Ground Sloths Immigrants of Ancient North America
The article outlines how ground sloths migrated from tropical America into North America after a land bridge closure about thirty million years ago. It details their size range, the four distinct genera, and eventual extinction with fossil finds in New Mexico and Patagonia. Evidence from caves shows human occupation overlapped with sloths.
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Tropical America
South America
North
North America
New Mexico
Yale Museum
Patagonia
4 H Club an Educational Movement for Boys and Girls
The 4H club is a rural educational movement for youths ages ten to twenty, designed to stimulate home activities such as gardening, pet care, personal finances, sewing, or room refurnishing. Originating in Ohio Illinois and Iowa and tied to the USDA extension system, it grew after 1899 with impetus from Dr. S A Knapp and expanded with federal state and county support by 1914. Named by O H Benson of Iowa in 1904.
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Farmers’ Institutions
Public Schools
Ohio
Illnois and Town
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cooperative Extension
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
S. A. Knapp
Federal Department of Agriculture
South
State Cooperative Agricultural Extension System
O. H. Benson
Iowa
Etiquet of Tea Drinking Interests Japanese Girls
In the strenuous life of modern Japan young women take lessons in tea etiquette as part of a growing cultural interest. The tea ceremony remains a central Zen rooted practice, even as Western influence grows, and is considered an elegant traditional entertainment. Subjects like money politics and religion are taboo during the ceremony, though philosophy and traditions may be discussed.
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Japan
Washington Post
China
Blizzard Word Origin Tied to Iowa Editors and Snowstorms
Sir William Crai gie notes the term blizzard originated in Iowa usage describing a sharp blow or verbal tirade. An Estherville editor first used it in April 1871 for a heavy snowstorm that obscured the landscape. The word spread among editors during the severe 1880 81 winter, cementing its snowstorm meaning.
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Iowa
Sir Wiliam Craigie
Estherville
Sassafras Use and History Tied to New England Exports
Prof William L Doran of Massachusetts State College notes sassafras has deep New England ties as an early export. Discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602 on Cuttsank Island it sold for three shillings per pound in England. The native tree is ornamental but fragile in severe winters, hardy near the coast.
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Sassafras
New England
William L. Doran
Massachuetts State College
Bartholomew Gosnold
Cuttshank Island
Elizabeth Islands
England
Appointment of Notary Public
A notary public is a public officer who attests deeds and copies or takes affidavits and protests. In the United States appointments are made by state governors and officials swear to support both constitutions and faithfully discharge duties.
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United States
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