Uses for Native California Rushes and Weeds
Experts from California's agricultural department highlight how native rushes and once-dreaded weeds like the Russian thistle can become valuable assets. The article notes trials turning thistles into stock feed, a noxious desert plant yielding rubber gum, and California rushes shown as profitable for malt and broader agricultural use, with national expansion plans underway.
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Agricultural Department
California
Middle West
Kansas
F. 2
Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Castlemen
C. M. Fuller
Colorado
Hardor
Alloy
Para
South America
Colornio
B. W. Hilgard
Agricultural College
University of California
Goodale Malting Company
Maine
China
Japan
Department of Agriculture
Washington
United States
When the Game Was Young by Cornell Widaw
A humorous reminiscence of an ancient Rome vs Athens football game set in a playful epic tone. The narrator recalls Nero and Mars, Greek ringers, and a chaotic event that ends with the town set ablaze. The piece blends mythic figures with a sports defeat tale in a lighthearted history-style reflection.
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Rome
Nero
Mars
Athens
Cornell
Where Models Are Taught and Beauty in Nations
The text claims beauty and symmetry in artists models vary by nation. It asserts Spanish women provide palm for beauty, Irish rural daughters rank second, English garden faces are finest, Grecian ladies for arms, Turkic harems for dainty hands, Italians excel in Agare, and many perfect models come from sunny Haly.
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Spain
Ireland
Sunny Haly
Petroleum Output Shows US Gain Over Russia
The Geological Survey report notes a shift in world petroleum production with the United States edging ahead of Russia. Russia supplied 45.44 percent of global output while the United States accounted for 45.64 percent. The Dutch East Indies contributed 3 percent.
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Geological Survey
Russia
United States
Dutch East Indies
Parthenogenesis Discovery Sparks Science and Theology Debate
A university professor announces an artificial germination method without intervention, challenging biblical creation ideas. The article defends cautious theology, explains terms like diogenesis and parthenogenesis, and links the Holy Spirit to life's origin, urging measured interpretation amid scientific advance.
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Loeb
California University
Loch
Huxley
British Association
Liverpool
Virgin Birth, Parthenogenesis, and Life’s Origins Debate
Ravenswood, Chicago, reflects on biogenesis and its rivals including autogenesis aids and metagenesis. The piece ties parthenogenesis to religion, citing Loeb and Loch, arguing scientific discovery strengthens faith while linking Genesis 1:2 and Luke’s annunciation to bear on life’s divine creation.
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Huxley
Professor Owen
Owen
Loeb
Jesus Christ
Funeral Escort Waited While Family Sipped Coffee
A group of men in secret society regalia stood in a Grand Central shed for a New York Press report as a local train carried the coffin of a departed brother. They lined the gate, escorted the casket to the sidewalk, and waited for the family to fetch coffee before the hearse transport.
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Grand Central Station
New York Press
Ittle
Wireless to Replace Telegraph for Longitude Determination
It is anticipated that wireless will eventually replace cable and telegraph lines for determining longitude.
Death of Batu urna Chunder Mockerjee Archeological Pioneer
The Tengaleo Brahmin Batu urna Chunder Mockerjee, famed for uncovering sites at Pataliputra and Kapihiavastu, died recently unhonored yet not wholly unmourned. Once supported by officials like Mr. Bourdillon, his shabby appearance and brusque manner hindered patronage. His monumental Lal Tapur district work remains a lasting contribution to Indian archaeology.
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Purna Chuncer Mockerjee
Batu Urna Chunder Mockerjee
Pataliputra
Kapihiavastu
Laltapur
Bourdillon
Bengal
Lalitamir
India
Mosquito Plague Stuns Madrid Crowd at Puerta del Sol
At 2 PM a black cloud of mosquitoes swarmed Madrid's busiest spot. People and animals suffered, horses panicked, ambulances stretched the scene, and cafes shut as the pests filled eyes mouths and noses before vanishing. New York Journal.
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Madrid
Puerta del Sol
New York Journal
Moonlit Meadow Lullaby Echoes in a Poem by Mary Grant O'Sheridan
A lyrical fragment recounts a moonlit scene with a mother keeping watch, creaking river sounds, night moths, and tender vows. It evokes childhood dreams, quiet love, and the healing glow of the moon over a valley, signed by Mary Grant O'Sheridan.
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Bea
Theia
Calling the Roll on a Sunday Train Expedition
A description of a mother leading her seven children and a husband off a train at Koboken. The author praises her leadership and compares her to a major general in managing a large family during a Sunday outing. The scene ends with the children answering, here, as she calls their names and marches them toward the boat.
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William Cullen Bryant
Koboken
John
Mary
Andrew
William
Sarah
Anna
Robert
New York Press
Worth Brothers completes plate mill at Canteville
The Worth Brothers Company of Philadelphia has finished a new plate mill at Canteville, Pennsylvania. The plant is rated to produce between 4500 and 6000 tons of plate per week, signaling a sizable boost to regional steel capacity.
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Worth Brothers Company
Philadelphia
Canteville
Gender and humor spark a school room lesson anecdote
A New York teacher recalls a humorous dispute over gender in a grammar lesson. A smart boy mispronounces Arkansas as Arkan sas, prompting a light exchange about feminine gender and amusing classroom moments narrated with local color.
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Moser
Parsa Arkansas
Arkansas
Moses
Louise Anna
Name Change for Colored Man in Court Laughs at Fate
An elderly colored man asked Judge Rufus B. Cowing how to change his name to escape a stigma. He explained his name is Failure and hurts his trade as a washer. The judge suggested using only his first name Adam to lessen the impact of the surname. The report, from the New York Times, notes the humorous exchange.
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John Locke
Moses
Herbert Spencer
Lilo
Rufus B. Cowirg
Advica
Adam
San
New York Times
Not So Bad as Appeared Senator Lodge Humorous Incident
Report notes Senator Lodge’s dry wit during a spring senate session when clerks in his vicinity confronted a cigarette odor. Lodge, startled, questioned the source and then assured the room there was no cigarette in his own space, maintaining a calm, humorous tone amid the moment.
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Senator Lodge
Capitol
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
A Business Proposition by a Dying Man
Job Hedges recalls a strange encounter with a dying man seeking a $10 loan against a $50 life insurance policy. The man claimed the policy would soon pay out within a week or two, offering a small stake as security and promising interest if repayment delays occurred.
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Job Hedges
New York Times
One Prayer for Work and Peace in a Free Land
A fragmented plea for labor and simple joys. The speaker seeks work, peace, and modest riches within a free land, lamenting lost dreams yet embracing the light of spring and the value of small pleasures. The passage invokes faith, memory, and a wish to forget folly while holding fast to personal dignity and independence.
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Wien
Wil
Coffee Drinking in Brazil Sparks Noted Stir in Nation
The article notes Brazilians drink coffee in large amounts daily, crafting very strong sweet brews that give a sharp, lasting exhilaration beyond beer. It describes resulting restlessness in habitual drinkers and references village street lamps in Sandwich, Massachusetts, lighting for the first time drawing curious townsfolk.
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Brazil
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F. P. Duffy
American Church Bible Institute
Looby
Christ
Lee
Duffy
Ravenswood
Chicago
Babu Explorer
Darline
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ARKAY
Theotosla Garrison
Sandwich
Mass
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