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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1929
Page
4
The passage cites nautical and mythic phrases such as the Atlantic called the herring pond and Noah's flood as examples of a ruse where meaning is implied rather than stated. It cites Greeks naming this habit of understatement and notes the mind fills in the rest, like casting bread on waters in hope of a return.
A Montréal Family Herald excerpt argues sugar production is a purely vegetable product with mineral components, formed through sun driven processes. It notes maple sap carries carbon from roots through a clever plant system and hints at a future full explanation of sugar formation.
Grove Patterson notes that regular cold plunges helped a hospital patient recover in winter. He recalls how fresh air aided healing when windows stayed open and praises the daily bath as a Western practice learned from the Far East, with India influencing British habits long before Perry reached Japan.
A physician fish known as the surgeon fish in Smithsonian Institution’s collection carries razor edged cartilage lances beside its tail. These dilled lances can extend for a ripping blow and even cut to the bone with a tail slap. Many lances are poisoned and the creature inhabits tropical Indian and Pacific waters.
A club guest endures two hours of storytelling in the smoking room faced with a persistent teller. After a prodigious yawn, the guest tries politeness but is met with brisk charm. He finally cites living near a railway tunnel for five years to explain his tolerance.
A boy visits his newborn sister in hospital and studies her care details including a small number on a cord. He asks when the price tag will be removed from her, prompting a mix of curiosity and humor.
Thrift Magazine credits Alexander Hamilton with founding the U S financial system as first secretary of the treasury He devised funding and revenue measures the national bank the mint and currency system and championed implied powers internal improvements and protective tariffs A fragment notes his posthumous financial recovery of his widow via congressional action.
The White Star Magazine notes the electrical phenomenon known as St Elmo fire remains unexplained. A. J. Andrews describes luminous bodies seen on wet nights perched on ship masts and rigging. Single flames were called Helena while double flames were Castor and Pollux with Helene meaning a torch.
Columbus on his third voyage was carried back to Spain in sorrow. The ship's captain wished to remove the chains, but Columbus refused, insisting they were set by royal orders and must be removed similarly. Upon reaching Spain he was freed, but his request to keep the chains until death was granted and they were buried with him.
The passage surveys theories on the term grass widow, noting no factual basis for the grace widow idea and suggesting Anglo-Indian origins in the mid-19th century from European husbands sending wives to hill stations during India's hot seasons. The section ends with a remark about abundant grass.
The July 5 1841 excursion from Leicester to Loughborough marked a railway milestone as Puffing Billy hauled two dozen op era rail way carriages. It carried 570 passengers to a temperance meeting, organized by Thomas Cook, then a Market Harborough printer who would become famous for Cook's tours.
The Wakefield City Commission will meet at City Hall to receive sealed bids at 4 p.m. for constructing a bath house at Eddy Park, per plans and specifications on file with the City Engineer.
The piece debunks popular myths about winter being colder due to the sun’s distance and about sunken ships floating midwater. It explains that seasons arise from the Earth’s tilt, ships sink because they are denser than water, and air in rooms gets depleted of oxygen, not from carbon dioxide buildup.
Path finder Magazine traces the idea to Democritus with Hutcheson’s 1720 remark that action yielding the greatest happiness for the greatest number is best. It notes Beccaria and Bentham popularized the phrase in 1764 and later debates on whether Priestley or Beccaria coined the sacred truth. The article links ancient thought to modern morals and legislation.
A parrot fetches a high price as it is linked to a fashionable family. The bird’s chatter begins when singing starts, proving the value and social cachet of the pet amid upscale circles.
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