Oregon State Booth Draws Attention at Northwestern Show
The Northwestern Land Products Show in St Paul featured Oregon’s official state booth, created and set up by the Great Northern Railway. Officials note Oregon’s fruit from Hood River, Willamette Valley, Umpqua, and Rogue River Valleys alongside dairy, hog and cattle farming prospects, signaling strong midwest and eastern interest.
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The Size of Texas and Odd London Breakfast Tale
A Galveston News claim compares Texas area to major regions and nations noting vast space and resources. A Philadelphia Ledger quip adds a rural scene with Old man Bitt and his hay to illustrate humor about a hot day. Paul Du Chailly recalls mistaking a boot shop breakfast invite from Bishop Wilberforce in London.
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London
Paul du Chailly
S. Oxon
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Oxford
The Smell of the Rain in Fort Worth Record
A Fort Worth Record piece extols the rain scent as life renewing praise. It likens rain to elixir and benediction, describing nature’s revival of earth, birds, and crops and urging humility before nature’s cycles.
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Perros
Fort Worth
Life Plant of Jamaica and Barbados Defies Decay
A creeping moss found in Jamaica, Barbados and other West Indies islands is called the life plant. Its vitality is claimed to surpass all known plants, remaining undestroyed except by boiling water or red hot iron. It can be cut and divided and still root and bud. Leaves placed in an airtight dark box show no deterioration of life.
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Barbados
West Indies
Traveling salesman balks at Dolan room rental
The salesman offers to rent Mrs. Dolan's third floor back for two months and pay as he goes. Mrs. Dolan rejects the plan noting she is often away and boarders must pay when they arrive, or they won’t come.
Wild Plants Use Weapons For Defense In Nature
From the araucaria spikes that shield its trunk to the wreath of thorns on a jungle creeper, plants have evolved strong defenses. Some leaves deter herbivores with tough, stringy surfaces while others release toxic fumes to deter insects as described by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Como
South America
St. Louis
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