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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1919
Page
4
The Phoenicians first voyaged and armed ships, building a vast maritime empire that included piracy. Rhodes crafted the cradle of maritime law, later echoed by Hammurabi. Greeks and Persians followed, with Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale proving sea power's value and Athens establishing maritime trade law.
In 1818 at Kirkcaldy Thomas Carlyle fell for Margaret Gordon who did not return his affection. She urged him to temper genius with virtue and light his path. Some argue she inspired the Blumine of Sartor Resartus, though Jane Welsh may have influenced details.
A Scottish farmer sells wool to a carrier and discovers a cheese missing from behind the outer door. Weighing the wool again proves the bag heavier by the cheese’s weight. The farmer explains he sold the cheese for two shillings, and the thief turned out to be a seller’s miscount.
A former bookmaker recalls a dramatic race day when a rural bettor forced through the crowd with a roll of bills and whispered his choice, saying he could not keep it a secret. The moment showcased the fevered tension of midrace wagering at a western track.
Natives of Rarotonga use a community driven method to fish in coral lagoons. They poison shallow water with utu nut for about thirty minutes then drive fish with spears toward a downstream line. Some divers search reef crevices for remaining fish, yielding many vividly colored tropical species named in the Youth's Companion.
A British naval airman regains control after entering a thick cloud losing direction and hanging on by his knees and elbows until emerging over the sea. Another English pilot, fired upon after being mistaken for a German, was forced to descend when his petrol tank punctured, then apologized by the district mayor with a bouquet.
A London Chronicle opinion notes massive hyphen usage in English writing. The piece cites Germans forming long compounds without hyphens and estimates 2.19 million pounds daily wasted on hyphen creation. It imagines printers flinging hyphens as wasteful excess.
The secret of success is not a secret nor new nor hard to secure. To be more successful, become more efficient and make fewest mistakes. Improve yourself as you improve your work for the institution and the income will follow.
A reflective piece on the rarity of perfect days. It argues that perfection depends on factors beyond individual control, including environment and others’ attitudes, making truly flawless days exceptional and memorable.
The article discusses geologic time estimates by Prof. Charles Schubert dating the Carboniferous era at about 12 million years, with Mississippian, Pennsylvanian and Permian epochs. It notes the Pennsylvanian spans 2.16 million years and claims animal life existed over 14 million years before that. Fossil distribution and regional variation in Carboniferous rocks are explained.
In Russia cows wear smoke colored spectacles to prevent snow blindness. A kind hearted man devised the eyewear and now over 10,000 cattle use them. The glasses protect eyes from bright sun on reflective snow, reducing suffering among herd.
A scholar argues men go bald more than women due to heavy hats short haircuts and eating habits. The scalp is likened to soil with hair as vegetation. neglect harms growth as soil poor. A tight hat may squeeze scalp blood flow and damage hair roots.
The text explains that stacking plate glass without separating sheets can cause adhesion where cohesion welds surfaces. It notes that even with nearly perfect smoothness and high pressure, intimate contact is rare, yet in some machines steel and lead can weld so perfectly that the join is invisible under a microscope.
The piece discusses tone deafness, citing Dean Stanley who reportedly could not distinguish tunes, and compares melody deafness to color blindness. It recalls Empress Catherine, President Grant, and general medical views on why nerves and mental faculties affect musical appreciation.
Shinebo Won, dubbed the Burmese Sherlock Holmes, tracks criminals across jungle and mountains. He has made over 3,000 captures, reads minds, and survives repeated poison attempts without admitting a charmed life. He insists duty defines a man’s path.
A reflective piece recalls how youth expands time and space shaping our sense of empire and republic. The narrator notes that as years accumulate the mind grows tired of gifts while clinging to memory, contrasting childhood vastness with aging restraint.
A simple writing table improvised from an ordinary kitchen table suits green and white rooms. The legs are shortened and the top covered with green denim tucked underneath. A blotter case, paper box, envelopes, and a pen tray sit on the top with green and white chintz corners and a pasted cover for the stationery box.
The record lists American forces in four wars: Revolution with 221 77 regulars and 164 007 militia and volunteers against 150 605 from England, War of 1812 with 56 052 regulars and 471 622 militia against about 55 000, Mexican War with 31 024 regulars and 74 582 militia against roughly 46 000 Mexicans, and the Civil War with 67 000 regulars and 2 605 341 militia against about 1 000,000 Confederates.
Maude Radford Warren writes on Harper's Magazine about Shetlanders living on the edge of the world. The piece contrasts the external sea with inland warmth and notes 28 000 souls, three hundred captains, and many mariners drawn to distant shores while families wait and sing old songs as winds howl.
Charles Dickens urged his Cambridge-bound son to study the New Testament as a constant guide. He emphasized honoring the Savior over religious forms and keeping a daily Christian prayer routine, noting he had tried to make the gospel life‑loving for his child since infancy.
A brief lecture notes that prophetic writing persisted in Israel from OT times into the Gospels with continuous, diminishing flow, noting Jewish writings covered God’s dealings with individuals and the nation. Jesus quoted such works and early in ministry used the title Son of Man drawn from Enoch.
Bohemia’s music is likely the best known branch of its arts in civilized lands due to a universal musical language and the eminence of tone poets Smetana and Dvorak. Medieval chronicles note Bohemian hymnology during the Hussite era as highly esteemed, and today Bohemian music ranks among Europe’s leading schools.
A reflective vignette quotes David Grayson on a perfect life moment shared with friends. The scene describes cool air, lilacs, a shaded lamp, gentle street sounds, and the town clock striking midnight as a toast to life and companionship.
Scientists studying fish sight report eyes are large relative to body, with lenses focused for distant vision while swimming. Experiments show fish can focus on near objects to four inches by eye muscle action, though they lack ciliary muscles. Operations on oblique muscles can induce near or far sight and astigmatism.
A reflective piece extols flowers as sources of calm and kindness. It compares garden blooms like tiger lily, calla lily, sweet william, snowdrops, dogwood, a variegated pile over a fish pond, and jack in the pulpit to human flaws, praising steadiness and fidelity in plants.
The article recounts Galileo arranging two observers with lanterns to measure light’s speed by timing the gap between one lantern darkening and the other seeing darkness. The interval is about one fifty thousandth of a second, making detection improbable, yet this method foreshadows modern experiments to determine light speed.
An American tourist boasts in the village inn that his scarecrow kept crows away for a year. A farmer counters with a tale of a scarecrow that scared birds so much a potato thief returned stolen spuds the next day.
The locust, a long studied insect, emerges in cycles of 13 or 17 years and fuels debate among scientists students and farmers. While destructive to foliage it is noted for one favorable aspect praised even by a Baptist who deemed desert specimens edible.
The War Savings campaign in Indiana proceeds with a vacation savings drive and Thrift Week starting June 23. It features house to house canvassing, pledges, budget records, and literature to educate on thrift and stamp purchases, plus guidance for pupils earning during vacation to save and invest.
Indianapolis Indiana June call to convert Liberty Bond coupons into War Savings Stamps to keep dollars growing. Robert E Springsteen Indiana War Savings Committee urges reinvestment in stamps paying 4 percent compounded quarterly with pay day on June 1 when Uncle Sam owes $36 000 958 00 in interest.
A condensed verse noting that small daily earnings and coins matter more than large fortunes or national wealth, emphasizing the value of many individuals' modest contributions to the larger cause.
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