Facts About Early Science Pioneers and Inventions
The text highlights Ivan Michurin of Koslov as a Russian plant breeder who created 300 new fruits and plants. It notes U S botanists visiting before the Russian Revolution and references Alsatia as the old name for Whitefriars London area. It mentions early methods of measuring temperature, a 1921 air mail flight, John Greenleaf Whittier funding via shoemaking, and French plate glass invention during Louis XIV's era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
Koslov
Russia
Luther Burbank
United States Department of Agriculture
Fragmentary OCR note with names and places
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and places including Erie and Matson. It presents no clear event, dates, or actions beyond partial references to people and locations, offering limited factual content for a full news item. The readable elements suggest a historical local note but lack cohesive details.
Factographs and faded notes on language and industry
A fragmentary OCR passage surveys historical terms and tools, noting early uses of housewife from 1225, bandsaws in England and U S adoption by 1869, and 1880s adoption in Lake State mills. Mentions Charles F Lummis Landsmarks club funding Franciscan missions in California and a 1696 reference to English window glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Husewif
England
United States
Lake State
Charles F. Lummiss
Landsmarks Club
California
Puzzle Corner Daily Crossword 24 and Cryptoquote
Word puzzle page presents Across clues with terse hints for hashish source dancer and others, mixed with cryptogram quotation and a Coleridge quote about a weed that grows in every soil. Includes Greek letter hints and American Indian and Norwegian author mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae
Nicolas
Lair
Sym
Coleridge
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Mycai
Eita
Illiam Ritt
Clarence Egray
Old Home Town
Dratda
Aly
Stanley
Buddy
Lony
Paul Robinson
Lene
Mug Uggs
Skeeter
Wally Bish
Big Sister
Ami
Felix the Cat
Rosebud
Byles Forgrave Darling
Scott
Cope
Iting Be
By Red
Atreked
Mereby
Young
Iain
Stanler
Mus
Banik Toolong
Corvntcet
Whitefriars
London
John Greenleaf Whittier
Haverhill Academy
France
Louis XIV
Rov
Matson
Erie
Bae Tobacco
India
Bae
Sally
Daily Crossword
Rogue
Portabie
Cela Dispatch
Isep
Aeros
Theicemus
Conclude
Boru
Audo
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