Great Pleasure Palace Planned for New York
A Rockefeller led group with RCA will build an oval building and a 60 story skyscraper on a three block site between Forty eighth and Fifty first streets and Fifth and Sixth avenues in New York. Their $25 million radio center, opening around 1983, will house four theaters including a 7,000 seat venue and a 5,000 seat motion picture auditorium to promote the arts through electrical entertainment.
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John D. Rockefeller
Radio Corporation of America
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
New York City
Storks Reported At St Giles Church In Edinburg 1413
An ancient chronicler notes that in 1413 storks came to Edinburgh and built nests on the roof of St Giles Church. The birds stayed for a year then departed, and the author asks where they flew, stating no man knoweth.
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Great Britain
St. Giles
Edinburgh
Thaddeus Fairbanks Inspired Platform Scales Legacy
St Johnsbury Vermont inventor Thaddeus Fairbanks created a weighing device in 1830 that laid the groundwork for platform scales still manufactured today. The enduring design uses the same fundamental principle he first employed.
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Thaddeus Fairbanks
St. Johnsbury, Vt
What is a stillion wrench mystery
A short quip from Woman's Home Companion about a plumbing tool. The clerk explains a stillion wrench as the first tool a plumber uses before starting work, framing it as a basic, almost introductory instrument.
Flyproofing Glas Rub Glass With Lavender Oil
Instructions advise lightly rubbing glass with silk moistened in lavender oil then working the oil into corners and drying with clean silk for protection.
Corn stalk defies drought in Maryland display
A corn stalk from Ernest Utterback's ten acre Woodsboro farm near Woodsboro Maryland defies the drought showing a fairly good yield. The stalk was exhibited in a Thurmont Maryland store beside a 5 feet 4%4 inches tall young lady.
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Ernest Utterback
Woodsboro
Thurmont
The Dignity of Speech Ben Jonson Quote
Language and Custom Custom is the most certain mistress of language but we must avoid excessive archaism. The best style blends perspicuity with occasional antiquity, favoring the oldest present and newest past language as the most authoritative.
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Ben Jonson
Pacific Coast Conference Rejects Commissioner Plan
Faculty representatives of the ten schools in the conference voted in Seattle to reject the proposed commissioner system. The decision follows a report from a committee and dismisses the plan recommended by the graduate managers at their fall meeting in San Francisco. The stance settles the matter for the time being.
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Pacific Coast Conference
Big Ten
Seattle
San Francisco
Various Facts and Figures From Science Sports and History
A collage of items includes mink in the weasel family, Fience Africa forest reserves, an archaeology dig in southwestern Colorado, Cornell on fast rap id vegetables, Cheops pyramid stone blocks, Cobb’s base stealing records, Mule Haas sale to the Atlanta Crackers, Egyptian locusts fighting with WW1 devices, corporate R D activity in large US firms, Oklahoma farming trend toward fewer bigger farms, silver fox pelts from ranches, Duluth Icelanders in Iceland’s 1000th anniversary, a new lightweight boxing champ aged twenty two, college football as poker, a $500000 stake in a college athletics story, Dartmouth coach Harry Hillman introducing a new hurdle design after trials with Earl Thomson and Harold Barrea.
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Fience
Africa
Colorado
Cornell
Cheops
Egypt
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Duluth
Iceland
Harry Hillman
Dartmouth University
Hitman
Earl Thomson
Harold Barrea
Poultry Minerals In Feed Warned By Research Expert
Dr Bethke of the Ohio agricultural experiment station told a Cornell farm week audience that minerals are essential but cannot replace vitamins proteins or meat scrap. He cautioned against overuse and said carbonate minerals aid shell quality while organic versus inorganic forms show no clear growth differences. He noted too little mineral matter causes leg weakness and that milk scrap and meal supply calcium and phosphorus reducing separate mineral needs.
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BR. W. Bethke
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Cornell University
Bethke
Red Mites Cut Egg Output In Summer
Miss Cora Cooke, extension poultry specialist at University farm St Paul Minn, warns that hot weather boosts red mite reproduction and rapidly lowers egg production. The mites hide in cracks and crevices by perches and nests and feed on hens at night, unlike lice that live on the birds. Treat roosts and house before numbers grow.
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Miss Cora Cooke
Extension
University Farm
St. Paul
Minn
Miss Cooke
Geese Mating in Fall Guides Breeding Choices
The article explains geese pairing ranges from one to four geese per gander with some ganders staying monogamous for life. It advises mating in fall when possible as new mates may reject for months and discusses timing for buying ganders to hatch eggs or observe goslings before spring.
Caution in Feeding Green Corn to Chickens
Farmers are urged to introduce green corn gradually into chicken rations to avoid restive disorders and diarrhea. Start with small amounts and increase only if hens show no digestive issues.
