Federal aid act to beautify highways nationwide
The federal government may pay half the cost of wayside planting along federal aid highways under a recent act. Massachusetts leads in roadside beautification with native trees shrubs and flowers. Most states lack clear laws on highway vegetation and need parkway development along roadsides.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Roads
Massachusetts Department, of Public Works
Highway and Forestry Departments
Massachusetts Department
Highway Department
Massachusetts
Palmer
Bureau
Great Losses Incurred by Outbreak of Roup
A University of Arkansas study on poultry roup losses reports a $2 425 58 drop in profit for the outbreak year versus the prior year. Depreciation per bird was $1 47. Dr J H Bux says 90 percent of profit loss came from birds and egg output. Prompt culling and treating lesions, disinfecting housing, and ample ventilation limited losses in other flocks.
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University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
J. H. Bux
Trees Too Close in Orchards Share Inadequate Spacing
Orchard trees are planted too close. half should be cut this winter. Trees left permanently are few, limbs stunted or dead from shade. Emphasizes that spacing trees farther apart is crucial for growth and light access.
Soy Beans Made Palatable For Human Food In Austria
Dr. L Berezeller of Vienna has perfected a new patented process to turn soy beans into a palatable meal for human consumption. The method preserves the beans and could be used by bakeries confectioners canners sausage makers and health food producers with noted effectiveness for diabetics.
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L. Berezeller
Vienna
Austria
Orient
Kreisler Reveals Books Hobby During Glasgow Honor
The famed violinist Kreisler recently received an LL D from Glasgow University. In Scotland his hobby was revealed as books. In his Berlin library he has many quaint volumes and rare Latin works he reads and buys.
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Kreisler
Glasgow University
Scotland
Berlin
Germany
Making His Point Irishman Pleads Guilty with Witnesses
An Irish defendant, urged by counsel to plead guilty as a first offender, admits guilt in court and says he has witnesses to prove it. The judge asks for a guilty plea and the man clarifies his position with his stated witnesses.
Politician Credits Mother In Humorous Exchange
A hall audience hears a politician say all he is he owes to his mother. A voice from the rear quips about being out of debt, yielding a light moment in Tit-Bits.
Early U S Public Land Policy and Settlement Prohibitions
The article traces bylines from 1780 to 1816 the U S approach to public lands under the Articles of Confederation and early federal statutes. It notes Congress resolutions on surveying disposal to pay Revolutionary War debts, initial large block sales, and prohibitions on settlement with penalties and temporary occupancy exceptions.
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Congress
Preservation Method for 1923 Quake Victims Buried at Mount Koya
Hidejiro Nagata, ex mayor of Tokyo, perfected a method to memorialize 104,619 earthquake dead. Names on special paper sealed in scrolls, 100 per sheet, bound and wrapped in mourning silk, placed in a crystal container buried beneath a Mount Koya tower. Mount Koya is a central Japan Buddhist site with a tradition restricting women from the summit.
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Hidejiro Nagata
Tokyo
Mount Koya
Mount
Koya
Japan
Knot hole in fence helps sight over tall barrier
In a lawyer humor vignette from the Kansas City Star a cross examining attorney questions how a five foot four witness could see over a 14 foot fence. The witness coolly replies there is a knot hole in the fence allowing view to the other side.
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Kansas City Star
Mexican sugar fly game described by traveler
A southern California traveler shares a Mexican gambling game where players place sugar lumps on the table and the lump a fly first lands on wins. He calls it a charmingly restful game, though the money handling can be fatiguing.
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California
D. H. Talmadge
Portland Oregonian
Oldest continuous daily papers and German lead
Germany has nine newspapers published daily since the seventeenth century with the Magdeburgische Zeitung founded in 1626. The Hartford Courant is the oldest U.S. daily at 164 years. Germany has 3,257 dailies to the United States 2,272, while Germany’s population is about half of the U.S.
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Germany
Magdeburgische Zeitung
United States
Hartford Courant
Origins of Gypsies Traced to Northwestern India
The race of gypsies is mixed and varies by region as they trace origins to northwestern India. Historical accounts place their dispersion from 9th century northern invaders driving bands into Kabulistan Persia and onward through Syria Egypt North Africa and into Europe. Fourteen or more dialects show their widespread spread.
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India
Europe
Kabulistan
Persia
Syria
Egypt
Africa
Turkey
Dunmow Flitch Ceremony Traced to Ancient Meat Pact
Father Ronald Knox presents a humorous preface for the Dunmow Flitch celebration at Hiford England. He recalls the ritual origins in marriage by capture where a pig sacrifice led to the flitch prize, suggesting early awards praised unhappy matches rather than cheerful unions.
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Ronald Knox
Hiford
England
Father Knox
Community Scheme Fizzle at Brook Farm near Roxbury
Brook Farm established 1841 by George Ripley and wife near Roxbury Massachusetts as a cooperative with 200 acres and stockholders. It ran a school and shared work and pay while selling farm products. Noted participants included Nathaniel Hawthorne Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller. The venture dissolved in 1847 after financial losses and waning enthusiasm.
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Roxbury
Mass
George Ripley
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Charles A. Dana
Johns. Dwight
George P. Bradford
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Amos K. Alcott
Theodore Parker
George W. Curtis
Margaret Fuller
Ostentation and Wealth in a Boston Lecture by Gaskell
Peter Gaskell, a millionaire socialist, argued wealth is pursued for display. A guest named Newrich wore a huge diamond at a wedding breakfast, drawing little notice as he adjusted his necktie and finally addressed the couple with a loud blessing.
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Peter Gaskell
Boston
Newrich
Comparative Wealth Echoes From a Simple Life
A poor man travels the country with just enough fortune to live, contrasting his contentment with a millionaire's raking in wealth. The poor man declares he is richer because he has as much money as he wants while the millionaire lacks that freedom.
Daylight Saving Time Debate in Edinburgh Dispatch
A correspondent argues DST is not a past idea but a lasting concept. He cites a biblical verse in Isaiah implying time shifts akin to the sun dial of Ahaz, suggesting a return of shadows and a reversal of degrees as metaphor for time adjustment.
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Edinburgh Dispatch
Ahaz
Diplomatic Composer Dom Luiz Delivers Royal Singers Remark
The Portugal king Dom Luiz fancied himself a singer. When Rossini judged the royal voice he praised the king with a sly quip saying he had never heard a king sing better.
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Dom Luiz
Portugal
Rossini
Library at barracks boosts Victorian police reading
The chief commissioner General Blamey set up a well stocked library for young members of the Victorian police. A new stocky country youth librarian faced a reader asking for The Pickwick Papers. He answered that only the three morning papers were available.
Susan Blow Founder of Missouri First Kindergarten
Fifteen years after her death on March 26 1916 Susan Elizabeth Blow a St Louis native founded Missouri's first kindergarten in 1873. Her work sparked St Louis public kindergartens and influenced urban programs nationwide through the New Education movement.
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Missouri
F. C. Shoemaker
Susan Elizabeth Blow
St. Louis
Miss Blow
United States
Henry T. Blow
Susan Blow
Miss Bolw
New York
Maria Kraus Boele
Friedrich Froebel
Blankenburg
Germany
Harris
Dr. Harris
Des Peres School
Europe
Baroness Bulow
Froebel
Jefferson City
Gari Melchers
Susan E. Blow
Mary C. McCulloch
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Tidlivs
Lmprove
Batiste
Bond’s Model Cleaners
Brookfield, Missouri
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