Remembering Luther Burbank’s plant science heritage
The piece lauds Luther Burbank in California and Santa Rosa for advancing fruit, flower, and shrub breeding, highlighting his vast experiments, public engagement, and teachings. It urges amateurs and farmers to explore plant hybridization on small plots, noting potential gains in beauty and utility from native and cultivated varieties.
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Burbank
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Santa Rosa Garde
Santa Rosa Junior College
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Santa Rosa Gardens
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Canadian entomologists report no Japanese beetles found
In Canada precautions against a possible invasion by Japanese beetles were taken as entomologists searched the country. No beetles were found, despite two beetles found on a ship deck in Yarmouth Nova Scotia triggering some alarm. The Clyde remains a major shipbuilding river.
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Canada
United States
Yarmouth
N.S
Across the Border Sign Marks England Scotland Line
A Detroit Saturday Night item reports the British and Irish railway erected a 14 by 9 foot sign on the London and northeastern coast route marking the border between England and Scotland. The display features Scotland’s thistle and unicorn and England’s rose and St George cross with colorful flags and an arm indicating the respective countries.
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England
Scotland
Lonton
British and Irish
St. Andrew's Cross
St George's Cross
Detroit
Farouk to wed Sas Naas Zul Kar as Farida named
A royal proclamation states the seventeen year old Sas Naas Zul Kar will marry King Farouk next year and be known as Farida The Only One her name altered to an Egyptian title replacing her Persian origin name remains to be formalized in royal usage
Prevention of Cancer No 1 in Watch Dial Factory
In a Newark watch dial plant eighteen girls who brushed radium with their lips ingested radioactive dust, leading to sarcoma in bones. The article argues prevention via avoiding irritants, gloves for workers, periodic health exams, and education for doctors and the public to reduce cancer risks and early treatment chances.
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Newark
Cain
Readers seek complete cancer article set via Health League note
Editorial notice invites readers to obtain the full set of Dr McCullo nge cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. The message emphasizes mail request for comprehensive coverage.
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Dr. McCullonge
Health League of Canada
Bond St
Toronto
Alice Stevens Recipe Print Feature Relish and Tips
Readable recipe fragment shows fruit and vegetable prep for relishes with tomatoes peaches pears peppers and spices. Instructions mention blanching, peeling and chopping before mixing with sugar vinegar and salt. Readers invited to write to Alice Stevens Home Service Penticton BC for free cooking and household advice. A note claims the folding fan originated in seventh century Japan from an artist observing wing closure.
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Alice Stevens
Home Service
Penticton
Chinese Agriculture Described As Nonpastoral Practices
A historical account notes that Chinese people are described as agricultural rather than pastoral. It mentions cattle used in fields, a diet with pork and lamb but little beet, and a claim that they do not make butter or cheese. It also notes milk sold in drug stores as medicine and not consumed as in the writer’s culture.
Homonyms and Deep Sea Diving Confuse Readers
Words pronounced alike but spelled differently and with different meanings are called homonyms. Deep sea diving is perhaps the only sector where one begins at the top and works down.
Hidden Fort Knox Gold Bulk Described In Figures
The Wall Street Journal estimates the U S gold reserves at Fort Knox would form a block about 1.6 feet high and wide if melted and stacked. The treasure weighs roughly 24 million pounds, stored in subterranean chambers far from sight and served by no immediate public display.
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Wall Street Journal
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Treasury Building
Sink & Bate
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Midas
Siegfried
Oakland
Calif Tebuna
Salt needed by dairy cows and early bicycle sulkies
An ounce or more of salt is required daily for the average dairy cow with rock salt available for licking. The bicycle sulky, still in use in racing wares, made its first appearance in 1890.
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