safety and dosage before human use. Monochromatic X rays could enable tissue specific imaging and targeted germicidal treatment.
The Rose Research Institute in Calcutta reports red light accelerates plant growth while blue light slows it. An observation shows white light reaching plants from a distance increases growth rate. The explanation may apply beyond plants, as it is independent of light's role in forming pigments.
National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart analyzes the TVA audit by Comptroller General J. R. McCarl, showing $182.8 million spent by the government and $51 million carried on TVA books, plus depreciation issues. It critiques tax avoidance by agencies and notes political pressure over amendments and private power challenges.
Alberta prospectors plan a dangerous hunt for the legendary gold cache of Old Moostas in the White Court hills. The 79 year old Indigenous man reportedly saved starving tribes by bringing back a bag of gold but never revealed its location or how he found it.
An archipelago off southwestern Australia, called the Archipelago of the Recherche, features many exotic place names such as Starvation Boat Harbor Mt Arid and Frenchman's Peak. A Western Australian trading steamer is the only vessel to pass its wreck strewn confines in years.
Mrs. Joe G. Roberts of Portersville Alabama says a friend recommended Black-Draught long ago and it has proved its worth. She notes it prevents bilious headaches and is a purely vegetable medicine for relief of constipation and biliousness.
Notes compare a feature to the French Revolution era headgear, mentioning Doubtful Island and Israelite Bay as points of reference. The fragment suggests a discussion of style or symbolism tied to historical periods and distant locales.
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