Not True Cyclones Waged in Uphill English Fight
A Farmington Enterprise excerpt argues against labeling storms as cyclones, noting meteorologists prefer the term tornado. It contrasts the two, with the West Indies cyclone described as a broad sea and shore sweep, while the tornado grinds a narrow strip of land. The piece cites Dr. Leonard P. Ayres of the Russell Sage Foundation, who analyzed 2,000 letters and found 2,001 distinct words, highlighting vocabulary debates in schools and suggesting educators consider word lists and spelling challenges.
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West Indies
China Sea
Tropics
Cleveland
Leonard P. Ayres
Russell Sage Foundation
Ayres
Ayers
King of Spain Orders Sleeve Buttons Cut Off
A royal dinner at Madrid ends with a waiter snagging a guest’s peruke on his sleeve button and fleeing to the kitchen. The incident leaves the financier bald and in a foul mood, reflecting Spain’s strict etiquette.
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Spain
Madrid
Peruke
Switzerland’s tall church tower used for wireless link to Eiffel Tower
A historical note explains Switzerland erected a tall church tower to support a wireless communication line to the Eiffel Tower. It then asks why officials did not instead string the wire up the Jungfrau to reach the United States.
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Switzerland
Jungfrau
United States
Wisconsin Beet Top Silage Promises Dual Use for Farmers
Prof. G C Humphrey reports fall experiments combining beet tops with shocked corn for silage. Chemical analysis shows similar composition to clear corn silage, enabling sugar beet growers to treat corn as a two story crop with underground beet parts sold to factories and upper parts fed to cattle.
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G. C. Humphrey
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Seed Production in Alfalfa Seeding and Moisture Needs
A historical guide explains how sunlight and isolated plants boost alfalfa seed yields. It discusses proper row spacing from 18 inches to four feet, thinning by disk, and the impact of 18 to 30 inch rainfall, high temperatures, and frost. It notes pollination by bees, moisture effects, and strategic decisions between hay and seed crops based on season and rainfall.
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Chico
Cal
How to Treat Stringhalt by KR G Weatherstone
The article explains stringhalt as a spasmodic contraction of leg muscles in nervous animals, especially horses. It notes hind leg jerking at start or during travel, often worse in cold weather and increasing with age, but does not provide a conclusive remedy.
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KR. G. Weatherstone
Sheep as weed controllers and soil improvers
Prof. Thomas Shaw argues in The Homestead that keeping more sheep benefits farms by weed control and meat production. Sheep trim down many weeds early, spread manure, and improve soil fertility, earning the saying that the sheep has a golden hoof.
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Thomas Shaw
United States
Canada
Soil loss in gardens due to weed removal
A discussion warns that loosening weeds often pulls up topsoil. It compares careless cultivation to losing the garden’s wealth and urges better soil preservation and disposal practices for tidier, more productive gardens.
Birds Excel as Weed Destroyers
Weeds and insects threaten farms, but a class of birds eats many pests. Early life stages rely on seed production, while mature birds feed mainly on grain and small vertebrates, aiding pest control in fields and gardens.
Time-Saving Home Cookery Tips For Efficient Housekeeping
The article advocates careful planning of domestic tasks to avoid wasted time. It gives recipes for bread and brown bread plus tips for organizing utensils, soaking tools to speed washing, and using clean dresses and aprons to improve cooking efficiency.
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Pieffer
Nellese
Fragmented verse pondering voices from humble origins
A fragmented poem fragment questions what lessons arise if lives from lowly places possessed human power. It imagines tender voices speaking with vivid, velvet tones from hidden depths and asks what such lives would reveal.
Arrests of foreign dancers stir prudery claims in New York
A man recalls arrests of foreign dancers amid a debate on moral policing. He notes the charges were driven by prudery and cites a foreman’s explanation of a partition used to separate the sexes.
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Lambs
New York
Cleaning Tiles With Turpentine Polishes Old Hearth
A tip explains cleaning fire tiles by sparing water. Wipe with turpentine on flannel then polish with a dry cloth to restore a look of new. The passage appears as a practical household note.
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Farmington Enterprise
Frank Staplin
Farmington
New Mexico
Western Sheep Ranch
Ponce
Chicago
J. Derek
Joe
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