Wild Bird Tagging Underway By Government Lab
Lincolns show a wild duck tagged at the zoological gardens in Washington. The department of agriculture is tagging ten thousand North American birds to study habits. Birds receive a band with date and fee and are released, often migrating thousands of miles before recapture. About twenty thousand birds have been banded since the American Bird Banding Association work began.
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Linen
Buresa Oof
Department of Aericulture
American Bird Banding Association
Lincoln
Zoological Gardens
Washington
Clock Made of Straw by Strassburg Shoemaker
Voertern of Strassburg has completed a remarkable clock fashioned entirely from straw. The clock uses straw for the framework face hands pendulum and weights with chains.
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Voertern
Strassburg
Édsuace
Split Infinitive and Seventeenth Century Usage
An explanation of the split infinitive defined as an infinitive verb separated from its resolver adverb by intervening words. It notes widespread use by standard authors since the seventeenth century and contrasts with grammarians who deem it improper.
Do You Want His Job Harry Althamar Oversees Seized Liquor
Harry F. Althamar serves as government custodian for seized liquors and stills in the Chicago district. He guards about five million dollars worth of liquor and 57 varieties of stills, with the stock growing daily.
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Harry F. Althamar
Harry
Chicago
Wedded 75 Years Jacob and Sarah Dick Celebrate
Jacob Dick and Sarah Dick of New York mark seventy five years of marriage. Born in Pristick, Galicia, they married there and arrived in this country 85 years ago. Now 88, the couple remain in good health with full faculties.
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Jacob
Sarah Dick
New York
Fristick
Galicia
French Professor Lost Arm and Hands to Radium Experiments
Professor Vaillant of France was maimed in radium work losing an arm and both hands. The incident underscores the dangers of early radiology experiments.
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Professor Vaillant
France
Light control speeds poinsettia bloom for holidays
Dr W W Garner and H H Allard of the U S Department of Agriculture found that regulating light exposure can speed or delay poinsettia blooming. Limiting daily sun to a few hours prompts earlier flowering for the holiday season.
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W. W. Garner
H. H. Allard
United States Department of Agriculture
Christian Science Monitor
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