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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1934
Page
2
Carthage Indiana weekly publication notes publisher G Hill and associate Linscott. Paper issued Fridays with second-class matter post date March 25 1907 at Carthage Indiana under the Congress act of March 8 1878. Bible verse from Job appears in masthead.
A father tells his son that political economy may not have a clear definition, admitting uncertainty about the concept. He suggests the term may lack a concrete existence.
Scientists from the United States Department of Agriculture report that tomato varieties show color and flavor depend on regional heat and shading. Under high temperatures or direct sun, red tones fade to grenadine, while canner crops benefit from controlled growing conditions enhancing taste and healthful content.
Chicago announces the exposition will close permanently on October 31 after two years of public thrill. Officials say attractions will remain through closing, with plans for spectacular final events and memorials as they dismantle the world’s fairscape.
Biologist reporters describe how the Biological Survey analyzes coyote stomach contents to determine diet. By identifying meat sources and prey hair under a microscope, researchers assess whether local coyotes mainly prey on livestock or reduce pests like prairie dogs, gophers, and rodents.
Beavers, typically in pairs, construct water-raising dams to secure winter habitat. They use earth and wood from aspen, poplar, willows, or alders, shaping each piece with teeth like chisels and compacting earth with their tails. Beaver dams resist violent floods, unlike human-made structures.
The historic ruins lie in Monomotapa valleys with granite kopjes and lush vegetation. The region, once part of Gazaland in southern Rhodesia, attracted concession hunters and hosts plentiful gazelles antelopes and wild beasts amid dense undergrowth and kafir paths.
Letters describe Foula, a remote island with a population around 140, as the most inaccessible in the Shetland group, highlighting its extreme isolation and difficult reach.
The island lies in the stormy Atlantic 18 miles from Shetland with no telegraphic or telephonic links. Intercourse with the outside world is limited to a weekly mail service in summer and bi monthly in winter. Summer mail is fairly reliable but winter service is highly irregular with gaps up to six weeks last year.
The text notes mass production and distribution of games during past fads. It cites mah jong sets in 10 000 lots and 5 000 golf courses laid out in a week amid a miniature golf craze, with hundreds of thousands of jigsaw puzzles distributed daily. It estimates about 100 000 adults in the U S invent games for grownups.
Travelers in southeastern Russia observe vast sunflower fields near key potash sources. In Japan women divers harvest seaweed to produce domestic potash and the government exports it. In the United States Searles Lake, California, stands as the main source.
Summer warning signs gain grave meaning as thirty million children return to school. Despite efforts, automobile crashes kill 4,100 school aged youths last year with many thousands injured, a trend linked to motorists ignoring safety rules.
In five years motor vehicle accidents involving adults rose 34 percent while those with children fell 20 percent. The schools’ safety progress is praised, but motorists must cooperate to protect children.
Fire Prevention Week will run from October 7 to 13 with proclamations from the President governors and mayors. The campaign urges citizens to learn fire prevention and control through speeches articles exhibits and public notices. It emphasizes the civic duty to reduce fire losses and the high cost to society and individuals from ignorance and carelessness.
A reader reflects on studying the fundamentals of fire prevention and commits to remembering and applying the lessons in daily life and future safety routines.
A tourist asks for miles between cities and the officer says forty miles. The dialogue notes the paradox of one week between Christmas and New Year not implying a week between New Year and Christmas, playing on holiday timing.
Pretzel asks about economizing at home and Wetzel responds they are eating less while keeping the same budget.
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