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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1937
Page
8
Aardvark is described as a striking yet obscure creature from southern and eastern Africa. The term means earth pig from Dutch, but the aardvark is not related to pigs. It feeds almost entirely on termites and can weigh up to about 150 pounds.
Osmium, iridium, thulium, and platinum metals form a group with osmium noted as the heaviest element and osmium iridium alloy osmiridium used in fountain pen points. Iridium, discovered in 1804, is key for standard weights and high temperature resistant parts. Thulium is among the rare earth metals, occurring with other rare earth elements in nature.
The text notes that thulium, bearing a light green hue, was discovered in 1879 and initially had no commercial use. It underscores the element's early noncommercial status, highlighting its color as a notable characteristic from its discovery era.
Paul Griswold Hayes notes in Nature that reddish brown honey can be produced from log wood blossoms on Dominica contributing color. European dark honey includes Scottish heather and cheaper English heather. Southern Europe favors Romaria from rosemary and Hymettus from Greek wild thyme. most honey crystallizes within six months, while the white treple stays liquid for ten years and blue curl nectar granulates quickly in wax cells.
The New York Post Boy on December 3, 1753 reports widespread concern over counterfeit copper halfpence. Despite long circulation of genuine pence, many coins are refused as fakes infiltrate daily commerce, raising public suspicion and unsettling ordinary peace.
The Great Dipper appears to revolve due to Earth's rotation, completing a daily apparent cycle like the sun. It stays visible all night as part of the circle of perpetu al apparition, which grows from the equator to the pole, encompassing the Northern Hemisphere.
During the Victorian era walnut mainly furnished practical pieces such as dining room and bedroom sets while also yielding carved whatnots settees tables chairs and large hall chests in light toned wood.
Travel from the period emphasizes Herodotus's view that Egypt hosts more wonders than any land and a climate of unchanging seasons. He praises Egyptians as highly learned and notes the Nile as unlike any river while praising Egypt’s healthful, unchanging sunshine.
The article traces Bond Street in London and New York origins from Sir Thomas Bond, a courtier to Queen Henrietta Maria who financed estates in Whitehall era London. It notes his 1683 purchase of Clarendon House, rebuilding and creating Albermarle and Bond streets in the West End, contrasting with New York’s more straightforward name origin.
An ancient concept situates a sixteen degree wide zodiac around the sky with the sun and moon inside the band and five planets in orbit. It divides the sky into twelve constellations of 30 degrees each, giving names Aries through Pisces based on animal forms linked to Assyro Babylonian scripts.
The belted kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon, is linked to mythic origins from Greek lore with Ceyx and Alcyone. The piece notes the tale of transformation into kingfishers, explains the meaning of halcyon, and describes current nesting in spring in a deep sand-banked burrow five to six feet deep.
Highest Monument Mexico asserts its Morelos statue on Janitzio island Lake Patzcuaro Morelos surpasses Liberty by three feet. The 172 foot Buddha in Bamian Afghanistan is described as the world’s tallest monument, rising about 20 feet above the Morelos statue though the cliff around it reduces its bulk.
The article notes St James' palace arose on a leper hospital site built under Henry VIII, Kensington palace bought by William III and rebuilt by Christopher Wren, Marlborough House also by Wren for the Duke of Marlborough, Balmoral acquired by Queen Victoria with Prince Consort economies funding Buckingham Palace, per London Answers Magazine.
A Literary Digest note describes the Urubu tribe in Brazil stacking generations in a ground level to form a human pyramid for sleeping. It also recounts the Patriarch of the Coptic church in Alexandria, awakened every fifteen minutes whenever he sleeps.
The English Riviera encompasses Exmouth Dawlish Teignmouth Paignton Brixham Dartmouth Totnes and Torquay. It produced Elizabethan seadogs Drake Raleigh Harvey Gilbert Davis Hawkins and sent East India Company squadrons in 1602 to establish British power in the East.
A historical sketch recounts Alexander Graham Bell’s 1870s work as a speech teacher, his use of a trumpet transmitter and harp receiver, and the famous March 10 1876 voice transmission to Watson. It notes inaugurations of early exchanges, the first home line in 1877, Chicago’s first multi switchboard in 1879, and the 1915 transcontinental call.
A Montreal Herald writer notes the sea lion, despite its kingly roar and mane-like appearance, is not descended from lions but from bear-like ancestors that moved to the sea. Evolution produced flippers, tougher waterproof hair, and an oily underlayer to endure subarctic waters.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer notes Indian tribes strictly enforce property rights. Tribesmen would not steal within their group and even when unable to take an animal home would mark and hang it, trusting it would remain untouched until the owner’s return, even if they faced starvation.
The article explains that while all spiders possess poison glands to subdue prey, most have small mandibles that cannot pierce human skin and inject harmful venom. Tarantulas are different, though fatalities from bites are rare and doubtful. The only truly dangerous spiders to humans are in the Black Widow group.
Pointer owners say the best hunting dogs are the pointers. They are equal to any dog in intelligence and faster than other bird dogs. They are easy to teach and their duty is to scent and indicate birds rather than kill or retrieve. They stand rigid with nose at game and tail straight.
The winter pelt of the weasel known as ermine features a black tipped tail that contrasts with the gleaming white fur. With or without the tail detail, the fur looks regal and well cared for. Large skins may yellow over time despite good tanning and whitening.
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