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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1921
Page
4
Araven from Tibet describes a native dress a five and a half foot gown with a gathered waist and ankle length for men and women. The gown, called a chuba for Tibetan women, forms a large breast pocket and can wrap from ears to feet at night. Variations occur by locality.
A brief reflection notes that stirring conflict is simpler than calmly accepting harmful blows. The line suggests social tension rises from provocation while restraint avoids further strife. The writer contrasts forceful upheaval with genteel endurance.
Prominent voices in New York discuss why many charitable agencies report a preference for blue eyed, golden haired children in adoption requests. Records from the New York Juvenile Asylum show letters from Western states seeking children with these traits, reflecting a perceived inheritance bias in home placement.
The piece explains posadas in Mexican tradition marking Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem. It notes nine nightly shelters or beggings for shelter, strict attendance, and varying guest practices from conservative to cosmopolitan families during Christmas season.
Experiments show deep sea fish such as whiting sole and flounder acclimate to fresh water by gradually reducing salt in a pond. After months, fish remained lively and healthy. Resulting success leads to introduction into rivers and lakes, potentially transforming the fishing industry.
A Yorkshire stationmaster runs a small charity giving yearly gifts to boys in need. Each week he crafts and donates railway items to raise funds for hospital care and support. The effort highlights local generosity and steady community involvement.
The article traces the origins of useful chain cables to Robert Flinn in 1808 and Samuel Brown, detailing trials aboard the Anne and Isabelle and the Pencops voyage. It notes adoption shifts between hempen and chain cables, naval superiority in storms, and Dorset’s historic role, plus a look at modern anchors and mooring gear.
A German publication notes copper can be detected under a microscope using cee chloride. It forms red crystalline needles or prisms when copper is present in tiny amounts. Adding cesium chloride yields yellow crystals, while cobalt and lead or bismuth show limited effects on the reaction.
The resin caoutchoue was introduced to Th rope by M. De la Candamine after returning from Peru in 1736. Its discoverer called it a singular resin used for diverse purposes and noting it flows from a tree in parts of America, termed caoulehoue by the Indiana along the Amazon.
When sheep were introduced into Cornwall a flock ran into the sea and floated by their wool. Observing fishermen mistook them for a new fish species and attempted to catch them with hooks and nets. The next morning they returned a catch valued higher than any previous load.
Colorado tops state records with 407 mountain probes above 10 060 feet. among them 33 peaks exceed 14 000 feet in elevation, highlighting an era of extreme high terrain exploration.
The Mont Blanc observatory founded by Pierre Janssen in 1893 sits near freezing year round with brief, rare warmth. Researchers endure extreme cold, limited food variety, and isolation while pursuing astronomy and meteorology, aided by careful diet and Arctic gear.
The nutria thrives along the River de la Plata in South America and remains confined largely to that locale. It is equally adept in water and on land with high nostrils for breathing while swimming. An old female nutria often carries several young on her back as the colony travels in family groups.
A Somerset vicar denounced eye glasses and early magnifying devices as imposters. He argued optics distorted vision and warned that spectacles would demoralize society by giving some men unfair advantages over others and against women on aesthetic grounds.
The imperial household comprises 30 physicians 75 astrologers 76 cooks and 60 priests. The text outlines the diverse service roles within the royal entourage.
A medical note debunks mystic madstones used for snakebite and rabies, arguing porosity and absorption matter. Stones vary in composition, act like blotting paper, and must stay moist to draw venom. reliance on the stone alone often fails and can delay life-saving care.
During Washington's administration, Governor Morris and other Senators stood with him discussing his majesty. Morris claimed he could drink sherry with the President and won a bet, then tapped Washington on the shoulder. Washington silent, Morris confessed defeat and vowed not to repeat the liberty.
The Norwegian whale fishery extends across the Arctic Sea from north Norway to Spitzbergen and even the Shetland Islands. Bomb harpoon pistols on small steamers kill, tow, and strip the whale for blubber bones and flesh used as fodder and manure. Begun by Svend Porn in 1868, 1,080 whales were taken in 1297 with 513 men on 25 steamers.
Three lighthouses go up for sale as villa residences, two near Portland Bill and one at the South Foreland Dover. The South Foreland lantern room is a study, lower rooms become living space, with renovations to create bungalow homes. The Portland lighthouses and two keeper houses are offered by auction, praised for solid stone walls and healthful seacoast surroundings. the High Light dates to 1969 with a prior 1789 Trinity House erection.
The piece traces how wives sometimes kept or appended names to husbands, notes hyphenated surnames, and cites Norman and Anglo-Saxon origins. It lists early surnames from the Norman conquest such as Seri Drew Bryce Harvey Arnold Albred and explains diminutives and prefixes like Mac Me Ap Pitz O and kin terms shaping English nomenclature.
Reindeer teams now carry the mails from Kotzebue to Point Barrow in Alaska, a 450 mile route. The heavy deer average about 490 pounds and pull sleds with loads up to 60 percent of their weight, traveling as far as 29 50 miles per day. No food is carried for the deer. at day’s end they are released to feed on the snow and moss.
The African Agricultural World reports Liberia held its first Farmers' Alliance convention in Monrovia. The event signals plans to develop Liberia's agricultural resources and future farming initiatives in Africa.
The text shows a rumor that a woman married Jack Rovsda despite his blackballed status, implying she hoped to keep him at home. Dialogue is garbled with misspellings and dialect.
A Nevada spring nicknamed Soap Spring furnishes a calcareous, mineral water claimed to taste like chicken soup. Locals and early prospectors describe the waters from two rocky cones, now accessed by shallow tunnels yielding thousands of gallons daily. Tourists dip the waters mix in salt and pepper to serve a soup reputed to rival hotel fare.
Napoleon’s barber Constant describes the emperor’s restless behavior during shaving. The emperor would gesture and turn, requiring constant caution to avoid evasion. He shaved only one side at a time, and often cut himself when shaving, leaving half the face unshaved until his barber finished.
The Telegraph discusses the encroachment of electric traction systems on telegraph circuits. High potential alternating current used for rail traction threatens telegraph induction effects, possibly forcing pole removals along rail corridors such as the New York to New Haven route.
The article notes that over 5,000,000 gallons of water are pumped daily from Pennsylvania anthracite mines with an 1905 average of 638,000,000 gallons per day. About 1000 engines lift 500,000 gallons per minute to the surface, and mining can pause while water persists. The Iron Age cites water removal as a major privateExpense in anthracite operations.
Nonsensical exchange questions playing golf on Sunday and argues it is wrong. Niblick counters that playing any day of the week is improper, quoting Neeton Traspin in a fragmentary debate.
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