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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1933
Page
2
Publisher C. A. Norris announces second class mailing status for the Carthage Indiana paper. The notice cites 1907 post office filing under the 1879 act and classifies the publication as second class.
A reflective essay recalls the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and its global reverberations. It notes how England and France watched the conflict, considered recognizing the Confederacy, and how northern and southern hopes faded as Union victory became pivotal to world affairs.
The article argues farming’s lack of prestige and earnings compared to other professions, noting weather, pests, and diseases as constant challenges. It recalls Lincoln era agricultural colleges and laments the longstanding difficulty of turning farmers into powerfully educated, highly paid professionals.
A North American lotus, the continent’s largest water lily, earns the name talking flower due to the audible opening of its buds at dawn. Leaves two feet across rise from shallow water while buds store electrical energy then part with a loud hiss as daybreak begins. The plant has religious significance in some Oriental countries where every part is used for food fuel and confections.
Java brims with frequent and often severe thunderstorms during the rainy season. Residents endure months of distant thunder with only the overhead crash jolting awareness, creating a perpetual, noisy environment.
Death Valley, the lowest point in the United States, became a national monument under the Interior Department via President Hoover’s proclamation. The 1 500 000 acre addition lies in southeastern California near the Nevada line, with Furnace Creek ranch oasis and diverse flora and spring wildflowers enhancing the landscape.
Report notes eerie light phenomena on Pike s Peak Colorado where objects and equipment seem to burn without fuel. Horses breath and gear appear aflame while Ben Nevis in Scotland hosts an observatory said to gleam in snow storms with roofs and chimneys jetting flames.
An amateur collector in western Australia found a living fossil ant and sent it to the National Museum in Melbourne. The specimen closely resembles a fossil ancestor of ants that likely went extinct before humans appeared on earth.
The cactus began as a thin-leaved shrub and, facing drought, developed a dense water storing skin. In the open desert animals preyed on it for water and spines formed for defense. On high cliffs it remains spineless.
Horse power is an arbitrary unit for measuring mechanical energy and is defined as the power to lift 33 000 pounds one foot in one minute. Indicated horse power comes from cylinder calculations while brake horsepower is the actual engine output. Practical tests show a horse can sustain 22 000 foot pounds per minute, increasing by half when a new unit is assumed.
The article notes a peak in living ex presidents between 1861 and 1862 as Buchanan Tyler Van Buren Fillmore Pierce and the others remained alive. It also describes young Norfolk plovers as highly camouflaged ground nesters that run shortly after hatching and employ a broken wing display to deter predators.
A student at Utah State Agricultural College lived in a self built shelter on his car parked in the campus yard. He reduced living costs to a minimum by sleeping there and receiving weekly remittances of fruit and vegetables from the home farm.
A letter addressed to Marjory with two long plaits sailed on the R M S Mariposa to Auckland New Zealand. The note came from a local hairdressing parlor where a girl left her gold wrist watch. An assistant who plaited her hair recalls the name Marjorie and was told she would dress for the voyage.
A 25 member Midwest committee meeting in Chicago urged the Agricultural Adjustment Administration to curb pork supplies and push higher prices for corn and hogs. Proposals include removing 500 million pounds of pork this year and cutting 2 billion pounds over 12 months, with potential tax and export measures while protecting consumer prices. The group will reconvene in fall to pursue a long term parity program.
Mrs. Ed Ruby came back Friday from Jackson Michigan where she visited Mr and Mrs Leonard Ruby Leonard Jr accompanied her home to stay for an indefinite visit
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