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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
4
Vi by J Hjalmur Stefansson discusses seal blubber as a surprising food. He notes its raw fat tastes like fresh cow’s cream while boiled fat resembles mutton fat and warns diners not to overeat on first tasting to avoid nausea.
The Journal of the American Medical Association notes that biting nails and moistening fingers while turning pages can transfer germs to the mouth. It emphasizes hand washing and avoiding tongue moistening, with early habit formation to reduce germ transfer.
A yet unnamed American company studies Manchuria for match making while a large Japanese concern vies to be first in Dairen. The question arises if Japan will lead in Manchuria or elsewhere, as global demand for matches grows.
In a hotel lobby a conversation leads to a movie offer. A man declines, joking about Viola Vampire and Yorick Hamm. He explains he is an astronomer taking a night off and not interested in the stars that evening.
In a London Tit-Bits quip, Dogfi Blank arrives at the office after a day off, his friends asking why he seems disgruntled. He grouses that everything went wrong and recalls fishing with a girl who said the dogs were happy because they were wagging their tails.
An old Chicago Tribune item notes a country wedding where the bride departs for the honeymoon alone. The groom explains they cannot both be away, as there would be no one to feed the stock, and he plans a duck-hunting trip when she returns.
Architects note bricks absorb water and expand as they dry bake. Dry baked bricks in gardens or parapets show measurable growth over weeks or years, causing gaps in cement joints and between brickwork and iron supports.
Wartime note on luminous paint used by British forces to mark landmarks. disks two to three inches with spikes were placed on trenches and buildings or swung for signaling. Visible 30 to 60 feet, enabling safe guidance and marking trails. Luminous ribbon and patches aid stretcher bearers and troop safety. Scientific American suggests marking street names and numbers with luminous paint.
A silver model of the Fanciulla d Anzio gift to President Wilson recalls the Greek statue found near Nero’s villa in Anzio. Critics note the robe and youthful form suggest the statue portrayed a handsome youth, not a girl, altering the title’s meaning.
Roger W. Babson of the labor department jokes at a Washington dinner about health foods from the war era. A wagging exchange at a Red Cross event features a young lady asking a dancer if he is the same man who ate many brow muffins, to which he replies the doctor says he never will be.
Pedestrians and motorists paused Wednesday night to watch busy preparations near a church on Clinton Hill. A large canopy rose from sidewalk to door as coaches and florist wagons moved about. The church front announced the minister’s upcoming sermon title This Is the Life.
A fragmentary domestic exchange shows Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Jenkinson meeting with the speaker, who notes plans to share gossip but concedes the moment is controlled by the two women together, effectively taking the speaker's chance to speak.
In the Seventh Judicial District of Idaho the case seeks to quiet title to parcels in Payette County. Defendants include Continental Trust Company and Payette Valley Irrigation Company. The notice lists land description in Section 3 Township 7 North Range 6 West and adjacent NE land areas, with a response deadline of twenty to forty days, and names attorneys. First publication July 31 1919. past publication Sept 4 1919.
Mr James Nicol, a Scot living in a Kentish village, just marked his hundredth birthday. Born in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, he joined the Seventy Fourth Highlanders under William IV, helped quell the Indian Mutiny, and still performs the Highland fling. He credits porridge for long life and recalls first tasting meat and tea after seventeen. He married his second wife at ninety three.
A man expecting a call from his wife at eleven receives a jangling phone with a taunting voice. The caller pretends to be his wife’s friend and storms off with a blunt insult, leaving him puzzled and shocked by the ruse.
Lithuania ends Germany's control of the Niemen river and begins independent trade. The country exports about 300,000,000 cubic feet of timber annually through Memen port and plans to buy metal machinery and foodstuffs in America as it becomes a world trader after independence.
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