Ancient Greek Watchtower Hemeroskopeion Found in Spain
Doctor Carpenter notes Hemeroskopeion, the Lookout Post, a 1 076 foot rock near Pants de Ifach 20 miles south of Cape and 30 miles south of Denia, as a strategic ancient naval base. Explorers expect Emportion ruins in Port de Barcelona and Hemeroskopelon site work when funds allow.
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Pants de Ifach
Denia
Hemeroskopeion
Doctor Carpenter
Gibraltar
Balearic Islands
Mediterranean
B. C
Sertorius
Rome
Barcelona
Emporion
Spain
Carpenter
Hemeroskopelon
American Finds Lost Greek Town
Bryn Mawr Pa based archaeologist Prot Ithius Carpenter reports the discovery of Hemeroskopelon, a coastal Greek trading town dating before 600 B C in eastern Spain. The find links Denia Dianium as incorrect and confirms a Greek center near Emporion and Mainake with Iberian artifacts showing Greek influence.
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Bryn Mawr
Spain
Prot
Ithus Carpenter
Bryn Mawr College
Roskopelon
Mediterranean
Iberia
Iis
Emporian
Mainake
Women Rule in Tibet Take Six Husbands Apiece
New York dispatch describes Tibetan women wielding household power and organizing family life. A woman may take six or more husbands, often brothers, and directs both home and outside affairs. They manage grain, thresh on mud roofs, barter for sustenance, and bathe sparingly.
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New York
Tibet
Ruth
Abraham
Cougars Impair Livestock and Game in Washington
Washington and Oregon report widespread cougar predation on cattle calves sheep deer elk and game birds. A 13 year old boy was killed near Oleava, and multiple hunts pursued large cats from Kelso Brayton Mountain and Hood River to protect settlements and livestock.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
Oregon
James Fehlelhaber
Oleava
Okanogan
Peter C Peterson
Sheriff C. Studebaker
Cochita County
Braynton Mountain
Kelso
James Brownell
Binkiltee
Longview
Hood River
Ore
E. A. Bell
Yelm
Okanagan
Sequim
Queets
Concrete
Rockport
Wallula
Falls City
Belgian Hero Henri Geeraert Dies in Belgium
Bruges reports the death of Henri Geeraert a dockkeeper who opened the Yser sluices in 1914 flooding the battlefield and halting German advance. He received the Cross of the Order of Leopold on Christmas for preventing a Belgian collapse and protecting Calais from invasion.
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Bruges
Belgium
Henri Geeraert
Nieuport
Order of Leopold
Yser
Geersert
Japanese Move to Farm Arkansas Colony
The Commercial Appeal reports plans to settle thousands of Japanese farmers between Marion and Joyner Arkansas. Two Japanese California families have settled on large land areas and a Memphis realtor has formed a company to buy thousands of acres to colonize with up to 50,000 Japanese. The colony would focus on farming.
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Memphit ‘Tenn
Arkansas
Marion
Joyner
Ark
California
Memphis
British Science Studies Habits of the Herring
Scientists study herring habits in Britain after Norwegian field work. Fisheries authorities warn that large North Sea catches threaten supply and trigger research into migrations and age distribution. Researchers tag, release and count scale rings to map movements and ensure future runs.
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London
Norway
North Sea
Fisheries Development Commission
Live Stock Not Improving Fast
A United States Department of Agriculture bulletin notes livestock quality remains uneven. It cites small percentages of prime or choice beef at major markets due to poor breeding and feeding, with dairy cows producing far less milk than well-bred herds abroad. It honors progress by some stockmen but warns overall American livestock lag in breeding, feeding, and management.
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United States Department Cor Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agricul Fhe
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Warning Against Quack Poultry Remedies
State entomologist H C Severin warns poultry men to beware of remedies sold as miracle cures for mites lice and vermin. Liquids are lime sulfur or sheep dip and tablets mainly calcium sulfide or sulfur mixed with iron rust. claims of curing through drinking water are unfounded and costly at up to a dollar an ounce.
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H. C. Severin
South Dakota State College
Severin
Acreage Grown to Corn in 1924 Shows Decrease
The 1924 United States Department of Agriculture report shows 84 percent of corn acreage used for grain versus 80 percent in 1923. Total area for all crops was 105,012,000 acres with 87,838,000 acres for grain, 6,090,000 for silage, and 11,064,000 hogged down for forage. Much of 1924 silage corn was immature or frosted and not fit for husking.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cheaper Grain Ration for Fattening Cattle
Farmers seek cheaper grain rations as corn prices rise. A standard mix of six parts corn to one part cotton seed cake or meal is suggested as the most cost effective given current feed values.
Handling Gumbo Soil Plan For Heavy Gumbo
The best plan for heavy gumbo soil is to feed it to alfalfa and leave a crop lite alfalfa for long periods. Increasing soil quality can be done by growing sweet clover and adding manure or other organic matter. Incorporating organic matter is more practical than lime, says L. E. Call of Kansas State Agricultural College.
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L. E. Call
Kansas State Agricultural College
Plan Now for Next Year's Potato Crop
Prof E V Hardenburg urges timely seed selection as a path to higher yields and lower costs. He notes 1944 crop records and shows seed quality drives 50 percent higher output, with tested strains of Green Mountain Pural and Irish Cobbler yielding 389 342 and 245 bushels per acre respectively.
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United States
E. V. Hardenburg
New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
Hardenburg
New York State
Department of Vegetable Gardening
State College of Agriculture
Timothy Hay Loses Caste Among Dairymen
At Michigan Agricultural College researchers tested roughage values in cow rations. A 1200-pound cow fed 12 pounds timothy hay plus silage and grain required more grain than when fed oat straw. Substituting clover or alfalfa hay reduced grain needs accordingly.
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Timothy Hay
Michigan Agricultural College
Farm Facts for 1925 Yield Gains and Costs
Higher yields in 1925 lower unit costs while crop rotation cuts pests and boosts soil. Sweet clover and alfalfa offer green pasture, soybeans fit any rotation, and a full season’s growth can seed wheat on same land. Recordkeeping helps track money, and breeding cows for fall freshening boosts dairy income.
Woman's Game Sworn Off Smoking Sparks Delicate Debate
A brief note in The Progressive Grocer quotes a woman as renouncing smoking saying it is becoming too effeminate while another line mocks business greed as heartless. The fragment hints at gender norms and societal attitudes toward commerce in the era.
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Cologne
Europe
Cabo de la Nan
Henteroskopeion
Dianium
Denin
Ockkeeper
Dixmude
Geerzert
Corge
Sluicekeeper
Geeraert
Tennessee
Chloe
Spohn
Drur Steen Spohn Medical CO
Goshen, Ind
Tate
Falton St
Saybang
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Aborhood
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