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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
8
Jeanette Marks in the Yale Review argues genius hinges on sensitized protoplasm and bodily factors. She notes toxins and stimulants like tea coffee drugs and alcohol can temporarily organize mental function though madness or opium do not equal genius.
A foreign paper reports cork treated by a French process becomes flexible after resin removal. The cork sheets are waterproof, heat resistant, and unbreakable, able to fold without breaking. They can be bonded to cloth with adhesive, or placed between cloth layers for stronger garments.
The longest and shortest days occur when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator at the solstices. One point touches Capricorn and the other Cancer on the ecliptic. Northern readers call them summer and winter solstices, respectively, with dates June 21 and December 21.
The article traces tobacco from Indian religious incense used to honor deities to its adoption by Europeans as a pleasurable habit. It notes early inhalation causing exhilaration or intoxication, later shifting to a medical rationalization and transformation into common smoking through pipes and shared rituals.
The United States houses the highest beacon at Cape Mendocino California 422 feet above sea level with a 28 mile range. Navesink New Jersey hosts a 25 million candle power light visible from 70 miles. Makapuu Hawaii holds the largest lens a nine foot inside diameter hyperradient lens with a 16 foot outer diameter. Kerosenes remain common though lenses use glass prism panels to concentrate beams and some lenses rotate on mercury driven by clockwork.
A map in Winnipeg shows 3000000 acres once held by the Hudson Bay Company now being sold to settlers. Each red dot marks 160 to 640 acres in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. As the last dot disappears, the old empire fades from the North American landscape.
The Hartford Times notes a national apple shortage with 24 million barrels this year, 1 091 000 barrels fewer than 1918 and a decline from 1912 record levels. It urges continued appreciation and consumption of apples as America's fruit amid lean crops.
The report notes fourteen billion ordinary toilet pins are produced annually in American factories with 720 million safety pins bought by mothers. Hairpins, needles and related items total 235 million yearly, valued at 13 million dollars at the factory. Forty nine factories operate with 12.4 million capital. In 1850 only four pin factories existed with 297 thousand pins annually. The growth is described as tremendous.
The ex captain now manager boasts the staff of the new ten million dollar hotel includes many former service men. Desk clerks were old top kickers, floor clerks ex-con- constants in charge of quarters, the chef a mess sergeant, waiters permanent K P s, house doctor a base hospital surgeon, house detective an intelligence policeman, bell hops dog robbers, and window washers on the eighteenth floor are also veterans.
The United States Department of Agriculture debunks claims that wheat and other cereals wrapped with ancient Egyptian mummies will germinate. French tests show grain older than a few years does not germinate. under ideal conditions wheat barley and oats may sprout up to eight to ten years, but few grains remain viable after twenty years.
Samuel Wells recently highlighted a largely forgotten stretch of southern and midland France to the Liverpool Geographical Society. The area features wild horses, buffaloes, vast rocks, gorges, and desert lands by the Mediterranean, with caves rich in stone and bronze age remains and stalactites. Roman era buildings also mark the architecture through centuries.
Representative Osborne of California praised a historic comparison between Civil War veterans and 1919 returnees during the Pershing parade. He cited Sherman’s bronze figure at Fifteenth Street to Pennsylvania Avenue as looking toward the White House, not the marching veterans, prompting questions about who set the statue’s direction.
The Knox Guild of Design and Crafts showcased dyeing by simple methods. Woolen staffs woven by guild members were colored with privet bracken gorse and other plants and even chimney soot producing a rich old gold tint.
Dr. Arthur William Myers of Stanford University uses boxes filled with mineral seal oil to store cadavers for anatomical use, the oil being nearly odorless and effective at preserving bodies from decay.
An Exchange editorial dismisses overreaching plans to rapidly grow wealth and urges practical restraint. It argues against applying a slang “forget it” mindset to broad schemes, advocating cautious, steady progress instead.
China and Japan stand out as the main seaweed eaters of the world with widespread consumption and appreciation in their cuisines. The article notes these nations’ established seaweed traditions as uniquely prominent among global eating habits.
A centuries old book notes two poultry breeds still raised in China. Modern incubators, while advanced, use principles similar to devices used in Egypt 4000 years ago, illustrating enduring methods in animal husbandry.
Brazilian coconut palms live 600 to 700 years and date palms 200 to 300 years. On the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, olive trees were nourishing in 1099, indicating extraordinary longevity of certain ancient trees.
Jud Tonkin discusses a map whose concept of success centers on singing off key loudly enough to force others to yield. The remark suggests a provocative approach to competition and dominance in a group setting.
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