Edmund Ruffin Father of Soil Chemistry and Fort Sumter Fire
Edmund Ruffin, famed as the first U S soil chemist and later the man who fired the first shot at Fort Sumter, helped spark modern soil science. His 1818 marling experiments near Coggin's Point Virginia improved yields, influencing soil conservation and agricultural practice for generations.
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Edmund Ruffin
Fort Sumter
Coggin
Emil Traog
University of Wisconsin
American Society of Agronomy
Professor Trucg
William and Mary College
Ruffin
Coggin’s Point
American Farmer
Baltimore
Department of Agriculture
Humphrey Davy
John Tyler
Virginia
Tidewater Virginia
Avery Craven
George Washington
Professor Tracg
Mount Vernon
Washington
Professor Truog
Lee
Tracy
Lime use and soil testing urged by agronomists
A Professor Truog and the late Edmund Ruffin are cited on improving soil health through lime application and soil testing. They emphasize modern tests, abundant lime deposits, and efficient lime production, arguing for long term soil fertility and conservation over short term gains.
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Ruffin
Truog
Craven
Traog
Wheeler
Edmund Ruffin
Faith Essential If Youngsters Trust Parents
Mistakes will happen and children often regret them as much as their parents. Confidence comes easier if a child is sure he will receive fair treatment at all times.
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Ted
Cousin Harriet
Harriet
George
Betty
National Windergarten Association
Earth's Orbital Year Length Stated
The text notes that Earth's revolution around the sun lasts 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes and 47 seconds, describing the length of a year with precise solar orbit measurement.
Hollywood Studios Brace For War-born Market Shifts
Hollywood faces a war disrupted market as profits from foreign film sales dwindle and production tightens. Stars like McLaglen, Milland, and Brent gain American citizenship while others depart for England. Release dates move up at government request and projects such as Vigil in the Night stall, affecting plans for Lombard, O'Sullivan, and others. Brenda Joyce rises as a potential new glamour girl.
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Ollywood
Metro
Samuel Goldwyn
Raffles
David Niven
England
Victor McLaglen
Ray
Hollywood Notes and Cast Aheads Amid War Reporting
Commentators urged to stay neutral on war coverage as film chatter highlights The Women and The Old Maid. Irene Dunne shuns heroine roles in Front Page remake while Jean Arthur takes the lead. Arizona delayed despite heavy prep. Norma Shearer arriving from Europe comments on Charles Boyer and resting on an army cot aboard her return vessel.
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Irene Dunne
Front Page
Jean Arthur
Arizona
Norma Shearer
Europe
Charles Boyer
Union
Odd Customs and Curiosities From Global Tales
The piece notes the baksheesh tip culture among Arabs and Africans, a lethargic New Zealand reptile Sphenodon punctatum, oysters trapping rats in Donegal bays, and Christian altars omitting Judas in some statuary, citing Collier's.
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Africa
Baksheesh
New Zealand
Donegal Bay
Ireland
Judas
Christ
Collier’s
Discovery of Surfbird Nest Marks First Recorded Site
On May 28, 1926 Joseph Dixon and George Wright found the first and only surfbird nest and eggs. The nest lay on a barren rocky ridge about 1,000 feet above the timber line above Savage River Canyon in Alaska.
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Joseph Dixon
George Wright
Savage River Canyon
Alaska
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Sir Humphrey Davy
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Emil Truog
U. S
Virginia Vale
Herbert Wilcox
Anna Neagle
Mr. Wilcox
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Robert Montgomery
Maureen O'Sullivan
America
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Brian Aherne
Joan Fontaine
Hollywood
Miss Lombard
Wallace Beery
Chester Morris
Phil Baker
Fannie Brice
Benny Venuta
Myrna
Soy
Grauman’s Chinese Theater
Rudy Vallee
Madeleine Carroll
Paris
Sisters of the Poor
Brenda Joyce
BABY
Paradise
Pinkham
Napoleon
Alexander
Goethe
Prace Tial
Gray
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