Starved Rock and the Story of Its Historic Rock Feature
An excerpt recounts Starved Rock near Buca on the Illinois river, its sheer 125 foot water side, the flat crest, and its status as a state park with canyons and forests. It traces the Indian legend of the fort built in 1083, the Pottawatomie siege, and the rock’s preservation by Illinois. Also noted are naval observatory master clocks in Washington kept at strict temperatures and vibration-free foundations to ensure precise timekeeping.
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Buca
Starved Rock
Pottawatomies
Ilinois
Naval Observatory
Washington
Observatory
Western Newcpazer Union
Punic Wars History and Roman Viewpoint
From Tone to Carthage in the third and second centuries B C the Punic wars marked clashes. The term Puniens Latin for Carthaginians derives from Poeni meaning inhabitants of Carthage. Romans saw Carthaginians as faithless and treacherous.
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Tone
Carthage
Path‘finder
Feather pulling in parrots causes and care
Care of parrots feather pulling is distressing, arising from skin irritation after indigestion or parasites like lice. Treat by dusting pyrethrum powder through feathers to skin until parasites are killed, then thoroughly sterilize the cage and quarters.
Pheasants in America Stocking and Ringneck Spread note
Pheasants are raised more than any other game bird in the United States with nine-tenths or more being ringnecks. The northwestern states have seen successful stocking operations, and the Chinese ringneck has been widely distributed, notably by New York state game farms.
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America
New York State
Growth of Antler in Elk and Deer Shapes Future Size
The article explains that elk and deer shed their antlers annually in February or March. New antlers take about four months to fully develop. Internally, antler material is the same as hair, and healthy elk or cattle grow their antlers at a rate of about one third of an inch or more once growth begins.
Natives puzzled by U S scientist in Caribbean dig
Washington reports Herbert Krieger of the Smithsonian led an expedition to Samana Bay, Santo Domingo, to dig shell heaps left by prehistoric cave dwellers. He found shells and bones, noting caves and aboriginal village sites, but no treasure.
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Washington
Caribbean
Santo Domingo
Herbert Kreiger
United States National Museum
Kreiger
Santo Dominicans
Mr. Kreiger
States
Smithsonian Institution
Samana Bay
Mrr. Kreiger
Air Mail Rates Cut to Five Cents for First Ounce
Air mail postage drops to five cents for the first ounce or fraction on August 1, with subsequent ounces at ten cents. A standard letter can reach any US destination for five cents, and air mail packages up to 50 pounds and under four inches in girth will cost about $1.05. Regulations allow most mailable matter, with special delivery stamps speeding domestic air mail.
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Chicago
Arthur C. Gueder
Man Denies Owning Artificial Arm After Liquor Raid
Montesano Wash EB G Winnie Wigner testifying denied left arm belonged to him after an artificial limb was found near a liquor raid. Wagner, missing an arm, allegedly dropped the arm in a fight. He was acquitted but now seeks return of the limb from the sheriff.
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Montesano, Wash
EB. G
Winnie’ Wigner
Wagner
To Study Lightning Chata Near Chilhowee Mountain Camped
Teun Westinghouse engineers plan a field study on Chilhowee Mountain to observe lightning, banking on the area which averages about twenty thunderstorms monthly.
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Teun—Westinghouse
Chilhowee Mountain
Lone Turkish Smoker Defies Village Tobacco Reform
In Tazlar Turkey the Yellow Crescent Anti Tobacco Society targets the last holdout who still smokes in a village of several hundred. He vows to quit only at death, claiming tobacco is a state monopoly and a key revenue source for the fledgling republic.
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Tazlar
Turkey
Yellow Crescent Anti-Tobacco Society
New
Yellow Crescent Society
Veteran Schrader to Resume Arctic Field Work at 68
Frank C. Schrader, veteran explorer and geologist with the Geological Survey, plans new field research in the West this summer at age sixty eight. His storied career includes Arctic journeys from Bergman Alaska to Point Barrow and Nome, with discoveries from the Anaktuvuk plateau to mastodon remains on Yukon river banks near Fairbanks. He helped reveal interior Alaska and contributed to the understanding of the Northwest coast and Arctic regions.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Frank C. Schrader
Alaska
Montana
West
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
California
Schrader
Sterling
Interior Department
Arctic Circle
Bergman
Arctic Divide
Endicott Mountains
George H. Wilkins
Ben Bielson
Point Barrow
Anakturuk Tyer
North Pole
Colville River
Arctic Ocean
Polar Ocean
Hikimos
Mr. Schrader
Cape Lisburne
Northwest Passage
Collier
Nome
Yukon
Tanana River
Fairbanks
Nore
Yukon River
SE Michaels
Anvil Creek
Berlin Orchestra Links Across Distance With Special Piano
Doctor Erich Fischer patents a wireless concert system enabling a Berlin orchestra to be conducted from Göttingen. Soloists in Göttingen sing while the Berlin players perform, using silent piano cues, microphones, and headphones. Cues travel nearly instantaneously, with loudspeakers in Göttingen reproducing the Berlin performance. The scheme promises significant time and money savings.
