Various Scientific Snippets and Observations Across Fields
A compilation notes rapid feats in tracking and measurement, a Danish survey of Korea, and disputes in medical accounts. It mentions an electrical oven in France, power plants in Maine, and a tall cactus claim. it also covers color theory updates, human evolution finds, and a long awaited plant blooming in the reach of a gardener, with one bud opening soon and another forming.
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Japan
Korea
Argentina
Marnallies
France
Walla
Marne Havel
Century plant in bloom delights Seattle garden crowd
A century plant owned by Mrs W J McAlister of Seattle has recently produced a full, fragrant bloom showing a large shell-like blossom. The Times reports the impressive flowering, noting its beauty and size in the coastal town garden scene.
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W. J. McAlister
Seattle
the Times
Homing Instincts Questioned in Animal Behavior Study
A passage discusses why animals travel home and argues there is no true homing instinct. It cites memory, affection, and learned cues as keys to navigation, noting otters and other species rely on perseverance and training rather than a universal instinct. The piece also references legal notices and a diet diary, reflecting mixed content from a Chicago Record-Herald clipping.
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Arizona
Hogtora Hritton
Roxo
Reali
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Hed
Rosenstiel
Pleistocena
Neanderthel
Spy
Early blight and potato spraying methods
The article explains early blight in potatoes caused by a fungus, its signs like yellowing leaves, and that Bordeaux mixture with Paris green can prevent it if applied before infection. It cites a Vermont trial showing yield increases, and notes spraying costs around $1.85 per acre.
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Hughe
Vermont
Practical Jokers Strike At New Yorker Paper
A New Yorker plays a cruel joke by inserting a false employment ad for thirty men at a shop in a city paper. Able bodied men arrive eager for work, only to learn no ad existed. The prank causes fatigue, disappointment, and lost trust in humanity as the jokers escape accountability.
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Hamon
Kyril Natures
New Yorker
In- Alanspolis
Weeding One Unprot Dairy Farms and Cheese Cows
Weeding unproductive dairy farms and shifting to cows improves soil and profits. Grain farming strains land, but gradual changes toward cow breeding and cheese production may yield better fat to casein ratios, echoing method used in butter testing to cull inferior cows. Focus on cheese as the specialty.
Tan a Hide by Salt, Alum, and Bark Process
To tan a hide, salt well the green hide and let stand thirty six hours. Remove hair with lime, soak seven to eight days in clear running water, then scrape clean. For ordinary hides, dissolve three pounds alum and five of salt in warm water, soak and stir daily for five days, then rinse and soak in clear water with bruised red oak bark. Hang when half dry and work.
Apple Storage House in Hillside With Earth Covered Roof
A hillside apple storage house features a brush and earth covered roof. A ventilator is noted, indicating a basic ventilation element for preserving produce. The fragment suggests rustic construction techniques typical of rural storage facilities.
Beekeeping Methods Against Foul Brood and Black Brood
The article explains bee diseases foul brood and black brood. It notes their impact in parts of the state, especially New York, and outlines treatment: remove all combs, start anew with clean hives, and repurpose old combs for wax.
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New York State
Washington
Feeding Whole Grain and Cow Calf Effects Bulletin 242
Feeding Whole Grain, Bulletin No 242 of the Michigan Experiment Station presents exact data on feeding whole grain to cows heifers and calves. When whole grain was fed to cows 60 percent was unmasticated while for heifers 10 percent, and for calves the remainder. Chemical analysis shows no change in unmasticated parts, suggesting no benefit from grain that passes unaltered through the digestive tract.
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Michigan Experiment Station
Who Giveth Himself Heart Reading Sacrifice for Myrtle
Celia Framley and Marcia Leslie discuss Myrtle in a tale of literary mentorship. Moved by Myrtle’s eager reading, Celia resolves to donate her treasured volumes, feeling the sting of parting yet choosing to share the masters with the girl. She sprints to Myrtle’s door and gifts the books with her love.
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Celia Framley
Marcia Leslie
Marcia
Myrtle
Miss Framley
Laura Jean Libbey
Bob
Myrie
West
Browning
Palgrave
Celia
Thackeray
Lowell
Sir Launfal
Alma
Cella
Marela
Musician Edward MacDowell a Master of Wit
Biography by Lawrence Gilman highlights MacDowell humor with quotes about his witticisms. Anecdotes include the wild rose remark at a high school graduation and a hippo with a clover leaf image. The piece notes his teaching and a student resting page marked with a red line.
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Edward MacDowell
Courtle
Lawrence Gilman
Plano
Mr. Hamiston
Schumann
Columbis
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ATC
Detroit Times
qagAat
Woody—Miusto
Mies Blunt
Summerlin
Seaboard Air Line R. Co
Pla
Maeson
Nelson
N. C
Henson
Lehigh Valley R. R Co
GO. A
A. LN. S
Mable
Cahill
EB. B
A. L. Stone & Co
L. R.A
Chicago Record-Herald
Census Bureau
Department of Agriculture
United States
Ifchias
Hillsine
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