Fungi and Plants Enrich Soil Says Dr Dodge at Columbia
Dr Bernard Dodge, scientist, outlines fungi as essential soil enrichers and life sustainers. He notes fungi are non green plants without flowers, include toadstools and molds, and thrive on dead matter, turning it into humus. He warns some molds spoil bread and bakery operations, resistant to heat but killed by dry air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Dodge
Columbia University
New York Botanical Gardens
Dr. Dodge
Grapevine Telegraph Origins and Civil War metaphor
The term grapevine telegraph emerged during the Civil War as a metaphor for rumor spread. It likened growing vine tendrils to telegraph wires, describing how information traveled quickly from person to person across wide areas. News traveled by word of mouth and proved surprisingly accurate, outpacing slow formal channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attila
Caesar
Ice Warning Device Tested On Western Airliners
Western Airlines tests in winter storms an automatic ice warning indicator invented in Los Angeles. A two inch metal disc on the leading edge carries a slowly rotating feeler. when ice forms a contact breaks and a cockpit icing light flashes. As ice thickens the feeler moves and the instrument reads thickness, triggering automatic de icing gear at a set limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Airlines
Montana
Cost of killing through wars from Caesar to World War I
A historical overview shows killing costs rising from 75 cents per enemy in Caesar's era to 50 dollars in the Thirty Years' War, five thousand dollars in the Civil War, then fifty thousand dollars in World War I, and about 125 thousand dollars per battlefield casualty in early modern conflicts. The figures illustrate the escalating expense of war across centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Julius Caesar
Two Hour Flight Training Plane From Lowell
A South Lowell Massachusetts project builds a two place cabin aircraft that runs on automobile principles and can be flown solo after two hours instruction. It claims a driver can become pilot after ten hours. The Civil Aeronautics Authority certifies the plane as incapable of spinning.
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South
Lowell
Mass
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Local Iowa notes of curious feats and small finds
Boy hunters trap a gray fox on a farm near Dyersville using a hand‑catch method, then Mr Wachter shoots the animal. A pair of chimney swallows at Ed Bray’s Bedford home are banded and traced to Memphis and Gainesville. A Belmond cat with eight toes fascinates, and Grinnell’s name origin coin flip is recounted. Guthrie county clerks uncover honey in the courthouse wall, Clarinda’s Lisle yard yields junk for defense needs, and old tools and patterns surface from the Lisle plant.
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Euxene
Sylvarius Wachter
Dyersylile
Yesra Ag
Wachter
Ed. Bray
Bedford
Bray
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Memphis
Tennessee
Ginesville
Visitors from Clarinda Spend Sunday with Burwell
Mr and Mrs Riley Douthit and Mrs Anna Jillean visited their sister Mrs Alda Burwell in Clarinda on Sunday morning.
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Riley Douthit
Anna Jillean
Clarinda
Alda Burwell
Mrs Fred Keith Returns From Visit With Relatives
Mrs Fred Keith returned to her Omaha home Friday with Mrs Glen Neely after several days visit with relatives here and at Bedford.
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Fred Keith
Omaha
Glen Neely
Bedford
Visitor Ariel Smith to Spend Week with Longmont Family
Miss Ariel Smith of Longmont Colorado will arrive Sunday to spend a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Smith.
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Ariel Smith
Longmont Colorado
Frank Smith
Mrs Gee and family visit in Missouri
Mrs Gee Depew and daughter Leota Belte return Thursday from Mound City Missouri after visiting daughter and sister Mrs Garth Sharp and her husband.
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Gee, Depew
Leota Belte
Mound City
Eieter
Garth Sharp
Waite Walker and Lowell Kelley Travel to Omaha for Employment
Waite Walker and Lowell Kelley left Monday for Omaha where they went to secure work. Mr Welker accompanied them to Clarinda and they then travelled by bus from there.
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Waite Walker
Lowell Kelley
Omaha
Mr Welker
Clarinda
Mrs Anna McColm Visits With Lottie McColm
Mrs Anna McColm of New Market visited with Mrs Lottie McColm Thursday afternoon of last week for a social call.
