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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
10
Niksah notes Copan in Honduras as an ancient Maya capital with carved stone pyramids walls and monuments telling a lost story. Today only villagers and eerie figures dwell near ruins reached by train and long horse ride. The fate of Copan and its people remains unknown as desertion and decay grip the site.
A fragmentary piece traces the origin of wedding rings to Prometheus and an ancient belief in a heart linked nerve. It cites Macrobius via the Pittsburgh Dispatch and Egyptian sources. The second part recounts a bank father shown his son’s photo mis ID as his own, causing family laughter.
The article notes Jerusalem's modernization under British occupation with Western amenities. It highlights a new clock tower at Jaffa Gate built of Solomon quarry stone, supplied by a London clockmaker, showing European and Arabic time. A fountain and rebuilt roadway enhance the city approaches.
Gardeners are urged to rotate crops to avoid disease and insect buildup. Do not plant the same crops in the same areas each year to preserve soil nutrients and prevent reduced yields.
A discussion traces Pergamum's rise under Attalus I and Eumenes II, the famed library, and Roman conquest, noting excavations by Carl Humann leading to the great altar and the throne, with the main portion of Satan's throne now in Berlin. The article links Berlin's display to Germany's military ambitions.
A report lists 587 families in Loire-Inferieure with more than six sons or sons-in-law in the army. The Mariot family tops the list with 22 members serving, including four killed and four wounded. Other families in the St Nasaire area have six to twelve sons serving, totaling 4,015 soldiers from the 587 families.
The National War Garden commission warns that all garden insect pests have no honest purpose. Remove infested cantaloupe hills and burn them while keeping lice contained. For squash bugs, spray cantaloupe vines with nicotine sulfate soap and water. Old bugs may be trapped under boards and killed.
The article notes soldiers commonly swear under battle stress despite chaplains, yet swear less in the presence of women and in hospitals. Chaplains call it an innocent habit that fades after the war, while nurses demonstrate discipline and resilience in care.
The black and white warbler, also called the black and white creeper, is highlighted by the American Forestry Association of Washington which is running the national birdhouse building contest. The bird is praised as a symphony in black and white with a barred head and white eye stripes, wing bars, and white-tinged tail webs. It forages for insects in tree bark crevices, helping control pests that threaten trees.
A columnist muses on overtalking in daily life. He cites beggars and banquet speakers and warns that excessive chatter can ruin chances with employers and spark distrust, noting many people struggle to know when to stop.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer observation notes German police in Rhine towns abandoning their helmets as American troops capture them. The piece suggests a universal wartime impulse to seize a symbol of conquest and subjugation, illustrating lingering victor’s instinct.
American archaeologist William Nivan reports the unearthing of a near perfect Xochipilli statue in Atzcapotzalco a suburb of the capital once a slave market and seat of an Aztec nation noted for jewelers and gardens Xochipilli is believed to have presided over a garden in ancient times.
Colonel Rubio y Bellve has secured Spanish authorization to perform preliminary soundings for a Gibraltar tunnel connecting Spain with Morocco. The proposed route would start west of Tarifa and surface east of Tangier, extending about twenty miles, near the strait’s maximum width.
The American Forestry association urges neighbors to attract swallows to reduce mosquitoes and insect pests. Swallows feed on insects and protect orchards. the purple martin is the largest blue male with a gray breast. Swallows migrate, many winters spent in South America.
Banks have shown remarkable efficiency during persistent world disturbances. Private banks sustain national finance and should resist policies that limit growth. A proposed Oregon law to cap rates at four to five percent could drive loan funds out of state and shift deficits to taxpayers.
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