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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1921
Page
2
Remarkable Longevity Uniformity in Animals Cited
A Smithsonian scientist notes that lower animals show far more uniform lifespans within a species than humans who die at all ages. The piece cites Ajax the elephant as a legendary example, said to have endured 350 years after Alexander's capture, though such tales are viewed skeptically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian
Unie
Ajax
Alexander
Porus
Jor
Strange New Mexican Salt Lake System Quietly Supplying Region
A remote lake in a cretaceous sandstone plain about forty miles south of Zunt features a circular basin one mile across with 150 foot high walls and a salt content of 26 percent. The shallow lake measures 4000 by 3000 feet and yields around 1000 tons yearly, with salt harvested by locals including Indians and Mexicans in a loosely organized, self-service fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zunt
Yandher
Treatments by Animals in Babylonian Medicine
Ancient Babylonians used live animals in cures. A pig or virgin kid was killed and placed on the patient with the animal's heart blood and flesh believed to substitute for the patient's own heart blood and flesh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kid
Census estimates place China population at large total
The article notes a government census for tax reassessment estimates China proper at 407,737,425 people. It adds Manchuria 500000, Mongolia 454000, Tibet 6,490,000, and Chinese Turkestan 426,600, totaling 426,447,823.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Manchuria
Mongolia
Tibet
Chinese Turkestan
Optical Abustun and Floating Guri Particles
A fragmented description explains that when light hits at right angles to a mug of sunlipnt, floating G uri particles become visible with minimal tools. The text notes these are not particles of solid matter and hints at a cone of light rejecting certain regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Sud
Distribution of Population by Region and Continent
Population figures show Adina 658 per 1000, Mu rope 2427, Africa 111, America 32, Octanica and polar regions 2, Australia 2. Asia holds more than half of Earth's total population, Europe about a quarter.
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Globe
Adina
Murope
Africa
America
Australia
Asia
Earth
Dangers of High Alpine Travel Warned by French Swiss Doctors
French and Swiss physicians warn that elderly and weak individuals should avoid high Alps ascents. They claim ascent risks include cerebral apoplexy cardiac lesions and pulmonary embolism.
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Alps
How Flies Multiply In Warm Weather
A science note explains that if no predators or controls act, one fly pair could yield up to 100 million offspring in a single half year of warm weather, according to authorities. The growth hinges on larvae maturing and unchecked reproduction.
Trams in Milan Use Water-Dispensing Cars
Milan uses electric tram cars adapted with reservoirs on platforms to water sheets. Water is released through perforated fan shaped tubes at the front and back of the car as it passes.
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Milan
Lengthy Constituent Letter to Labour MP Noted
A Labour party member in the new House of Commons received a long letter from a constituent claiming a grievance deserving government attention. The document spans at least 1700 words in a caustic tone. The incident highlights correspondents seeking redress through parliamentary channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Party
New House of Commons
A Curious Boulder From Glacial Times
Scientists describe a small volcanic rock found far from its origin in the Ike Arc region. The boulder, about a foot and a half in diameter, is believed to have been carried south by glaciers from north of Lake Huron. Its exact source remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
New England
Ohio
Mississippi
Geological Survey
Lake Huron
Children’s Rights in Harper’s Pazar Essay
A writer in Harper’s Pazar asserts children have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He lists three rights: to live their own lives to be bad to learn hard lessons of righteousness and to pursue happiness not to have it thrust upon them. He argues these ideas affect domestic life and domestic governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Pazar
Origin of Cub noun tracing through whelp and cub usage
The piece traces how infant lions and bears were called whelps in older times and how cubs originally meant a young fox. By Shakespeare’s era cubs could refer to young bears, with Watler using cub for a young whale, now calf.
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Wyelff
Watler
World Ground Water Estimated at Depths of Six Miles
S Stichter of the U S Geological Survey estimates ground water reaching six miles deep at 563000 million million cubic yards. This amount is about one third of oceanic water and could fill the globe to depths of 3000 or 2500 feet.
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Globe
Stichter
U. S. Geological Survey
Alfonso the King with Broad Learning and Arts
King Alfonso is portrayed as well educated and multilingual, fluent in French Italian German and English. He carries Goethe Schiller and Grillparzer on travels and translates Horace into Spanish while enjoying mathematics history and drawing.
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Alfonso
Goethe
Schiljer
Grillparzer
Canadian Absentees in Ottawa House of Commons
Ottawa correspondent reports that rarely more than 200 MPs attend sessions. Absences are more noted this session, with many remaining in Ottawa for long periods and finding more interest in the rooms around the chamber than in Parliament debates.
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Ottawa
Montreal Gazette
Dominion
House of Commons
Thhem
Deepest Ocean Sounding Record by Nero Ship
The Nero during the Honolulu Manila cable survey using Alabastross gear reached 5269 fathoms or 21014 feet, the deepest on record. The depth would place Mount Everest almost a mile and a quarter beneath it if set there.
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Nero
Honolulu
The Last of An Island Norstrand to Be Saved by Dyke
The Island of Norstrand, the last unreclaimed fragment of North Fries land, is slated for a large dyke to prevent sea encroachment. A 1634 storm first separated it from the mainland, drowning over 1,000 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norstrand
North
Friesland
Coloring Brass with Cream of Tartar and Tin Chloride
A pewter like color can be added to brass by boiling the casting in a cream of tartar solution with a small amount of tin chloride.
