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Newspaper
Pendleton Times
Location
Pendleton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1922
Page
3
Advertises standard rates for notices and ads. Reports contractor says ten men need five to eight room houses for two years, with two to three hundred workers arriving soon. One hundred new houses this summer are needed. calls for urgent local housing and business focus in Pendleton.
A judge is described starting work early and staying late, smoking a pipe, inspecting an apartment listing, studying price tags on hats worn by women, and scribbling figures on the back of an envelope. The vignette hints at meticulous, detail oriented habits.
The New York Sun notes a mosquito with 22 teeth, a caterpillar inches vision, a beetle guarding food for three years, and that beetles outnumber all other creatures. It mentions the gnat eggs as lifeboats and spider silk threads rival a beard hair in fineness. Also called the silk worm of the sea, a Mediterranean mollusk spins fiber usable for clothing.
Entomologist J J Davis outlines expected first and second brood emergence of codling moth in Indiana towns from July 4 to July 21 with regional spray schedules. Recommends two sprays for the second brood or one if wormy fruit is scarce, timing based on local hatch dates. Also notes August 20 as third brood spray for southern areas and offers San Jose scale diagnosis by twig submission. James Fowler injured in cherry picking accident but not seriously hurt.
A collection of quips and witticisms about life marriage honesty and ambition. Jests reference bluff risk backstabbing windfalls and the folly of following crowds with punchlines about premiums and jumping at conclusions.
A compilation of curious notes states trial by jury dates to 2000 B C and Portuguese is spoken by about 30 million people. It also notes 6 million children are born yearly in China, 260000 women farm US lands, a crab can lift 490 times its weight, ravens pair for life in reused nests, and East African bull elephant tusks weight up to 235 pounds though today average tusk weight is around 40 pounds.
A proverbs style line contrasts communal strength with hollow boasting and notes kinship ties. The verse suggests courage in retreat can be wiser than bravado in conflict.
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