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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1918
Page
3
Local stockholders promote a scientifically mixed feed claiming nourishment and strength for cattle. The message emphasizes home company status, local tax payments, and reinvestment in improvements, urging customers to buy locally.
London Tit-Bits notes that many animals excel at swimming with the polar bear described as supreme among aquatic creatures. Bears, elephants, elk, reindeer, and a captive squirrel show surprising water skills, from long-distance swims to rapid paddling and dives.
A meditation on poetry as a living force beyond print and tradition. The author argues words fail without shared understanding and that poetry shapes present action more powerfully than reason, citing Brutus and the pull of passion over conviction.
Dr. Walter Clark reports in Popular Science Monthly that lighting in Philadelphia shifted from sperm oil and candles until 1885 to kerosene in the following decade. Gas arrived 1865 to 1875, initially for the wealthy at 2 1 2 dollars per thousand cubic feet. The Welsbach mantle appeared ten years later, and by 1895 gas and electricity reached general use with gas at 1 per thousand cubic feet and electricity at 10 cents per kilowatt hour. Since then mantles and filaments advanced, yielding about eighteen times more light per family than fifty years ago.
The fragmentary note hints at blame and irony in a dated ad paring, referencing a scapegoat theme and a terse critique of tasting or wine. It presents no clear event, person, or place beyond the implied metaphor.
A man asks a woman to give his nickel to the conductor so he can pay his fare. She trusts the plan and rides on, but the conductor ignores her request and she ends up four blocks past her stop. She returns home with a lighter purse but a puzzled conscience.
The statement critiques modern architecture for subpar effort, urging builders to abandon half worked, blunt details and rigid medieval imitations. It calls for honest striving, better craft, and respect for noble prototypes without overreaching.
Century Magazine notes inland ice exposure creates extreme glare from continuous summer sun reflected off endless snow. Even with smoked glasses, explorers slept poorly, tying fur bands to eyes for protection. Only storms blunt the brightness, turning sky and snow a gray, opaque light.
The Wide World Magazine describes an enormous unclassified aquatic monster named the dingenek dwelling in Lake Victoria Nyanya and its tributaries. It resembles extinct Mesozoic reptiles. no specimens exist for bones or skin. Authorities’ eyewitness testimony supports its existence despite uncertainty.
A shopper named Mrs Cromley reviews assorted dry goods as the clerk suggests the items might be for a Christmas gift. The dialogue captures confusion over the article purpose and a hint of practical humor.
A historian disputes Mrs. Levering’s claim that Kentucky horses thrived on Indiana blue grass seed brought back after Tippecanoe. The article notes Kentucky’s regional classification shifts and outlines Indiana’s early county system, while recalling broader themes about conscientious objection and wartime attitudes.
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