Rats and Mice Travel Across Veldt to England
Henry Pascal, a South African agriculturist, marked over 1 000 rats and mice. Within months they crossed the veldt and more than 200 reached as far as England and Scotland.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1931
Page
8
Henry Pascal, a South African agriculturist, marked over 1 000 rats and mice. Within months they crossed the veldt and more than 200 reached as far as England and Scotland.
The largest Indian observatory sits at Kodaikanal in the south established in 1900 to replace the Madras government observatory founded in 1792. Another major facility is the Mizamlah observatory at Hyderabad.
A large gilded Roman coin bearing a woman's figure on one side and an emperor on the other was unearthed at Caerfon in Wales. It is believed to have been part of a prize in a Roman chariot race.
Anne Bradstreet authored the first American book of poems and earned early literary renown among English and American contemporaries. Her book appeared in London in 1650.
The city now known as Atlanta began as Marthasville in 1837 and was renamed Terminus as railroads converged, before adopting its current name.
A reflective note on patience with children and the way elders once joked that the devil would call for a doctor if he were dying. The passage contrasts a child’s pace with the wisdom of older generations and their familiar phrases.
Thomas Sully ranks among the best known early American portrait artists. He was extremely prolific with over 2,000 Sully portraits and around 500 subject paintings listed to his name.
The Old Man of the Mountains in New Hampshire was discovered in 1805 by Francis Whitcomb and Luke Brooks on the Notch road. General Martin Field first described it in 1827, with a granite projection from chin to forehead measuring 38 feet vertically.
The binocular glass offers advantage over single lens scopes by allowing both eyes to focus on the game object for stronger vision. The first binocular telescope was invented in 1608 with two telescopes placed side by side.
In New York City an association for blood transfusions excludes women as donors arguing veins are too small and strength not equal to men. In contrast England accepts women donors.
A quoted remark from Woman's Home Companion describes men with violent tempers who seek attention through dramatic scenes rather than pursuing professional success. The comment contrasts behavioral disruption with achievement and notes social perceptions.
A Bulwer-Lytton quote on anger contrasting vented feeling with concealed wrath. It notes that openly expressed anger can hasten forgiveness, while hidden anger tends to harden into revenge.
The long practiced art of brewing is dated back to 700 B C with brewing as a common occupation of peoples in the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.
Frederick J. Patz represents the plaintiff with notices dated January 15 22 29 February 5 12. The abbreviated schedule appears in the public legal notice segment.
The market opened dull and unevenly lower for fat cattle with 11 000 head received. Best beef steers sold to 11.75, with cows and heifers unevenly lower and stockers steady. Lambs down 25c, fat lambs 7.50 to 8.00, feeder lambs 7.25 to 8.25, ewes 3.50 to 4.00. Receipts 12 000 head. Nebraska population and farm data noted among miscellaneous items.
About 20 000 hogs arrived Monday meeting broad demand with prices steady to slightly stronger. Trade largely settled in a spread from 7.15 to 7.75 dollars, 7.75 marking the day’s high price.
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