Quaker Tutor Notes Experience Of Teaching Royal Crown Prince
The American tutor Elizabeth Gray Vining and her four year stint mentoring the Japanese Crown Prince, chosen at the emperor’s request, is chronicled as a study in education and cultural exchange. The book covers progress from preteen to youth, classroom methods, and the shifting role of chamberlains.
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Japan
Elizabeth Gray Vining
Pennsylvania
Adam of the
Chamberlains
Crown Prince
Robins Fight Reflections in Windows Warned
New York reports that robins frequently attack their reflections in windows during nesting season as if facing another bird. The National Audubon Society advises covering reflecting surfaces with cloth to stop the fights.
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New York
National Audubon Society
Farmer Reports Unusually Large Six-Ounce Egg Likely Record
Marion Tennessee farmer Ed Ferges, with twenty years in poultry, reports a Hamp shire Red hen laying a six ounce jumbo egg much larger than normal eggs, an unprecedented find for his flock.
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Marion
Ed Ferges
Hampshire
Biographical Story of Frontiers Nurse Pioneer Mary Breckinridge
A compact biographical sketch tracing Mary Breckinridge from birth to founding the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky. It recalls her aristocratic lineage, ministerial father, and travels across several states. The narrative emphasizes personal loss, resilience, and a life devoted to nursing and rural care.
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Frontier Nursing Service
Mary Breckinridge
Russia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Connecticu
Washington, D. C
New York City
Frontier Nursing Service founded in Kentucky hills
The account highlights the founding of the Frontier Nursing Service in the Kentucky hills. It underscores the lone effort and groundbreaking nature of the venture, noting its appeal beyond the author’s personal narrative and its potential to entertain and inform.
Wheat Dryness Test For Safe Harvest Storage
A new wheat dryness test helps determine if grain is dry enough to combine or store. A sample placed in a glass bottle with ammonium chloride is shaken 50 times. dampness indicates too-wet grain. Developed by Prof Dexter at Michigan State College. Marines first furnished their own weapons in 1775.
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Raleigh, N. C
John Curtis
North
T. Dexter
Michigan State College
Leatherneck origin and reproduction methods
The passage notes that living things reproduce by division, budding, spores, or sexual means. It also explains that the term leatherneck for U.S. Marines derives from leather collars worn for protection when storming ships.
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U.S
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