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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1924
Page
5
The article discusses how columns define the beauty and strength of old Colonial and Southern plantation houses. It emphasizes that columns must be structurally sound not merely decorative, with steel offering ideal column construction and sharp lines. It notes Greek and Roman orders suit different building styles both inside and out.
The United States produces 20 billion buttons annually, rivaling the cutlery and textiles industries in value. It leads in vegetable ivory buttons derived from the toqua nut, grown in northern South America and Panama. If button output were shared equally, every person would get 182 buttons with some surplus.
Analyses show many so called bronze artifacts from ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian ruins are mostly high purity copper. Tin bronze appeared in some gates like Shalmaneah II's, which contain about 9 percent tin. Copper was the earliest widely used metal, while iron remained rare and costly in ancient Egypt.
Emerson quotes a belief that a fulfilling life comes from following a vocation that yields both employment and happiness, whether in making baskets broadswords canals statues or songs. This piece reflects on the joy of pursuing a suitable craft.
An old western saying notes that Mr Colt made all men equal, yet the tale warns that threatening a man is the gravest act. A small man tells the messenger to relay this: next time choose a man his own size. More big men die from threats than from direct conflicts.
A druggist notes customers with grouchy faces signal a purchase intent, while cheerful arrivals suggest attempts at joking or a scam. The remark, captured by the Boston Transcript, highlights store psychology and humor in everyday retail.
A former resident and painter Ed ward Simmons recalls Concord as crime free. He tells of a single mild prisoner who stayed in the jail long after release, fondly described as a well loved member of the Dimerson family who played violin for dances near the jail.
In Cochin China rice grows with no irrigation as rains supply water during the whole growing season. Seeders cannot be used since fields stay flooded at planting. Rice is sown in patches and later transplanted. Tonkin and Annam plan irrigation and adoption of modern methods.
London Tit-Bits notes odd scarecrow methods including a Ceylonese farmer displaying two skulls to deter birds and a Belgian farmer who linked bells and a water wheel with a wire system to create noise and motion that frightened birds from the corn fields.
An echo occurs when sound waves reflect from distant surfaces such as hills or cliffs. Sound travels about 1,000 feet per second in air, so a person 1,000 feet away hears a return after roughly two seconds, with repeated echoes caused by multiple deflections or successive reflections.
A mother advises her daughter about a book revealing a sad finale. The girl, Miss Thir teen, finds the tale touching though grim as she notes the heroine dies and the hero returns to his wife.
Australian railroads test pulverized brown coal in locomotives using special devices. Early trials show satisfactory heat output and efficiency gains, with reduced waste and greater fuel carried by tenders.
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