Root System Size Predicts Wheat Yield, Saskatchewan Study
Saskatchewan researchers report a strong link between underground root growth and later grain yield. Experiments show Prelude 15 to 31 inches root depth early. Rel iance 31 inches correlates with higher yields. Field tests compare Russian thistle, wild oat, Hannchen barley, and Marquis wheat to show root competitiveness drives above ground biomass. The finding could speed breeding by selecting plants with larger root systems.
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University of Saskatchewan
J. B. Harrington
Reward
Marquis
Reliance
Saskatoon
Village council smuggles 99 year old resident to avoid cost
The Vary Ruthenia village council tired of supporting their oldest inhabitant a 99 year old woman smuggled her across the Berehovo border on a camp bed. Berehovo authorities cared for her then billed Vary for board and lodging prompting the council to smuggle her back.
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Vary
Ruthenia
Berehovo
Scientists Claim Discovery of tan form of sugar
Biologists at a spectroscopy conference at MIT hailed a claimed finding that sugar can assume a mysterious tan form under ultraviolet light, which could prevent germs from growing. The claim generated widespread discussion about potential biological implications.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eloping Bride and Groom Telegram in Pleistocene Tale
A playful telegram exchange features an eloping bride and groom with a fatherly message. The fragment notes California as a tropical jungle in the Pleistocene era, roamed by large mammals.
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California
Revival of the voluntary town orchestra movement
The Christian Science Monitor notes a growing revival of voluntary town and country orchestras in Britain led by groups like the Surrey String Players. It praises nonprofessional players who join for love of music, highlighting a return to participatory performance over canned radio sounds and arguing the movement offers broad cultural hope.
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Britain
Surrey
Christian Science Monitor
Necessity For Budgeting Shapes Working Girls Fashion
Hollywood fashion expert Orry-Kelly argues budget constraints make working girls look smarter than wealthy society women. He says careful planning and selective wardrobe choices, not money, define style. A society girl may splurge impulsively, while budgeting fosters smart dressing.
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Orry-Kelly
Hollywood
Remedies and beliefs from 18th century English villages
The village doctor Miss Rosamond Bayne Powell notes odd cures for gout smallpox and fits. She cites two ounces of soap daily for three months oyster shell or egg shell powder and a black powder of toads for smallpox. A daily half pint of mistletoe liquor in ale was seen as beneficial.
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Rosamond Bayne-Powell
Royalty Accepts Maurice Zbriger Song Marina
The King and Queen accept the song Marina written by Montreal musician Maurice Zbriger. Official notification confirms acceptance. The piece was played at the jubilee court ball at Buckingham Palace on June 13, 2109.
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Maurice Zbriger
Montreal
Marina
Buckingham Palace
New Golf Ball Uses Dry Ice Core For Distance
A golf ball with a dry ice core to improve distance and accuracy is described. The core sits in a dense liquid center inside a rubber sack, wrapped in rubber bands with a hard rubber cover. As the dry ice sublimates it expands, effectively pumping the center. The piece notes U S imports of radium totaling six million dollars over a decade, weighing under a third of a pound.
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New York Herald Tribune
Unnamed Star Shows Surface Temp Record At MIT Spectroscopy Meet
A far off star described at MIT spectroscopy conference has a surface temperature of 180000 Fahrenheit the hottest ever measured. The sun runs at about 10000 Fahrenheit with earlier star records around 35000 to 40000 Fahrenheit. The text also notes modern tastes and a wry nature observation about fools.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Make Your Pictures Tell a Story in Snapshots
A guide on taking meaningful photographs urges avoiding posed shots. It compares stiff family portraits to narrative images showing action and human interest. The piece encourages thinking before shooting to capture pictures that convey a story and emotion.
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Uncle Charlie
Aunt Minnie
Canada Sets Up Field Research Network Across Nation
Dr J M Swaine outlined Canada's robust field and laboratory research framework at the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists meeting. He highlighted Dominion Agriculture with 60 labs and 34 experimental farms, plus National Research Council labs in Ottawa and extensive university and provincial programs that link research to industry.
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J. M. Swaine
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Dommon Department of Agriculture
Department
Department of Agriculture
National Research Council
Swaine
Biology and Agriculture
Division of Physics and Engineering
Division of Chemistry
Departments of Agriculture
Grass Silage May Replace Hay For Dairy Farms
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers reports successful grass silage trials. Professor Carl Bender treated grass with molasses and water per ton of green matter before silo storage, using alfalfa timothy and foxtail mix. If replicated, dairy farmers could cut grass at peak protein, avoiding sun-dependent hay curing and focusing on feed value and yield.
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New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers University
Carl B. Bender
Sussex County
Bender
Clergyman Overhears Fight at Freight Station
A clergyman, passing a freight station, overhears two workers abusing a mule inside a cattle car. He offers help and is asked how Noah managed to fit two mules into the Ark, prompting a jokey exchange about the biblical tale.
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The
Houdini’s widow still awaits promised word from beyond the grave
Mrs Houdini says the magician’s veil of death remains unpierced. For nearly nine years she has waited for the signal he promised or a message sent from beyond the grave.
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Houdini
Vast Toy Army Exhibit At Royal United Services Museum
Leicester Hewitt of Hunstanton owns a 20 000 piece toy soldier collection displayed at the Royal United Services Museum in Whitehall England. He built a third of the figures himself and buys others often supplying British heads and uniforms. The exhibit draws large crowds.
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Royal United Services Museum
Whitehall
England
Leicester Hewitt
Hunstanton
Hewitt
Floods Yield Lost Silverware as Final Gift Reemerges
In eastern Colorado floods kill and devastate areas while Bruce Petrikin of Billings Montana finds unexpected fortune. After his wife’s death 15 years ago a set of silverware given at their wedding had been missing. Workers cleaning a flood filled basement uncovered the silverware intact in an abandoned bank vault.
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Colorado
Bruce Petrikin
Billings
Montana
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