Firemen in the Metropolis
The report notes that more firefighters are killed and injured while performing their duties in New York City than in any other city, highlighting urban danger and the risks faced by New York’s fire crews.
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New York City
Long Lived Swan and Ancient Birds
The swan is noted as the longest living bird with lifespans reaching up to 400 years in extreme cases. In contrast the falcon is cited as capable of living over 162 years, illustrating broad age ranges among birds.
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Vunewna
The Sawed Off Laplanders Shorter Than European Peers
The article notes Laplanders are the shortest people in Europe with men averaging feet and inches and women at four feet inches, highlighting stark height differences in a curious ethnographic observation.
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Europe
Wild Cat Learns to Cope with Pack of Dogs
An article notes cats escaping to the Marmilion River woods become wild and larger, feeding on field mice, and able to confront dog packs. Hunters recount nights chasing a cat and fights when cornered, suggesting wild life alters size and behavior versus domesticated cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmilion
Fort Scott
Tripone Riese
Professions That Kill Report Shows Hazards of Metal Dust
The compiled findings warn that air in entry factories is filled with invisible metal dust which damages lungs and causes asthma and consumption. Metal workers inhale large quantities of dust and often do not reach age forty. Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases plague metal trades, with brew workers facing mortality 50 percent higher than other jobs. Gout and deafness from ear-related microbes are noted as additional dangers.
A Writer's Personality of Hubert Louis Stevenson
A recent writer describes Hubert Louis Stevenson with dark eyes and shabby clothes. He notes Stevenson was often mistaken for a starving musician or foreign mountebank and faced suspicion from Continental officials in passport checks. In France he was imprisoned and feared travel restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Louis Stevenson
France
Stevenson
Papa and the Polite Word for Father in English History
The text discusses how the term papa entered English in the seventeenth century as polite speech. It notes continued use among adults and describes Hood’s remark on "genteelly" taught speech. It also cites Homer where Nausicaa calls her father papa phile meaning dear papa.
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Papa
Hood
Nausica
Papa Phile
Artificial Waters and Priestley’s Fixed Air Invention
The chemist Joseph Priestley in 1772 published Directions for Impersonating Water With Fixed Air to impart the spirit and virtues of Pyrmont and similar mineral waters. A calculation shows Britain and Ireland consume 260 million gallons of aerated waters annually.
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Joseph Priestley
Great Britain
Ireland
Lord Kelvin Visits Portsmouth Ship for Navigating Officers
Lord Kelvin toured the British schoolship at Portsmouth to observe his self devised mechanical contrivances in action. He studied the practical workings and explained the theoretical principles behind the devices as they were demonstrated.
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Lord Kelvin
Portsmouth
Auction Sets High Price for Orchid in London
The record $6,035 price was paid for a heavily marked Odontoglossum at a London auction. The plant features enormous chocolate brown blotches on each segment, covering about half the flower area.
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London
Perambulating Blacksmith in Northern China Makes Farm Implements
A roaming northern China blacksmith travels in early spring crafting farming tools. Plows vary by locality and are only able to scratch the soil surface.
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China
Dustless Roads and New Concrete Tool Innovation
Windy Southern California roads once carried unbearable dust an area now treated with petroleum sprays twice yearly. A Hliness man created a tool for cement workers to form curb tops and sides in one pass. Judge yourself by sincerity and you will judge others by clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Ao Hliness
Bear Demon So Koko Weds Nahsig After Arrow Tragedy
In a tribal tale Nahsig seeks help to win Koko from Somgo the bear demon. The stork aids by catching the deadly arrow and saving Koko. Nahsig defeats Somgo, Koko survives, and the couple marry as the stork blesses them.
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Nahsig
Somgo
Koko
Nantoneka
Richest Eskimo Woman's Facts
Mary Coonie is described as the richest woman north of the Arctic Circle and a full blood Eskimo. She cannot read or write, employs an Oxford-educated English secretary, and derives wealth from mining lands. Her herd of reindeer numbers 2,000 bearing her brand. her main extravagance is Paris gowns worn at home in summer.
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Mary Coonie
Arctic Circle
Oxford
Miss Coonie
Paris
Burden the Farmer Bears Insect Pests Cost U S Farmers
A Cornell University professor estimates pests cost U S farmers over 700 million dollars annually. The figure highlights the economic impact of insects on agriculture nationwide.
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Cornell University
Ants Guide Travelers as Natural Compass in Australia
In tropical northern South Australia, travelers can rely on magnetic ants to align north and south. The district is rich in magnetic ant nests, known as meridian ants, whose longer axes point due north and south, serving as a natural compass for navigators.
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Northern Territory
South Australia
Taxpayers in London protest strict assessment rules
In Eastern London taxpayers complain about harsh valuations. A cited case shows a man facing a higher assessment after erecting a cucumber frame in his back garden.
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London
Gas from Cocoanuts and Pine Oil Gas Making Study
Fragmentary report notes Cocoanuts gas origin and pine oil as a potential gas source. It mentions laboratory experiments, retorts, and a method yielding a milliwinar power with tar residue, implying further testing and refinement of the process.
Pacific Coast Supply Could Drive 4 Mand Use
If supply meets the four mandate, it will be greatly used along the Pacific coast, highlighting potential regional uptake and strategic importance for ongoing demand.
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Pacific Coast
Porous Glass in France Reveals Tiny Ventilation Holes
In France scientists study porous glass where minute holes prevent dust entry while allowing air flow. The article notes the material’s remarkable ventilation despite its tiny pores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
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