County Agent: Farm Physician for Rural America
A nationwide system places county agents as agricultural generalists guiding farmers and families. The program, funded by federal and state sources, now exceeds 1,000 agents with extensive duties from silos to disease control, plus a growing cadre of women agents and 250,000 youth participants in clubs and projects.
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United States
Uncle Sam
United States Treasury
State College
Department of Agriculture
White Pine Blister Rust Threat Spurs Forest Protections
Thiele Sam drives campaign to curb white pine blister rust first introduced to the United States in 1909. The mature eastern white pine stands valued at about 186 million dollars, western pines at 240 million, underscoring the disease’s peril to future forests. The life cycle requires five-needle pines and currants or gooseberries and calls for public reports to the bureau of plant industry for free inspections.
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Thiele Sam
United States
Uncle Sum
Bureau of Plant Industry
Seeing Through Concrete With Roentgen Rays
A Swiss inspector demonstrates X ray examinations to view rebar inside concrete without demolition. Early tests by Engineer Stettler show plates revealing inner cement block structures and rebar placement, including connections and crossings, aiding evaluation of reinforcement integrity.
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3B. Stettler
Swiss Railway Department
George Nicholas Tift
Sam
St. Gall
Switzerland
Tift
Stettler
Dogs of War: Sentinels and Sentries in Continental Armies
Remarkable items document war dogs used as scouts, sentries, messengers, and draught animals. British, French, Belgian regiments train canines under a formal dog academy led by Étienne and Berlin, with thousands of dogs serving from Flanders to Verdun. Notable heroes include Marquis, Cyrane, and Ben of Anzac, denoting their bravery and strategic value in key battles and campaigns.
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London
Theodore Marples
Our Dogs
Min
Miust
France
Rene Haas
Alaska
Near Arc Ue
Megnin
L'Eleveur
Dog Academy
Ann Association of
Vtienne
Berlin
Municiaal Council
Verein Fur Deutsche Schaferquad
Marquis
Reimental
Wrench Infantry
Sarebaurg
Trontie
Pell
Podge
North
Bae
Ruff
Boesinghe Woods
Ypres
Pruseo
Side Cay
Cyrane
Sagueity
Anny
Lity
Verdun
Pointblink
Ben
Anzac
Gallipoli
Ben Squirrel
Suffolk Yeomanry
Ipswich
Red ‘Cross
Tugland
California approves Osaka bank branch in San Francisco
California state superintendent of banks approves the rescue and license of a Japanese bank, the YW Bank for YW, to establish a branch in San Francisco. The capital allotment is set at $300,000, with regulatory steps to ensure proper operation.
Rare God of Death Water Bottle Discovered by Dutch Explorer
Captain de Booy, a young Dutch explorer, shows a pottery water bottle shaped as a hunchbacked god of death. He found it in a cave in the West Indies during a four month expedition. He claims there is only one other in the world, a female form, making this piece exceptionally unique.
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United States
de Booy
West Indies
Burlingame Considers Quiet Dogs Ordinance
Burlingame California city officials move to ban loud or prolonged noises by dogs and machines within city limits unless clearly regulated. The ordinance targets barking and other noises causing discomfort to ordinary residents as the city seeks quieter nights for sleepers.
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Burlingame
Cal
Eity
Iron Rod Garries Death In Rail Yard Accident
White Plains New York Guy Walker aged forty was killed by electric shock while measuring oil in a tank car at the New York Westchester and Boston Railway freight yards. He touched a live feed wire while withdrawing an iron rod and about 12000 volts surged through him, knocking him to the ground. He leaves a wife and five children residing at Silver Lake.
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White Plains
N. Y
Guy Walker
New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Company
Walker
Silver Lake
Fought Shark and Swordfish off Catalina Island
Capt Tad Gray and two companions on the Swatika I fought a large thrashing shark during a three day Catalina Island fishing cruise. The shark was aided by a swordfish and the struggle lasted about an hour.
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Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Tad Gray
Daddy's Evening CJ Fairy Tales Tale of bats and a cave
A storyteller Daddy recounts a tale about bats living in a dark cave and a giant who questions their sociability. Father Blind Bat and Mr Giant clash over language and behavior as they plan a village roof top dance for the bats and children, highlighting playful misunderstandings and gentle humor.
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Daddy
Mr. Giant
Nancy
Father Bind Tint
Fother
Mr. Grant
Father Blind Bat
Father Bind Bat
Father Bling Bat
Mr.Grant
Yonder Village
Blind Bat
Howse
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Europe
Saloniki
Satoniki
Teutens
Belgium
Albert
Red Cross Dog League
GOD OF Death
California
Rod Garries
Mary Graham Bonner
Bats and
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