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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
16
John Dewey argues in Asia Magazine that while China shows deep conservatism, it also displays a strong appetite for change and ideas. Chinese students listen attentively, seek social reform, and pursue knowledge for practical application, contrasting with American youth.
The scene describes a humid garden in the Philippines with hot rooms and smoky yards. Negrito legend speaks of a bamboo tree buried with a princess, while locals observe burning fires, washing moments, and a Chinese cook lamenting cultural differences as a melodious but tense portrait of colonial Asia.
In Adams County Democrat account residents describe a vacant farmhouse near Hastings as a hub for daily gatherings and high stakes poker, with whispers of bootlegging links to St. Joe and Kansas City. Cars from Hastings are said to frequent the site and a recent entry bet of eight dollars reportedly required eighty to enter. A local boot shop advertises stylish pumps and oxford shoes for four ninety five.
In a hushed moment George remarks on marriage while a wife speaks with another husband just in the next room, highlighting a discreet parallel between private vows and public boundaries. The exchange hints at marital bonds and social propriety in a restrained, intimate setting.
A fragment shows a feisty cartoonish exchange: a girl hints at evening out a score by feeding a fountain pen with a baby’s milk after the baby swallows some ink. The odd line hints at a comic misunderstanding or prank.
The superintendent jokes a letter carrier will make a good pitcher, noting he is "here with the delivery" as the assistant questions why. The light exchange hinges on a pun about delivering letters and pitching.
Good Housekeeping suggests corn cake as a cereal substitute, with leftovers toasted in a hot oven or fried in fat, served with milk or cream and salt. For leftovers, slice and dip in flour with sugar to brown, then fry crisp. Add fruit like evaporated apricots, prunes, or sliced bananas to cereals for flavor and healthful variety.
The St Louis State Herald laments the death of a five year old girl in Missouri as she learned to smoke. The obituary praises her enterprise and potential leadership, stating the world cannot afford to lose such promising people and suggesting she could have been an ornament to her sex or a presidential candidate.
A housewife failed to set up a front room window screen allowing six billion flies to multiply from one, possibly spreading disease. Experts warn that eggs laid by one fly can yield six generations in a summer, each fly capable of carrying filth and germs. The piece urges guarding health by using screens and swatting flies whenever possible.
Bishop Brown at a Richmond dinner commented that bigotry and religious intolerance are vanishing. A childhood memory illustrated the point when a girl asked why they would worship, and learned that the Episcopal church was the house of God, prompting the line that God is a Baptist.
Sir J. GC. Rose told University College London students that dying peas in a pot could emit enough electricity to electrocute a cook. He also claimed a halting plant sleep in winter and a chloroform dose might trigger spring blossoms, noting plants respond to anaesthetic cues.
The article argues that Aesop's fable about the golden egg is often translated with hen instead of goose. It notes Greek text reads hen, yet most adapters render goose. It states there is no original Aesopian text, only later transcriptions from ancient slaves’ lore.
A correspondent notes small foreign bodies not embedded in the eyeball can be removed by entering a dark room looking up at a light, then turning it on quickly. A strong light causes a violent reaction that washes the particle to the eye corner, where it can be lifted out with a clean handkerchief.
Ancient footwear from Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Jewish cultures carried horn and crescent moon decorations. Wedding rites mixed shoe throwing with flowers and grain, suggesting propitiation of a productive deity.
A historical note points out the word soap appears in Jeremiah 11 22 in the phrase wash thee with nitre and take thee much soap. It also appears in Malachi 3 2 in a line likened to a refiner’s fire and fuller’s soap, per the cited passages.
A Chicago American item recalls little Marie visiting her grandmother as she went barefoot. Her aunt urges foot washing before bed and Marie retorts she does not sleep standing up, a humorous misinterpretation.
A compact note urging businesses to place ads in The Telegraph to maximize reach and impact for local audiences and merchants.
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