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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1933
Page
2
Bayard Baker argues that immortality cannot be borrowed and that the Great Pyramid embodies a demand for lasting memory. He contrasts kings vanity with engineers craft, noting treasure seekers robbed tombs and the Sphinx asks what is the use. The piece ponders permanence, power, and the limits of human achievement.
A warning against fad light therapies cautions that unprepared exposure to sunlight or ultraviolet lamps can cause serious burns and illness. Doctors urge physician supervision for light therapy, especially for tuberculosis patients, and advise against amateur use on healthy or sensitive individuals.
Miss Myra McDaniel visits Indianapolis on Friday. Miss Helen Addison enrolls in Butler university summer school which opened recently and remains in Indianapolis until August 5 when the eight week term ends. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Whitaker of Des Moines Iowa spend a week with Lloyds parents Mr and Mrs Arvery Whitaker and family after a trip to Century of Progress and Chicago. Mr Whitaker works as a salesman for Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
The Shenandoah airship, built in the United States and assembled at Lakehurst New Jersey, broke apart during a violent squall over Ava Ohio on September 38 1925. Commander Zachary Lansdowne died with thirteen crewmen. 26 survived the crash. The craft measured 680 feet long and carried 2 150 000 cubic feet of gas.
A Montreal Herald description outlines a very old method of catching sea trout and possibly salmon in the Hebrides. Heather bundles bound with rushes form barriers across pools while natives splash the stream to drive fish into the heather. Once inside, stones are removed and bundles hauled ashore with the fish.
The Washington Star notes deer antlers are shed annually and regrow in about ten weeks. New antlers start on the frontal bone, are initially velvet covered, then a base ring forms, cuts blood supply, and the velvet dries off as stags rub antlers on trees to remove it.
The New York Aquarium displays pantadon butterfly fish from Central Africa. The two inch filamentary tail matches a speckled black and white body with red specks. Fins resemble wings and antennae-like feelers extend from the ventral fins. Little is known of their life habits.
The highest meteorological post in the United States stood at Pike's Peak Colorado 14110 feet high. Opened 1873 by the signal service later weather bureau 1888 1892 and finally closed 1894. Access long hard until cog railroad built 1891 with observers facing mountain sickness and fierce storms including prayers in Colorado Springs churches.
Pathfinder Magazine states hair counts vary by complexion with fair hair 140000 to 160000, brunette 100000 to 110000, red 30000 to 60000. A full head averages 36 inches, equating to about 75 miles of hair when unbobbed.
The Greek youth or ephebus swore to uphold their holy arms and comrades in the ranks, defend laws and magistrates, fight for temples and the common welfare, leave the country better than found, and honor the religion of their country.
The United States Civil Service Commission invites applications for emergency agricultural assistant roles in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Open to qualified state residents, with salaries from 2000 to 2600 dollars annually. Requirements include agricultural college graduation or equivalent, farm residence, two years of specified agricultural experience, and possible substitution of experience for education. Details from local or Washington offices.
Lake County officials purchased an eighty foot covered bridge from a farm site after the state highway department altered a road at Rushville leaving the structure. The bridge will be delivered in sections to the Lake County fairgrounds for assembly over a small creek. The purchase includes delivery and the bridge is noted as one of only three of its type in the United States, all of which are very old.
Notice of sheriff sale issued by Bush Circuit Court requires payment of 8445.60 with costs. Real estate in Rush County Indiana described as 344.04 acres net after railroad strip, with two parcels totaling 352.09 acres, offered by Newby & Newby attorneys. Auction at court house north door in Rushville between 10 am and 4 pm on sale day.
Chester Cross from near Rushville visited Carthage on Monday. Mrs. Donald Calvert and her Selma Ohio family stayed with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Henley. Several local residents visited friends in Ma nilla Arlington Muncie Indianapolis over the weekend.
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