Shrubs For Prairie Planting In Saskatchewan
A summary of hardy shrubs suitable for prairie landscaping at Swift Current and South Western Saskatchewan. It covers Caragana varieties, Honeysuckle, Lilacs, Spiraeas, Cotoneasters, Russian Sandthorn, Siberian Almond, and Siberian Crab, with notes on hardiness, windbreak needs, and spring planting guidance. Readers are urged to contact Agricultural College or Experimental Station for more lists.
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Dominion Experimental Staton
Swift Current
South
Saskatchewan
Elephant diet at Philadelphia Zoo detailed
A healthy elephant's daily intake at the Philadelphia Zoo includes 100 pounds of timothy hay, 3 quarts of crushed vegetables, and 36 quarts of oats and bran. The specifics highlight the care provided to the large mammal.
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Philadelphia Zoo
Plows and Gender Quirks From a Century of Tools
A miscellany traces John Deere and other American plow innovations from 1837 onward, noting Deere's steel plow reshaped prairie agriculture. It also contrasts male and female behaviors in everyday tasks, citing observations from the Johannesburg Star.
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John Ogborne
John Deere
Vermont
Grand Detour
John Lane
Deeres
Lane
Mississippi Basin
Thomas Jefferson
James Small
Charles Newbold
Jethro Wood
Scipio
N.Y
Davenport
Prairies
Herodotus
England
Proved A Boomerang Locusts derailed train with whistle signal
A farmer used a long whistle from a passing engineer to scare locusts away. The sound caused locusts to scatter but landed in a railway cut, delaying the train for hours as wheels slipped. The tale appears in South African Railways and Harbors magazine.
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South African Railways and Harbors
China Holds Most Radium Despite Global Shortage
China owns about two grams of radium spread between 510 milligrams received by the Sino-Belgian Radium Institute and a little more than one gram total, contrasted with Belgium's 32 grams in use and far larger reserves elsewhere.
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China
Sino- Belgian Radium Institute
Belgium
Postal Officials Urge Envelopes Over Stamps
Postal officials promote licking envelopes rather than stamps to reduce stamp sticking. They note the former method lowers sticking chances and add the envelope often tastes better, reflecting quirky public education efforts.
Nest with two rooms of the oven bird described
The oven bird of South America builds a large nest about a foot wide with two chambers separated by a partition. The inner room holds the eggs while the partition extends from the front wall toward the back.
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South America
Doctor Exchange on Charging for Nonoperation Decision
Dialogue records a humorous medical exchange where the First Doctor questions operating and the Second Doctor suggests charging for the decision not to operate. The humor centers on fee talk over treatment choice and patient care.
Three Canals In Scotland Offer Scenic Waterways
Scotland has only three canals two are scenic but notable. The Crinan Canal runs nine miles from Loch Gup to the Atlantic coast via the Firth of Clyde with fifteen locks for vessels up to eighty eight feet long. The Caledonian Canal, though sixty miles, is mostly through Loch Ness Loch Oich and Loch Lochy linking Inverness to Fort William with twenty eight locks and a summit level of 105 feet. Built under James Telford the project began in 1803 and cost nearly £1 500 000, with vessels up to 160 by 14 feet draught. A passenger steamer operates in summer across Scotland’s grand landscape.
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Scotland
Crinan Canal
Loch Gup
Atlantic
Argyll
Firth of Clyde
Loch Crinan
Isles
Europe
Loch Ness
Loch Oich
Loch Lochy
Great Glen
Inverness
North Sea
Fort William
Loch Linnhe
Atlantic Ocean
Foyers
Castle Urquhart
Glen Roy
Tor Castle
Inverlochy Castle
Britain
Ben Nevis
Telford
London
Ford Madox Ford on bad food and world war
The British novelist argues that poor cooking causes indigestion and irritability fueling war desires, a theory the New York Times finds attractive though flawed. It notes counterexamples like Germany’s warlike stance despite shortages and England’s own cooking not aligning with greater aggression.
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Ford Madox Ford
Germany
Mr. Ford
New York Times
Laughing lawyers and a Kobayashi family split
A barrister jokes about a patent case as dull while recalling a tall lawyer named Short reading a lengthy document. The Kobayashi tribe, Japan’s largest extended family of sixty seven, plans to divide into seven households after generations of sharing one root.
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Short
Japan
Six-Point Telephone Conference Feasible Across Distances
The article notes that with special devices, up to six individuals in distant locations can converse on a single telephone line. It highlights early multi party telephone systems and their potential for wide geographic collaboration.
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World Shipping
Syra
Literary
Great Britain
Lindsay Post
Johannesburg Star
The
Portland Evening Express
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