Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-29
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@. What companies spend the
most money for advertising? II.
II. G.
A. The Blackman Advertising
Company says that the American
Tobacco Company leads in news
paper advertising, spending ST.
500, 900 annually. The U. S. Tire
Company, Pinkham, American
Sugar, and Liggett and Meyers
appropriate 100000 for this
purpose. For magazine advertise
ing, the Joseph Campbell Com
pany spends $1,300,000; Victor
Talking Machine, $1,200,0Oo; Proc
tor & Gamble, $1,200,000; Con-
goleum Company. 100000; Swift
G. Company, 1000.
Q. Are surnames used In
Sweden? G. II. w.
A. They are not universally
used in Sweden. Comparatively
few peasants have surnames. The
children take the fathers Christ
ian name in addition to their
own.
Q. How did the Island OF Ma
vassa become a possession of the
United States? h. A. G.
A. In 1857 Peter Duncan, an
American, discovered on the Is
land of Navasso deposit of
guano. According to an Act of
Congress passed August IS, 1856,
relative to the discovery Of guano
deposits on unclaimed islands, it
was decided that the Island of Ma
vassa should be considered "as
appertainlng TO the United States"
Q. Has hookworm been eradi-
Gated? Il. II.
A. In 1910 a survey in a Vir-
ginia county showed that S2.6
per cent of the school children
were afflicted with the disease
A survey taken in 1921 showed
that the Infection had been re-
duced to 90 per cent. Other sur
veys also show gratifying results.
While not eradicated, the disease
is being brought under control.
Q. How long have women been
permitted to practise before the
Supreme Court of the United
States? C. +.
A. The bill permitting women
to practise law before the United
States Supreme Court was passed
by the Congress in 1879, largely
due to the efforts of Belva A.
Lockwood.
@. Please give recipe for
shrub? III. L. L.
A. Derry shrub: Pick over and
wash I quarts of berries. Put in
stone jar and add one pint vine
gar. Cover with cheese cloth, str
each day for five days. Strain in
to n kettle. Add one pound of
sugar to each pint of liquid. Boil
slowly for five minutes Bottle
cork and seal. TO serve, pour
Q. Please describe a spiral?
B. X. Il.
A. A spiral is curve which
during the gradual repression from
a point winds repeatedly around
il.
Q. Is it true that only half
the moon is seen from the earth?
NJ. Il. G.
A. Strictly speaking, it is not
true that only one side of the
moon is visible from the earth's
surface. The moons rotation in
her orbit is not uniform, there
fore, two small strips of surface
in addition to the regular plane
are visible from the earth. These
portions of the surface run from
pole to pole on the east and west
sides, and become alternately Wis
ible. Because the moons axle is
not perpendicular to the earth, a
portion around the North Pole Is
visible during one half and the
corresponding portion around the
South Pole during the other half
of her revolution in her orbit. The
combined effort of these varia-
tons is that we can see alto
gether about SO per cent of the
moons surface. Only Al per cent
is at all times visible from the
earth.