World Food Production and Price Policies: A Global View
Detroit News argues that global food production and distribution reveal policy flaws across nations. It notes U S Congress efforts to reward farmers, European subsidies, Britain wealth tax schemes aiding wheat, and price fixing in the Netherlands and Brazil’s price pegging. The piece laments wasteful practices amid widespread hunger.
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American Congress
Europe
Great Britain
British Isles
Germany
Italy
France
Netherlands
Brazil
Detroit News
Legends Of The Deadly Upas Tree Debunked
An explorer vows to find the mythic man eating tree of Madagascar, a fanciful legend used to mislead. The piece contrasts it with known myths like Java's upas tree, noting the real plant exists but is harmless unless injected with poison.
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Madagascar
Java
Wheat shortage hits Roumania schools and troops
In Roumania a wheat shortage delays white bread for schoolchildren, theologians, police, and soldiers. The minister of public instruction orders boarding schools to serve rye bread and mamaliga a stiff porridge until the next harvest.
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Roumania
Minister of Public Instruction
Henry and Betrothal Bargain Sparks Nightfall Bargain
A wife questions late night closures while Henry faces a suitor seeking his daughter. The father responds with a quip about choosing the one always in his pocket, framing a humorous, old world betrothal moment. Nearby, Iduat and propriety set the stage for a comic family exchange.
Minerals and minerals for pigs growth
The article explains that rapid pig growth depends on a complete mineral diet and that spring pigs obtain minerals from soil and pasture while fall litters rely on a planned ration. It cites a Dominion Experimental Station formula using slack oval salt lime and sulphur fed in a box feeder for free access.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Lacombe
Alberta
Cattle Export to Britain Opens First Shipment From Canada
The first live cattle shipment to the United Kingdom since fall left Canada for Liverpool on January 7 numbering about 200 head including a few heifers. Shipper R Bruce Burns urged government aid to lower freight rates, saying a $150 000 support could boost cattle sales domestically and abroad.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Liverpool
R. Bruce Burns
Stabilizer nickname sparks a league joke
In a light exchange, Jim balks at being called the hustler while Tom offers a gentler title, calling him their stabilizer, highlighting team humor and camaraderie.
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Jim
Tom
Material blends promise wrinkle resistant fabrics
A textile process combines cotton with artificial silk to create a fabric designed to resist wrinkling, aiming for a low maintenance material with smoother appearance and easier care.
Alfalfa Hay and Meal Trade Signals Growing Interest
West of England markets see rising attention to alfalfa hay and meal with Gloucestershire tests for calf feed promising butter fat and color gains in milk. Canadian imports offer price and supply advantages over South African meal, while exporters emphasize fine grind and leaf content for quality.
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England
South Wales
Gloucestershire Milk Recording Society
California
C.it
London
Liverpool
Canada
South Africa
Avonmouth
Canadian
Oil Penetration Could Recast Bearing Lubrication
Two experts report that oil penetrates metal rather than simply coating it and may form a new film on a bearing once wiped clean. The discovery challenges prior beliefs about lubrication and could influence future methods.
Not a bad novel but I publish works of men with well known names
A historical note mentions Gregory I, proclaimed Pope in 590 as a Benedictine follower, and contrasts it with a claim that the speaker will publish under the name Smith. The fragment presents a discussion on authorship and papal succession. It includes a claim of adopting a common surname and references early church leadership.
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Smith
Gregory I
Benedict
New 200 Inch Telescope To Bring Moon Into Closer View
Reports from Pasadena and Mount Wilson describe Caltech's plan to use a 200 inch photographic telescope to observe the moon and distant stars from near, with potential to resolve objects about 30 feet on the lunar surface and reveal roughly a billion and a half stars. The system will collect light via a primary lens or mirror, functioning as a light gathering device rather than a mere magnifier.
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California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
California
Frederick C. Leonard
Department of Astronomy
Mount Wilson Observatory
Leonard
Dr. Leonard
Earth
Rails for Japan shipped from Saint John in Ferndale
More than 100 miles of second hand rails weighing 4 750 gross tons were sent to Japan on the steamer Ferndale. The standard gauge rails replace CN lines in New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island over a period of more than three years.
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Japan
Saint John
N.B
Ferndale
Canadian National
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Peru Central Railway Built Across Nation 1871 to 1891
The Central Railway of Peru was constructed from 1871 through 1891, featuring 132 tunnels and bridges along its route.
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Central Railway of
Peru
Seven Sevens Trusted By Gamblers On Riviera
A Riviera gambling craze fixates on the number seven claiming it replaces thirteen as lucky. They cite a pattern of tragedies on the seventh of months, noting January 7 death of M. Magiet, March 7 Briand, May 7 Destimer assassination, and July 7 loss of submarine Pr ethee.
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Casos
Riviera
Een
France
M. Magiet Minter
M. Briand
D8timer
Prethee
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