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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
7
The Pastor notes strong Sunday attendance and a lively program at Our Churches M. E. Church with sermons on Aggressive Leadership and gratitude for soldiers. Congregational Church mentions Decoration Day on Sunday with a sermon theme The Good Fight and memorial observances.
A Popular Science Monthly idea explains a simple chameleon barometer. Craft a round cardboard dial with Wet Variable and Dry zones to show humidity changes. A blotting paper chameleon colored with cobalt chloride shifts hue to forecast weather.
The pelican is not attractive yet praised for regular habits. Parent birds catch fish and carry extras in elastic pouches to feed their young. Pouches hold three to eight pounds, distending enough to nearly touch the ground.
A fragment from Stockholm shows a quoted exchange about whether a youth named Tommy can be taught not to throw hand grenades at elders. The source hints at a broader discussion on youth behavior and discipline.
A survey by the Interchurch World Movement shows 18 percent of U S area contains 75 percent of immigrants totaling 13 030 000. It highlights New York City Italian and Jewish populations dwarfing other U S cities and outlines a $336 777 572 drive for an educational program to assimilate immigrants into American life.
A verse fragment attributed to John Drinkwater in London Sphere recalls aging and changing energy across decades from youth to middle age. It muses on rest at thirty, renewed activity at forty to fifty, and later years of detachment as life progresses.
A New York hotel under construction will create a 200 by 12 foot green roof on the fourteenth floor setback. The space will feature a lawn with flower beds and shrubs, bounded by an artistic balustrade along Park Avenue, allowing residents a safe high altitude front yard.
Dutch shoe makers push wooden wares as a practical New York market option amid leather shoe price concerns. Delegation will explain advantages while Fifth Avenue shoppers see fashion hints as young women wear them in public. Parents may adopt wood for boys who wear through leather.
Harvesting has begun in the West Indies but the crop appears smaller than earlier forecasts as many beans have fallen. A small insect on the vanilla vines is blamed for weakening the plants and steps are being taken to counter the pest. Vice Consul Lough notes an American vanilla firm has opened operations in Guadeloupe to buy green vanilla for the U S market.
The text records a boasts about owning a limousine and a retort that some people eat potatoes twice daily, illustrating a clash of pride and social signaling in casual talk.
Two young Swedish geology students Wadell and Vgberg after a nine day expedition in Iceland report finding what may be the world’s largest crater. They estimate dimensions at five miles long and three and a quarter miles wide and also report warm springs nearby.
The royal court of Alashan seeks a new home as the capital Fumafu endures seven years of severe drought. The enduring dry spell pushes relocation considerations for the Mongol Kingdoms' seat of power.
A whimsical reflection from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on aging and easing past life. The piece imagines retracted days with friends, while service workers plead for continued patronage, provoking a sly chorus of mockery.
Enthusiasm for aviation in Brazil has attracted representatives from France Great Britain Italy and the United States to study the market and seek government concessions. With most makers sending machines and daily flights beginning a resident British company plans aerial freight and passenger service between Brazil’s principal cities.
A Birmingham Age Herald item notes a striking new stenographer introduced to the force. Mr Giddison teases about spelling and punctuation, joking that beauty may distract from literacy, as colleagues assess her role and talents.
Two rich businessmen chat as an elderly man passes. They discuss a worker named Brown, noting his honesty and staying power, saying he began at the bottom of the murder in seventy six and has stayed there ever since, per the Boston Transcript.
Japan experiments to identify a suitable sheep breed for local wool production. Once established, a few head will be given to farmers with instructions on raising sheep. The effort aims to create a market for mutton and leather tanning as the industry develops.
A young woman asks how to start a story. Mr Penwiggle responds with a literary gaze that the hard part is finding an editor who might print it after he writes it.
A brief dialogue recalls Mrs Faraway's occult interest fading when the offer to enter the silence was made. Mr Newcomer notes she remains curious but cautious about esoteric practices.
The crowd notes a man once called a profit has joined an amateur orchestra. A teaser asks which instrument he will play and humorously suggests it should be the loot.
An advertisement claims Haarlem Oil Capsules stimulate kidney action and purify the body to combat premature aging. It promises new life, strength, and ongoing health with daily use, offering money back if ineffective and urging purchase from your druggist in sealed packages.
A brief aphorism attributed to Addison warns that preserving honor matters more than enduring injury. The line suggests choosing a costly personal path over compromising one’s esteem.
The greatest pipe organ ever built, first planned for Convention Hall in Kansas City, later stored, bought by John Wanamaker, and installed in his Philadelphia store where it is played daily. Weighing 375000 pounds, it toured Festival Hall in St. Louis during the 1904 exposition.
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