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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1912
Page
3
The author argues for a three meal plan with flexibility for appetite and illness, noting personal practice of three to four meals daily. He warns against eating when tired and cites a guide advising eating only with true hunger, keeping nutriment but avoiding excess and ensuring restful sleep.
A reflection on Civil War leaders Grant and Lee contrasting fighting styles. Mason cites Grant's demand for immediate surrender and generous treatment of enemies, praising restraint and focus on outcomes over quarrelling. Lee is lauded for defeat with dignity, surrender without rancor, in a Temple of Liberty.
A poetic essay by L M Ricard extols nature as the master painter whose colors surpass any manufactured pigments. It argues nature’s hues in grass leaves oceans and seasonal fruit outpace paint makers and the Baldwin and Northern Spy red tints remain beyond reach.
S E Kiser recounted a Chicago banquet anecdote about a woman telling a joke while recounting a shipwreck. The tale centers on a passenger swinging on a rope between ship and shore and musing that she wore breeches for once. The yarn mocks impatience and punchline timing with a twist.
A Pennsylvania designer creates a fastener system for overshoes that prevents slips in mud. Elastic bands grip the ankle and heel while a side connector hooks to a button or lace shoe, allowing quick attachment and removal when not needed.
The late Phil May saved a dull Savage Club evening during a royal visit by the Duke of Teck. At the request of an entertainment committee he drew with black chalks, sketching an infant prince of Wales in long clothes and a feeding bottle, crowned with the prince’s plumes, provoking laughter and lifting the mood.
The New York Police Department asks the board of estimates to hire 1000 more policemen next year and to allocate an additional 2,500,000 dollars. Appeals compare to London which, with smaller population, has nearly double the police force.
About 250000 immigrants are turned back annually by U S immigration officials. The government employs nearly two thousand trained men to guard ports and boundaries against those barred entry.
Sir George Darwin discussed his tide theory at the Authors' club in London. He argued the moon's attraction slows Earth's rotation, causing the moon to drift away, with potential future resonance when day and month align. He noted solar tides also affect the year length.
An English inventor has created An Aviator's Compass a device that blends a sundial with a compass. Its celluloid dial carries a central pin that casts a shadow to indicate the chosen course as light passes through. Fixed to the upper plane it guides direction by shadow variations.
Public libraries disinfect books returned from borrowers to prevent disease. Books circulate to homes and hospitals where sick people read them, prompting the precautionary measure.
Opals expand with heat more than any other precious stone causing many to slip from gold settings as the bands yield to the force.
French scientists Fillasier and Sartory from the Academy of Sciences report simple cold-water rinses render fruit surfaces germ free. Grapes in water showed 120000 to millions of germs per cm3, decreasing 90 percent with each rinse, leaving few harmful specimens after four washings.
The article describes G W Thompson of Kingston Oklahoma inventing a heavier-than-air flying machine. The design places propellers to both drive and steer, reducing the need for movable rudders by aligning the power plant below the center of gravity and tilting the planes to balance with travel.
The earliest sewing contrivance patent was granted in England on June 24, 1755. The first complete sewing machine for general use was patented in the United States on September 10, 1846.
Recent experiments in Germany indicate drainage waters take no more plant food from fertilized soils than from unfertilized. The study compares nutrient loss under different soil treatments and finds drainage impact similar regardless of prior fertilization.
A collection of tiny breakthroughs and claims from the era. Items include a first typewriter in England, opals as uncounterfeitable gems, Mars habitation debates since 1877, aerial propellers for canal boats, needle-picking magnet on a thimble, combined pocket tool, spectacles turned into car goggles, onion distillations to stop lamp smoking, a rubber ice cap, a two person telescope, rising pearl values, and Professor Ray Lankester predicting disease eradication within fifty years.
A London laborer pulled from the Thames, later told he could not dry his clothes without an order, as red tape blocked admission to police stations and a hospital. An American's eye injury also met a fee required policy, leaving him untreated.
Mr. French Strother in Worlds Work notes C P Rodgers earned about twenty thousand dollars from backers and three to four thousand in prize money for the New York to Fort Worth and Fort Worth to Pasadena flights. His machine cost five thousand and repairs ran seventeen thousand, leaving a small net. He summed up the moment at Pasadena saying money is not important, his feat matters more.
An essay-like piece explores how the name John Smith transforms across languages and regions. It lists many playful variants from Latin Johannes Smithus to Turkish Yoe Seef, illustrating linguistic adaptation and cultural flavor in surname rendering.
A photographer tires of polite smiles to capture a portrait. The subject refuses to smile, intent on appearing a brigand for his wife who plans to send the pictures to relatives he has never met. He dismisses the photographer’s urging and stands firm in his stance.
Mrs. Baring-Bane remarks on progress while noting men fail to see advancement when a woman in a hobble skirt pursues a streetcar. The exchange highlights changing gender roles in a light conversational tone.
A fashionably dressed model clashes with a stubborn photographer over artistic realism. The model critiques stiff studio portraits and demands natural emotion, while the photographer admits deception to protect his business and saves only select poses for the client.
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