Weather Bureau expands storm warning lights along Great Lakes
The Weather Bureau relocates and heightens storm warning stations at lake ports with tall steel towers. A three light vertical system replaces two lights, spaced four feet apart per mile of observer distance, using new gas-fitted electric bulbs to improve visibility for navigators.
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Astiington
Uncle Sam
Wehthouse Service
Mariner
Weather Bureau
Five Lakes
Potomac
Washington
Oscar Underwood Neatness Obsessed Letter Folding Habits
A profile of Senator Oscar Underwood detailing his meticulous letter folding and stamping routine. He folds with exact thirds, aligns edges, moistened mucilage, and stamps with perfect plumb line, often processing 10 to 18 letters an hour when uninterrupted, while preferring others to handle the rest. He also quietly cleans up stray waste paper to maintain order.
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Washington
Oscar Underwood
Underwood
Oscar
Good Hunting Ground for the Amateur Botanist
Washington offers rich hunting grounds for amateur botanists with trees shrubs wild flowers mosses and ferns along capital streets and in woods. Deciduous oaks maples elms and other species abound while wild flowers provide much of the allure though many garden escapes mingle among the natives.
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Washington
Legion
Meteorite Collection at National Museum Showcases Space Stones
A new building display at the National Museum features meteorites from pebble to 25 ton masses including models of Bacubirito. Dr. George S. Merrill authored a handbook and catalog on the collection, addressing early skepticism about stones falling from space.
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Nasional Museum
Straw good for bedding and feeding
Straw from early cut gyraln harvested without rain damage provides excellent rough winter feed for horses, mules, and cattle. Wheat straw feeds horses, cows, and sheep and can be used for bedding. cutting straw into chaff offers bedding and easier manure spreading, while threshing and cutting costs per bushel are modest.
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Baltimore
Middle States
Pennsylvania
Good Protein Feed From Rape For Hog Pasture
An exchange writer explains that sowing rape in summer provides quality pasture and protein for pigs. Methods to ease hog acceptance include mixing rape with oats, offering a touch of corn, and using movable or successive plots to keep tender shoots available all summer. Supplement with corn, wheat middlings, and tankage in self feeders for protein-rich pasture.
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Acre
Nere
Using Molasses As Ration For Swine
Hog expert John Eyward of the LowN experiment station explains molasses palatability varies by source and value. He advises small scale use, not buying more than a barrel at first, and notes canal molasses is favored by feeders over beet or cane syrups for swine feed.
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John Eyward
Lown
W. L. Douglas
L. Douglas
San A
New York
Dunerkea
Brockton
M By
Meral I
Timing for filling silo uncertain in drought years
Advice from H. Nckles of the Missouri College of Agriculture says there is no fixed rule for silo filling in a year of short rainfall. When kernels dent and glaze and husks yellow, fill if rain is unlikely to finish growth. if drought worsens, leave standing to hope for rain or shock and store. Ensure proper moisture and tight packing. repair silo walls and seal doors with tarred paper as needed.
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H. Nckles
Missouri College of Agriculture
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Sweet Clover Hay Favored For Lambs
An experiment at the Wyoming station fed lambs 14 weeks of sweet clover hay with corn and a little oilmeal, averaging 80.7 pounds per head, while native grass hay with oats yielded 20.4 pounds. The study notes sweet clover hay as nutritious, highly digestible and protein rich, suggesting benefits for lambs cattle and beef cattle alike.
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Wyoming
Lamb
A Pleasant Illusion and a New Telegraph Instrument
A dialogue notes many captains in the South and suggests not all are military, while a new telegraph instrument attaches to ordinary phones to send Morse code. It claims longer distance signals than voice telephones and could verify conversations.
Signals Used on the Sea and International Codes
The article explains daylight signaling by code flags and pennants under an international system, and notes weather or distance can hinder visibility, prompting alternative methods such as cones, balls, drums, and coded positions. Examples include messages like Show your ensign, War is declared, Beware of torpedoes, and Enemy is in sight.
How It Happened In Mrs Jibway's Home
A dialog reveals a spring morning event when workmen installed a telephone and connected it to a party wire at Mrs Jibway's home. The setup led to Mr Jibway learning about Mrs Dobson's affairs despite the pair not speaking.
Hypnotism Quip Sparks Campaign Debate
Senator Sorghum quips on hypnosis in campaign remarks saying with proper words and gestures you can hypnotize everybody but you never know when they will wake up. The remark plays into a broader discussion on manipulation and public perception in politics.
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Senator Sorghum
Mary-Miss Sweetgirl Joins Club Amid Office Talk
Town Toples reports Guatemala has built 180 miles of new roadways this year. The note queries if Mary-Miss Sweetgirl is fit for any office as the club considers a male-facing office.
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Guatemala
Grateful acknowledgment for Dodds Kidney Pills
A letter from Mr F. of Welcome Lake Pa describes relief from back ache kidney trouble and sleep problems after using Dodds Kidney Pills. The advertisement urges publication for public aid and promotes Dodds Kidney Pills and Dodds Dyspepsia Tablets at 60 cents per box from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
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Mr. F
Case
Welcome Lake
Lberty
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N.Y
War Displaces Annamese King From French Throne
Paris papers discuss exile of the young king of Annam, a French territory, due to alleged German ties. His father and entourage to be housed far from the throne he occupies. Exile options include Martinique Guadeloupe Senegal Madagascar Reunion with over 100000 francs yearly for board and keep.
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Annam
India
Paris
Trance
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Senegal
Madagascar
Teunton
Indian Ocean
The Difference In Hen’s Mysterious Plotting Plan
A clipped phrase from a period piece hints at a hen behaving oddly as if plotting. The remark suggests a sly, humorous undertone about a fowl with a minds of her own and a puzzling hatchling scheme.
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Maes
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Goxhen
Ind. U. 5
Fletcher
Mr. F. C. Case
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