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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1913
Page
6
The article argues that flight lessons may come from reptiles and other animals, not just birds and insects. It notes Wright brothers relied on birds but could have benefited from studying reptiles. The British Museum of Natural History exhibits specimens showing muscle-driven wing energy and flapping action supporting and propelling the body.
The display features animals that glide or fly without energy, including flying squirrels, flying phalangers, beetle wing sheaths, flying snakes from Borneo, flying geckos, and flying lizards. It examines bat flight, flying fish, and a dimorphodon macronym reconstruction, highlighting bone structure and evolutionary clues for aviation.
Practical advice on using potato peels to clean chimney flues and improve draft. Damp peels burn readily, drying in warm places. Peels serve as kindling and help clear soot in boilers and stoves. Open a window during use to vent impurities and improve room air quality.
Instructions describe removing paint spots with turpentine and ammonia, whitening hands with lemon juice, caring for patent leather shoes by cleaning and vaseline, and hardening bristles by washing a brush in hot water with ammonia and a salty rinse. The tone reflects old manual advice on household maintenance.
The article explains how discarded tin cans are gathered from vacant lots and dumps, melted for tin and iron. Junk dealers collect cans in barrels, ship them for processing, and melt them in furnaces to recover tin blocks and iron ingots for sale. It notes tin is valuable and often pays for furnace operation.
A New York expert argues that elaborate school graduation exercises fuel vanity and selfish behavior in children. He warns that excessive display during formative years risks shaping anarchic attitudes under America’s liberty.
Leonard Hershberg argues that cooking reduced mastication, weakening jaw muscles and overall health. He traces human diet from raw foods to cooked meals, urging nutritionists and physical culturists to train mouth and facial muscles from childhood. He praises gum chewing as a healthier habit than predigested foods and cites the American Indian as a model of strong musculature.
A report notes Edison has not pursued metal paper for books after confirming thin nickel sheets can conduct electricity for batteries. The American Library Association sought progress but Edison said he never experimented on metal paper and could not find time to develop suitable sheets.
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