Nuremberg Toy Makers Blend Christmas Spirit and Craft
In the old medieval city of Nuremberg toy production blends history with modern industry. Families handcraft wooden dolls and miniature dishes in small workshops, feeding a global market that exports 5,600,000 marks of toys to America yearly. The scene contrasts aging quarters and new factories, with workers of all ages shaping a timeless, humane craft.
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Nuremberg
Germany
Santa Claus
Tthe
United States
Ross
Charles, V
America
Alibrecht-Durerstrassé
Tree
Caricious
Dorothy
Volks
Caring for livestock and crops in old country farming notes
Health officer warns polluted milk in Washington DC with 85 million germs per teaspoon. Farmers urged to keep milking clean, cool promptly, and strain milk. Advice covers hogs growing rations, calf veal value, poultry grain limits, and maintaining roads, machinery, and proper feeding for pigs, horses, cows, and sheep. Emphasis on bee keeping, bulbs, and asparagus setting. warnings on turkey disease spread and cautious handling of cattle and poultry.
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Washington, D.C
Woodward
Ashe
Health Department
Threshing Yields Rise Across Western Canada
Western Canada threshing returns show high yields across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with notable hard red wheat variety yielding 53 bushels per acre. A hundred acre field could net about 5300 bushels worth roughly 45 per acre after costs. Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba see growing settlement and favorable conditions. The wheat from Alberta won top honors at the Spokane farming congress with a strong market outlook and abundant homestead availability.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
St. Louis
SE Kane
Damage Persists in Van Huysen Still Life at The Hague Museum
A still life by Jan van Huysen at The Hague museum was injured after someone brushed too close to the painted fruit cluster. Officials say the scene shows a pale yellow backdrop with a large fly amid insects, and condemn the act as an accidental shooing misstep rather than vandalism.
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Jan van Huysen
The
Hague
Buttig
Sense of Taste From Experiments Reveals Bitter Affinity
Series of experiments shows taste detection varies with dilution. Bitter affinity noted when a part dissolved in 52 parts water. Salt detected by water with one part to 40. Liquid used in 40. Sugar detected in 228 parts water and soda in 48. Women show slightly finer detection than men.
Heiress’s vow and city sign debate cause rifts
In fragmented dialogue a heiress claims a count promises not to beat or kick if they wed, her father questions the arrangement. The piece hints at civic plans to place signs around a city yard while factions clash over whether to feature a minister or choir soprano, and fear of a harsh tongue looms over the crowd.
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Schloss
Coimmeres
Fritz Muller
Muller
Aes Oal SF
New England
Western
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