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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1933
Page
2
Carthage Indiana newspaper notice indicates publication as second class matter at the Carthage post office dated March 25 1907 under act of Congress March 3 1872.
A narrator ponders vast space and distant suns, detailing star birth, meteors, and interstellar distances. He muses on planetary scales, the sun’s fate, and the Creator’s hand, weaving biblical references with musings on harmony in a majestic universe.
In New York fifteen hundred robot mailmen operate underground delivering about six million letters daily. The pneumatic tubes propel five to six hundred letters per canister at 30 miles per hour through buried cast iron pipes, with arrivals every thirteen seconds and a continuous air circuit reducing losses.
The U S coast and geodetic survey report submarine mountains off New England forming a chain resembling the Rockies. They note a Grand Canyon like feature in Corsair Gorge two miles wide with 1800 foot height and 45 degree slopes. Transport liners joke about scenery as researchers debate erosion or glacial origins.
Mrs Minnie Adkins has been ill with the flu and is slowly improving according to an update from her family.
Mr and Mrs Walter Addison hosted a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Ralph Moore and their family as honored guests in a small gathering.
The 1804 silver dollar is described as the rarest American coin with only seven or eight genuine examples existing. It details the sinking of a China bound vessel that carried most of the 1804 dollars, the coin’s design, and notes that the best example rests in the U S Mint cabinet with restrikes from 1958 and 1860.
The Union Theological Seminary panel declared the ideal husband should have love experience. Professor Harris told 50 students that a man who loves without shame, has siblings, and has had several affairs is a stronger marriage risk.
A 60 degree gasoline weighs about 6.15 pounds per gallon and vapor volume at 62 degrees F per pound is given in the Mechanical Engineer's Handbook. The text notes a gallon turned to vapor could explosively affect room air and asserts engines use less than 5 percent of gasoline energy, with the rest wasted or lost to friction.
The American navy began in 1775 after Boston’s siege cut off British supply routes. Rhode Island and Connecticut crews armed small vessels, later under a congressional naval committee led by John Adams. These craft reduced enemy aid and captured prizes that supplied war material for the Colonial army.
The wealth of the Laplander is measured by the number of reindeer he possesses. These animals yield milk meat and leather for boots clothing tents and boats. Sinews are used as rope and the reindeer serves as a pack animal finding its own food where it rests.
Notes recount Jack Sharkey’s Canadian moose hunt and antler tale. Col Hugh L Cooper’s Stamford estate and a $115000000 hydro plant are mentioned alongside a royal fee story about a surgeon and a king. Reflections on Princeton history name Ebenezer Pemberton, Jonathan Dickinson, Burr, Nassau Hall, and Poe brothers in early 19th century context.
Net Poe and Arthur Poe note that penny arcades in New York attract first class business. A marble board game with numbered holes spins prizes and high scores attract gamblers as crowds watch. Pepper Martin once shone at it in Florida. Towels see less summer demand as cold weather approaches.
A Luray resident abandoned a cat after it began hunting chickens. He drove 21 miles over mountains and left the animal, which returned 48 hours later tired and hungry, still seeking more poultry.
Betty Wilson twenty year old Denver girl hitchhiked from New York home in evening clothes during a snowstorm. She was held five days after being arraigned in Merals court with two young men. Detectives said the trio slept under papers in a box car in the Glenwood rail yard. She said she saved for a year to go to New York, lost her job, and then hitched home with the two men she called perfect gentlemen.
A compact history summary recounts how land grabbing in Washington D C grew from swampy land sold by a group including Jefferson and Washington. It notes Patrick Henry’s involvement in Georgia land frauds and Benjamin Franklin’s failed real estate deal. Robert Morrig profited falsely and ended in debtors prison.
Mrs. Claude Henley formerly of this place is slowly recovering after surgery in Plymouth Indiana. She now resides in Elkhart. Malcolm Jessup of Fairmount visited his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Jessup over the weekend.
Floyd Williamson state auditor designated banks to receive public deposits for the coming year. Banks must pay two percent interest on the minimum monthly balance, funding a special state loss protection in case of bank failure. Designated depositories include Rush County First National Bank Mays $75000 Rushville National Bank $50000 State Bank of Carthage $10000 and Glenwood State Bank $20000.
Renowned poet Sara Teasdale was found dead in her Fifth Avenue apartment. She had suffered a prior nervous breakdown after a pneumonia attack in London last year and wished cremation with ashes scattered at sea, seeking no trace or remembrance.
A Friday surprise party celebrated the birthdays of Mrs. Ross Parish Mrs. Elmer Hutchinson Mrs. George Offut Mrs. Charles Rucker Mrs. Bearl Kennedy and Mrs. Harry McFatrige. Guests enjoyed a hearty pitch in dinner with well filled baskets.
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