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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1923
Page
8
Washington reports President Harding may approve elevating gun angles on U S battleships after naval authorities advise modernization. Rear Admiral Rogers says treaty does not bar elevation within limits and that a navy equal to Great Britain requires such changes to maintain parity and competition under the Washington treaty.
Census bureau figures show perfumery and cosmetics as the only drug store segment rising from 1914 to 1921. Output grew 829 percent, reaching 72.5 million dollars in 1921 with 422 factories and 9,367 workers, while druggists preparations declined to 81 million.
The Geographic Board settles place names for all U S government maps charts and documents. Since 1890 it has made about 25 000 decisions, simplifying names dropping possessive apostrophes and final h s while ensuring unique post office names within states. It coordinates with War Navy land Indian affairs geological survey census and State Department.
The State department announced the cancellation of the Yank and Jap Now on Equality in China agreement between the United States and Japan. The note to Masanao Hanihara dated April 14 states an identity of view with the Lansing Ishii exchange and notes the Washington conference on limitation. The official release provides only the texts of notes exchanged between Secretary Hughes and the Japanese ambassador and was issued simultaneously in Tokyo.
The United States and Japan cancel the Lansing Ishii correspondence of 1917 and reaffirm parity with Britain, France, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands under the nine power treaty. No remaining conflict exists between the two nations on open door policy and equal opportunity in China.
A New York Sun note praises two story white frame houses amid skyscrapers as romantic relics. It highlights a row off Broadway near Fifth Avenue and a West Side home off Riverside Drive with porches gardens and green hedges, noting their photogenic charm and timeless appeal.
A Russell Sage foundation committee launches a comprehensive plan for New York and within fifty miles of Battery Park. Six sections will be studied by dedicated experts, examining housing, transportation, zoning, and recreation to decentralize the metropolis. A preliminary report is due October 1.
The article explains waterspouts as sea bound whirlwinds formed where opposing winds of different temperatures meet aloft. Vapor condenses into a thick cloud, a vertical motion creates a funnel, drawing sea water into the vortex, producing a grand column from sea to clouds stability varies with wind.
The phrase likely derives from Hebrew six yea seven indicating a indefinite number in Job v19. It also reflects risk or carelessness and later confusion. By Chaucer’s era it was in use and linked to dice saying set all on cinque and sice, the two highest numbers.
A barber jokes about Christmas shopping pressure as children will soon stop men on the street to demand gifts. Mr Stubblebrush ponders whether to shave or endure the festive season.
Washington reports a new U S Army gas mask that lets wearers talk while in use, enabling officers to issue orders without removing it. The diaphragm allows about 80 percent of normal voice efficiency, with an improved canister protecting against gases ammonia and carbon monoxide. Features include dry air circulation, lighter design, underarm carrying option, and a nonburning fabric experiment.
In Piqua Ohio three pairs of spectacles over 125 years old were found in the home of Mrs. O R Mullen dors. They belonged to her great great grandmother Mrs Jane Brown Patterson who came with her husband Robert Patterson from Ireland to Piqua in 1818 and settled on a government purchased farm. Two pairs are German silver and one is brass. The glasses magnify only the object focused upon. Mrs Mullendorn still occupies the Patterson farm established in 1818.
Officials at Imperial University Tokyo question the sincerity of Japanese women’s pursuit of higher education as lectures, once opened to women, attract many applicants but many fail to continue attendance.
The report notes that while 90 women previously received the privilege, most dropped out. This year sees very few applicants seeking the privilege, indicating a sharp decline in interest.
The three week fur sale in Leipzig attracted many American buyers who paid high prices for raw fox furs, surpassing the usual figures for this pelts class.
A Louisiana giant cypress in Edenborn Brake Winn Parish is described as the fifth oldest living entity on earth and the third in North America. Estimates place its age around 2500 years with some scientists suggesting 2900. William Edenborn saved several ancient trees from logging and offered them to the conservation department. The plan includes building a highway spur to improve access for visitors.
London reports a heated scientific dispute over Prof Alfred Wegener’s claim that earth’s continents drift westward. Critics led by P Lake of the Royal Geographical Society challenge his maps and logic, while several British observers appear to back parts of his reformist idea.
W Va town enforces blue laws banning dominoes in public places on Sundays. Mayor R H Garrett issued a notice proclaiming that domino games must close after this date to keep Nd down tight.
Rochester police wrapped up their annual dance with the band playing Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here. Upon returning to cloak rooms, revelers found the gang had fled with fur coats overcoats and other wraps. Loot expected to reach four figures.
The discussion centers on a theory that gains probability if an easterly drift of continents is shown. It notes ongoing work on the basls of a westerly drift. In a separate note, it states that cremation leaves gray ashes weighing about two pounds as residuum from an adult human body.
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