Brazil's Miracle Plant Furnishes Good Fiber
Brazil's caroa, a miracle fiber plant, is exported to the United States for textiles, paper, and rope. It grows on poor soil in the northeast, with 12 foot leaves and fiber yields up to 14 percent, far stronger than jute, and more decay resistant when wet. Suits in Brazil use caroa fabrics noted for sweat resistance and ironlike wear. Small amounts are made into high grade paper from prepared pulp and unprepared fiber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
United States
Manila
Colors in nurseries appeal to adults not children
A Canadian paint association notes children prefer simple color perception, distinguishing black and white first, then red and blue, with orange and yellow harder. Pastel shades pleasing to adults have little appeal to kids, so use fairly strong color in reasonable amounts without vivid walls or ceilings to avoid nerve wracking a child.
Onion Juice Boosts 2,4-D Weed Control Effectiveness
Michigan agricultural experiment station reports preliminary results showing onion juice mixed with 2,4-D enhances weed kill area and strength. A mashed onion per two and half gallons of water base yields the most effective solution, with multiple fruit extracts tested yielding varied results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
English Walnut Misname Borne by Trade Routes
The English walnut tree grows across almost every state while commercial orchards span about 260 square miles mainly in California and into Oregon. Yield averages 70 000 tons, the largest domestic harvest of tree nuts and the top English walnut producer. France China Italy and Balkan nations are other major producers. The name stems from English ships' use, though the nut may better be called the Persian walnut from its ancient spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Oregon
France
China
Italy
Balkan
They Were Buccaneers and Filibusters Explored
The term buccaneer once described raiders who plundered Spanish territories and later pirate expeditions aimed at nations at peace. It evolved to denote ob structionist tactics in legislatures, notably deliberate delays in debates to hinder passage of a bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Senate
Platinum used by Andes peoples 2000 years ago
Platinum adornments from the Andes show highland peoples wore nose rings and spangles two millennia ago. The metal, mocked as unripe gold by Colombians during Spanish times, was discarded into streams to ripen. Counterfeiters even imitated gold pieces with platinum in early US coinage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andes
South America
Tsarist Russia
United States
Fractional horsepower motors replace Old Dobbin era
The census shows Old Dobbin’s population down by three million since 1435 while U S horsepower climbs from 200 million to 1.1 billion. SKF Industries says the fractional horsepower motor powers many tasks once done by horses, with up to six to fifteen motors in a modern machine, enabling milking cows, hatching chicks, poultry chores, and portable tool power as demand for horses shifts to saddle animals and new tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nalrn
United States
SKF Industries
Drug Addiction Rejections in World Wars and Opium Trade
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes dramatic contrasts in WW I and II draft refusals for drug addiction. 1946 Japan narcotics probes showed government complicity and a Seoul factory output of heroin meeting global medical needs. MacArthur era controls licensed 70 000 dealers. Turkey led opium production in 1945 with crop near global medical demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Japan
League of Nations
Seoul
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Turkey
Nature's Deceptions Cited By Astronomer Sowell
Astronomer W F Meyer of the University of California argues that common observations mislead about celestial positions. Light delay means the sun and stars appear where they were minutes or years ago, with the sun seen from eight minutes past its exact place and Polaris guiding navigators from centuries past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowell
W. F. Meyer
University of California
Earth
Polaris
Australia Plans Vast Snowy River Power System
Australia will develop a hydroelectric and irrigation project costing 212 million dollars. Water from the Snowy River will be diverted through a 25 mile tunnel to the Murray headwaters, driving a series of power stations outputting 750000 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Murrumbidgee
Snowy River
Snowy
Mount Koscitsko
Marlo
Victoria
Murray
Australian Alps
Life Expectancy Gains Tied to Fertilizer Use Over Century
The article notes life expectancy in the United States rose from about 40 years in 1850 to 63 years by 1940 and to 66 45 years in 1944 as fertilizer use climbed. It attributes aging disease trends to more elderly people, with 1900 showing 4.1 percent aged 65-plus and 1940 at 6.8 percent, projecting 14.4 percent by 1980.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. Firman BE. Bear
American Plant Food Council
United States
Bear
Canada Builds Large Tobacco Harvest for Season
Canada estimates a total tobacco harvest of 146,369,000 pounds for the season, up from last year’s 141,364,000. Flue cured leads with 123,920,000 pounds, barley tobacco at 14,175,000, dark tobacco up to 2,496,000, cigar tobacco at 4,020,000, and pipe tobacco at 1,748,000 pounds. The figures reflect industry-wide production increases despite prior year totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Kidnap Suspect Captured in Utah After Montana Abduction
Ta James Osborne was abducted last September while driving home from Sheldon, Montana. He escaped and later recovered his car. Relatives in Sheldon learned last week that the kidnapper, Claude Wiltrout, was captured in Sunnyside, Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Sheldon
James Osborne
Minnesota
Tie
Claude Wiltrout
Sunnyside
Utah
Remsen bowler nearly perfect after wobbling ten pin
A ten pin wobbled but did not fall allowing George Delperdang of Remsen to avoid a blemish in a recent bowling night. He then delivered 11 consecutive strikes and attempted a twelfth that did not count to test the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Delperdang
Remsen
Mr. Delperdang
Narlan Mail Carriers Log 75 Miles Weekly On Foot
city mail carriers estimate weekly walking distance near 75 miles while transporting about 160 pounds of mail daily, reflecting the demanding workload of postal delivery in Narlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narlan City
First Five the Worse Ninety Seven Percent Measles
Measles cases occur mainly before age five with ninety seven percent before age fifteen. Rheumatic fever tops causes of death for ages five to fourteen and causes four and a half times as many deaths under twenty nine as whooping cough measles meningitis diphtheria scarlet fever and infantile paralysis combined.
