Dormancy in Plants Not Triggered by Frost Says Coville
Dr. Frederick V. Coville of the U S Department of Agriculture reports ten years of experiments showing dormancy in trees and shrubs begins before winter cold and that frost is not required. He finds plants need a chilling period during winter to resume growth in spring and that ordinary warmth after dormancy does not restart growth.
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Frederick V. Coville
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Jack Frost
Coville
Scientific American
Liars Pretty Well Matched Poultry Tale
An American poultry farmer visits England to compare farming methods and boasts of high hatch counts. A wary English farmer challenges him with a tale of a hundred chickens hatched from a single setting, claiming Ipswich farmers fill a barrel with eggs under a setting hen.
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England
America
United States
Maister
Waal
Ipswich
Houston Post
Marcus Aurelius on human limits and attainable aims
A meditation quoting Marcus Aurelius suggests that what is proper and possible for humans should be seen as attainable, while distinguishing difficulty from impossibility and urging resolve in pursuing worthy goals.
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Gally
Marcus Aurellus
Watkins Co Seeks Agents In Atlantic Territories
Dusty ad seeks sales agents for Watkins products in Atlantic regions. Claims exceptional earnings up to 310 dollars per hour and urges writing for samples and particulars. Mentions J R Watkins Co Dept 8264 Washington St North Boston Mass.
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Watkins
Atl
J R. Watkins Co
Washington St
North
Boston
Mass
Human Factors in Flying Join Vestibular Research Project
National Research Council researchers study how inner ear function and vestibular systems affect seasickness and pilot performance. A committee on vestibular research formed to coordinate work and a project on habituation to rotation gains approval. An executive committee leads, with aviation cooperation from the Air Service.
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National Research Council
J Gordon Wilson
Raymond Dodge
FH. Pike
Division of Biology
Natiional Research Council
Listen on a brass band risk for Elisha Johnson
Mr Elisha Johnson seeks his pastor's view on whether a Methodist may join a brass band. He hopes to play the trombone and asks if that would cause him to fall from grace. The minister replies a test of public tolerance is needed before judging the risk.
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Elisha Johnson
Elisha
Johnson
Mlwaukee Sentinel
First aid packs fixed in steel boxes on Pullman cars
First aid packets no longer stored in lockers on Pullman cars. They are now installed in steel boxes matching the car, two packs per box, attached to the wall in the passageway high enough to stay out of sight yet easily reachable.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Armistice Day Observances In Bristol And Banquet Honor
The fourth Armistice Day was marked informally by Kearney Post No 6 American Legion with a large Armistice Ball at the Naval Armory and church bell ringing on Saturday. A third annual Armistice Day banquet followed at Hotel Belvedere with nearly 200 members, guests, and veterans attending a formal dinner.
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Kearney Post
No.6
American Legion
Naval Armory
Peerless Decorating Co
Burke
Burnside Memorial
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Belvedere
Post and
Women’s Auxiliary
G. A. R. Veterans of
Babbitt Post
Babbitt Post Women’s Relief Corps
Morrissey
National Colors
F. L. Leahy
Judge Leahy
Wall
Kearney
Aear
Centyov
Beng
Ingh
Bristol
Daniel W Coggeshall
State Senate
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Cecil
Coggeshall
James F. Lavander
General Assembly
Lavander
Robert H. Bullock
Babbitt Relief Corps
L. H. Callan
France
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Legion
Post
Picardy
Marne
Somme
Chemin Des Dames
Argonne
Awa
America
American Legion of Ours
Paris
St. Lows
William Hirst Kearney
Jacob Jones
England's Oldest Tree in Hampton Court Park
An English correspondent notes a 1000 year old oak by the Long water at Hampton Court. A request for a protective fence was declined with a pledge of preservation by park keepers under Lord Harcourt. The hollow tree measures 42 feet around at chest height and can shelter about a dozen inside.
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England
Lord Harcourt
Lewis Blarcourt
Hampton Court Park
Harcourt
Reward in Upper Berth Theft Surprise
A traveler recalls giving up a lower berth to an older woman and receiving no thanks from the porter yet discovering a theft in the night. He found that passengers with lovers were robbed and his own upper berth held over a hundred dollars in cash tucked in his pocket.
Strategy and Tactics Distinct Military Concepts
Strategy comes from strategia meaning army leadership and covers the broad direction of campaigns. Tactics focuses on maneuvering forces in the battlefield area and in the presence of the enemy.
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Strategia
Giant Russian Food Monster Plans Return to Farm Life
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a nine foot three inch, 485 pound Russian giant named Kazanloff who consumes massive amounts daily. He eats four to five pints of milk, up to twenty eggs, four pounds of meat, five loaves of bread, and large vegetables, plus four to six pints of wine and eight to twelve pints of beer. He longs to return to his father's farm in Siberia, hoping famine does not reach him there.
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Kazanloff
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Siberia
Hungary
Cincinnat! Enquirer
Novel shoe grasshoppers aid children in play
A New York inventor May C Southgate creates mechanical giant grasshoppers worn like shoes to help children hop skip and jump. Spring steel legs and rubber feet cushion landings and boost activity for physical development per the Philadelphia Ledger summary.
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May C. Southgate
New York
Philadelphia Ledger
Ultra thin gold film makes transparent sheet
A 12 798 000 inch thick gold sheet was created, about 10 5684 times thinner than normal paper. One grain covers nearly four square feet and is transparent. The process deposits gold onto copper then dissolves copper in nitric acid to leave the floating gold film collected on glass.
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Popular Science Monthly
Everest Reaches New Verified Height of 29141 Feet
The Indian survey confirms Mount Everest as 29141 feet high, the globe’s highest surface point. Extreme Himalayan elevations hinder climbers and remain only partly understood, with 24000 feet previously reached by the Duke of Abruzzi and Norwegians on Kabru near Darjeeling.
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Everest
Himalayas
Duke of the Abruzzi
Kabru
Darjeeling
Goats and Bills Bring Quick Quip to Delivery Scene
A doctor ready to depart after congratulating a new father is playfully teased by a burly goat chasing a dog. The father jokes about selling the goat to the doctor as the bill comes to fifty dollars. The doctor ponders paying sixty for a kid, noting a full-grown goat should be worth more.
Flapper Quip Sparks Silent Lesson In Hoosier School
An austere lecturer denounces flappers to high school girls in Indiana. She questions a bobbed haired student who, after being pressed about babies, replies that she has stopped believing in the stork, causing a tense moment.
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Indianapolis News
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