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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1924
Page
2
In New York in 1859 the largest newspaper ever produced appeared, measuring 9 by 6 feet and eight pages. For eight weeks forty people compiled it. The founders planned a copy to be issued every century.
In England the game is draughts while France calls it je des dames and Holland uses damrod. Poland uses dama and Egypt's Arabic term is dama. The forms trace to the queen dama from Thothmes daughter tasa in Egypt around 1600 B C with parts of the board and draughts found.
Scientists report rocks on Oceanica mountains emit a light that may irritate skin. They believe a radioactive mineral embedded in the rocks causes the glow.
A quip suggests Napoleon Bonaparte would have avoided conquest if he smoked a pipe. The idea frames pipe use as a cure for restlessness affecting Europe.
A 2,500 year old slate in Florence's museum is described by Professor Hallberr as the most perfect tablet for school exercises in Europe. The Phoenician style letters run right to left, showing the Chalcidian form of the Greek alphabet brought to southwest Italy by European colonists.
The article traces the birth of postage stamps with Britain's 1840 issues under Sir Rowland Hill. It notes the immediate success and the rapid adoption by other nations, including the United States, before 1850.
Police and health authorities in Japan search for a rat poison that effectively kills rodents while remaining harmless to humans amid rising use of poisons in self harm.
Great Britain plans to require life preserving parachutes for each passenger on passenger carrying aircraft. The move aims to improve safety as air travel expands.
The flying frog of Borneo uses its large webbed feet to sail between trees. Its jump is aided by a gliding membrane that increases travel distance and stability in the rainforest canopy.
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