19 Jun 1925
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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1925
Page
1
Dashiel of the University of North Carolina uses caged rats to solve a cross word inspired maze feeding them hidden food. Nine rats participated. three learned the quickest route while six failed to improve after twenty attempts.
Revival of the 38 curls trend resurges as a fashion from early republican days. The fad spread quickly after the republic of IS states was founded, with many adopting the distinctive hairstyle as a symbol of era revived.
United States to assume care of Zachary Taylor burial grounds near Louisville Kentucky after Congress funded maintenance. Article traces Taylor life from birth in Virginia to Mexican War triumphs and presidency, noting kin, combat commands, and ties to Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln.
An editor recalls meeting Oscar Wilde at the opening night of The Importance of Being Earnest in London. A supper at the Carlton sparked talk on epigrams with Wilde described as the supreme epigram pontist who defined an epigram as a commonplace phrase so artfully crafted that only clever people can discern its meaning.
Dr Robert Gault unveils an instrument that teaches the totally deaf to hear through the palms of their hands. The device resembles a telephonic relay and aims to translate sound into tactile sensations for perceivable hearing.
A tactile speech receiver works like a microphone to vibrate the skin rather than carry sound to the ear. Dr Gault teaches five deaf individuals to recognize 15 sentences containing 91 syllable words through touch, using the new apparatus.
Ruth shares a cozy evening as Crockeyjoy invites a magical circus to life on the rug. Toys and Noah’s ark characters awaken, performing clowns, cowboys, and a talking mule as Ruth watches, then hides the adventures from her mother by night.
John Van Antwerp Meedurray quotes a ghost of a traditional businessman to a son in a Washington banquet tale. He notes Wall Street and big corporations lack Old School virtues, while George asserts evidence persists in a few jails.
Mr. Beck aged ninety seven and his wife, two years younger, celebrate their seventy sixth anniversary. The couple has been married since 1850 and remain in good health though they are now elderly. Mrs Beck is Mrs Andrew TH Beck of Allentown Pennsylvania and the pair are long time friends of the narrator.
The Mothers International Association credits Bliss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia as originator while the American War Mothers name Frank Hering of South Bend as the "father" of Mothers Day, claiming he pushed the observance as early as 1902. Some also credit Robert Cummins of Baltimore as the idea’s origin.
A Scottish town adopts the saxophone over bagpipes, driven by a London operetta influence and a spike in demand. Telegraph orders flood city stores as farmers chase new musical tastes amid changing traditions.
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