The Blessing of a Neighbor in Snowbound Town
In a humble town a rich grieving Stevenson family and frugal Martins form an unlikely bond. When the Stevensons’ long lost son Warren returns home after past crime and misfortune, Martin’s corrective act of kindness spurs a community awakening leading to reconciliation and a hopeful marriage between Warren and Vinnie.
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Stevensons
Martins
David Martin
Vinnie
Mexico
Mrs. Martin
Warren Stevenson
Warren
Mr. Martin
Stevenson
Martin
Imregular
Meadow Lark Aids Farmer by Eating Pests
United States Department of Agriculture notes meadow larks devour grasshoppers ground beetles caterpillars and other pests. In 1514 stomachs analyzed insects made 74 percent of food with grasshoppers dominating August numbers and alfalfa and cotton pests highlighted. The bulletin highlights the lark as a beneficial natural control and publicizes Farmers Bulletin No. 630.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Utah
Atlantic
Great Plains
Pacific
District of Columbia
Illinois
Iowa
Plains
New Farmers’ Bulletin
Ivory Carvers of Canton China Work In Small Shops
The Canton ivory trade operates in about forty small shops with show rooms and back cutting rooms. Tusks from Siam are cut and then carved by workers using bamboo handled knives and wire saws. Only a few expert carvers exist, typically working at home and earning about thirty Canton currency dollars weekly.
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Canton
China
Siam
More Pressing Needs Revealed in Domestic Exchange
A clipped dialogue notes urgent family needs as a man asks for shoes while another quips about the graphophone and his wife seeking dancing lessons, illustrating ordinary domestic priorities.
UNINSPIRED BY RICHES A NYC self made man recalls lean years
The man describes thirty years of success in New York and fifty to sixty thousand dollars income annually. He recalls early poverty, close calls with the bread line, and a choice to stay connected with beginners and has beens by paying their meals. He plans a 50 cent table d hote dinner for ten old friends who declined.
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New ‘York
New York Times
New York
Lord Kelvin and Grey Explain Egg Gyrostatic Demonstration
A Glasgow lecture notes that a hard boiled egg spun on its side shows stable fore and aft tilt without spin, while imparted spin makes the ellipsoid rotate upright in stable equilibrium. The discussion links gyrostatic effects to spinning tops and celestial precession phenomena.
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Lord Kelvin
Glasgow University
Institution of Electrical Engineeers
A. Gray
Foreign Bodies in Cattle Kill Hidden via Heart Sac
Colorado Agricultural College notes many cattle die from nails and wire eaten in feed. Foreign bodies lodge in the second stomach and can pierce the heart sac, causing infection and death weeks later. Prevention rests on cleaner feed sources away from nails and metal pieces.
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L E. Newsom
Colorado Agricultural College
Free Range Turkeys Debate Young Poults Rearing
A writer argues for penned early weeks for poults to prevent losses from dew chill. He notes many favor free range but warns that morning dew and sudden showers during hatching season can wipe out many poults, citing local losses from last year.
Marriage-Old School and Suffrage Debate in Washington
Representative Mann of Illinois, a suffrage advocate, lamented the defeat of the suffrage bill in the house at a Washington dinner. He praised women who work for equal rights and share in family responsibilities, saying they shape the future of marriage while quelling the bachelor’s jibe that marriage serves only keeping.
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Representative Mann
Illinois
Washington
Genius and Eccentricity at a Fashionable Lunch
Richard Le Gallienne, the poet, is dining at a stylish restaurant when a man in a velvet coat and flamboyant attire enters. The scene sparks gossip as a magazine editor hushes onlookers, remarking on Blank the short story writer and the balance of genius and eccentricity.
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Richard le Gallienne
Mr. le Gallienne
Blank
Avalanches Sweep Swiss Alps Amid Italian Earthquakes
A wave of avalanches hits the Swiss Alps this winter, mirroring Italian quake activity. An avalanche on the Gothard line buried hundreds of feet of track under 25 feet of snow and halted rail traffic. The Alpine village of Obergestolen was buried, but residents reportedly escaped after warnings.
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Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Italy
Gothard
Obergestolen
India’s Rice Crop Figures Edged by Uneven Weather
The cur rent season shows 75,000,000 acres sown with rice in India, just 100,000 acres short of last year. Poor weather in Bengal Behar Orissa Assam and United Provinces reduced winter rice yields, especially in Behar and Orissa at about 75 percent of normal. Extra Indian areas: Egypt favorable Japan up 12 percent. Korea Italy and the United States expect minor variations from last year.
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India
Bengal
Behar
Orissa
Assam
United Provinces
Egypt
Japan
Korea
Italy
United States
Japanese Potato King in California Growth Story
George Shima the potato king of Lodi California visits Los Angeles as merchants recall his rise from credit denial to vast holdings. He controls 37000 acres in California with 6000 acres personally owned and commands a major share of state potato stock through farms and bank credit.
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George Shima
Lodi
Cal
Los Angeles
California
Shima
Inaccurate Man Jarley Sparks Classroom Banter
In a sharp remark, Dobbson declares Jarley the most inaccurate man he knows. Jones concedes Jarley sometimes gets the leftovers right, a quip that reflects a witty exchange likely from a courtroom or classroom setting.
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Jarley
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W. G. Chapman
Arewn
Mr. Stevenson
Meadow
Styrnella Magna
Professor Grey
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