Device Detects Iodine in Feeds at Colorado Station
A new stainless steel torch from the Colorado State College experiment station can detect iodine in feeds down to 10 parts per billion, offering a means to prevent goiter in poultry and possibly in lambs and cattle. The device lowers contamination risk and costs far less than the platinum torch at Minnesota, broadening testing to biological materials and other burnable samples.
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Colorado State College Experiment Station
Colorado
University of Minnesota
REA Cuts Rural Power Line Cost to 900 Per Mile
Engineers of the Rural Electrification Administration report rural lines built at about 900 per mile down from 1500 to 2000. Lighter cross arms and stronger conductors enable longer spans and fewer poles. Texas projects run about 500 per mile with durable performance in sleet and wind. After surviving tornadoes in Minnesota, REA lines retained service faster than utilities.
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Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Texas
Minnesota
Anoka
Minneapolis
Melrose
Co-Operative
Dipping Solutions for Hog Mange Control
Recommendations discuss dipping hogs with a lime sulfur solution at 100 to 105 degrees F using one gallon of liquid lime sulfur per 25 gallons of water. Nicotine sulfate at 40 percent strength is also effective at one ounce per three gallons. Hogs should be dipped twice about ten days apart, with more dips if cases are severe.
Prices of U S Horses in Wartime Through Early 20th Century
The record notes U S horse prices rose during wartime. From 1900 to 1902 average prices reached 93.76 dollars per head, up from 74.56 dollars in 1896 to 1898. For 1909 to 1913 the average climbed to 148.02 dollars, and the text states a further advance for 1915 to 1919 though the final figure is cut off.
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United States
Homesick Breakfast Poem Fragment by C. M. Payne
The soldier asks for cold porridge and a rough breakfast, while the waitress endures a long homecoming scene. He complains of toast burned to ashes and coffee tasting like mud as he begs for more, then settles with the remark I’m home sick.
Hedy Lamarr Charms New York Fans Amid Glamour Tour
Star Dust notes Hedy Lamarr Markey wowed New York crowds during a brief visit with her husband. She toured a newspaper office and clubs, wore striking gowns, and drew public interest ahead of the film I Take This Woman. Reporter memories recalled and comparisons to Gone With the Wind linger.
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Virginia Vale
Union
Hedy Lamarr
New York
Hedy Lamarr Markey
Cleopatra
Beauty Treatment For an Old Chair
Ruth Wyeth Spears Hef e shows how a worn chair can get a chic makeover with a new dress of soft red cotter crash and dove gray trim. An inch off back legs tilts it for comfort while padding and muslin smoothing refresh the lines.
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Ruth Wyeth
Spears Hefe
Movie Notes From The Era On Screen And Radio
The column reviews early cinema and radio, praising Birth of a Nation like flashback feel, Scarlett O Hara on screen, Ora Nicolls as sound effects woman, Alec Templeton on air, and The Shop Around the Corner with Sullavan and Stewart. It mentions Pat Reillys and freelancers taking quick engagements.
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D. W. Griffith
Scarlett O’hara
Sky Blazers
Ora Nicolls
Ora
Contagious Laughter and Its Uplifting Effect
A compact reflection on laughter as a powerful antidote to illness and sorrow, noting Dickens as the source of the quote and highlighting humor’s infectious nature as a bright counterpoint to hardship.
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Charles Dickens
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