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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1920
Page
6
The text cites Jeannette Marks arguing genius arises from physical and protoplasmic stimulation. It links sensory input to brain activity and suggests toxins, tea, coffee, and alcohol influence genius by shaping nervous systems, noting opium and madness are not genius yet may appear to spur creative leaps, with insanity sometimes seeming to empower dreamlike insight.
The article traces tobacco use by Native Americans for religious incense in 1492 and beyond. It describes incense blown through pipes, inhalation causing exaltation, and later its shift to a secular, pleasurable habit embraced by Europeans after contact.
The Arabian Nights collected in Europe through Antoine Galland between 1704 and 1717. The original authorship remains unknown as manuscripts vary, with about 262 tales in the most complete forms, excluding Aladdin whose Arabic text emerged only recently.
In Captain Swan’s My Company Lieutenant Cooper films a dawn advance. Eight German soldiers emerge from a shell hole with hands up, fearing a machine gun as Cooper films the unexpected Kamerad moment. The scene turns into a humorous march with Cooper’s camera rolling.
Little Jeanette and her grandmother spot a long-legged insect in the park. The child exclaims at the unusual creature while a commentator notes locusts are eaten in Arabia. Foreigners and natives claim locusts make an excellent diet in ancient and current times.
A tale of cross examination stress with a jurist's sharp rebuke as counsel mixes names Jones Smith and Robinson causing confusion. The judge warns the attorney about the risk of bias and misdirection while the defendant stands under scrutiny in a tense legal setting.
In 1775 Congress offered £50 for domestic pins equal to English imports. By 1797 English inventor William Harris devised the first solid headed pin. Lemuel Wright improved pin making in 188k with automatic heads forming via a grooved wire hold and hammer. In 1831 John Ireland Howe, a Bellevue Hospital doctor, invented a machine for making perfect solid headed pins leading to a Derby Connecticut factory.
The Christian Science Monitor notes ancient use by Alexander the Great in a dry air keeping machine. Pliny mentions divers using a leather pipe to a bladder. Augustus Stebe in 1819 built an air supplied device, and by 1830 he introduced a safer closed dress with major improvements.
Archaeologists discover lake dwelling remains in central Europe containing many pins of bone and bronze. Some pins are ornate with heads, others crafted with simple forms, some resemble modern safety pins. Similar pins and hairpins appear in Egyptian, Crete, Pompeii sites, indicating early use of bronze and bone pins and elaborate brooch-like fittings.
Surprising records for long distance races and speed tests are reported by Tarl J. Lomen in National Geographic Magazine. The article notes reindeer outrunning dogs and horses over short distances and describes an annual reindeer fair where two deer pulling a sled achieved five miles in about nine minutes and ten miles in roughly twenty seven minutes.
A local sale lists multiple lots of boys and misses shoes in varied sizes with prices from 1.35 to 4.95 and apparel items including men’s vests and trousers. Lots feature real value claims and marked reductions across sizes and styles.
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