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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
6
Local items report hot July conditions and weekend travels. Numerous residents, including Prof and Mrs Eastman and the Bergs, head to Ohio and Pittsburgh for vacations. A birth is noted near Pokeberry and a new pumper fire truck arrives in Orrville amid community events.
Joseph W LaBine reports on heroic measures against a grasshopper invasion described as the worst in years. Cherie Nicholas details the newest swimsuits and beach tags. Reverend Harold L Lundquist explores paganism in a Sunday school lesson sharing service with the living Christ.
Dalton dealers quote prices for grain and produce with Wheat No 1 at 0.71 dollars per bushel Oats at 0.35 Corn per cwt 2.85 Eggs per dozen 0.12 The text reflects a local market listing with several items and unit variations.
A famine struck Salteaux on a bitter Athabaskan winter see a riot follows theft of food from government warehouses. Warriors seize flour bacon and staples after a misinformed officer claims ration sufficiency. The chiseler fled east as the Mounted Police quell the clash.
The screech owl known as the little horned owl is common in many areas. It nests in bird boxes placed for martins and flickers and is less secluded in habits than other owls.
The article explains Rubaiyat as a four line stanza and notes Omar Khayyam a Persian mathematician and astronomer. It covers his birthplace near Nishapur his role at court his scientific pursuits and the debate over the authenticity of the rubaiyat verses. Edward Fitzgeralds translation popularized Khayyams work in the West.
A Boston Herald writer cites Clonfinlough stone near Clonmacnoise as Ireland’s oldest monument dating to Neolithic times. The stone allegedly bears marks of a long-ago clash between cross-men and loop-men, echoing similar inscriptions in Spain and suggesting early contact between Ireland and Spain.
Women in the Kalahari protect babies on their backs while following men on the hunt. After a successful kill they share a raw meat feast and dance through the night. Body paint in blood patterns, men wear jackal tails and rattles as they imitate animals. They chant, clap, and sometimes play a single wire or bow string for music.
The Washington Post notes chorea arose from a medieval mania for religious dancing. Once started, patients could not stop and sought relief at shrines such as St. Vitus. Chorea mainly affects children aged five to fifteen, with severe cases leaving the patient unable to walk speak or eat and earning the nickname insanity of the muscles.
The article recalls the Taj Mahal as an architectural wonder linked to Mumtaz i Mahal the beloved of Shah Jehan. It recounts Arjumand Banu nearly dying in infancy after being abandoned by her father Asaf Khan during a flight from Teheran to India. She survived when the father later found her unharmed.
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