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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1920
Page
4
The London Daily Mail reports the extinction of the Regent's Park Zoo kiwi, the last specimen in England. Zoologists lament the loss of Britain's rare bird as efforts to save it faltered amid historical threats from predators and breeding challenges.
H Gernsback argues in Radio Amateur News that patent success depends on a skilled attorney and adding minor innovations. He warns true breakthroughs are scarce and predicts future discoveries like a more sensitive detector or a transmitter better than the vacuum tube. He even suggests a receiver using eyes instead of ears.
Americans have spent 132000 dollars to fund a Mandarin Bible in China and will add 31000 more for type plates printing and binding. The project, funded with Mexican money, expects sales to cover costs and seeks a pure Mandarin text to set a standard for the language, serving over a quarter of the world’s population.
Zionist representatives inform London philatelists that Palestine will issue distinct stamps as the national home of the Jewish nation. British army post offices in former enemy territory use stamps overprinted with Palestine for local use.
Bridges now needed in national parks and forest reserves are to be built from steel girders and trusses and other bridge components that were ready to ship to France for the American army when the war ended. A vast quantity remains on hand and ready drilled, with parts not exceeding 2 856 pounds in weight.
The article lists annual interest costs as a share of national income for nations including Great Britain 12.92 percent, France 2.17 percent, Italy 14.43 percent, United States 2.5 percent, Germany 20.90 percent, Austria 8.0 percent, Hungary 24.78 percent, Bulgaria 21.86 percent, and Turkey 17.00 percent. This highlights debt burden disparities among major economies.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot, eighty six, admits tea aids mental effort in writing and speaking. The New York World notes his deviation from strict teetotalism while he avoids tobacco and criticizes stimulant use as immoral. The piece questions whether tea can be virtuous and points to Eliot’s tempered temperance stance.
The war boosted Near East rail expansion as British lines extend from Egypt to Palestine and Haifa serving a planned Mediterranean terminus for a Baghdad India rail link. Labor from POWs helps finish Taurus tunnels and northbound service reaches Nishin and Tekrit with night trains now in use.
The Grendon Underwood estate in Buckinghamshire, known as Shakespeare farm, is slated for sale. The property, owned by Mrs. Pigott long associated with the region, carries historic ties including a claim that Shakespeare stayed there when traveling to Stratford-on-Avon.
The United States plans a major boost to fertilizer reserves by leasing phosphate deposits across 2 500 000 acres in Wyoming Idaho Utah and Montana. Lands divided into parcels of 2 500 acres await congressional action. Interior Secretary Payne approves leasing regulations and directs applications to local land offices for forwarding to the Interior Department.
Alabama produced 6,840,000 bushels of peanuts in 1919, with five other states ranging from 3,400,000 to 500,000 bushels each. The United States total reached 23,363,000 bushels with a cash value near 80 million dollars. Last winter the average price paid was 2.40 dollars per bushel.
There were 953 003 trucks in use at the end of 1919 up from 700 000 the prior year a 27 percent gain and 16 percent more than passenger cars. Only eighteen states compiled truck registrations with New York leading followed by Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania California Iowa Texas and Nevada with 700 at the foot of the list.
A Smithsonian Institution scientist proposes a solar cooker using a mirrored half cylinder to concentrate sun energy on a metal oil loop. The oil circulates in a continuous loop, heating an oven to bake bread and roast meat without fuel.
Col Ronald Storrs, Cambridge graduate and son of Rochester college’s dean, governs Jerusalem. He pursues unity between Zionists and Arabs through pro Jerusalem meetings with leaders from France Italy Britain the United States and rabbis. At thirty eight he helped form an independent Arab kingdom and emphasizes the motto unity and be friends.
John George of Muncie listens to a tale about two fishermen who mark a spot by cutting a notch in their boat. He finally laughs, joking about the next day they might not have the same boat to locate the spot.
The Kansas City Star describes incendiary bullets used in war service. Airplane machine guns fired miniature high explosive shells filled with barium nitrate and other compounds. Each brass bullet carried a magnesium priming charge to ignite the flame producing incendiary effects.
Chrysil, a high grade rubber, is vulcanized without difficulty and produced by Chrysothamnus or rabbit bush shrubs. Species yield 1.98 to 2.83 percent, one plant up to 6.57 percent. Chrysothamnous nauseosus has 22 varieties, 12 containing chrysil. plants are large shrubs maturing in six to eight years, weighing four to six pounds, widespread in North America. Rubber is cellular not latex and concentrates near the soil line.
A playful line from a Carnegie Puppet scene shows the hen rejecting restraint by kicking a porcelain egg from the nest and declaring she can’t be shaped into a brick laser, signaling defiant humor in the performance.
Louis Bourgeois of New York spent twelve years turning a sea marked dream into a three story Bahaism temple design to cost several million dollars. He mortgaged his home to fund the project and carved the structure after learning from a friend. The temple will feature nine sides and gates to unite the nine world religions. Abul Bahai, Bahalim’s pontiff, may relocate to Chicago to reside near the temple.
A Stockholm manufacturer built a wind motor with a geared system where excess power lifts a weight on an endless chain to run a generator. When wind falls, the weight's descent keeps the generator turning, allowing continuous operation for days of calm.
