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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
6
The supreme test to distinguish invention from mere mechanical skill is whether a device would be made by a skilled artisan without further prompting. If iron replaces wood in a known machine, that does not prove invention. A new discovery like gunpowder, created with knowledge and skill, remains inventive even if others could reproduce it after being shown how.
A survey of unusual trees around the world describes fruit that can be eaten as bread in Ceylon, milk-bearing trees in Barbuda, Africa butter from a oak-like tree, Sierra Leone cream fruit, candles from Bay near the Cape, vegetable tallow in Sumatra and China, soap from bark in China, and prolific sapindus soap berry with 38 percent caponin.
A widow explains a social quirk to spare bachelors embarrassment. She recounts dining with a bachelor who fears peers would think he dines with another man's wife. To ease the worry she removes her wedding ring before they go out, a gesture he and others appreciate.
The article notes river flow varies by depth with lowest speeds at the bottom and higher at the top. It mentions average velocity near six tenths the depth and friction effects. It also records a debate where Jones defends a woman’s club away from suffrage while Miss Strong argues the club should focus on suffrage-related aims.
A Birmingham Age-Herald remark notes odd beliefs about sentiment. It cites a man who cherishes the slipper his mother used to spank him with as a striking example of unusual affection or memory.
In a Boston Transcript exchange, Dilver complains about a run down place costing nearly $1,000 to improve. Sanson retorts that killing the dog would have been cheaper, highlighting the heated, humorous dispute over repairs and costs.
A heated exchange centers on a claim of deliberate deception about a story told the previous night. Accusations fly as one party insists the tale was false while the other defends its spontaneity and honesty.
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