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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
8
Lawrence watches his father’s new car with keen interest while walking with his mother on an icy street. A man in front nearly slips it up and Lawrence jokes that he needs a helmet to prevent a fall.
A reflective meditation on how music surpasses plain speech and opens a momentary window to the infinite, as Carlyle notes the inarticulate effect that music has on human emotion and thought.
The article notes a shift in wedding customs among Chinese communities in Borneo. Non Christian couples increasingly choose Methodist chapels for marriage ceremonies, reflecting a decline in traditional idol worship due to mission influence.
Remodeling with stucco can spruce up the old place without tearing it down. It adds fire resistance, potentially lowers insurance, and improves heating and cooling efficiency while reducing repainting costs.
Ancient Ecuadorian palm wax used by indigenous people for candles is found on trunk surfaces in granular form. Each tree yields about fifty pounds and grows along coastal mountains. Samples sent to France and Germany drew favorable reports and offers around 19.5 cents per pound.
A discussion on the word bankrupt traces its roots to banca from Venetian moneylenders. Milliken is found playing a Wagner score on a piano, insisting the upside down sheet is correct because he cannot read it the right way.
A young man asks guidance on love at an ancient bazaar. An elder counsels to seek women friends and praise the beloved in their presence. The tale appears in Pack with author George Jenn Nathan.
Casey recalls buying moth balls from a druggist and complains they are useless. He claims he broke a shilling’s worth of china and glass throwing the balls, yet none were killed. The exchange appears in London Tit-Bits with a slangy register.
The article states that about 260 board feet of wood are used in building an average airplane and that roughly 1,500 feet of select lumber must be worked over to obtain this material, representing most of the usable timber for planes of 15,000 board feet standing stock.
Robert M. Gay argues that while many groups exist to reform criminals and improve the bad, none help those who are already excessively good. He suggests society pressures even decent people to remain respectable, implying a need for counterculture or testing freedom.
A reflection on responsibility as the measure of true character. It argues that standing up to responsibility reveals real worth, while failing the test risks losing friends and social rejection until merit is proven.
A misprint tale describes Mary slipping from a picket fence and suspending a foot high by her dress. Bobby struggles to help and suggests calling his mother while Mary calmly waits, refusing to leave the dangerous spot.
Santa Marta in Colombia, once a Spanish English battle site, faded into tropical silence until a great corporation expanded world wide banana business. Now the port buzzes with activity as the historic bay hosts a thriving banana trade and related hustle.
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