Leo Brown Discovers He Is Dead Then Alive Again
A man named Leo Brown believes he has found his own corpse after a mistaken identity case. He visits a hospital and undertaker, asks to see his body, and is convinced by police that he died by his own hand. In the end the body is another Leo Brown. the living Leo learns the joke and enjoys the misadventure.
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Roxbury
City Hospital
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Ancient Prize Fighters Fought to Death in Roman Arenas
In ancient Rome gladiators, often war captives, trained and armed for brutal arena combat. They fought until death, with cowardice punished by slow torture. Shows used up captives without profit to promoters, who benefited only by freeing themselves from feeding the fighters after fatalities.
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Rome
Detroit News
Honeymoon Origin Traced to Babylon Customs
Harold Malcolm Krebs, supervising etymologist for California, links honeymoon to Babylonian practice of spreading honey on newlyweds’ door bricks for 28 days. He notes the honey aroma symbolically sweetens the couple’s life and aligns with the four lunar phases.
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Harold Malcolm Krebs
California State Department of Agriculture
Babylon
Vitamins Needed by Farm Animals
Prof L A Maynard explains farm animals require vitamins much like people. Sunlight provides vitamin D in pasture. Calves need sun cured hay with at least half alfalfa or clover. poor hay calls for vitamin concentrates. Lack of vitamin D causes rickets in calves. vitamin A deficiency causes swelling appetite loss poor growth partial blindness and nasal discharge.
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L. A. Maynard
New York State College of Agriculture
WNY
Smutted corn safe for cattle says veterinary professor
Dr. W. L. Boyd of the St. Paul university farm division of veterinary medicine says smutted corn fed dry or as silage is not harmful to cattle. He advises small initial amounts to prevent digestive issues and notes supporting tests from South Dakota State College Michigan and Kansas show no health risks or illness from consuming smutted corn or silage.
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W. L. Boyd
St. Paul University Farm Division of Veterinary Medicine
South Dakota State College
Michigan
Kansas
Poisonous Plants and Animal Feeding Habits
The Missouri College of Agriculture notes livestock avoid poisonous plants unless scarce or low quality forage forces intake. Poisoning risk varies by plant part and growth stage, with toxicity changing as plants mature or dry.
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Cecil Elder
Missouri College of Agriculture
Buffalo Grass Fosters Resilience on Great Plains Lands
Government experiment stations in Kansas report buffalo grass as breath and erosion resistant. Reestablishment on abandoned wheat lands is encouraged with easy propagation by sod transplantation. The grass thrives as pasture and is noted for rapid spreading and quick green-up after rains.
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Kansas
Great Plains
Mulch Use Under Orchards From Legume Hay
Legume hay spoiled by heavy rains should be preserved for orchard mulching. It contains higher nitrogen than other mulching materials and should be spread about eight inches deep under trees, avoiding contact with trunks. Mulched material should be carefully applied.
Notificator telegram device aids scheduling in public spaces
An English developed Notificator lets users write messages on moving paper rolls visible for two hours after inserting a coin. The device, used in railway stations and stores, carries multiple rolls to accommodate many notes and helps explain unkept appointments.
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England
Psé
Popular Science Monthly
On His Own A Brainy Man Dismisses World’s Opinion
A man pursues solitary thought and intellect, caring little for how the world views his brains. He values personal conviction over public judgment, seeking inner clarity rather than social approval.
Lamp Signals Call Doctor For Ill Island Resident
Morse code flashes from a lamp on Papa Stour in the Shetland group summoned a mainland doctor and nurse for an immediate operation. The medical team traveled by life boat to the patient during the night.
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Papa Stour Island
Shetland
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