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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
8
An eastern sociologist cited by the Los Angeles Times argues that despite claims of a female age, men still dominate most public domains. It notes few women preach or write editorials, while most inventions and ideas originate with men, though many women educate and support families.
The 1922 British Everest expedition failed to summit but yielded scientific findings. Edelweiss bloomed near 20,000 feet while wild sheep ravens and rock doves fed from climbers, and wolves foxes rabbits and condors were seen up to 20,000 feet and beyond, with condors soaring near 24,000 feet above sea level.
Naturalists suggest life began on cool mountain summits while geologists note many high mountains formed after early epochs contain plant and animal foods in their rocks, implying later origins for some life forms.
The piece notes long history of attacks on Carthage ruins with 1862 demolition of Antonia baths by Thomas Bald and French removal of the Platea Nova staircase. It cites Doctor Carton stating thousands of cubic meters of stone are taken yearly, threatening remaining relics.
Large poisonous mushrooms identified as Phellum cryptarium grow on Versailles chateau beams threatening the structure. Daily three hour window openings are ordered to exhaust the fungi, believed to spread rapidly and damage woodwork. Earlier, Pheillium cryptarium mushrooms caused an Etampes schoolhouse collapse.
Reginald Trautschold M E of the Society for Electrical Development showed Louis Sherry at his cafe in New York the first electrically operated dish washer likely used on Fifth Avenue. The Sherry cafe later stood where the Society’s offices are now located.
A Montreal Family Herald piece details hazel as a magic tree in ancient lore. A hazel twig over a door warded lightning while nearby hedges promised children to childless couples. Water diviners used it and hazel bark decoctions cured whooping cough. Cupid's circle charm linked to hazel splinters.
James H. Collins notes a century of ideas before Christopher Latham Sholes in 1866. Though writing machines appeared in Britain and America earlier, none reached mass production. In April 1873 a contract with E. Remington & Sons in Ilion New York launched manufacturing, marking the typewriter’s birth and its economic, social influence on women.
The article questions when a man’s muscular strength peaks and argues that strength does not simply increase with age as muscles grow only with consistent use.
Experiments show that muscle use does not influence strength changes. A boy with 280 pounds lifting power by his twentieth year should reach about 820 pounds by then. Peak around the thirtieth year at roughly 865 pounds, followed by a decline, with rapid drop between forty and fifty.
An old Saxon manuscript in the British Museum shows a servant bearing an umbrella for a crowned lord. Umbrellas rose in Queen Matilda’s era briefly, then limited to women in Queen Anne’s reign. Jonas Hanway, who died in 1786, popularized the umbrella in England and it spread worldwide.
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