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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1919
Page
4
An Indiana man recalls a maga zine photo showing a Civil War veteran ignored by youths listening to a returning soldier. The veteran, in faded uniform, says he still wants to hear how battles were fought and notes he has waited decades to honor the young, a sentiment shared by other old courades.
Lieut. Col. J A Beazeley reports in the Geographical Journal how aerial photographs taken over Mesopotamia near Samarra expose a ruined city along the Tigris. The site spans about 20 miles by 2 1/2, housing up to four million, with trenches, canals, and streets visible from above. Since the fall of the plane and capture of its crew, British forces have begun an archeological survey guided by these images.
John Balin of the British army describes adopting a giant snow shoe idea to tame Egyptian desert sands. The close-meshed chicken wire provided footing on soft dunes, allowing faster advances of nine to ten miles a day, after initial two to three mile marches.
Scientific American notes the army engineer corps designed a new searchlight form more powerful than prior models. The Second field army partially equipped, the device weighs one eighth as much as older lamps, costs one third as much, is about one fourth smaller, and casts a beam ten percent stronger than any portable projector. Further work on remote control was in progress when hostilities ceased.
United States honey crop stood at 92.1 per cent of normal on July 1 according to the Department of Agriculture. Estimated surplus honey per colony reached 25.8 pounds with about half of the annual product collected by that date, compared with 66.7 per cent in 1918 and 86.5 per cent in 1917.
The report notes 715 electrical undertakings in Japan including 625 power plants 42 electric railways and 48 mixed operators. This is 40 more firms than last year with invested capital totaling about 388 million dollars. Power plants account for 193 million railways 22 million and joint service operators 173 million, up about 8 million from the prior year.
In Inter-American, Jesus Semprum lauds the new soldiers who break veteran ranks, pushing back conquerors to Moselle and freeing France. The allegorical piece celebrates fresh troops as timely liberators reshaping the war’s turning point.
A newly married husband hails his wife’s cooking progress with humor. The wife boasts of today’s lesson boiling water, contrasting homemade meals with restaurant fare as they plan future dinners at home.
A hostess extols her lineage, but a young guest replies she values present achievement over ancestral lore. She explains she has spent her life striving to make ancestors proud of her, leaving little time to research family history.
A reader recalls temperament exercises affecting watches with springs magnetizing and stopping. A watchmaker notes similar behavior when balance springs lose their motion. Prof. Sylvanus Thompson suggests that such movements may generate small frictive electricity at high tension, capable of magnetizing the springs.
A French farmer from Reninghe near Ypres endured heavy losses in World War I. He had 26 children, 20 of his 22 sons served. in 1917 the wife of one son died at Dunkirk from a German shell. The farmer and one daughter were killed when returning from Lille after a relative’s centennial celebration, shot by a German patrol.
J. W. H. Dew, fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, discovered a process for producing artificial mother-of-pearl after extensive experiments. He worked during the war to reconstruct the method, noting its use in making fancy buttons and dress trimmings as a German industry targeted for substitution.
An examination of the disability caused by losing an eye notes that insurance estimates vary and that age at loss matters. It discusses binocular vision, compensation from memory and touch, and the initial handicap in tasks like pouring tea or driving a hammer with less accuracy.
A vast rubber plantation in Sumatra covers nearly 100000 acres, growing from land bought by an American company. About 5000000 trees are tended by 16000 laborers from Java, with 65 miles of narrow gauge railway threading the forest as roads and bungalows serve the vast operation.
Reporters covering the American Federation of Labor convention walked out in protest after criticisms of their coverage. Delegates debated the action, the demands were presented and granted by acclamation, and reporters returned to work to an ovation.
A correspondent recalls employing a blind piano tuner who brought a second man to teach him tuning. The narrator, briefly dressed, commented on blind work availability, and the visitor replied, I see very well, revealing he was not blind, prompting the narrator to flee in fright.
A London Chronicle cor respondent extols the resilience of individuals with lost limbs. He notes personal feats such as tying a tie, boot lacing, riding, driving, and playing golf, hockey, tennis, and swimming, asserting capability matches that of two-armed people.
James Shafer of Uniontown PA struck a foreigner after disloyal remarks and was fined $10. Ten local church members later paid the sum, each laying a dollar on the burgess’s desk as the funds were gathered.
A Philadelphia audience largely of women rejected the idea of wives earning wages from husbands. Speakers warned of a future where romance suffers, with echoes of a wage system and married life contracts. The debate imagined wives as workers showing up for $15 a week, sparking jokes and warnings about changing social roles.
Augustus Tolliver the soap king storms from his blimp stateroom after a missed call and a mistimed London meeting. The porter explains they just passed St. Louis and will land in New York by 12 05 with a 12 50 soap powder boardroom session and a 1 30 blimp to London.
Citizens discuss converting rat skins into leather to curb a large rodent problem. An observer estimates 10,000,000 rats in the country and notes a tannery would need 5,000 skins daily to supply meat and hide needs. The central challenge remains catching the rats and delivering skins, as demand for leather outstrips supply.
Mrs Evelyn Trenbath wife of Rev Robert W Trenbath rector of St James Episcopal Montclair NJ says rubbing green catnip leaves on poison ivy clears symptoms. She cites children friendly use and claims ivy nearby disappears as catnip grows behind barns.
An observing report from Hawaii notes ongoing massive changes at Kilauea with no sign of the lava column stopping. A broad stream advances from the southwest brink toward the Kalu desert, steady and creeping, building massive rises from its source.
A dry battery using red lead instead of manganese compound has been patented by H Czanyi. It is claimed to outperform current types in longevity and storage stability and can be recharged at least ten times.
The Salvation Army, marking a half century since its rise, sees three soldiers awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in France. From early opposition and arrests to global growth, the movement expanded from 75 English corps in 1865 to thousands across six nations, gaining royal recognition and a Broadway tableau tribute this year.
An Aero club president recounted a tale of inefficiency. A foreground Armenian impostor acted as interpreter in court for a fellow Armenian prisoner. The judge sentenced the innocent man to five years of hard labor after the fraudster claimed Armenian suffering.
Middle aged Londoners recall a louder city in the sixties and seventies when granite streets and iron wheeled vehicles created a constant roar. One observer notes traffic thunder from the Crystal Palace parade distance, a sound now barely a whisper.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle recalls a wartime mishap where his familiar helped him recover a valuable history of the war from a waste paper basket. He says his unusual act, prompted by the familiar, yielded good results. The London Chronicle attributes the incident to his storied habit with Holmesian flair.
Star patient James aged seven visiting from Sunnyside hospital for tonsillotomy could not sleep in the city. He called a nurse after missing his sleeping porch and, restless for his old haunts, threw a shoe through a hospital window when requests to open the window were refused.
After ten years of change Chinatown in New York sees traditional Joss shrines moved from the council hall to a dusty closet in Mott Street temple. The once prominent idol attracting visitors is no longer displayed during well attended gatherings.
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