Cactus Varieties Flourish Across Desert Borders
The article surveys desert cacti from Saguaros to spineless varieties, noting their roles for water sources, food, medicine, dyes, and materials. It highlights cacti in U S Mexico regions, uses ranging from shelter and tools to peyote and edible fruits, and discusses future breeding efforts led by Luther Burbank to improve size and flavor of cactus fruits.
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Earth
United States
Mexico
Indiana
Congress
Southwest
Luther Burbank
P. L. Sherman
William A. Murrifl
New York
Scientific American
United States National Museum
Doctor Murritt
Glans
Riverside
California
Tucson
Arizona
Mestlin Park
New
Laredo
Texas
Miami
Florida
New Mexico
Anis
Leeuwenhoeck
Sicily
West Indies
West Isles
Lemalreocereus Burberi
Puebla
Burbank
Bose
Gas Masks Improve Submarine Work Value of New Navy Masks
The navy ordnance corps has developed improved gas masks described in Popular Mechanics. The new design eliminates a mouthpiece and cumbersome chemic tank carrier, reducing encumbrance while protecting submarine crews from carbon monoxide. Navy tests show safer work on damaged subs with the masks. A second item notes rural Mississippi preachers with differing salaries, one white and one black, discussing church member payments.
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Navy Department
Why He Failed and Boundary Laws on Trespass and Air
A denser OCR passage discusses a failed applicant for an office boy, social class constraints, and a crude legal argument about common law trespass and air rights. It references boundaries into the air, ownership, and telegraph lines, with stray notes on success and a quotation about achievement. The authority and specifics are fragmentary but center on property rights and access limits.
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Pion
Uwar
Sashes Shape Summer Frocks in Varied Fabrics and Styles
The sash or belt defines the dress tone for summer frocks, with ranges from wide to narrow and from delicate to heavy brocade. Tied angles and fabric choices influence elegance. sashes suit ginghams and laces, beads or embroidery, surviving fashion with versatile appeal for women.
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Wil
Shawl as an Evening Wrap in Spanish Style
The piece outlines a Spanish shawl as a chic evening wrap made from soft milk fiber with fringe and possible embroidery. Describes heavy crepe shawls, bold accessories, high tongue heels, and a silk duvetyn coat paired with homespun skirts in blue plaid and black. Mentions box cuts, belts, and sport topparts lacking.
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Aim
Ulack
London fashion show features distinctive shoe design
A London fashion show showcased an unusual shoe design to complement an especially designed gown. The new creation moves beyond plain black or tan shoes, reflecting milady of fashion's demand for distinctive, attractive footwear.
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London
Laces and fashions teased for fall shows
The article notes laces for fall predicted in showrooms mainly georgette with exceptions like mignonette. It anticipates laces of many sorts becoming fashionable for blouses and highlights newer sport suit models. It mentions homespun overplaid with duvetyn as especially effective in a red plaited skirt suit.
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Roma
Snuirter
Red and Black in French imported frocks scheme
A description notes that red and black are a powerful combination in French imported frocks. The design emphasizes a black body with touches of brilliant color to enhance the garment.
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Ted
Mourning Styles in Paris Shift to Lighter Deep Mourning
French fashion notes a trend toward lighter mourning in Paris. Women shorten durations and embrace new fabrics for first and second periods, with crepe georgette and satin-like textiles replacing heavy crepe. For the final stage, mousseline and crepe georgette are common, dresses modest with white-outlined décolletage, and furs remain limited to black lynx and sable.
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France
Eitier
Hints to Housewives and Kitchen Tips Roundup
A home economics note sets out simple kitchen ideas. It suggests well beaten eggs for filling, thyme for flavor, and cast aluminum kettles for deep fat frying. Tips include saving cereal scraps to thicken soups, a mayonnaise based dressing, and fruit salad enhancements with whipped cream and grated cashew.
Lace For Afternoon Wear With Brown And Black Embellishments
A description of lace accents for afternoon wear notes embellishment suited to black and brown shades, including flounced skirts and crepe de chine panels. It mentions navy, dull red, yellow highlights, and pale gray tones, with references to silk charmel and charmeuse fabrics and decorative ribbing.
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Alent
Thadize Georgerte
Shires
Jude Geven
Mart Resis
Preserves and Conserve in Hot Weather Kitchen Tricks
A Victorian home guide offers recipes to beat heat with comforting drinks and desserts. It includes Cherry Punch, Grape Nectar, Ginger Ale, Pear Fritters, and a Rose Pudding, plus fruit preserves like Fruit Conserve and Preserved Pears. It emphasizes neat preparation, cooling, and sealing jars for storage.
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Jules
Parden
The Muse of Dancing and other era fragments
Fragmentary OCR passage surveys Merete Were described as The Muse of Dancing and related scenes with mythical figures and collapsing dialogs. It mentions Knew Source of Pictures, a Wall scene with angels, a mother’s quip about bodale to heaven, and stray lines about seating and biblical echoes in a Boston transcript style.
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Mise Terpsichore
Guy
Bodale
Record Crop Outlook in Western Canada Brings Hope to Farmers
The crop outlook across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta promises an early bountiful harvest with favorable weather since seeding. Marquis wheat is fully headed, corn and sunflowers expand, and mixed farming moves beyond grain culture while silos rise as costs fall and rural activity grows.
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Bnron
Canada
Gove
Furalns
Uyet
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Red River
de Stucky
Peace River
Chery
Smany
Western
Imahy
Les
Prairie Provinces
Sayn
Prairie Lambertan
Vance Ao Patter
West
Lead Shields Against Radium Dangers Suggested
A physician from the French Academy of Medicine outlines safety measures for radium use. Wear gloves lined with lead spectacles with lead salt, handle salts with pincers, and sit at a lead lined table. A lead heart and lung protector is in development and operators are advised to wrap in thin lead sheets.
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Belchere
French Academy of Medicine
Tonkin remarks on fish scales and human attire
Jed Tonkin quotes nature as having fish with scales resembling a bathing suit. He offers a humorous comparison to human clothing. The remark highlights a playful view of natural patterns and modesty in apparel.
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Dud Tonkin
Jed Tonkins
Quarrel Over Hair Mattress Shocks Missouri Landlord and Tenant
In Missouri a red headed landlady confronts a tenant over a claimed single hair mattress on the bed. The exchange reveals tension as the landlady asks the tenant to prove the alleged single hair mattress in a terse upstairs confrontation.
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Missouri
Toowood
Knows a Lot and a Lesson in Ties at Home
A collaged snippet shows a father remarking on growing wisdom from college, a suave oil prospectus offer, and a quip about gas prices. It reflects social satire on price marks, servants, and cross cultural humor. The piece ends noting people busy minding others' business.
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Tle Han
Stoptne
Hiringham Age Herald
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