Pal the Dog Dies After Car Collision in Redfield
Pal, a dog known for sleeping on a car hood in Redfield and an honorary member of the Redfield fire department, was struck and killed by another vehicle last week. The pet belonged to Seymour Dalen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal
Redfield
Seymour Dalen
Aruba asks for home rule from Queen Wilhelmina
A dry survey of Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean isle seeking home rule, notes its small size, multilingual society, and push to make oil a modern global necessity. It describes Dutch as official, with Spanish English and French spoken, and mentions Papiamento as an international patois among Carib-Indian Arubans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Aruba
Wilhelmina
West Indies
Early Asia Minor Settlers and Mongol Invasion
The Seljuk Turks were early settlers in Asia Minor and captured Nicea before fading. Oguz Turks moved into Mesopotamia and adopted Islam as Mongol forces under Genghis Khan swept through mid 13th century, seeking conquest rather than lasting rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia Minor
Anatolia
Nicea
A. D
Sea of
Marmara
Mesopotamia
Mediterranean
Genghis Khan
Prevent Corn Mold Through Drying To 14 Percent
Farmers must store corn carefully to prevent ear rots and storage molds as warned by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Field molds attack ears at harvest with mois ture 14 percent or higher, while storage molds affect grain at moisture as low as 14 percent. Dry harvested corn quickly to below 14 percent moisture to protect the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Hydrotherapy gains status as medical treatment
Spa Alding Medicine describes taking baths from ancient ritual to modern therapy. Hydrotherapy is used for infantile paralysis and diseases like arthritis neuritis sprains through immersion in hot water using tanks or small foot and hand baths.
Photographs in the Dark Infrared imaging for night photography during blackout periods
The article explains that photographs can be taken in darkness using infrared radiation, which is unseen by the eye. Specially sensitized film is needed, and during the war infrared photoflash bulbs were used to capture images in blackouts. Ordinary bulbs were coated to absorb visible light, enabling infrared exposure.
Caxton’s early printing lifts England’s press roots
Buck Yearly William Caxton born around 1422 emerges as England’s first printer. He learned in Cologne and produced the Hecuyell about 1474. Returning in 1478, he set a Westminster press, issued a 1478 indulgence, printed England’s first dated book in 1477, and gained a yearly buck and winter doe from the Earl of Arundel as payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Caxton
England
Cologne
Preas
Westminster
Abbot Sant
Caxton Press
Earl of Arundel
Tree Farms Certification Expands National Acreage
Certification of 14 new western pine and 19 Tennessee tree farms, plus over 100,000 acres added to four industrial Texas sites, lifts nationwide total to more than 1,250 watts and about 14,260,000 acres. First licenses issued in Virginia and Pennsylvania push toward 15 million acres in coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Leading Farm Counties and Top Producers by County
The 25 leading U S farm counties lie in the East and Pacific coast with Los Angeles topping as the nation’s top farm county. Fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs, and nuts show dominance in various counties. notable entries include Aroostook Hartford Lancaster Sussex Polk Yakima Whitman Maricopa Weld and 16 California counties led by Los Angeles. No Midwest county ranks in the first 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
California
East
Aroostock
Hartford
Distilled Water in Batteries Improves Life and Performance
As a battery charges the current breaks water into hydrogen and oxygen and impurities accumulate, shortening life. Tap water should not be used regularly, especially in hard water regions with salts that harm plates. Freeze-condensed frost from electric refrigerators provides relatively pure water for batteries.
Welding and Fusion Welding in Farm Shop Use
The article explains fusion welding by melting edges to fuse metals without pressure. It describes the electrode connected to a generator and how electrode terminals vary by electrode type. Electric arc welding is now viewed as essential in a productive farm shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Foundation
B.C
Sugar beet history and ancient mentions in Europe
Cane and beet history notes sugar from beets appearing in Europe after long tropical cultivation in the New World. It cites scholars linking the sugar beet to ancient use by laborers building Cheops’s pyramid and Herodotus’s accounts from the 11th century BCE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New World
Europe
Pyramid of
Cheops
Herodotus
Christ
Tree Farmers Need A Timber Growers Acreage
A tree farmer seeks about 20 acres of growing timber to match the annual revenue of one acre in crops like wheat or corn. Trees can profitably grow on land unsuited to grains, and once established, a tree farm bears perpetually with minimal input.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Quaker Oats Co
Gracttinger, Iowa
Newspaper ‘Fe Advertising
DR. C
A. Shiley Newtict
Jewel
House
Graettinger
Iowa
A. H. Hobson
Optometrial
Broadway Phone
Emmetsburg
J. Emmett Martin Funeral Service
Phone
Olene Jacobson
D. V. M. Veterinarian
B. E. Dappen
Ncrease’ Tree Farms
MR. Merchant
TIEE
Catenin
Siqux
Hansen
Glenn Henrich
Grodland
Konrgry & Own ° Auctioneers
Graetingen, Hwa
Graettinney
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!