Original Gardens On This Continent Cultivated By Indians
The article notes North American Indians taught colonists agriculture, detailing Algonquin Virginia Indians gardens about 100 by 200 feet, tools, field layout, weed control, and feeding crops. It covers corn varieties Flint and Dent, beans, pumpkins, squashes, sunflowers, tobacco, melons, and storage, with harvest methods and winter preservation. It also mentions barter from Potowmack and Powhatan for corn and beans.
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North America
Virginia
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Turning Grasshoppers Into Winter Poultry Feed
Farmers around Aldrich Missouri harvest grasshoppers to fatten chickens and turkeys. They dry and mix the hoppers with bran for winter feed, using methods like a homemade hopper under a car to collect insects. A preacher notes the potential value, suggesting government pay by weight could curb relief.
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Aldrich
Missouri
Detroit Free Press
Bad Handwriting and the Significance of Legible Names
A London Times Weekly editorial argues handwriting errors offend personal identity and urges discrimination in sympathy. It condemns illegible signatures and favors readable names, noting some write typed versions or self made translations beneath unreadable scrawls.
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London Times Weekly
Daniel Webster Jr Mows With Dad in Salisbury Tale
A droll tale from the Christian Science Monitor recalls Daniel Webster the student vacationing at his father’s Salisbury estate. Frustrated by a scythe, he complains it hangs wrong, is corrected, and finally decides the tool hangs fine when placed on the lowest limb with a quip about being perfectly satisfied. The item notes also cite London grounds hosting thousands of players and rising Irish railway receipts.
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Salisbury
Dartmouth
Daniel Webster
Daniel
Dan
Mr. Webster Sr
Chrstian Science Monitor
Insects Fight Earwigs With Tiny Fly Army in B C
Entomologists in British Columbia released 69 000 tiny flies to combat earwigs with another 3 000 to control holly leaf miners. Parasitology gains prominence as the Victoria laboratory advances anti earwig parasites after two years of work. Dominion entomologist W Downes says it will take years to see significant impact on billions of earwigs.
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B.C
Victoria
W. Downes
Dominion
British Columbia
Local Italian Spaniard crafts walnut violin in spare time
Angel Goni Navarcorena, 21, of Pampalona Spain carves a violin from walnut with a jackknife between farm chores. He has learned to play the handmade instrument and is now a fixture at local fetes and dances. If you wake at 5 a.m. and think it is a shame to sleep, you are not young.
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Angel Goni Navarcorena
Pampalona
Spain
Nature Arranges Virtues Across Social Lines
A proverb-like observation notes that nature allows a poor man to display virtues comparable to a millionaire, suggesting moral equality beyond wealth. The remark frames virtue as universal rather than tied to fortune.
Expert urges more alfalfa to boost dairy output in Michigan
Washington expert Co E Reed urges Michigan farmers to expand alfalfa acreage to improve soil fertility and feed quality. He cites alfalfa hay as best for dairy cows and notes saving soil with grasses benefits the dairy industry. Michigan State College demos show silage storage with dry ice and molasses, pest control, irrigation, and herd care methods for lower costs.
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Reed
United States of Dairy Industry
Michigan State College
State College
Lovely Crochet Lace Edgings Pattern 5671
Instructions for dainty crochet edgings with a matching insertion suitable for linens lingerie and household items. Details include material needs varied uses and a quick narrow tatting like edge. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Illustration Station System A Development Project Value
A Canada wide account explains Illustration Stations as community development units aiding crop and livestock improvement. It notes 223 units linking Experimental Farms with farmers, emphasizing breeding, seed production, housing, and farm building plans to boost efficiency and living conditions.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Automatic brain brake noted by University of Chicago
University of Chicago psychologists report an automatic brake in thinking that turns off mental processing when weariness sets in and resumes after rest. Prof. Arthur G. Bills explains the brake causes stuttering interjections and brief mental blanks during fatigue.
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University of Chicago
Arthur G. Bills
Bills
Preserve Cave Tomb Revealed Near Esdraelon
A well preserved cave tomb used by a noble Jewish family in the second and fourth centuries A D has been uncovered in the northwestern Plain of Esdraelon near Sheikh Abreik. Walls feature carvings and pigment illustrations of seven branched candelabra and other Jewish symbols. The find aims to illuminate Jewish life as Christianity spread through the Old World.
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Esdraelon
Sheikh Abreik
Old World
Trial scene over a pig misappropriation confession
A prisoner on trial for taking a pig is questioned about his confession. A conscientious witness is asked to repeat the exact words. The witness quotes the prisoner saying he took the pig, noting the judge’s failure to recognize the speaker.
What A Friend Is A Friend In Simple Verse
A friend is one who laughs with me and shares my tears. They encourage, praise, rebuke, and stand with me at weddings and funerals. They listen to my hopes and fears and rejoice in my success, never despising me in misfortune.
Canadian Bar Association elects national officers at Halifax meeting
Douglas J. Thom, Regina, re elected president of the conference of commissioners on uniformity of legislation in Canada. Other officers include Hon. W. J. Major, Winnipeg, honorary president, and R. M. Fisher, Winnipeg, treasurer. A. A. Moffat, Winnipeg, named secretary treasurer of the governing bodies of Canada’s legal profession.
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Douglas J. Thom
K.C
Regina
Conference of Commissioners On
Canada
W. J. Major
Winnipeg
R. M. Fisher
A. A. Moffat, KC
Legal Profession of Canada
Dental Decay Census Shows High Need Among U.S. Children
The American Dental Association announced from a survey of 1,520,201 children in 26 states that between 87 and 99 percent of elementary pupils have decayed teeth and require treatment. The study found average decayed teeth were fewer among Negro children than among whites.
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United States
American Dental Association
One Idea of Luck First Navvy
Dialogue from a historical piece shows two navvies discussing Jim who has suffered a run of bad luck and misfortune. The second man mocks Jim’s fate, noting his injuries and insurance payouts, and even his joining a burial society as if luck favors him.
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London
Irish Free State
CCC
Minnesota
Vancouver
Alice Brooks
New South Wales
Sydney
Australia
Smee
Commercial Apiarists’ Association
Canadian Bar Association
Halifax
The
Association
Hali
Jim
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