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Newspaper
Camden Record News
Location
Camden, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
6
The sage Hi Ho counsels that being always sure you are right can soothe the soul yet should rest on accepting one’s own wisdom without striving to convince others. The quote reflects a cautious stance on certainty and persuasion.
The text notes Ohio’s early subscription schools where trustees vetted prospective teachers. It also recalls the first football book printed in Florence in 1580 titled The Game of Kicking, with a description similar to later play.
A short medical note explains the inner ear as the organ for balance. It notes that disease or disturbance disrupts balance and causes dizziness, with eyes failing to follow brain commands and the brain seeing two images, creating confusion. Western Newspaper Union.
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever arose from a 19th century accident when two Newfoundland puppies were rescued by an American ship after an English brig wrecked off Maryland. Through cross breeding with Maryland hounds the breed developed into a strong retriever capable of 200 ducks a day in icy Chesapeake Bay waters.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a Romanesque cylindrical eight stage tower with a solid base wall arcade and upper galleries. It rises 181 feet high with a base diameter of 5% feet and leans 13 feet 8 inches to the south, with about half the subsidence occurring during its construction.
A fragment describes a bet between a scientist and a friend in 1770 about creating a newspaper by candlelight from 30 feet. It mentions a woodsk and a cane-like setup to magnify light and read the paper. The text ends unfinished with garbled wording.
The article notes Liechtenstein as a tiny agricultural principality between Switzerland and Austria. It highlights its language roots Romansch, key places Vaduz and Schellenburg, and its status as one of the smallest independent stamp issuing nations. It traces historical sovereignty: formed 1719, independent 1806, joined German Confederation 1815, regained independence 1866, and postwar customs ties with Austria ending by World War I.
A Boston Herald writer cites rumors of gold and silver buried between Port of Spain and San Fernando in the Gulf of Paria where Admiral Apocada and Blackbeard allegedly sank ships in 1797. Local superstition says restless pirate souls guard the treasure, deterring would be diggers.
A Ludington correspondent explains how the Pere Marquette Railroad got its name. The town once named Pere Marquette became Ludington, and the line’s eastern terminus moved to Detroit, leading to a shortened name Pere Marquette Railroad despite the change.
A 19th century clock in the Puerto Rico governor’s mansion has not moved since 1898. An October inspection notes the clock’s heavy pendulum and hands frozen at 9:21 as Gen Manuel Macias left Fortaleza after the Spanish American War. The Spanish flag lingers above the mansion until the American flag is raised aboard the ship.
Cyprus, a large Mediterranean island about 40 miles from Syria, has a Phoenician origin with later Greek colonies. It passed through Persian, Macedonian, Egyptian, and Roman rule, changing hands until 1574 when the Turks seized it from the Venetians, later joining the English sphere.
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