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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1920
Page
6
Walter, a New York World correspondent, notes a shift from meager morning meals to substantial lunches. He observes busy workers and women, including stenographers, now favor hearty noontime meals with meat fish and pudding, sustaining productivity and comfort.
Pacific coast novelty finds crews from Los Angeles base fishing while submerged between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island. Submarines lie underwater with motors off as lines on deck rails baited and threaded upward by a float, then stowed rail by coil springs to prevent loss. Franklin Medal to Sir Charles Parsons for steam turbine advances cited by Scientific American and Outlook notes on modern capsules and insect screens as comforts of modern life.
Reports claim enormous parallel magnetic iron ore deposits near Koursk Russia, identified by disturbances studied by the late Prof. Ernst Leyst. Swedish observers note two vast deposits of similar length ~57 tiles each, separated by about 40 miles.
The Empress of Britain, first oil burning ship to pass up the St. Lawrence, arrived in Quebec from Liverpool in five days and twenty two hours, shattering previous records. The maiden trip as an oil burner cut six hours from its best time, and reconditioning costs equaled the original construction.
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription is advertised as reviving weak nervous women and restoring health. A testimonial from Mrs TN Decker of Halifax Street claims quick relief from aches and general weakness after using the medicine in tablet and liquid form.
The article explains that sound results from vibrations in materials such as air, metal, water, or wood. It describes how a falling tree creates sound waves and compares them to ripples on a lake, noting sound is tied to what would be audible if reaching the ear.
Conflicting reports say blood poisoning from a monkey bite proved fatal to a royal figure. The chaotic scene features European royals and accompanying figures in a tense, rumor-filled setting with many unclear names and relationships.
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