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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1922
Page
5
Eight sketches by John Raymond explore a single compound’s dual use in war and peace. The piece traces how chemistry can yield value in defense and civilian applications through creative narration.
A historical overview traces warfare from stone and clubs to gunpowder and chemical gases. It highlights chlorine and phosgene wartime roles, then details how war gases steered modern chemistry toward dyes, perfumes, and synthetic products, noting peacetime uses of these compounds.
A traveler observes a four year old Colombian girl smoking a large black cigar with her mother lighting it. The scene, set on a bench, depicts a cross legged child and a proud mother noting the unusual habit among Colombian women.
Mercerized cotton is produced by treating yarn or cloth under tension in a bath of strong caustic soda. The fiber gains strength and becomes highly lustrous while dye uptake improves, yielding brighter, more durable colors. The process costs more but results in a fabric that rivals linen or silk.
A teenage girl recounts a heartbreak at sixteen after a handsome older boy she loved sent a cruel birthday gift an onion in a box with a card reading Now cry The note induced tears not from the onion but from a wounded heart and the memory of their relationship.
A boy plans a date with the prettiest girl in school after being told by his aunt he must wear long trousers. He slips out in the dark, but upon returning home he discovers his aunt has sewn white ruffles on the bottom of his short trousers, a moment of comic embarrassment reported by the Chicago Journal.
The American Forestry Magazine notes a long list of insects in the United States, mostly beetles, with about fifteen thousand distinct kinds. Sizes range from microscopic to giants like the Spotted Horn beetle.
Riverdale east bound trains shown at 8 02 a m and 4 02 p m while north bound departures appear at 10 11 a m and 6 46 p m the new schedule applies to the Panhandle service from Riverdale.
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