Lazy Acres Embezzling From Active Farms
H M Madison compares lazy acres in East Texas to embezzlers that siphon output from productive land. He cites 300000 lazy acres in one county, cost of ownership, and minimal rent, urging methods to estimate and curb their impact on schools roads and farming profits. He notes winter flowers and grasses can reduce labor and boost production.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
H. M. Madison
Southern Pacific Lines
East
Double Incentive of Profit Looms in White Market
The text hints at a situation where white markets may offer profit potential, creating a twofold motive for participants. It notes both legitimacy and profit as driving forces.
British Quakers Guard Aged Manuscript Library In London
At the 260th yearly meeting a new London Quaker meeting house guards a vast library beneath with massive steel doors. The manuscript room holds irreplaceable records and items like a treaty between Pennsylvania colonists and Indians, signed by marks and totems.
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Associated Presa
London
Britain
Society
Pennsylvania
Florida man wins orange-eating title with 65 in contest
Final round contestant from Florida claimed the heavy weight crown in orange eating with 65 consumed. The nearest rival tallied 68, surpassing the previous record of 62 set by Howard Stribling of Columbus Ohio.
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Inally
Florida
Howard Stribling
Columbus
King’s Gold Plate Has Special Guard
London reports that Queen Mary and King George use magnificent gold plate at state banquets for visiting rulers. The collection, stored at Windsor Castle, is moved to Buckingham Palace in armored vans with outriders. The 100 guest dinner service includes tureens dishes and covers, fruit and coffee services, and tall gilded candelabra. Each article rests in its locked pigeon hole in Windsor’s strong room guarded by a silversmith and goldsmith.
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Associated Press
London
Queen Mary
King George
England
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Even Roman Women In London Had Corns
Roman women in London 1800 years ago suffered corns on their feet, like today’s Mayfair society. An excavation near the Bank of England uncovered a worn delicate Roman shoe with a coin-marked base of the little toe, its sole thin and well shaped as Bond Street displays.
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Associated Press
London
Mayfair
Bank of England
Bond Street
Snuff Taking Habit Growing in England Common among Women
The Associated Press reports snuff use rising in England across classes. A leading manufacturer says 65 percent of snuff sales come from women, especially cotton mill workers in Lancashire. Society women use it discreetly, buying fancy boxes to match vanity用品.
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Associated Press
London
England
Lancashire
Kiss And Die Warning From San Francisco Doctors
Medical professionals in San Francisco warn that heartbeats rise with excitement like kissing. The piece notes the average heart beats about 1 646 264 000 times in a lifetime and that kissing can raise the rate from 70 to 90 beats per minute, potentially shortening life by about three minutes per kiss.
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San Francisco
Woman Revived After Third Death Upsets Funeral Plans
In Bristol England Mrs Alice Shrive 56 widow of a tradesman was declared dead twice before awakening to interrupt mourning. Relatives insisted on severing two arteries before burial. Thirty years ago she was found alive during removal to a cemetery cart. She has undergone eighty one operations for cancer since then.
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Bristol
Eng
Alice Shrive
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STOVE
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Talsig
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