Argentine alfalfa fails in Michigan tests
East Lansing April 80 Argentine alfalfa seed, imported in millions of pounds, fails in Michigan conditions. Michigan Agricultural College tests show Argentine lots yield less than 1 percent stands after winter, while adapted Grimm and Northern Grown Common strains achieve 100 percent stands. Analysts warn that most imported alfalfa seed is unsuitable for northern conditions and yields are unreliable nationwide.
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East Lansing
Michigan
Michigan Agricultural College
C. R. Megee
College Crops
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Vision of Women as Shelved Dolls in The Triumph of Gallo
A passage imagines a world where women are placed on shelves and can be taken down for use, applauded or domesticated, then returned to shelves. The narrator contrasts moments of household labor with distant, stern partnerships among men, dismissing women as interchangeable dolls to be reset with a new repertory.
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W. L. George
Gallo
The Gift Appropriate
Mrs Alacas tle praises a daughter's vocabulary as guests tour the Bullingtons newly furnished palace wing. Josiah had planned an escritoire but the hostess preferred a grand vocabulary fit for the room, not a costly desk.
System Among Birds Warblers and Others
System among birds describes warblers kinglets chickadees nut hatches and creepers in branches as they hunt tiny insects. It notes their insistent lisping to sharpen focus on prey and uses ears to sense neighboring birds avoiding crowding. The text emphasizes territory hints and staying in touch with fellows.
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Iis
Fragmentary text from historical notice with unclear meaning
Readable fragments mention BESSEMER PHARMACY JOHN J FRICK and names like Jesse Smith. Other lines are garbled, resembling OCR noise with scattered place references and numbers. No coherent event or report is ascertainable from the snippet.
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Olsen
Jesse Smith
N. J
Chagas
Kates
Bay
Sli
Harare
Rune
Nate
Bessemer Pharmacy
John J
FRICK
Surnames and origins of Strange Strang and Lestrange
The passage traces the origins of the surnames Strange Strang and Lestrange, noting variants and possible origins from Strong and L estrange. It mentions Benjamin Sillin and a 177-born chemist, plus Sir Robert Strange the line engraver born in Orkney, and explains name evolution in France England and Scotland.
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United States
Dyniet Sb Paws
Tenjamain Ein
Benjamin Sillin
Strange Wand
Strange
Strang
North of England
Robert Strange
Orkney
Thibaut
Mane
France
Theudobald Thiebaud
Thiebaud
Tibant
Ana
England
First Recorded Divorce Found In Ancient Egypt
A papyrus document unearthed at Thebes is claimed to contain the first recorded divorce decree. The two thousand year old artifact bears a notary’s signature on the front and signatures of satellites on the reverse, though details are fragmentary.
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Thebes
Egypt
Satel
Stattel Breil
Right of Trial by Jury in Anglo Saxon Law
Fragmentary OCR explains jury rights as a great bulwark of liberty. It notes freemen and men of property being called as jurors and contrasts trial by jury with impaired access when jurors are recused by custom law.
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Jay
Mtr
Opela
Puzzle From 2-Year-Old Call Reaches Johns Hopkins
An unsolved crossword puzzle called the Phaestus, over two years old, has been donated to Johns Hopkins Museum in Baltimore. The quirky item was previously unknown to collectors and now sits in the museum's collection for study and display.
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Phaestus
John Hopkins Museum
Baltimore
Heine and Don Quixote A Life of Shifting Feelings
The essay traces Heine’s changing reactions to Don Quixote from boyhood boredom to later reverence for courage and folly, noting how his mood mirrored the world’s. It also explains Theta as the unlucky letter used by judges to condemn prisoners, from the Greek word for death.
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Heine
Don Quixote
Thin Knight
Tines Literary Supplement
Contractor found dead near Mellen with note of despondency
Ole Tufta a 32 year old Minneapolis railroad contractor was found shot in a sand pit near Mellen. He had a note to his sister mentioning influenza and despondency and asked someone to care for his daughter. He left $1900 in a Minneapolis bank and $1000 from the Soo Line.
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Ole Tufta
Minneapolis
Mellen
Thomas Michaelson
South Dakota
Tufta
Soo Line
Montreal
Ironounty
Ed House
John House
Pest Imported in 1885 Weevil invasion of U S cotton
The boll weevil, originally Mexican near Monclova in Coahuila, damaged cotton there by 1856 to 1862, crossed the Texas border in 1885, and by 1922 infested nearly all U S cotton regions, leaving only sparse unsettled areas in west and northwest Texas.
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Monclova
Coahuila
Mex
Texas
United States
Blonde Bess Opines on Coal Prices and Ice
A pithy line from Blonde Bess noting that mothers no longer fret over coal prices and that she advised her mother to consider ice as a safer topic. The quip reflects light social commentary and the era’s humor.
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Blonde Bess
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DAL
L. F. van Zelm
J Hustle Down
Tang
Ick
Tvs
Osfid
SCO
Michigan Bell Telephone CO
City of
Bessemer
Board of Review of
Joseph L. Gotta
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