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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
5
The Thrift Stamp campaign targets children to support war funding as pennies grow into dollars. The government aims to raise two billion dollars through stamp sales, turning child savings into a force for shortening the war.
The article notes earth temperature rising from the surface at one degree Fahrenheit per 50 to 60 feet and predicts extremely high temperatures within a few miles. It mentions a Kentucky physician inventing thermometers with zero at freezing and 100 parts to reach normal body temperature. It adds a cautious speculation that crocodile eggs are good to eat and questions whether crocodiles will stop laying eggs as prices rise.
Snow fell for three days in Rome creating a white city scene from the Pantheon to St. Peter’s and the Forum. American aviators, cabmen, and pedestrians adapted as tram lines failed and winter gear appeared. The ermined capital vanished with noon sun, leaving a wartime hush over ancient landmarks.
Alexander Graham Bell argues for measuring odor to form a science of smell. He describes how a chemist detected selenium by its smell in sulfuric acid waste, revealing a new elementary substance unseen by reactions, noting selenium’s vitreous form is a poor conductor that becomes a high resistance conductor when cooled.
Plans for a vast concrete bridge in Stockholm link Ropsten and Herserud. The Lidinga bridge would stretch 845 meters with 52 arches supported by hollow concrete columns five meters tall. Some columns feature concrete rings three meters high providing one meter expansion.
The London Daily News reports a desert football league amid biblical town names and vocal crowds shouting Well played and Off side. The narrative ponders what ancient peoples might think of modern play.
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