Selecting Dairy Breed Important
A USDA bulletin advises beginners to choose a dairy breed based on local predominance, personal preference, and market needs. It notes advantages of matching neighbors' breeds, such as easier bull exchange and cooperative sales, and stresses that good cows exist in all breeds. The six recognized US dairy breeds and bulletin 1443 cover breed traits and history.
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United States
Guernsey
Jersey
Bureau of Dairying
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Good Fleeces and Lambs Are Always Profitable
Experimental findings from the Ohio Experiment Station show that heavy pre lambing grain feeding is uneconomical for ewes in good condition. A light grain allowance is recommended, with legume hay and corn silage forming the bulk of daily feed. Fine wool breeding ewes gain strong lambs and good milk with modest grain, and rations can be adjusted after lambs learn to eat grain.
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Ohio
Diversity of Crops for Year Round Farm Activity
A diversity of crops enables better use of farm labor and supplies food for livestock. Choose only major crops, usually not more than five or six, to ensure year round labor, provide a lucrative crop, and feed for livestock.
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Mve
Cartier the Pioneer of Canadian Agriculture
The first soil cultivation near Quebec was by Jacques Cartier in 1541 with turnips cabbage and lettuce. The first public garden, Adlam's garden in Halifax, N S established in 1753. Halifax now boasts public gardens admired by visitors.
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Canada
Jacques Cartier
Quebec
Adlam
Halifax
Pat Into Workers and the Carthage Dig
A noted anecdote from the France American excavations at ancient Carthage shows a lesson in labor psychology. Workmen, stereotyped as lazy, suddenly doubled effort after moving pictures of the dig were shown, drawing many volunteers eager to appear on film.
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Ancient
Carthage
Opportunity and Thrift Are Brothers in Blood
Thrift creates opportunity by saving a small sum at the right time, enabling advancement and attracting supporters in positions of influence. Disraeli notes that readiness for opportunity is the great secret of success, and thrift builds industry, confidence, and a path to future rewards. Each sacrifice today lays groundwork for tomorrow’s gains.
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Disraeli
Boomerang Proof of Robert W Chambers Speech
In New York luncheon remarks Robert W Chambers says novelists are conceited and recounts a humorous Palm Beach exchange about a flirtatious actress and the self proclaimed modest Scrawler Scribbs. The anecdote highlights perceptions of modesty and vanity among writers.
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Robert W. Chambers
New York
Palm Beach
Scribbs
America
Festival of Old Music at Haslemere by Dolmetsch
A festival of sixteenth to eighteenth century chamber music is planned for August in Haslemere England. Arnold Dolmetsch and family will perform on rare historical instruments including lute recorder virginal viola d amore harpsichord slavichord and other period pieces. The event aims to highlight music of the golden age with original instruments and ensembles.
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Haslemere
England
Arnold Dolmetsch
Rosetti
London Resumea Polka Dances Return as Society Novelty
London society revisits dances from twenty five years ago with period costumes. The polka mazurka lancers and barn dance reappear, with Washington Post a popular march. Miss Belle Harding organized an early quarter century ago dance in Victorian style featuring a black dress and pink petticoat.
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Washington Post
London
England
New York
Belle Harding
Interesting Anniversary in a Hertfordshire Village
Langley in Bertfordaville prepares a summer commemoration for Pope Adrian IV the only English pope. A parish church tablet honors Nicholas Breakspear born in the area. A pageant will be staged on the old garden site of his birth as pilgrims flock from near London.
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Abbotts Langley
Bertfordaville
England
Adrian IV
Hertfordshire
Nicholas Breakspear
Nicholas
London
Record of Congress Laws Across Sixty-Eight Sessions
The Congressional Record reports Congress passed 50 060 laws over 186 years, averaging about 785 per session. It notes forty nine laws were unconstitutional.
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Congress
Congressional Record
Speculation on Charles I Blocking Puritan Exiles
A Washington Post editorial argues that Charles I’s 1637 ban on three Puritan leaders Arthur Haslerig John Hampden and Oliver Cromwell from migrating to North America altered history. It posits no Civil War or a different throne, and Cromwell’s absence would reshape New England politics and colonial policy, possibly delaying or changing America’s Revolution. The piece notes the irony of Charles I’s action against Puritan reform.