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Berlin
Erich Tischer
Fischer
Gaettingen
High School of Music
Goettingen
Roctor Irischer
Canadian Girl Earns Living as Trapper
Miss Jean Cameron, a twenty one year old Alberta girl, has trapper skills learned since age ten. She follows a wide semicircle within ten miles of her father’s Alberta homestead, trapping foxes coyotes lynx cats weasels and knows the habits of Brer rabbit. Rain or shine she traps as a livelihood.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Jean Cameron
Miss Cameron
Canada
Palace Corner Della Regina Houses Venice Pawnbrokers
Venice merchants in the city of canals operate from an imposing 1724 palace named Palace Corner Della Regina. The three ball merchants use the grand edifice as their headquarters and lend on items from tiepins to merchant ships.
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Venice
Canals
Della Regina
Norwegian Memorial for Pioneer Church Planned in Minneapolis
A plan for a Norwegian Memorial in Minneapolis envisions a church to honor Norwegian pioneers of America and serve as a central place of worship in the Norwegian language. The project aims to provide a cultural and spiritual hub for the local Norwegian community.
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Minneapolis
America
Gun Shoots Plaster in Restoring Ceiling London
Restoration work at Monmouth castle reveals a new plastering method. A water saturated old surface is treated by firing reinforcing plaster through an automated gun, with experiments showing a plaster layer can form on blotting paper without moisture seeping through.
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London
Monmouth Castle
British Ofice of Works
Mexico City Straw Wear Year Round Invarying Styles
In Mexico City straw hats and overcoats are worn year round by individuals with no fixed start or end dates. More straws are worn in summer but many wear straws on Christmas and every day. Some never switch from felt hats, and light overcoats are worn almost nightly regardless of daytime warmth. Clothing weight remains largely unchanged throughout the year.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Back-to-the-Farm Movement Planned in Mexico City
Mexico City officials form a commission to develop a back to the farm program aimed at moving urban residents to agricultural lands. The study will also probe foreign colonization and possible incentives for farmers from other countries. The panel draws from treasury, agriculture, and the rural credit bank.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Alexico
Departments of Treasury and Agriculture
Agricultural Credit Bank
Army Wives to Cook on Electric Ranges
Maj. Gen. B. F. E. Cheatham, army quartermaster general, has ordered 1,900 electric ranges to replace worn gas, wood, and coal ranges in officers quarters at posts nationwide. Madison Barracks Fort Yatten and Fort Slancack in New Jersey are among the posts to receive the new electrical cooking units with modern up to date features and automatic heat regulation.
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Washington
B. FE. Cheatham
Army
Madison Barracks
Fort Yatten
New York
Fort Slancack
New Jersey
Essentials in developing growing pullets from NC college
North Carolina State College extension poultryman C P Parrish outlines four essentials for young pullets: good range free of hens, ample fresh air, adequate growing mash and scratch, and access to shade and green feed. He notes artificial shade if natural shade is unavailable and describes heat reduction, ventilation, stove use after fires, and perches for week seven to nine chicks including a sloped 45 degree setup with one inch mesh wire to aid climbing.
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C. PL Parrish
Extension Poultryman
North Carolina State College
Dirst
Egg That Has Life Essential for Poultry Success
A Wallace's Farmer writer emphasizes life in an egg as key to poultry success. Strong parents, proper feeding, clean housing, fresh air, and adequate exercise influence egg vitality across chickens ducks geese and turkeys. Bone meal meat scraps buttermilk corn wheat oats and green seeds build bone muscle fat energy. Harvest depends on seed quality.
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Wallace
Light Brahmas Good for the Small Patch Farmer
The text promotes Light Brahmas for small plots, noting their tolerance to confinement and cold, disease resistance, and decent egg laying. It contrasts with larger-space breeds, mentions market value of surplus stock, and lists alternative foragers like Brown or White Leghorn, Black Spanish, Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, and Rhode Island Reds.
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Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Rhode Island
Feeding Advice for Chickens and Diet Shortfalls
Chickens eat feathers due to feed shortages. Provide salt in dry mash and keep it available. Ensure ample green food, cabbage, mangels, and root crops in winter. Include animal foods such as beet scraps, fish scraps, skim milk, or buttermilk to bolster nutrition.
Alfalfa Feed Boosts Chicks When Time Is Tight
Alfalfa is favored for quick chick feed even in small quantities. A few hundred pounds of high grade alfalfa meal can provide green feed for many chicks. Many starter mashes lack alfalfa and should follow manufacturer directions. Some chicks thrive on mash with alfalfa despite higher cost and complexity.
Bar Bachelors From Holding Office Proposals
A proposed French bill by M. Jean Rameau would bar bachelors from top offices until they father many children. To be cabinet minister six children, mayor two, town councillor one. The author argues the law could lift France’s population by ten million in ten years.
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French Republic
M. Jean Rameau
France
Eabinett
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Playing Safe in A Fragmented Exchange
A pedestrian addresses a passerby about vigilance and safety in a brief, garbled exchange. The fragment hints at caution toward a car while noting the light near them is unlikely to run over the speaker.
Money cannot buy an ounce of love but it will purchase
Money cannot buy an ounce of love but it will purchase tong of sym pathy. Life is a game of chance, it would be rather stupid if it were not.
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Monarch
Benge
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