Nature As Handmaiden to Luther Burbanks Legacy
The piece extols Luther Burbanks global impact on plant life, noting Santa Rosa gardens and Sebastopol farm where he conducted extensive hybrid work. It urges amateurs and prairie residents to pursue plant breeding, adapt native trees and flowers to cultivated spaces, and view nature laws as practical for improving crops and aesthetics.
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Luther Burbank
United States
Canada
Burbank
Santa Hosa Gardens
California
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
Sebastopol
Prairie Provinces
Canadian West
West
Borderline Canadian Entomologists Find No Japanese Beetles
Entomologists report Canada remains free of the invasive Japanese beetle after surveys show no detections despite concerns of spread from the United States. A pair of beetles found on a ship deck at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, sparked alarm but did not indicate establishment.
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Canada
United States
Yarmouth
N.S
Clyde tops as world’s busiest shipbuilding river
The Clyde earns the top rank as the world’s busiest shipbuilding river, noted for its high output and historical prominence in naval construction. Observers highlight its steady pace and concentration of yards along the estuary.
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Clyde
Farida to be the name of Egypt’s royal fiancée
King Farouk will marry sixteen year old Sasi Naaz Zul fikar next year. The royal proclamation says she will be known as Farida The Only One to ensure the queen’s name is purely Egyptian.
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Sasi Naaz Zulfikar
Farouk
Farida
Sasi
Prevention of Cancer No 1 in Watch Dial Factory
A Newark New Jersey plant once exposed 18 girls to radium dust via lip shaping brushes, causing bone cancer. Modern safeguards and preventive measures aim to reduce irritation, ensure periodic health exams, and educate doctors and the public to prevent cancer and mitigate its effects. Next article: Prevention of Cancer No 2.
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Newark
N.J
Fruit Relish From Alice Stevens
Instructions for making a fruit relish with peaches pears and tomatoes. Includes washing blanching peeling chopping and simmering the mixture with sugar vinegar salt and spices before sealing in sterilized jars.
Readable Menu and Home Cooking Help Offered
A six item menu Liver Casserole Baked potatoes Creamed carrots Brown bread and butter Apple crumb pudding is presented as inexpensive tasty and high in value Recipes available on request by writing to Alice Stevens Home Service Penticton BC Readers invited to seek free advice on cooking and household problems The folding fan origin note mentions a seventh century Japanese artist and a bat wing idea.
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Alice Stevens
Home Service
Penticton
B.C
Homonyms Defined in Word Pronunciations and Meanings
A concise note explains homonyms as words that sound alike but are spelled differently and carry different meanings. The term highlights how pronunciation can mask varied definitions and usage in language.
Deep-sea diving starts at the top and works down
A pithy line notes the unique practice in deep-sea diving where beginners learn by tackling the highest tasks first and moving to more complex levels. It highlights the craft's demanding progression and specialized training.
Gold stash at Fort Knox dwarfs a single block
The Wall Street Journal estimated the U S gold held in bullion and coins at Fort Knox would form a cube just under 27 feet on each side if melted. The block would weigh about 24 235 000 pounds and would fill the Treasury Secretary's office to the ceiling. The cache is buried, unseen, to serve a purpose in being out of sight.
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United States
Fort Knox
Wall Street Journal
Uncle Sam
Midas
Siegfried
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Salt Licks Recommended for Daily Cow Needs
An ounce or more of salt is required daily by the average dairy cow. Rock salt should be placed where the cow can lick it at will.
Bicycle sulky’s first appearance in harness racing in 1890
The bicycle sulky, still in use for harness racing, made its initial appearance in 1890, marking a notable moment in the sport’s equipment history.
Editorial note on Dr McCullough cancer articles
Readers may obtain the complete set of Dr McCulloughs cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont Health information material offered by a Canadian health organization through a mail request solicitation.
Chinese Dietary Habits and Milk Use
The text describes the Chinese as agricultural rather than pastoral, noting they raise few cattle for field work, consume pork and lamb but little beef, do not make butter or cheese, and sell ancient milk in drugstores as medicine rather than drinking it like others.
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England
Scotland
London
British and Irish Railway
Thistle of
St. Andrew’s Cross
St. George's Cross
Detroit
Saintre
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
Calgary
Regina
Winnipeg
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