Researchers report a new allotropic form of aluminum that volatilizes under vacuum at 1100 to 1200 degrees C with rapid oxidation tendencies. In 73 hours at 1100 C and 30 hours at 1200 C most of the metal disappears as vapor, leaving a residue that oxidizes to a gray white alumina mix. Impurities are too low to explain the effect.
Tourists flock to Arras where a new hotel uses railroad coaches arranged in a square with a central tent roof for reception and dining. The Arras train hotels offer eighty rooms across each coach with four compartments per coach. Bargain bungalo hotels rise near the Argonne, where trees scarred by shelling are cleared to make way for cottages.
An Outlook article reprinted in Shipping Manila notes that the American possession near China is closer to China than Tokyo. It also states Alaska’s coast lies within 56 miles of Siberia and argues America should focus more on Asiatic than European trade.
A new public garage concept uses a transfer truck to move cars to their assigned spaces. The system drives the vehicle off the track into place, easing access and saving floor space.
A city man recalls a summer afternoon of fishing with friends catching little sunfish. His mother cooks the fish and praises his catch, revealing that the true wonder was a mother's happiness and pride rather than the fish. The writer reflects on whether he will tell his mother how her heart made the moment splendid.
In southwest France between the Adour and Gar onne, pines once stood on barren dune fields. Inspector Bremontier fenced the desert, planted broom seeds, then pine saplings, creating shelter and binding roots. Breeding winds and water management followed to reclaim the sands.
A syndicate backed by the American Chamber of Commerce in London plans a nitrogen factory in County Durham to produce ammonia synthetically from air nitrogen. The project, funded at 325 million dollars, will use Haber’s process to combine nitrogen and hydrogen under pressure and high temperature, with outputs to nitric acid or nitrates for explosives or fertilizers.
Mme Deschanel objected to five white swans on the Elysee ponds as they disturbed the president’s household. The protocol chief cited a 60 year old clause requiring at least five swans to be kept, with the gardens keeper responsible for feeding them.
Miss Gwendoline Farrar, heiress of Sir George Farrar the Rand millionaire, secretly pursued a London stage career for over a year. Her identity, long concealed, was only recently revealed by accident while she acted under an assumed name.
The Canadian Northwest Mounted Police, famed for efficiency, has its headquarters moved to Ottawa as the organization expands. Its size and the territory covered by the scarlet-coated officers have increased significantly over almost five decades.
A New York broker argues that the United States must train specialists for foreign markets to secure its share of world commerce. He praises merchant marine strength but says skilled salesmen in each country are essential, proposing a government school akin to West Point to educate experts in European, Asian, and South American markets.
Six years ago Smithson quit smoking to save money. He tracked daily cigar spending and built a bank account, reaching 150 pounds after six years, only to see the bank fail days later. Brownlow notes the irony as Smithson jokes about still needing a cigar.
A jealous woman endures her partner's grocer shop chatter until a quarrel erupts. When he idly browses a telephone directory at her home, she erupts in anger, accusing him of pursuing customers instead of her. The scene centers on his fixation with the grocery business and her response.
Doctor Gautier told the Academy of Sciences that women wearing high heeled shoes may prevent consumption. He cited experiments showing toe standing improves chest breathing versus abdominal breathing and noted many abdominal breathers develop lung disease.
A new tractor type uses four crankshafts each with four legs for sixteen legged locomotion and four wheels that can lower to roadbed. It can plow seed cultivate harrow mow harvest rake and power other machinery while also acting as a moving track for hauling.
Long distance flight study shows five swallows ringed in Cape Province traced to England and South Africa. Birds ringed in Lancashire Ayrshire Yorkshire Staffordshire and Stretingshin connected to Natal and Lake Chrissie sightings. Tracking effort led by J. H. F. Witherby.
A humorous anecdote from Hiawatha World about a wife surveying her husband’s disarray after bedtime undressing. She inventories trousers, shoes, tie, coat, and vest scattered throughout the house and jests about his misplaced belongings and morning questions.
Dinah, a country cook, is drawn to a new butler in the Pittsburgh Chron Telegraph piece. Her mistress grows curious and Dinah recalls him with a witty remark about a fast husband.
A classroom lesson on monarchies leads to a humorous moment when a pupil answers that if the queen dies the jack would take her place. The teacher notes the need for later explanation of succession rules.
Dialogue captures a street level exchange in Yonkers about a man met on a Milwaukee train. The unnamed traveler shares a moment of discovering a corkscrew with a man who is not a prohibitionist, sparking curiosity and humorous misunderstanding.
A humorous exchange recalls a college graduate who returns home with new ideas about farming. He treats the family farm as a grand experiment, expecting the work to be done by him and the hired hand, while the old home place becomes his testing ground.
A travel vignette describes driving through northern Minnesota toward a tamarack swamp. The party contends with low hanging trees and uncertain routing while locals boast that many cars use the road, noting a recent visitor and their own arrival.
A boy named Henry expresses distress after his father, a prominent superintendent, leaves without inviting him on a Saturday trip. The child asks that Mr Perry be told he is sorry to be left behind and waits at home in hopeful resignations as plans unfold.
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