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Charles I
England
North America
Arthur Haslerig
John Hampden
Oliver Cromwell
Washington Post
Nasby
Marston Moor
Ironsides
Thade
Trim
Whitehall
America
Cromwell
New England
Commonwealth
William
Anne
Charles
Remarkable Lightning Experience Told by Rand Pioneer
A Rand pioneer writes to a Johannesburg newspaper recounting a lightning strike in a country thunderstorm. While sheltering in a Kaffir hut a bolt hit the back of his neck, peeled flesh, burned clothes, and left him unconscious. After months in bed he slowly healed, grew new skin, and found the new flesh comfortable though deafness remained.
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Rand
Johannesburg
Glacier Efforts to Recover 1870 Alpine Dead in Geneva
Reports from Geneva indicate alpinists monitor the Bossons glacier hoping to recover six men who died in September 1870, including H. Randall of Chicago. If the river Ive yields bodies, it may reveal remains after decades, with an ax found recently linked to a guide who perished, renewing hopes for the fifty five year old tragedy.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Glacier Des Bossons
H. Randall
Chicago
Popular Ailment Sparks Short School Absence
A ten year old boy developed a rash but was told by a doctor the illness is not serious or infectious and requires no diet or exercise changes. He is kept home from school to avoid alarm at the school, and much of the vacation is spent on a new bicycle. A schoolmate, upon learning the reason for his absence, envies and says he wishes he had it too.
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Foster
Catchings
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Middle West
Jesuit Martyr Isaac Joguex Killed at Caughnawaga in 1646
The French Jesuit missionary Father Isaac Joguex, a beatified figure in Rome during the holy year, was slain by Mohawk Indians at Caughnawaga on October 18, 1646.
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Isaac Joguex
Rome
Caughnawaga
Fires of Saint John blaze on Brittany hillsides
In Brittany the Fires of Saint John light up every hillside on Midsummer Eve. The glow marks the Eve of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist as locals kindle beacon fires across the region.
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France
Saint John Baptist
Brittany
Saint John
Wartime Origin of Ansgae Term for Australian Army Corps
The term Ansgae for colonial soldiers of Britain in World War I is described as formed from the initials of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. General Birdwood used it in a telegram from the Gallipoli peninsula. Some believe it equals the initials of Australia New Zealand Africa and Canada.
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Ansgae
Great Britain
New Zealand
Birdwood
Gal Nood
Australia
Africa
Canada
Mystery Attached to Lost Cities of World
The article notes fascination with lost cities across the East. It cites Barabodoor in Java rediscovered by Sir Stamford Raffles, Ayutthaya in Siam abandoned for four centuries, a Tibet city whose reasons for abandonment remain unknown, and Angkor in Cambodia once home to about 750,000 people now overtaken by jungle. temples and monuments endure despite decay.
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Iife
Baraboedoor
Java
Stamford Raffles
Siam
Ayuthla
Tibet
Captain Rawling
Angkor
Cambodia
Plant That Changes Its Location at Will
A study of plant mobility describes mistletoe Loranthus moving by a root disc to find a better site. It repeats the process until development is optimal. Clusia seeds lodge in a host branch, roots descend to soil, and shoots extend to encircle and suffocate the supporting tree in a dramatic growth pattern.
Origins of the term Gringo G Weeks explains Greek link
G F Weeks argues that Gringo derives from the Spanish Griego meaning Greek. He notes English speakers in Mexico found Mexican speech hard to grasp and used the phrase That is all Greek to me. Mexicans then heard Griego and adapted it to gringo, a form heard widely among foreigners.
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G. F. Weeks
Mexico
Dogs Not Go Commodity From Bucolic Beat Ids
Rusticus, author of Bucolic Beat ides, condemns dog trading. He argues a dog should never be bought or bartered, though rescue or theft in dire need may occur. He laments men who profit from selling dogs as unfit husbands and fathers and calls their trade inhumane.
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Rusticus
Tiger Talk and Mating Calls Describe Big Cat Voices
The article explains tiger mating sounds such as a loud ah woongh repeated several times as the mating wall, plus night time vocal roaming. It contrasts a deer's angry disturbed warning with a low hum and a long ma ee h, and notes tigers and leopards emitting distinct roars on the way to kills.
Words and Choral Speech Meet in Great Festival Address
A Sheffield anecdote recalls Sir Henry Wood urging choristers to value clear enunciation. He warned that audiences notice every word, even if solo voice lacks power, and urged singers to ensure the chorus words carry the music at future festivals.
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Henry Wood
Sheffield
Power of the veto in England through the ages
The veto is a historic remnant of royal power, gradually reduced to a negative disapproval role. Since 1708 it has never been used, though nonuse does not erase its existence under a system of responsible cabinet government.
