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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1926
Page
3
The British Museum hosts antiquities from Ur the Chaldees origin of Abraham. Exhibits include small figures, lion and bull heads, and tablets from a temple factory showing wool tithe, cloth returns, and slave weaving payments. Records note death and sickness affecting pay, with aging women earning less than children.
The article traces 1683 German immigration beginning with Mennonites from Crefeld who settled near Philadelphia on Penn land. They formed Germantown and, with later waves, spread across Pennsylvania. By the Revolutionary era one third of Pennsylvanians were German in origin, blending Dutch and German to create Pennsylvania Dutch.
The parachutes are made of carefully chosen silks with a diameter of 24 feet and a packed weight of about 18 pounds. Shroud lines are extremely fine silk from an American manufacturer of fighting equipment. The regulation parachute folds in a pack worn as part of flying clothes, forms a seat, and requires aviators to clear the plane before release, with two to three seconds allowed. Every army aviator is equipped with the regulation parachute for this flight.
A reflective passage on moving forward in life and the sorrow of leaving behind early friends. The author uses the log line analogy to show how growth can outpace old relationships, reminding readers that progress often comes with emotional cost.
Nature's Laboratory records show sodium sulphate forms below 30 degrees at Great Salt Lake. Deposits are skimmed before dissolving, leading to a harvesting plant for refining into a commercial product. Production runs about two months yearly, with variability by winter severity.
Metal polish keeps brasses clean when rubbed well. After cleaning, lightly coat with lard to prevent tarnish. Copper pieces tarnished or dirty can be cleaned with a paste of four tablespoons of salt and vinegar, scrub, rinse in hot water, then polish with copper polish for a quick, ready-use result.
A legend from Chinwangtao recalls a devoted wife who sought her husband’s bones amid the Great Wall near Shantiatkwan. The emperor Chih Huang-ti united China and ordered burial of the bones after a tale of loyalty and tragedy. A temple near the breach preserves the pious wife’s image and memory.
Peppermint supply woes from frost and heat cut yields in May across southern Michigan and northwest Indiana where 60 percent of the world supply is produced. Prices rose above 17 dollars per pound after a lengthy run of higher costs, with prior peaks noted at 125 dollars four years ago. Indiana Michigan border lowlands host small farms of 50 to 60 acres where peppermint thrives, two crops per summer possible, oil distilled from leaves and stalks. Peppermint arrived in the region around 1840 from Ohio, earlier imports from England.
In Klamath Falls Oregon thousands of ducks and geese lie dead in Tule lake from a strange illness likely caused by alkali water or stagnant ponds. The U.S. Biological Survey will investigate the deaths and Game Warden Barnes will send birds to Portland for analysis. A similar deer die-off occurred in Mono county last year due to wet mud in a dried spring.
Sixteen Indian maids express regret over bobbed hair that led a film firm to bar them from a Florida shoot. The company refused admission along with 125 others due to their short hairstyles, altering travel plans and employment prospects.
The readable fragment attributes increased losses to heavy centers falling to Polish forces and White Russia during the civil war and invasion periods. It hints at broader strategic shifts but provides limited specific details or dates.
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