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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1928
Page
12
J D Hoard returns from Dallas and numerous local residents visit kin and attend weekend gatherings in Sherman Bonham Leonard Gainesville Trenton Denison Edhube Luella Whitewright and other nearby towns. Pierce's Cafe promotes meals and Aladdin Lamp supplies at Gordon's Cash Grocery.
Mrs. J. H. Cox is visiting kin in Denton and will also visit relatives in Dallas and Garland before returning home.
Mrs. Joe C. Clark and her young son Robert stayed with Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Doss near Bonham on Friday, sharing a family visit in the locals’ home.
Professor Baly of the University of Liverpool reports to the Royal Society a possible artificial mimic of photosynthesis. A nickel or cobalt carbonate powder in water with carbon dioxide exposed to sunlight produced sugar, suggesting a starting point toward replicating the plant's food-making process.
A study of spiny dogfish dorsal fin spines shows a groove with a glandular structure that releases toxin through a longitudinal pit. Similar glands are found on fins of the Vort Jackson wr and related fishes, with rough surfaces and ridges on spines. The venomous sting of the weever is noted for causing intense pain.
A simple experiment shows a water drop falling into black coffee. The drop creates a crater with tiny droplets at the rim, then the crater thickens and widens its brim. A liquid sphere forms atop the column before the ripple closes in the center.
A description explains a method to measure stellar heat using an instrument where fly wings form a vane suspended from quartz fibers in a small mirror. Starlight passes through a prism onto the wings, causing the vane to turn and a reflected beam records the rotation for calibration.
Cotton cloth is made by removing the hairs from the seeds of the cotton plant. The hairs are twisted into yarn, woven into a fiber, and finished with a stiffening mixture and ironing between large rollers. The fiber type and processing affect fabric value and should be considered when buying cotton cloth.
The article explains using specific gravity to distinguish metals in jewelry. It notes white gold should have a gravity under 18, while platinum is about 21.
Church bells are tuned by winding the edge until the correct note is produced. The technique adjusts harmonics and resonance to achieve precise pitch.
A sergeant develops a mine control method expected to save the War Department money. The German foreign office tests a machine to record conversations in typewritten form. A French chemist claims a non inflammable gasoline invention. Air routes in Italy spread Paris green to combat malaria mosquitoes. A Danish process can transfer photographs to porcelain. A Danish designer's 500 hp sea boat reaches 64 mph with a two ton load.
A rarely published statement from the Campbell Soup Co. president argues advertising yields higher returns. He notes in 1898 the company produced 500000 cans weekly, now 18000000, with salesmen costs dropping from 7 percent to 2 percent of selling price and advertising from 14 to under 3 percent, totaling 5 percent versus 245 percent for salesmen.
A 1898 passage touts Campbell's Soup at twelve cents per can nationwide and argues the price covers materials, manufacturing, transport, and profits. It adds that advertising per can costs seventeen one hundredths of a cent, asserting advertising alone enabled the price.
In Pennsylvania a small editor pressed for business from a large advertiser. A clerk asked where the paper reached, and the editor boasted of wide circulation. The advertiser replied with a signed contract, securing the ad space. Engraved or printed wedding invitations and announcements. Sun.
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