Old Merv Restored then Ruined By Time and War
The author recounts traveling from New Merv to Bairam Ali noting the ruined sites of ancient Merv, once a grand metropolis rivaling Baghdad, destroyed by Jenghiz Khan and later damaged by wars. He portrays the ruins as largely devoid of interest, with a surviving witness in the young commissar and a shift toward a new irrigation city at Bairam All.
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New Merv
Bairam Ali
Timur
Old Merv
Murghab
Royal
Familly
Maynard Owen Wiliam
Christian Herald
Batram
Merv
Seleucus Nikater
Mohamet
Bagdad
Orient
Jhenghiz Khan
Bokharna
Sultan Bent
Shortening Crackers With Corn Oil A cracker study
A Terre Haute cracker maker proved vegetable fats can replace animal fat by using 13 pounds of corn oil per barrel and 25 percent rye flour to 73 percent wheat. The product stayed stable through last summer, debunking the myth that corn oil harms crackers. Barley flour is also suitable for cracker baking.
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Terre Haute
Ind
United States Food Administration
Women Also Serve In War Time Jobs
In small population centers women are increasingly taking over duties once held by men in the army navy and government service. They have not yet filled heavy manufacturing roles but are common in lighter plant work where men are scarce. In stores hotels and even streetcars American women are replacing men with the colors, while roles like soda-water dispensers and elevator runners become widespread in many cities.
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Army
Navy
Hecht
Scientific American
Ingenious Helmet Shield Adapts Chain Fringe
Popular Science Monthly notes a new adaptation to steel shrapnel helmets. A fringe of short heavy chain blocks flying splinters from shells while preserving vision, inspired by chain deers used in metal and glass works to shield workers from heat and molten splashes.
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Popular Science Monthly
Winter Declared Beneficial Despite Hardship
The Columbus Dispatch notes the winter was healthful with less sickness and fewer epidemics, despite suffering from fuel shortages and transport disruption. Scientists and medical observers study the season’s health impact and vitality, concluding it was beneficial overall.
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Columbus Dispatch
Leh the Capital of an Indian Province in the Thigh Valley
In the fifth valley of the Indus guarding the entrance to Tibet lies Leh the capital of an Indian province. Travelers come for adventure the Himalayan passes and rivers and the climate deters most visitors. The town’s climate and elevation create a remote, austere life. Buddhist monks and red cloaks fill the monasteries and prayer wheels turn endlessly bearing inscribed mantras. The people live at 11 000 to 16 000 feet above sea level, and even the descent to 6 000 feet can cause illness.
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Indus
Tibet
Leh
Niksah
Chicago Daily News
Tomist
Teh
Ashi
Timalayas
Deh
Tewel
PLAN ACTIVE WAR ON PESTS IN SUGAR WEST INDIES
The West Indies fight the sugar cane pest, the spiny lizard hopper, Thomaspis sacharina, with tactics including lizard rearing and fungus controls. Entomologist Hugo Uiteh shows hard scales deter hoppers. US mycologist J B Rorer notes Green Muscardine fungus kills adults. Trinkdhid hosts tests against rapheleus mengoo, while lizards are raised in enclosures and fungi dusted from test tubes to protect cane stocks.
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West Indies
Uiteh
J. B. Rorer
United States
Trinkdhid
Prayer belief drives a child to seek auto ride
A six year old daughter of a lawyer, taught by insane prayers, prayed for an auto ride on the first warm day after a harsh winter. When no ride appeared the next hour a neighbor offered one only to the girl. She told her mother, if you had prayed with me you could have gone, leaving the mother puzzled.
Innkeepers Signs in Medieval Travel Shelter System
In the middle ages before turnpikes, castles and monasteries offered shelter to travelers. Baronial arms adorned the castles to guide wayfarers, with bold devices aiding identification when heraldic marks were unclear. After feudal powers fell, wassite hostelry became the primary sign system for wanderers.
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Wassite
Flowers for Your Garden and Blue Flower Classes
A garden note describes blue flowers as high quality and common in yellow blooms, highlighting delphinium beechelous buttons blue Canterbury bells larkspur and heliotrope as ideal. It suggests blue flowers need clear background with ample blooms for contrast and mentions white borders as good finishing touches.
The Challenge of Democracy lecture series opens soon
Dr Harmon, a noted speaker, will headline the Chautauqua Assentit program. His lectures promise to widen views beyond ordinary life, focusing on education, think tank ideas, and national morale. The event underscores the Chautauqua tradition of broadening minds through engaging talks.
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Harmon
Haruten
Well Known Chautauqua Musica The Pickinnie Operatic Co
A fragmentary note lists well known Chautauqua music groups and performers. Names include Onintette The Pickinnie Operatic Co and The McKinnie Operatic Compous with members such as Adelaide benes and Margaret Dais.
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McKinnie
Seo
Paim Melvinte
Grubb
Adelaide Benes
Cantry Rite
Margaret Dais
Good Word for Snakes in American Agriculture
An noted essay argues only 17 of 111 American snake varieties are venomous and none will bite without provocation. It claims snakes largely kill rodent pests that damage crops, linking rodent losses to a $500 million annual U.S. crop loss. The piece suggests publishing a humane approach and questions how many snakes we need to curb that loss.
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Avery
Budt
Thir Avery
Avery Motors
Sifth
Avery Tractors
Shannahan & Wrightson Hardware Company
Avery Machinery
Easton
America
Glayne K. Norton
United States Department of Agerculture
Armerica
Mexico
Coahuba
Dinango
Republic
Mexico Forecasts Huge Cotton Crop Despite Unclear Text
The report predicts a large cotton harvest for the upcoming year across Coahuila and Durango with estimates suggesting the crop could triple the previous output. Exports were minimal previously as much of the harvest was consumed domestically within the republic.
Horses in the Philippines and Trade in War Horses
A fragmented report describes horses in the Philippines as mixed breeds from China France Mexico and Arab stock. It notes thousands of horses and hides moved, with many dead animals weekly, and a large shortage of horse hides and saddlery for trade and industry.
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China
Mexico
Aelands
Maentti
Fragmentary Text on Character and Discipline
The passage discusses the primacy of character in becoming capable and efficient, urging desire, attention, concentration, purpose, discipline, reflection, analysis, and research. A violent start prompts protests and questions, with a claim that abandoning a plan to avoid danger harms character and safety.
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Wordsworth
Pesalyol Ganike
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