Short Items of Interest From The Era
Aluminum is abundant and a serum for erysipelas has been reported. Dates figs prunes and raisins are rich sources. A race car weighs less than 1,514 pounds. The gibbon is the only ape that walks upright. Ninety percent of the ocean is over a mile deep. Asbestos withstands heat to 1,600 degrees. Automobiles grow popular war is about Alisha. A lawn mower attachment cuts evenly. Mt Everest summit leaves 340 feet water. The average life of an automobile is seven years. Trees in thick woods grow taller seeking sunlight. Rats adapt from Arctic to tropics. Excessive smoking harms eyes. Most blind in Spanish America are beggars. A dollar bill's lifetime is now six months. Eyes examined of schoolchildren in 17 states. China exports money of sheep and cattle sources. The first modern industrial exhibition was held in Paris in 1708. Tulips believed native to Holland actually originate in the East. The name is not corrupted Persian.
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Quemun Racing Automobiles
Weiga
Alisha
Mt Everest
Arctic
Tropica
California
Young Farmer Commands Frisky Team To Plow All
A green young farmer finally concedes after vainly trying to hold a lively team to a straight fur row. He philosophically declares, “Well, go where you like. It’s all got to be plowed.”
Goodness as Appeal Says Archbishop Usher
Archbishop Usher argues that virtue wins more support when goodness is pleasant and smiles, not grim. He urges good people to present their ethics attractively to advance the cause.
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Archbishop Usher
Paradise Tern Wedding Dress Color Change Observed
The female paradise tern displays a natural wedding dress as its white breast feathers blush rose when coupling begins. This color change occurs as the bird accepts the male's advances, signaling mating.
Hero Pensioned for Courage in Science Work
Congress awarded Clyde L. West former buck private a $100 monthly pension. West, then in Cuba during the Spanish American War, allowed himself to be bitten by infected mosquitoes and submitted to inoculations from yellow fever patients to aid Maj. Walter Reed in developing a preventive vaccine.
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Congress
Clyde L. West
Buck
West
Washington
Cuba
Maj
Walter Reed
Oil Strike Begins at Old Creek Prospect in 1850
In Old Creek Pennsylvania Edwin Drake started a new oil well on May 20 1850. By August 27 oil was struck at a depth of 69 feet and the well produced about 80 barrels daily for four years.
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U. S
E. L. Drake
Old Creek
Pennsylvania
Vicious Circle Rafeen Salary Debate
A Little Neck Arkansas Democrat column argues that extra pay is needed to maintain appearances and meet rising costs. The piece ties salary boosts to social expectations and implied political pressures.
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Rafeen
Little Neck Arkangas
The Squatter A Child Warns Mother About Flypaper
A fragment from a Boston Transcript piece shows a little boy calling to his mother to speak to the baby who is eating on flypaper as many files wait to be processed.
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Beby
Oston
Change in Procedure Hobbs Sheep Skin Trick
Quote exchange contrasts old fable with modern college prank. Hobbs questions disguises while Dobbs jokes that institutions use sheep skin to achieve a similar effect. Transcript notes a witty dig at collegiate practices and deception.
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Hobbs
Dobbs
Bosteo Transcript
World News Roundup Various Notes On Plants Ships and People
From The Four Quarters reports global earthquakes and industry notes. It cites a U S chewing gum value at 47 million dollars and vineyard disease found in Ithaca. It notes the Constitution ship timber scarcity and a Maine sighting of a blind political nominee.
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United States
Dairying Bureau Converts Skim Milk to Marketable Feed
The U S Department of Agriculture says surplus skim milk is being concentrated into a sour milk product for poultry and hog feed. At Grove City Pennsylvania the process uses a mixed culture to raise acidity to 6 percent in the finished concentrate, which keeps well over a year and sells at 4 cents a pound net.
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United States Department
Buréau of? Dairying
United States Department of Agriculure
Grove City
Department Dairying
Sparrows and Pigeons as Disease Carriers
Historical note warns sparrows and pigeons may spread tuberculosis chicken type and foul cholera between flocks. It mentions feed contamination and possible worm parasites transmission. The text suggests isolating birds kept on farms.
Lice on cucumber plants and control methods
A short guide on cucumber lice noting that contact poisons like insect powder and nicotine sulphate can be sprayed from drug stores. Ladybugs help keep lice down, but outbreaks may require thorough, repeated spraying and still fail to save crops.
Proper Cream Handling and Cooling Procedures
The guide instructs to place freshly skimmed cream in a cooling tank and fill the tank with fresh cold water. Do not mix cooled cream with warm cream. Stir the cream several times daily to prevent sticking and to aid cooling and quality improvement.
Farmers urged to plant adapted varieties and manage dairy herd
Readers are urged to plant varieties suited to their area to improve yields. Advice covers using waste oil as hog oiler, efficiency in cream separation, pre-freshening heifer management, and timing of milking routines. Notes on soil fertility, legume rotation, milk cooling, and combining corn silage with alfalfa for a complete dairy ration.
Health lesson on goiter and iodine in children
A summary of a U S Public Health Service study by Dr. Robert Olsen and Dr. Mabel Fernald on four thousand Cincinnati schoolchildren and goiter findings. It reports goiter prevalence among 8700 children and notes no clear mental deficit in those with mild enlargement while severe cases show reduced ability, though few such cases exist.
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Robert Olesen
United States Public Health Service
Mabel R. Fernald
Cincinnati Public Schools
Public Health Reports
Forecasting Disease Like Weather A Century Ago
The piece notes early ideas of forecasting disease akin to weather prediction. Dr Richard M Strong proposed global health observation stations to warn of epidemics, a plan not adopted yet praised as future potential. Dr Victor C Vaughan echoes this, citing influenza rise and various diseases with vaccination gaps and historical regional patterns.
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League of Nations
Richard M. Strong
League
Geneva
The
Scientific Monthly
Victor C. Vaughan
University of Michigan Medical School
National Research Council
Doctor Vaughan
Weather Bureau
Neusles
Russia
China
Japan
Siam
Philippines
America
Atlantic
Western Newspaper Union
Early French Poet Adam De La Aralle Noted
Adam De La Aralle, a celebrated French poet and dramatist of the thirteenth century, authored the earliest known comedy in the language of the common people and the first specimen of comic opera.
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Adam de la Aralle
Uncertain exchange on neighbors and faith values
A fragmented dialogue features a good deacon asserting biblical love for neighbors while an unreconciled backslider questions the relevance of neighbors in modern proximity. The odd phrasing suggests a satirical or literary snippet about faith and social boundaries.
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Hyed
Embarrassing Question at Vaudeville Show Sparks Moment
During a vaudeville performance Jane and her mother witnessed a comic moment when the headliner sang a gentle love ballad. The room fell silent until Jane exclaimed to her mother with a sharp quip about wishing to be like the singer.
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Jane
Fog Extends Far Offshore in Atlantic Rally
A dense fog bank stretches across the Atlantic and moves eastward, clouding the sea for ships. Vessels report reduced visibility as the phenomenon lingers, delaying routes and prompting cautious navigation by crews along the open water.
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