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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
7
Harvard Observatory bulletin notes a 40 000 year voyage from stars to Earth. Blue and yellow light pulses in a neck and neck race travel 180 000 miles per second, differing by under four seconds. Study of faint variable stars in Messier 5 estimates distance at 12.2 kiloparsecs about 40 000 light years.
The Earl of Fingall and family personally care for their stock at Killeen Castle dating to 1100 after workers quit over unionization efforts. The Countess Fingall harvests turnips while the Earl and Lord Killeen feed the livestock, including prized pigs horses and cattle, with attentive routines.
A dialogue recalls a bride to be who tests her engagement ring in a window pane. The suitor reflects that such testing casts doubt on the strength of their love and his confidence in the upcoming marriage.
Geologist E. L. Bruce argues at the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy meeting in Ottawa that airplane mapping will revolutionize geology. A trial flight helped him identify formations, distinguish graphite from mineral-rich rocks, and guide exploration by color and surface features.
A London Mail report describes the first mechanical air pilot fitted to an air express between London and Paris. The giant Farman Coli air express ascends to 1000 feet with 12 passengers, the pilot hands off control as the machine flies 80 mph, guided by an electrically operated compressed air motor.
New coal fields discovered in Zambesi Africa show millions of tons ready to mine. Tests by a Helgian engineer on the Beira Mashona land railways at the municipal power station harbor dredger show excellent calorific value and bright flames with little ash. The fields near Beira promise strong railway links and a boost to the Trans Zambesi project.
A Kansas City Star excerpt captures a humorous court scene where Squire Ransbottom questions loitering charges against a motorist. The officer, Constable Stack putter, recounts the arrest as the motorist insists he was merely cranking his flivver.
The New York Herald notes an experimental effort to cultivate the Japanese tallow tree in Texas. The tree yields a rich tallowlike oil valued for high grade varnishes, and conditions in parts of Texas suit its growth. Experimental gardens have supplied farmers in the lower Rio Grande valley with young trees.
On February 1 this year the Department of Agriculture reported 4,808,015 barrels of apples in cold storage. Butter stood at 36,000,000 pounds, cheese 88,000,000 pounds, frozen poultry 708,000,000 pounds, frozen and cured meats 620,085,906 pounds, and lard 60,000,000 pounds.
A Fairmont preserve company experiments with one acre of tomatoes using perforated paper mulch to allow rain to reach roots while weeds are smothered. Some rows will be uncovered and cultivated normally. The plan mirrors pineapple and tomato trials in Hawaii Florida and California.
Report notes David L Wayne credited as first white settler in Oklahoma before it opened. He was arrested, expelled, and later died in Wellington Kaw in 1884. The piece adds a reflection on library margins showing readers’ edits and punctuation emphasis.
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