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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1919
Page
3
A broad call to individual responsibility to prevent fires notes annual U S fire losses around 300 million dollars and 15 000 deaths with 50 000 injuries. It cites causes from defective furnaces to careless smoking and urges safe heating, storage, wiring, lighting, and handling of combustibles to lower risk.
A London Answers writer touts wasps as wise and strong in flight. They strip legs and wings from a bluebottle to reduce air resistance and can carry about 40 bluebottles. The piece notes they are curious and rarely sting without cause, but they remain a nuisance due to their bold colors.
A student of avian flight argues that the gull earns the title master of the air for its sea roving life and scrap feeding. Gulls appear to hover motionless or glide with no effort, contrasting with Caspian terns whose flight is delicate and butterfly like amid wind and spray.
Emma Willard, famed educator, is identified as the likely first woman in America to hold an elective school office by being elected superintendent of schools in Kensington, Connecticut early in her career. The note highlights her pioneering civic role in education.
The White House houses about 178 miles of electric wire supplying 8 000 incandescent lights plus a call bell system and a private telephone network for the executive household use.
Advice on keeping hens healthy and in good laying condition during winter. Recommend growing green crops like wheat oats rye and barley or sprouting oats in boxes with moistened soil. Provide step by step setup in a ventilated barn or shed and suggest repeated sowing to ensure continuous green feed for poultry.
A collection of maxims on decision making friendship and ignorance. It stresses that easy work hides difficulty and warns against surrendering deals at pressure while noting knowledge can be costly. Notable lines include cautions about platonic friendship and managing remedies for others troubles.
Instructions outline making apple butter by reducing four quarts of cider to two, adding four quarts of apples peeled and chopped, straining any coarse pulp, boiling until pulp does not separate, then adding one pound of sugar two-thirds through cooking. spice notes include cinnamon allspice and cloves, then sterilize jars by steaming five minutes.
The first elephant ever exhibited in America was shown in Philadelphia in 1796. Admission cost one dollar for adults and a quarter for children.
The migration of several water fowl species shifts from west to east rather than the usual north to south route, indicating an unusual movement pattern across regions this season.
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