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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
6
A narrator likens the human body to a city at war with enemies that wear it down but also show how nature recycles all parts. It explains aging, the cycle of matter through food and air, and the idea that living forces build and destroy, with a claim that lifespans could reach about 125 years.
A fragment argues repetition harms storytelling and conversation. It notes listeners grow bored if speakers retell tales too often. The piece compares repetition with music and visual arts, urging concise, refined dialogue and timely responses.
Charlestown West Virginia, founded by a Washington brother, houses a courthouse with notable trials. John Brown was tried there in 1859 and hanged for Harper's Ferry revolt. William Blizzard was acquitted in 1922 for a miners strike treason charge. The building’s story spans 1788 to 1916 with fires and rebuilds.
In New South Wales three of the largest crabs in Australian waters were found raiding an oyster farm. They opened oyster shells with massive nippers, taking a large collection from a shallow pool. No human involvement is mentioned.
New York farmers shift from timothy hay to alfalfa as a primary cash crop. The New York State College of Agriculture at Ithaca notes alfalfa’s high protein content allows substitution for concentrates in dairy cattle and expects rising demand as prices of mill feeds rise. Farmers should produce weed-free, well cured alfalfa, plan for extra supply, and sell only high quality stock.
G R Tillotson forester says farm wood lots are more valuable as timber producers than pasture. A year’s forage value ranges from 25 cents to $1.25 per acre, while a well managed lot yields one half to one cord of wood. Pasturing harms young growth, packs soil, and reduces tree life. hogs hinder seedling establishment. Two to three acres may supply shelter. the rest should be fenced for wood.
Quack grass is best killed by tar paper patches per Matthew Fowlds of South Dakota Agricultural College. Trials show four-year rotations of corn oats wheat and sweet clover help, with stubble plowed after harvest and summer diskings. Alfalfa slows spread but does not kill. Michigan advice favors shallow August plowing, disking sod, burning roots, and spring plowing seven to nine inches deep followed by a cultivated crop.
Worms that eat holes in fruit and truck crops cut profits. A wild wheat spreading as a weed in Kansas wheat fields has been named goat grass. A ewe can be made to accept another ewe’s lamb by placing the dead lamb’s skin on the replacement and watching the ewes nursing.
Farrell replies that he has not traveled in Africa or the Sudan, stating he traveled in a roadster. The exchange clarifies the extent of Farley’s travels and misperceptions about journeys in Africa.
A proposed Larkin building for West Forty-second Street would rise 110 stories with space for over 80,000 people in suites and offices. The plan faces delays from elevator transit concerns and other unresolved issues as city authorities review its viability per the Wall Street Journal.
A sunburnt man shuffles to the host on a dance floor. After tremors subside, guests erupt in applause as the host greets him as an expert Charleston performer from Central Africa. The traveler protests that the dance was not Charleston but ague, a surprising reveal.
Mrs Jones learns of a divorce suit and questions the absent minded husband. Phillips recalls a final twist when he shook down the player piano and cast a music toll into the furnace, proving his limits were reached.
A Canadian government exploration party uncovered a spruce tree buried in ice near Alaska. Stored in the lee of a great glacier, the tree appears to be hundreds of thousands of years old after the glacier receded exposing it. The spruce is estimated to have been 124 years old when the glacier enveloped it.
Her husband explains he keeps his head in cold water to stay awake while awaiting the doctor, and both feel foolish at the possibility of falling asleep before the physician’s arrival.
A quirky Louisville Courier-Journal snippet riffs on expertise in pharmacy. The line asserts a joke about compounding a ham sandwich as a play on professional skill, reflecting a humorous take within a larger piece.
A Boston Transcript quote notes Mrs Scrapp as well-preserved with a wry remark on jars. The text adds a brief scientific aside about stellar temperatures, stating red stars glow cooler, yellow warmer, and white blue stars hottest of all.
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