Lafayette National Park Standout East of Mississippi
The Lafayette National Park on Mount Desert Island Maine is unique as the only scenic park east of the Mississippi. It features a coastal forest landscape with mountains lakes and ocean shores and reflects French links in its history and naming. Visitors totaled 64,000 last summer and Congress allotted 30,000 for maintenance with plans for roads to Cadillac mountain and to Bubble and Jordan ponds.
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Afayettie National Park
Mount Desert Island
Maine
National Park System
Mississippi
National Park
Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
Congress
Hot Springs Reservation
Lafayette
George T. Dorr
Isto Bar Harbor
United States
Vife
Bar Harbor
Dorr
Commercial Mansion
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Hancock County Trustees of
Pulice
Washington
Lane
Gh’ Titerior Department
Muir Woods National Monument
California
William Kent
Sieur de Monts National Monument
Wilson
Dignity
Worth
Lafayette National Park
Great Lakes
Everglades
Oketinokee
Eliot
Secretary of the Interior
National Park Service
Archer M. Huntington
New Mexico
Lestes Park
Somes Sound
Newfoundland
Frenchman’s Bay
Seal Harbor
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Atlantic
Rockies
Sierras
Scenic West
Champlain
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Acadia
Detroit
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Henry IV
Penobscot
Norumbega
St. Sauveur
Robert Mansell
New England
Bernard
Sir Francis Bernard
Massachusett’s Bay
America
Massachusetts
France
Jordan Pond
Bubble Pond
Eagle and Siecho Lakes
Adirondacks
Norumbéga
Parkman
Robert Sterling Yard
National Parks Association
Cadillac Mountain
Bubble
Jordan Ponds
Fairy Stories as Windows to Dream and Real Life
A sparring father rejects fairy tales while a childlike reader defends them as keys to imagination. The piece argues fairy stories spark imagination, stretch limits, and shape moral growth, calling the dismissive stance a loss of direction in life.
Chinese City Grows Intensive Development in Tientsin
The report notes rapid construction activity in Tientsin as the city expands to accommodate a growing population. Builders rush projects across residential and commercial sectors, signaling a broader push for urban modernization in the port city.
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Tientsin
China
Growth and construction in a growing river city
The article notes a population over one million and marked activity in business industry and housing. Bridges retaining walls and road work are underway and Pei Ho river improvements keep navigation open in winter, enabling steamers to reach the city when previously iced over.
Capta ins of Advent ure: Cochrane the Fearless Sailor
The Life of Lord Thomas Cochrane, eccentric British admiral and Chilean liberator, chronicles his bold river of exploits. From Speedy’s raids to Esmeralda’s storm, and later battles in Brazil and Greece, his genius, daring, and volatile temper shaped nations and earned both triumph and exile.
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Lord Thomas Cochrane
Cochrane
Aix
Lord Nelson
Admiralty
Parliament
Dover
Napoleon
London
Stock Exchange
Berenger
Lord Cochrane
Navy
House of Commons
Bath
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Westminster
Valparaiso
Callao
Valdivia
Calao
Esmeralda
el Diablo
Devil
Peru
Chili
Brazil
Pedro Primeiro
Bahia
Portugal
Lisbon
Chile
Greece
England
Dundonald
Sebastopol
Lord Brougham
Hern
Hydrogen danger from charging storage batteries
The Scientific American warns that charging storage batteries emit hydrogen gas through a small vent. If this gas meets a flame or lit matches, an explosion can occur. Use an electric flashlight to inspect electrolyte levels instead of direct flame.
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Scientific American
Old Saying Sparks Top-Goal Talk Among Colleagues
In a brisk exchange, Muggins calls Sillicus an empty headed chap yet ambitious. Buggins concedes there is ample room at the top for the rising figure, highlighting rivalry and aspiration within the group.
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Muggins
Sillicus
Buggins
Not Always Loud Blobbs Money and Dumb Luck Clash
A brief dialogue features Not Always Loud Blobbs noting money isn’t only luck. Slobbs agrees money talks but introduces the idea that dumb luck also plays a role.
London Court Case Names Summer and Christmas
In a recent London court case the complainant and defendant were identified as Summer and Christmas. The proceedings focused on the dispute and its legal implications within the city.
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London
Radio's Elusive Meaning In Sicily Confounds Residents
In Sicily the word radio is seen as a new talking machine or wireless telephone forbidden by the government. Vice Consul Leary in Palermo notes that most locals lack exposure to radio concepts and literature. