Speed of Insect Flight Outpacing Sound
Washington report states insect flight speeds exceed sound with a 1200 feet per second tally, about a mile in four seconds, while a deer fly tops as a natural speed champ. The piece contrasts animal speeds with human machines, noting cheetah as the fastest land creature and gastly pace of horses, greyhounds, and birds.
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Washington
D. C
National Geographic Society
Neighbor tips on cooking and baking from WAU Service
A readable snippet offers household guidance on celery texture, melted honey, soil transplant hints, cheese in white sauce for creamed cauliflower, baking meringues at 200 to 250 degrees, and avoiding overstirring muffins. It preserves the casual tips from the Associated Newspapers WAU Service.
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Associated Newspapers
WAU Service
Liberty by Leonard A Barrett
Leonard A Barrett presents an ordered universe where law governs all actions and consequences. He argues obedience to law shapes good citizens while crime and illness arise from lawbreaking, citing Blackstone and Kepler to frame natural and moral law as divine reasoning.
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Blackstone
God
Kepler
Seattle Woman Wins National Crocheting Title Bed Spread
Mrs. Frank E. Hayward of Seattle becomes national crocheting champion for a bed spread she spent fifteen years crafting earning $250 prize money. A telegram and a New York call offering all expenses paid followed, sending her nerves into excitement as she held the swift moving steel hook. Her triumph came after years of patient work and a long journey from local effort to national recognition.
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Frank E. Hayward
Seattle
Mrs. Hayward
New York
Lionel
True liberty within law and moral duty
The text argues liberty exists only under law, distinguishing false and true liberty. It cautions that unchecked freedom harms others, while responsible action defines humanity. True liberty requires obeying moral and civic sanctions, ending when it harms others.
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Urios
Household Finishes By Betty Wells
A reader reflects on the hidden costs of refreshing a living space and how small, unglamorous items add up. She recounts a neighbor Mrs. Warner who demonstrates meticulous, professional finishes, then describes a reorganized upstairs hall closet turned into a compact vanity with a wash-bowl, linoleum, three way mirror, and storage for family toiletries, toiletries and cosmetics.
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Sister
Mother
Zemily
Dinner Dress by Loretta Young Fox Star
A crepe roma dinner dress features creped folds on long sleeves high neck waist and overskirt creating an unusual bracelet of blue and crystal stones as the only ornament. Loretta Young poses in the look for Fox.
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Imperie
Loretta Yours
Fox Star
Hearth flame kept glowing 147 years in mountain cabin
Hendersonville, N C a lone seven year old Robert Morris tends a family flame kindled by five generations and hopes a plan will keep it alive forever. The Morris descendants traced to William Morris Revolutionary War era once carried embers to start new fires. The flame burns in a trestleless fireplace dated 1879 in a small cabin as Morris tends livestock and guards the spark for his family and future successors.
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Hendersonville
N. C
Argent
Robert Morris
Seeven
He Morris
Wiliam Morris
Morris
Great Smoky Mountain
William Morris
Holbert Cove
Hendersonvile
Sarthe
D. AR
Great Smoky
Mommta
National Park
Willem Moris
Caretsker
Cereteber
Two Log Cabins Recall Pact With Indians Near Pierre
Two historic log cabins remain twelve miles north of Pierre, South Dakota, marking a site tied to Gen William S Harney and a 1855 treaty with the Sioux. One cabin housed Yellow Hawk and others, while the Bottom hosted a large Arikera village. A steamboat named Peoria Belle gave the area its name. The Harney conference after 1855 sought to curb attacks on travelers along the California Trail but the plan never gained government support.
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Peoria
Missouri
Harney
Ft. Pierre
California
St Paul Registers All Former Felons Under New Ordinance
City officials reveal a startling statistic that at least one of every 206 residents in St Paul is a former felon, as required by a newly enacted registration ordinance. The measure mandates that all former offenders in the city register with local authorities.
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Bere
Wesimi
Pius XI
Yorkshir Tey
Italy
Canterbury
Finsier
St. Paul
Blue-Toned Pigs Baffle Ohio Farm Owner
On a Palmer family farm in Netwark Ohio three piglets born with blue-tinted skin and fur mystify owner R R Palmer, while all other swine at the farm are black, prompting local curiosity about this odd litter.
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Netwark
Ohio
R. R. Palmer
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