Potatoes and strawberries befriend the desert dream
Park College chemist Professor Howard Dean envisions a future where plants are engineered to taste any way and yield sugar and starch on demand. He claims formaldehyde feeding can modify flavors, with vegetables stretching from potatoes to cantaloupes. The piece also notes unrelated items from various topics.
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Kansas City
Howard Dean
Park College
Missouri Valley Horticultural Society
Sahara
Earth
Cleveland Plain
Old Cat Adopts a Rabbit in Marletta Farm Scene
Philadelphia report shows Abraham B. Luis of Marletta rearing a rabbit with a cat and a litter of kittens after placing the tiny rabbit with them to save it. The feature notes a claimed method to make quality paper from grape vines based on recent experiments.
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Abraham B. Luis
Marletta
Butterfly use expands beyond science into decor
A Boston woman turns butterfly collecting into a commercial enterprise with a world wide team yielding 700 000 specimens yearly. Insects once mounted for science now serve jewelers florists modistes and other decorative trades. Also a note on Dr Kings New Life Pills for constipation with a 26 cent price.
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Harvard
Popular Mechanics
Jn Mergy
Romanian King May Lose Private Fortune
Budapest dispatch says the Romanian royal family’s private fortune, about three to four million dollars, is deposited in German banks and may be confiscated by the German government. King Ferdinand sought to withdraw funds as Russia pressure rose, but German banks refused transfers to Swiss banks. The note ends with an unrelated telegraphic quotation about an advertisement manager and a meadow to let.
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