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Anna McColm
New Market
Lottie McColm
Weaver Brothers Visit Neighborhood Thursday Evening
Mr and Mr Ad Weaver visited Thursday evening with his sister to the Gusgs neighborhood, according to local reports. The outing included friendly calls and community greetings in the area.
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Ad Weaver
Sister Io
Gusgs
Birthday tribute for Deloran Burwell at dinner
Deloran, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Burwell, turned two on Friday the 24th. Her aunt Mrs Iona Heninger hosted a birthday dinner in her honor. Relatives at the gathering included Mr and Mrs Robert Burwell, Mr and Mrs Alda Burwell, Mr and Mrs Russell Stearna and Evelyn.
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Deloran
Robert Burwell
Iona Heninger
Alda Burwell
Ruesell Stearna
Evelyn
Visit Ends For Mrs Monahan And Mr Bradley In Missouri
Mrs Bruce Monahan and Mr Lloyd Bradley returned Sunday from a brief visit in St Joseph Missouri with relatives.
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Bruce Monahan
Lloyd Bradley
St. Joseph
Army call up for Dr V A Thomson in Omaha
Dr V A Thomson was notified yesterday to report for army service in Omaha on August 12. He is among local residents receiving summons with details released by the draft office.
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V. A. Thomson
Omaha
Mary Louise Cundy Visits Sharpsburg Friend Dorothy Seld
Mary Louise Cundy of Sharpsburg arrived yesterday to spend a few days with her friend Dorothy May Seld in town.
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Mary Louise Cundy
Sharpsburg
Dorothy May Seld
Rainfall Forecast From Morn To Afternoon
A brief weather note reports light ice and rain in the morning with indications of more precipitation to come, describing the recent wet spell and the expectation of continued unsettled conditions through the day.
Lucas to Return Home After Brief Coon Rapids Visit
B. E. Lucas, an employee of Coon Rapids, came home for a visit with his family last night and will be returning today.
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B. E. Lucas
Coon Rapids
Bugs and Humans Clash Over Insects in Washington Files
A reader like piece reviews the U S Department of Agriculture insect facts stating 7000 of 80000 species are harmful and explains how Washington entomologists classify and identify insects sent from ports nationwide. It notes that unclassified insects trigger swift action to block shipments and that experts study each bug thoroughly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Washington Post-Haste
Department
Odd Medicines In China Use Poisonous Creature Bodies
In China traditional remedies still rely on dried and powdered remains of five poisonous creatures lizard snake toad spider and centipede.
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China
Burglars Backed Truck Steals Entire Haberdashery Stock
In Los Angeles, burglars backed a truck to a haberdashery and made off with the store’s entire stock and fixtures. The text also mentions the Statue of Liberty holding a tablet inscribed with the date of the Declaration of Independence.
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Los Angeles
Seagulls Open Clams By Dropping On Shore
Seagulls carry clams aloft then drop them on the hard-packed seashore to crack shells. Other notes cover snowless north latitudes, wood shortages, historic free lunches for Italian barbers, ursine terminology, garment drying, and tortoise shell sources.
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Elizabeth Dilling
Chicago
U. S
Boatbuilders
Frank
Higgins
Andrew Jackson Higgins
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Liberty Cargo Ships
DR. IV. A. Thomson
Gravity
Iowa
Rennie
Tel
O. J. Kirketeg
Bedford National Bank
Bedford, Iowa
Elmer Brown
Ilowa
Wetmore Funeral Home
James R. Locke
AT Law
Farmers & Merchants Bank
W. R. Bammer
B. E. Wycoff
Cramers West Side
Grinnell
Phelps
Grinnel
Guthrie County
Lisle
John Crowe
Con Stratton
Bon-Ton
Red Oak
Uncle Sam
Marine Corps
Army
U.S. Treasury Department
Bandiles Po
Alley
U.s.warronds
Italy
Dr. G. Keays
Osteopathic
Obstetrica & General Practice
Ioowa
Ahern's Drug Store
Shenandoah
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