Poinsettia Plant Source of Rubber
Washington reports Herman Pitman, a St. Louis chemist, has discovered poinsettia sap can yield 60 to 65 percent rubber. He predicts 6,000 pounds of rubber per acre in eight months, enabling rubber at about seven cents a pound.100,000 acres in the Everglades are slated for planting with February harvests, challenging India and Dutch East Indies yields.
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St. Louis
Herman BE
Pitman
America
Thomas A. Edison
Harvey Firestone
John Burroughs
Henry Ford
Everglades
India
Dutch East Indies
Trout Survive 1500 Foot Drops in Quebec Tests
The Quebec department of fish and game reports trout survived drops from up to 1500 feet into water without injury. Experiments included 200, 1000 and 1500 foot drops into ponds and a ground drop from 1000 feet in a narrow-ended receptacle, with fish reviving quickly in water.
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Montreal
Quebec
Albino Deer Bagged in Northampton County
An albino deer weighing 170 pounds was killed in Northampton county and presented to the State museum. It is the second albino deer of its species to be received by the museum.
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Raleigh
N. C
Northampton County
State Museum
Chickens in Wyoming Uncover Gold Find
Cheyenne officials report Morris Willadsen, a Wyoming farmer, found gold ore while plowing aboard his land after tiny nuggets in chicken crops hinted at ore. A rock streak five feet wide and fifteen feet deep yielded ore assaying seventy dollars per ton in gold and silver.
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Cheyenne
Wic
Morris Willadsen
Willadsen
Dogs Attend Wellesley College in Mass
A Boston man has been engaged as instructor of blueblooded dogs sent to the college. Already twenty dogs have matriculated and the number is expected to grow. The pupils are taught all the fine points of dogdom.
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Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Boston
New Drug Atabrine Aims to End Malaria Fight
In Atlanta physicians tout Atabrine as a potent new malaria therapy four times stronger than quinine and easier on patients. Trials show cures in five days, with South American tests and Malacca’s death toll dropping. Alabama Tennessee Valley surveys extend use through public health channels. Plasmochin used as needed for severe malaria.
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Malacca
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
J. N. Baker
Tennessee Valley Authority
Baker
Ermine Trim Styles Highlight White Fur Fashion
Cherie Nicholas describes velvet coats and jackets trimmed with white ermine and fur. The piece notes severally buttoned designs, jeweled neckline clips, and dramatic black and white vogue in day and evening wear.
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Lyons
River Thames Evaporates 30 Million Gallons on Hot Day
On a scorching day the River Thames loses about 30 million gallons to evaporation as surface temperatures rise. This notable post and pre-summer heat reflects rapid water loss in the iconic waterway.
Department of Agriculture Payments to States Report
The Agricultural Adjustment administration disbursed 421.7 million dollars to farmers up to November 1 1934. John B Payne comptroller prepared figures by state and by product detailing rental and benefit payments nationwide.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
John B. Payne
Dawn at Five A.M. Echoes Through New York and Delft
A reflective sketch recalls dawn in New York with memories of tenement wails, a huckster, and a worn clerk nicknamed Rags. It travels to Delft, Paris, and other cities through vivid vignettes of street life, performers, and faded glories at the edge of time.
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New York
Fulton Street
Celeste
Maxim’s
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