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England
Spring Month Named After Greek Goddess
A Chicago Daily News brief recounts Maia the oldest Pleiad, sister of the Mount Cyliene-born goddesses, linked to May and Roman Spring rites. It notes Maia as Mercury's mother and mentions Maia’s six sisters forming the Pleiades, traditionally seven in myth.
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Mala
Atias
Oceanid
Pleione
Mount Cyliene
Arcadia
Maia
Mercury
Italy
Maa Mapesta
Jupiter
Myrope
Sisyphus
Atlas
Chicago Daily News
Glasgow's origins traced to Saint Kentigern's mission
A historical note recounts Glasgow's founding in the sixth century by Saint Kentigern who established a religious outpost beside a stream flowing into the Clyde. He introduced Christianity to the area, hung a bell on a tree to summon worshippers, and after later conflicts with the Strathclyde Britons, returned and was buried at the site of the later Glasgow Cathedral.
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Glasgow
Scotland
St. Kentigern
Clyge
Kentigern
Strathclyde
Wales
Two Bow Legged Men Enter The Scene Of Debate
Will Jones and Jenks argued over Shakespeare with Jones claiming the bard was a genius. Jenks argued anyone could imitate him. As two bow legged men approached, Jones challenged a description. Jenks replied Shakespeare would say two bow legged men with legs that could serve as parentheses.
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Jones
Jenks
Shakespeare
Ely
Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli Preservation and Plunder
The Hadrian’s Villa complex near Tivoli, built by Emperor Hadrian to replicate notable sights from his travels, covered about eight to ten miles in circumference. Sixty years after Hadrian, Caracalla’s baths in Rome were constructed and much of the villa’s marble was stripped for use in decoration.
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Hadrian
Tivoli
Rome
Caracalla
Kansas City
Odd Entries Into Life Many babies are born at sea, but it
A brief note records curious births at sea with unusual details and mentions passengers and crew witnessing infancy moments. The item notes instances where infants enter life far from land and hints at maritime superstition surrounding such births.
Baby born mid Atlantic as storm rages on ship
A German baby girl born during a mid Atlantic storm is reported as steerage passengers discuss the event while a subscription list provides a substantial start in life. In a separate note a baby boy is born 6,600 feet up in the air as a mother travels by plane from Budapest to Naples.
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mid-Atlantic
Budapest
Naples
World Oceans Cover About 130 Million Square Miles
The oceans span roughly 130000000 square miles with a combined volume near 302000000 cubic miles. Average depth sits around two miles, while the deepest recorded depth is five miles. Sea water contains about one quarter pound of salt per gallon. Studies of rock salt beds beneath Strassfort and several states plus Cheshire England suggest these regions were once dried inland seas.
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Strassfort
Germany
New York State
Ohio
Michigan
Kansas
Cheshire
England
Real Sportsmen On the Fishing Stream
A reflective note extols patient anglers who savor a nibble then celebrate the catch. It contrasts such restraint with behavior at home or work, suggesting true sportsmanship applies beyond the water to daily life.
Missionary letter on fish needs for Indian pupils in Aklavik
Reverend Edward Hester in charge of All Saints church writes from Aklavik on the Mackenzie delta stressing the large quantity of fish required to feed mission pupils. He notes meals of fish and potatoes for breakfast, dinner, and supper, highlighting the diet at the schools.
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Edward Hester
All Saints’ Church
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Saskatoon
Walrus Ivory and Skin Used as Feal Tender in Alaska
In northern Alaska fegal tender accepts walrus teeth and bone as currency. Items listed include walrus teeth valued at 8 cehia, fox at 11 percent cents, whalebone at percent cent, plus sinew and fur skins. Red Cross: Courter.
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Alaska
Red Cross
Courter
World's Largest Library in Paris Famed Bibliotheque Nationale
The Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, founded by Louis XIV, claims the world’s largest collection with about 1.5 million volumes, 350,000 pamphlets, 180,000 manuscripts, 300,000 maps and charts, 1.3 million old prints and engravings, and nearly 150,000 medals and coins.
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Bibliotheque Nationale
Paris
Louis XIV
Pygmy Elephant Arrives in London From Congo
A full grown pygmy elephant four feet tall arrives in London from the African Congo. The animal stands three feet S inches tall and comes from the same African region home to pygmy men hippo potami and hulaloes.
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London
Congo
Africa
al blackstone’s daring ride climbs into speeding plane
Photo shows Al Blackstone trying a new thriller at speeds between 60 and 70 mph. He rides a motorcycle as an airplane speeds overhead, catching a suspended rope ladder and climbing into the cockpit while both move at high speed.
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al Blackstone
Thhriller
Heey
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