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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1921
Page
6
In Tickville, Luke Mathewson will have his whiskers trimmed to improve his view of an incoming airplane on Saturday afternoon. A lighthearted town column notes oddities from residents such as Sidney Hocks, Washington Hocks, and Columbus Allsop, with humorous asides about weather, mail, and local doings.
Summer heat brings focus to electric refrigerators as clean, quiet devices for food preservation and extra ice. They use gas compression and expansion with brine circulation, controlled by thermostatic or snap switches, delivering constant temperatures without frequent attention. Benefits include independence from ice delivery and a reliable interior temperature, plus in some designs automatic cooling adjustments.
A 1917 internal revenue report is cited showing 170,542,385 cigar boxes used yearly, wasting 56,874,461 board feet of cedar. The article argues destruction of boxes costs about 42 million dollars annually and proposes reform to conserve cedar and reduce loss.
Chicago aug 28 natural observers in the Middle West report signs of a hard winter. Black Martins are migrating southward and gathering along Lake Michigan shores. Birchwood Wisconsin Indians note heavier pelts, wild geese have thick breast bones, and Wisconsin farmers report unusually heavy corn husks.
Officials admit the old law requires destroying the cigar box to prevent re filling while the revenue stamp remains. If amended to remove and destroy the box, more boxes could be preserved. Cedar wood is rapidly exhausted and manufacturers switch to pressed paper tin and redwood, but cedar's aroma affects flavor, a change noticed by smokers.
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