Separate Cockerels For Better Development And Market
Advice on separating cockerels from pullets at 8 to 10 weeks to boost pullet development. Separating cockerels saves labor, and hopper feeding after five weeks aids market readiness. Placing grain and mash hoppers on the range increases exercise and sun exposure for vitality.
Move All Feed Hoppers For Cleaner Ground
Outdoor feed hoppers should be moved a short distance every few days to prevent disease in growing stock. Relocating them away from the brooder encourages pullets to inhabit cleaner ground and reduces worm and cocci infection risks.
Lightning Rods Challenged by Paris Scientist Findings
In a Paris Academy communication Path finder reports M V Schaffers denies the belief that lightning seeks moist ground. Using a powerful spark generator he shows grounding soil moisture barely affects strike path. Dr E E Free notes natural flashes are erratic and depend on highly conducting metal objects and electron flows in the air.
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Academy of Sciences
Paris
Pathfinder
M. V. Schaffers
Schaffers
E. E. Free
Sechuana Translation of Shakespeare by Sol Plaatje
Native journalist Sol Plaatje in Bechuanaland sees Shakespeare translations gain popularity among locals. They favor lines about leadership and imperial fate, noting chiefs should stand out and that omens like comets mark births and deaths of rulers or warriors.
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Shakespeare
Sol Plaatje
Bechuanaland
South Africa
Alwys
Lengthy names puzzle census takers in West Jefferson Street
A Los Angeles Times note recounts a woman who could not provide her full name to a census taker on West Jefferson Street. She told him the name was too long to fit on the blank and directed him to the family Bible fly leaf for the first half of the page, illustrating the humor of lengthy names.
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West Jefferson Street
Los Angeles Times
Conversation Fragments Spark Daydream of Tiffany's Stroll
A playful exchange between She and He hints at a plan to visit Tiffany's for a present. The brief dialogue suggests companionship and a light mood as they walk together toward the shop.
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Tiffany’s
Silent Night Musical Moment Missing Saxophonist
The scene centers on a saxophonist who is unplayed due to responding to several request numbers, delaying the performance of a silent night themed segment. The line hints at audience interaction shaping the concert moment.
World highway mileage and word origins explored
The article notes world highway mileage at about 7,800,600 miles and explains that the English words haphazard hapless happen and related terms derive from the Icelandic root hap meaning good luck. It connects infrastructure measurements with etymology.
Proud Colonists and Reckoning Attitudes Across Eras
The excerpt contrasts bold early settlers with confident traits, noting Penn's settlers as proud as Mayflower passengers and pairing the clinging vine and sturdy oak archetypes. It comments on conceit as a form of contentment and implies enduring temperaments shaping behavior.
Epigraph Fragments Prompting Light Verse Reflections
A collection of short quotes explores charm and guilt with a humorous, contemporary twist. The questions about fashion and identity provoke pondering tone amid literary quotation.
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
A sale pitch touts Kruschen Salts as a fat loss method. It claims daily morning use in hot water reduces fat in three weeks, boosts energy, improves skin and eyes, and promises a money back guarantee if no health improvements are felt.
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America
Combination suits trend in Berlin for men and women
Tailors in Berlin introduce one piece garments with belts and lapels. Men button a coat-tail attachment beneath the belt to create a street suit. A similar garment for women adds a skirt and knickers.
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Berlin
Germany
Pinkham Vegetable Compound Restores Health in Minnesota Woman
Mrs H C Henry of St Paul Minnesota reports relief from fatigue fainting spells and palpitations after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound three times daily. She says neighbors witnessed her recovery and offers to write to other women seeking help.
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St. Paul
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Man of seventy dives Ohio River swim from Kentucky to Ohio
William Gibson of Girard Ohio recalled on a visit that as a youth he swam the Ohio River near Ironton. On returning he was lured to the river for a first swim in 30 years, dove in and paddled toward Kentucky. He reached the southern bank then crossed back by boat and quipped that both ways are too much for a man of sixty seven.
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William Gibson
Girard
Ohio
Ironton
Kentucky
Lee
Fur farm care warned against disease spread
A University of Minnesota zoologist warns fur farmers that wild animals may carry parasites or diseases. When fur bearers are kept together on farms these parasites that are scarce in the wild can become costly unless strictly controlled.
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University of Minnesota
Wren's London Churches Remain A Fifty-Year Toll
London preserves thirty two Wren designed churches including St Pauls as the city remembers the famed architect.
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London
Sir Christopher Wren
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Quintilian Quote on Art and Pleasure
The quotation contrasts learned and unlearned views on art. It suggests scholars grasp art’s purpose while lay readers experience its pleasure.
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Quintilian
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