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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1933
Page
6
The article argues that apples flavor varies by variety and processing, noting canned applesauce can outperform home-made. It highlights factors like seed, soil, and climate, and offers a tested recipe for Frozen Applesauce and Cider as a garnish for roasts, especially duck, with gelatin, sugar, and cider ingredients.
Mr and Mrs F F Moeller visited Wm Hildebrandt in Tripoli for his birthday. Otto Schaefer and children visited C J Meier. Darlene Kohagen hosted a birthday gathering. Moellers visited Denver to see ill Mrs Art Moeller. Erhard Moeller and Ernest Bruns drove to Chicago for twine and attended Century of Progress, returning Saturday. Various relatives shared visits and celebrations through the week.
Friends gathered at the Meier home Wednesday evening to honor Mr. Meier with a warm gathering. Attendees shared memories and offered best wishes for his years ahead.
The Sunday school of War ren and Waverly churches held an annual picnic in Nolte s woods on July Fourth. Roy Menzel and wife welcomed a nine pound daughter born Tuesday June 27. Harold Pothast sustained injuries playing kittenball at Plainfield after colliding with an opponent. two teeth were knocked out. The Krueger cattle shed blew down in the Saturday night storm. trees up rooted on the Riechmann farm. The Turners visited relatives in Fairbank during the Fourth.
Falconers train hawks to hunt and respond to a quiet whistle or whisper. The falcon learns to associate the sound with feeding time and will grip its talons and bend down to sense for food when hearing the cue. Pathfinder Magazine.
Professor John Hanna of Columbia University says the government operates fifty two financing institutions with a near two billion dollar investment and over three billion in resources. He notes forty institutions are government owned and twelve more have two thirds government interest. The government also supervises mortgage banks and thousands of local agricultural loan associations. He says consolidation into the Farm Credit Administration is politically entangled and cautions a careful survey before merging agencies.
Endowments of American higher education exceed 1.15 billion dollars with total institutional value over 2.5 billion. Thirty colleges average 18 million each, eleven exceed 35 million, a few surpass 100 million. Annual operating income tops 500 million, with gifts in a year reaching 233 million.
Windows that give an unobstructed view from one side and are opaque from the other are being installed at the Institute of Pathological Psychology at the University of Bonn Germany. The panes are soundproof and the observation chamber carries a one way sound device so observers can hear as well as see.
A Smithsonian Institution study concludes that white individuals can live in the tropics with intelligence and strict discipline, and that while life there may become more comfortable and safer for whites, true acclimatization in the full sense remains impossible.
Babylon rises as a dominant regional power around 747 B C alongside Assyria. The historical record is sparse before this date, with most knowledge coming from Assyrian inscriptions and clay tablets. Few authentic sources detail Babylon’s early development and timeline.
The article notes about 200 owl species worldwide and around 20 in North America. It singles out the Great Horned and Snowy owl as notably destructive, but says all owls occasionally take small birds while their overall good outweighs the harm. Also includes a subscription prompt about checking a label.
The indictment accused Socrates of not worshiping the city gods and corrupting the youth, carried to 500 judges. He was found guilty by a small majority and, after offering a fine, was sentenced to death. Refusing escape, he drank hemlock with composure, saying he was starting a happy journey.
University of Minnesota experiments with over 200 butterflies across ten species show a butterfly leg being 1600 times more sensitive than the human tongue in detecting sweetness. Researchers dipped legs in water and sugar solutions until detection, noting the smallest detectable amount for butterflies versus humans. The common butterfly exhibited the most developed taste sense.
The article notes one sixth of U S lumber goes into boxes and crates. American forest service engineers tested 550 crates from Ponderosa pine western hemlock and Sitka spruce and found crate strength rises with each diagonal brace, peaking with the sixth brace added.
The swastika is described as a Greek cross with bent right-angled arms. It appears as a primitive religious ornament in Troy India China Japan Persia Sweden and Celtic Britain. The term derives from Sanscrit meaning well being and has been used as a lucky charm. The dictionary cites a Tibetan nationalist sect and American Indians as using it for four compass points.
The Meudow Observatory in France captured photographs of the sun’s corona without waiting for an eclipse or using a spectrograph. Light passed through a filter of neodymium nitrate acid solution and red glass to reveal the corona’s hydrogen flames extending from the sun’s surface while blocking nonhydrogenous light.
Ranger F. Sheldon Dart reports a beaver dam built mostly of stone with only a few willow twigs. The stones vary from fist sized to about 10 inches diameter and 14 inches long, showing unusual material use by beavers in the park.
Madrid residents consumed 73 580 tons of bread 87 000 tons of vegetables and 190 000 000 eggs last year. Bread potatoes and meat intake rose from 1931 while ham game and canned foods declined.
County Seat items note Waverly loans post for farm credit. An August event covers Rotary president install and local marriages. July birthday, hospital ops, travelers, and a Waterloo funeral tie local residents to Ada Minnesota visitors.
Guidelines for washing silk wool and rayon items to avoid stretching or shrinking. Use tepid or cool suds with mild soap, avoid rubbing, rinse thoroughly, and dry flat or hung evenly. For best results, stuff sleeves with cheese cloth, spread sweaters on towels, and keep colors from running by removing moisture promptly. Free booklet on delicate fabrics available from National Household Service in New York.
In Dayton Ohio a boulder memorial funded by thousands of school children marks Paul Laurence Dubar's grave. The 18th anniversary of his death drew relatives and admirers as plans grow to use remaining memorial funds for a scholarship for Negro youths. Born 1872 at Dayton, Dubar rose from humble roots to celebrated poetry and humanitarian causes.
The piece recalls 1933 winter and bank holidays when barter thrived with canned foods as money. Canned beans soup evaporated milk and salmon were accepted for wages and purchases, valued as a universal medium similar to currency and trusted as safe as bank money in households and communities.
A decade long study of 350 children by Dr and Mrs R Gordon Agnew of West China Union University reveals that vitamin D and phosphorus prevent tooth decay. Johns Hopkins expert Dr F E McCollum calls it a milestone, outlining a daily diet of milk eggs leafy greens and vegetables, with emphasis on home stewardship of meals and canned nutrients to arrest existing decay.
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