Opportunities On The Farm Farm Women Find Paths In Poultry Shows
Mrs May E Driscoll a city woman now rural entrepreneur toured New York after her turkey Prince won favor at the National Poultry Show She says farm work especially poultry offers women more living options than crowded cities Her rise from city life to running a large turkey flock began seven years ago with a mindset shift and success in poultry exhibitions across several states
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May E. Driscoll
Mayfields
Methods of Salvaging Sunken Ships
Describes salvage operations to raise sunken vessels using air compressors and water-filled pontoons. Two methods exist for different depths: air-pressurized pumping in shallow water and buoyant pontoons for deep wrecks. Pontoons lift the hull as tides rise, enabling towing to shallower water for repeated steps.
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Seven Seas
Safest Frontier Comment by Swedish Foreign Minister
Herr Sandler, Swedish Foreign Minister, told a peace meeting in Norrköping that after millennia of civilizing effort the safest frontier is one behind which no one dives. He warned that the northern states have the North Pole at their backs and that is safe because nobody lives there.
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Herr Sandler
Norrkoeping
North Pole
Manitoba Poultry Output Sees Large Rise in 2836
Dressed poultry and eggs produced an income of 4414960 dollars in Manitoba in 2836, up about 400000 from 2935. Estimated egg production reached 18,907,900 with an average of 104 eggs per hen.
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Manitoba
Bryan’s Clever Toast At Japanese Banquet Impresses Chiefs
William Jennings Bryan, then U S Secretary of State, attended a banquet in Japan after Admiral Togo’s naval victories. When asked to toast, Bryan suggested honoring Togo in the navy’s element. The Japanese applauded and shouted Banzai as the hall rang with approval. The piece notes St Andrew’s as Scotland’s oldest university.
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Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
America
Japan
Togo
United States
Bryan Rose
Christian Science Monitor
Favorite Vegetable Survey Shows Potatoes Top With Spinach Close
The Children’s Welfare Federation of New York reports results from a survey in 217 camps serving 110000 children aged six to sixteen. Potatoes topped vegetable list with spinach close behind while boys express a wish to become newspaper men.
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Children’s Welfare Federation of
New York
Naval nomenclature and quirky speed claim
Old Custom explains ship naming rules with battleships named for states cruisers for cities destroyers for naval heroes and submarines after sea residents. The text notes the fastest human action is blinking an eye.
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United States
Sewing Decline Alarms Merchants Demand Better Instruction
A National Retail Dry Goods Association report from New York says over 27 million American women never learned to sew. Only 15 million of 42 million women know to stitch, despite 92 percent of homes having sewing machines. The group urges better instruction for girls 14 to 29 to boost sales and usage of fabrics and patterns.
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National Retail Dry Goods Association
New York
United States
Association
Committee On
Hardy apple growth in Prairie Provinces outlined in 1931 33 report
The Dominion Agriculture division notes progress in developing hardy crab apples for Canada's Great Northwest. Starting with Pyrus Baccata crosses in 1887, Saunders and successors produced crab apples like Osman, Colombia, Rosalda, Protosh, Wapella, and Printosh. New crosses with McIntosh Red and Wealthy yielded fruiting varieties exceeding three inches, distributed for hardiness testing across Prairie Provinces.
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Division of Horticulture
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Great Northwest
Canada
Wm. Saunders
Canadian Northwest
Haas
Ontario
Saunders
Osman
Columbia
Prairie
Seed Testing Laboratories Across Dominion Districts
The Seed Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture operates seven seed laboratories in Sackville, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Calgary for purity and germination testing. Chemical labs are in Ottawa while microscopic labs are in Ottawa and Toronto.
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Seed Branch
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Sackville
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Calgary
Melbourne to Build Glass Hospital in Modern Design
Melbourne plans a new hospital costing about $4 million. The structure will feature glass walls, columns, and floors as permanent fixtures with movable interior partitions to avoid dark corners. Cement and steel form the frame for a bright, flexible medical facility.
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Melbourne
Australia
Pessi mist Whine Merchant Referenced in Quip
A clipped quarrel line shows a man dismissed as a pessimist and his companion correcting the label as a whine merchant. The exchange hints at social teasing or a humorous insult in a historical street-talk fragment.
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Ohio
Big Miami
Scotland
St. Andrew's
Hitler
Weccess
Prairie Provinces
Addis Ababa
Ras Imeru
Cogeb
Gimma
Caffa
Glass Hospital
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