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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1921
Page
9
A weekly Dunnell paper compiles a miscellany of curiosities from science and literature. It mentions Eve in dendrology, a note on the first stenographer, explains arbitrage, quotes Life and Boston Transcript snippets, and adds travel and weather musings including a description of the Indian catamaran craft and a Mackintosh of famous men mementos.
Local notes report business callers Fred Koenecke and F Sandin, farm activity, and community visits in Dunnell. Mentions Royalties like the Sandin and Topham families at the Sheeff funeral, Swedish services, angling catches, club meetings, and a ball game where Babe Grayberg homered.
Archaeologists reveal a small clay seal showing two life like figures from the Chaldean period linked to Ur and King Thi Sin. Dr Legrain, curator at the University of Pennsylvania, suggests the tablet served as a seal and a postage stamp for funds sent to the banker Shulpae by Ur’s high priest.
The Tristan da Cunha episode describes a remote British possession as an unspoiled retreat with no taxes or doctors, facing two-year mail arrivals and scarce medicines. The chaplain of the Dartmouth extols its healthiness and isolation, noting the 21 mile circumference and 8000 foot peak as key features.
A three year U S public health study in South Carolina cotton mill villages shows pellagra varies inversely with family income. As income falls the disease rises and spreads within families. as income rises the disease declines and nearly disappears at higher incomes. A large life insurer notes improved Southern food standards and a drop in pellagra death rate from 6.7 per 100000 in 1915 to 23 in 2019.
A. O. Fieldner of the U S Bureau of Mines reports one third of gasoline in cars is wasted due to rich fuel mixtures in New York vehicular tunnels tests. An improved automatic carburetor could save about 84 million dollars yearly for motorists and the nation.
A local excerpt notes that Ceylonese wealth is measured by coconut trees. Native Maldive boats reach Ceylon with coconuts and produce. A shipwrecked crew survived months on coconuts and boiled fish, returning heavier than before.
A description notes how Hindu dances engage nearly every muscle, with much pantomime that can seem cryptic to outsiders, and observes that most professional dancers lack training to convey genuine rhythm of motion.
A quotation from Ben Jonson asserts that a man must read the best authors observe the best speakers and practice his own style. It stresses that one should first ponder matter and manner then select words weigh them, and carefully arrange both to create a proper, diligent composition.
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