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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1919
Page
2
Published daily except Sunday from 17 and 198 Jackson Street Greencastle Indiana owner Charles J Ayr Proprietor. Subscription rates for daily Herald by mail and carrier listed. Obituaries charged at 1 per notice plus 5c per line for poetry.
Leslie's Weekly reports a sedentary tribe in a swampy New Guinea region living in tree dwellings above swamps. They cannot walk without bleeding feet, limbs shrinking while the trunk enlarges, suggesting an ape like gait but unclear if due to likeness or rest physical ties.
An English inventor Harrison Martindale constructed a radium clock that keeps time indefinitely. A small radium tube powers an electrostatic device with two silver leaves that expand and touch the vessel twice every minute, then reset as the charge is conducted away. The setup assumes the radium will last about 0,000 years.
London life is quantified with figures on routes and journeys. The metropolis has about 6 400 miles of rail and 600 000 000 passenger trips yearly, over 1 500 100 on an average weekday, 16 054 vehicles in twelve hours at Piccadilly, 620 buses an hour past Bank of England, trams carrying over 360 000 000 yearly, 116 902 pedestrians crossing London Bridge on a day and 248 015 crossing Bank roads in 19.5 hours in April last year.
In Outlook, Henry Martyn Hart explains that water behaves uniquely as it cools. Unlike most substances, water contracts to 29 degrees, reaching maximum density, then expands as it cools further. This explains why bottom water remains warmer while surface freezes, preventing uniform sinking.
The original Manchurians were outsiders to China. Mukden remained a sacred city for Chinese courtiers, and its capture by Japan had political impact. Manchu is spoken at the court yet not understood by Chinese. Chinese annexation of Manchuria mixed in Central Asian Muslims, fueling internal jealousies to keep subjection.
A Russian explorer touring Manchuria for a scientific association describes Chinese business houses as worker owned with profits shared among all. Salaries are minimal but steady, and year end profits are divided. He notes exceptional merchant honesty, citing ten Russo-Chinese Bank branches in China with no protested notes since establishment.
The article notes the Korean diet as omnivorous with dog, pork, beef, fowls, fish and giblets all consumed. It describes raw small fish with sauce, dried seaweed, shrimps, vermicelli, pine seeds, fly bulbs and vegetables. It remarks Koreans endure indigestion due to excesses.
A medical authority explains dangers of work in white lead factories describing lead poisoning. The Dutch process coats lead sheets with acetic acid to form basic lead acetate then decomposes with carbon dioxide from tar, producing clouds of white lead dust as workers move carbonate. Respirators fail to prevent exposure.
A collection of humorous aphorisms on wealth, economy, honesty, gender roles, and marriage. The quotes touch on sympathy for the poor, truthful speech in men, the folly of modesty, leap year marriages, and the idea that experience teaches more than vanity.
The rising popularity of knitted tam o' shanters among women drives high demand and pushes Nottingham hosiery makers to add machinery. Dyers benefit from vivid colors as production expands beyond prior attention, marking a profitable trend in the season.
A historic Black Friday occurred on September 24 1869 when speculators in New York pushed gold prices to 162 percent, triggering a market panic and disruption in the financial markets.
The King of Denmark reportedly owns a vast bird egg collection containing nearly every species. Estimated value of the collection is about $75,000.
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Shows merge to form the worlds largest circus, touring Indianapolis with an afternoon and night performance on Monday August 18. The amalgamated spectacle showcases elephants, giraffes, three hours of sensational acts, a grand morning parade, and a record tournament in a super circus event unseen in America.
Evangelist Effie Moore led morning services with a sermon on The Bridehood of the Church eight souls prayed at the mourner bench. Afternoon love feast followed by Mrs Moore healing appeals drawing several forward. Miss Minnie Morris of Kentucky spoke at night to the largest Nazarene crowd yet as she urged fleeing wrath to come. Tonight services at 7 45 everyone invited.
Rev Blaine EF Kirkpatrick returned from Battle Ground where he had charge of a class at the Epworth League institute last week. He will return Thursday to Battle Ground and will conduct a class in the camp meeting beginning Thursday night.
Indianapolis July 28 Indiana school children will obtain hand grenade banks through banks in their cities under an announcement by Robert E Springsteen director of the Indiana War Savings Committee The plan describes grenade banks as savings devices for thrift with conditions including age limits stamp purchases and summer savings certificates and possible essay prizes
Indianapolis hog receipts reached 5 000 with cattle 1 500 calves 400 and sheep 300. Hog prices were generally steady in early trading with most sales at 23 10 and some choice loads up to 23 20. Local packers bought about 2 500 hogs while 1 200 went to outside buyers. Cattle showed a lower tendency calves steady and sheep weak.
R Horrocks of Fonda New York found a well preserved Mohawk pottery jar during a rainstorm while sheltering under Little Falls ledges. The 10 inch high vessel has a 20 inch circumference at its widest point and a 24 inch mouth. Its top is three curved points forming a triangle.
A compact list of translated Japanese maxims and proverbs. Emphasizes study over wealth, filial reverence, restraint in speech, honest conduct, self accountability, and cautions about wealth, gender, and truth in intoxication. Includes references to Basil Hall Chamberlain translations and common proverb themes.
In Schava, a rural Russian commune under Ezareff Koksaka several days of unexplained earth sounds were heard from a forest near the settlement. The ground heaved, large cracks opened, water appeared forming a new lake, while locals gathered in fear and geologists began examination.
The Russian hymn is modern while Japan’s is the oldest, perhaps shortest. Kimigayo translates to May the reign endure for a thousand years and eight thousand more beyond that until stones are not rocks nor moss grows. The piece, though ancient, became official with Japan’s early modernization.
C Sayers of the Central Trust Company real estate department reports the sale of the William Allee residence on South Locust Street to A M Mahaffie of Lucerne Indiana. The deal totals 3800 dollars and Mahaffie will move his family to Greencastle this fall so his children may access local educational facilities.
Sarath Kumar Ghosh argues to an English audience that Indian jugglers are trained from early childhood. He cites a four year old learning to hold a coin in the throat for seconds, with time increasing the coin size until two throat cavities form ready to hold multiple coins.
The average distance from Earth to the Moon is 238 850 miles with a maximum of 252 835 miles and a minimum of 221 520 miles. The Moon’s diameter is 2 162 miles. Subtracting Earth and Moon radii 2 962 and 1 081 miles yields a closest surface approach of about 216 477 miles.
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