Finer Wool Prospects From Ancient Sheep Breeds
In Nature Prof J C Ewart argues Europe’s domestic sheep trace to 7000 B C and Soay sheep on St Kilda survive. Crosses with Southdown yield fine mutton and strong beautiful wool. New finds suggest wool from wild Asian sheep inner coats could surpass superfine merino in whiteness and fineness.
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J. C. Ewart
University of Edinburgh
Europe
Soay
St. Kilda
Southdown
Asia
Diligence Defined Across Etymologies and Meanings
The text traces diligence from Latin diligencia and explains its meaning as careful, persistent effort to achieve a valued end. It contrasts diligence with industry, noting diligence is focused on a specific objective while industry implies habitual labor toward a broader goal.
Delicate Pendulum In House Of Parliament Clock
The pendulum of London’s Parliament Tower clock is so sensitive that an ounce weight on a specific part of the mechanism changes the clock rate by one second per week.
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House of Parliament
London
Cling to Savage Customs and Leather Stocking Reappears
The article contrasts New Hebrides rituals with lingering savagery and notes Natty Bumppo, Leather Stocking, as Cooper’s half savage hero closing his career in The Prairie. It juxtaposes indigenous ceremonies and a classic American frontier figure within a single piece.
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New Hebrides
Hebrides
LeatherStocking
Natty Bumppo
James Fenimore Cooper
Savage
Christian Chevalier
Cooper
Infallible Method Puts Hen in Tight Bind
An amateur farmer answered a scam ad promising a sure way to make hens say and received a device tying a string around the bird on a board with a pillow under its head. The note, cited by Bea ton Transcript, mocks the misleading method.
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France
United States
Church Hospitale
Manons
America
Washington
Lincein
Orient
China
India
Unites Financial Campaign
Apel
Interchurch World Movement of
North America
Png Eee
Fesler
J. W. Fesler
Will Fesler
Miller, Elam & Feslen
United States Navy
High Sea
Indiana University
Indianapolis Bar Association
Seventh Congressional District
Repaulican State Committee
Republican Party
Lfe
Indiana
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Tax Board
Henry Abrams H. C. Atkins
T. R. Baker
John F. Barnhill
Arthur R. Baxter H. W. Bennett Allan S. Bixby
J. M. Bloch Guy A. Boyle
Col. Will H. Brown
Fred H. Bruhn
Robert Frost Daggett Solon
J. Carter H. F. Clippinger
Charles F. Coffin
James A. Collins
Albert E. Catter
Henry R. Danner
W. W. Dark
Claude McElwaine
W. C. Marmon
Charles Martindale
Clarence Martindale
Mark H. Miller
Robt. L. Moorehead
F. E. Moskovics
Boy Mountain
Robert E. Neff
Mark W. Pangborn
Enemy W. Pangborn
Edwin B. Pugh
Paul Richey
Robert B. Rhodes
Paul Robertson
Guy D. Rock
Albert M. Rosenthal
John C. Ruckelshaus
Harry E. Rust Russell M. Leeds
Elmer E. Scott Charles B. Sommers
Edward W. Springer Frank D. Stalnaker
Elmer W. Stout W. J. Sumner
Capt. C. S. Tarlton Harry W. Taylor H. N. Throckmorton Lets
Werwis Weisens Larz
A. Whitcom
A. A. Wilkinson
Comtter Wilson Frank W. Wood
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