Kenya Colony a Rift of Africa and Its People
Prepared by the National Geographic Society report details the Cairo to Cape air link via Khartum to Kisumu, Kenya and Lake Victoria. It surveys Kenya’s geography, tribes, colonial governance from protectorate to crown colony, and the mix of Arabs, Indians, Africans, and Europeans. It notes Rift Valley scenery, Kisumu port, and historic political shifts toward limited native participation.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Cairo
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
Khartum
Soudan
Kisumu
Kenya
Lake Victoria
Lake Superior
England
British East Africa
Lake
Victoria
Kilimanjaro
Kenya Peak
Uganda Steamship Line
Great Britain
East Africa
Legislative Council
India
Union
South Africa
Asia
Kenya Colony
Mount Kenya
Moon
Roosevelt
Amador County bonnets and railroad skirmish headlined
Amador County residents view an Ama dor County Chamber of Commerce display of early-day bonnets from Volcano. Hats marked Made in Paris were gifted to Secretary Harold Tallon by James Grillo as part of a rare crate found in a Volcano store basement. The report also notes Jacob Pfosi on a Roseville railroad career and a shell of volcanic history as Volcano nears ghost town status.
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Amador County
Paris
Volcano
California
Jacob Pfosi
Roseville
Pfosi
Pacific Fruit Express
Jacob
War Veterans Memorial work and Kern oil land deals in California
Concrete work for the War Veterans Memorial in Chico is due to begin soon while a 23,000 acre timber land purchase in Siskiyou and Modoc counties is filed. Other items note Taylor oil well near Clovis resuming drilling, the Dunn home at Petaluma being razed, Libby McNeil Libby buying Paterson creamery to convert for milk, and Kern County plans for improvements and oil land leasing.
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Chico
Siskiyou
Modoc
Siskiyou County
Taylor Oil
Clovis
Dunn
Petaluma
Mutual Creamery
Patterson
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Kern County
Fairgrounds
Board of Supervisors
Prune Grapes to Secure Finest Fruit at Ithaca College
Professor Joseph W Kamp of the New York State College of Agriculture in Ithaca explains winter pruning aims to limit canes and buds. He outlines stages from planting to trellis training, knocking back excess growth to two buds, tying vines to stakes, and maintaining a Kniffen trellis with two to four buds on selected canes for optimal fruit.
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Joseph Oskamp
New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
Good Plan to Propagate Various Kinds of Plants
Easy guide to propagating many plants by winter cuttings from last summer’s wood. Bundle with butts aligned, bury in outdoor pit or store in a deep box cellar, then plant in spring in good soil and keep moist through summer for a fair growth.
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University of California
Sacramento
Southern Pacific Company
Sacramento Southern Pacific Company
State Board of Health
San Francisco Bay District
San Francisco
Oakland
Berkeley
Pacific Northwestern
Los Gatos
White Creek
Fresno County
State Agricultural Service
Coalinga
Chamber of Commerce
State Department
New York State
R. E. Mittelstaedt
Soldiers’ Bonus Bureau
Albany
N. Y
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers’ Association
Milo L. Rowell
Clyde Thompson
Rowell
Tulare
J. M. Blodgett
Lodi
Orchard Gleanings
Pacific Ocean
Santa Monica
A. J. Pometta
Martinez-Benicia
J.H. Thornber
Fifteenth District Agricultural Association
Richardson
Thornber
Placerville
Veterans’ Hospital
Sawtelle
Imperial Valley
Co-operative Marketing Concern
Modesto Irrigation District
Modesto
Don Pedro Dam
Turlock
Big Bear Lake
San Bernardino Mountains
Reynolds Lipner Corporation
America
BE. J. Cox
Cox
Shave
Department of Agriculture
B. O. Dodge
R. B. Wilcox
Office of
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States
Michigan
Georgia
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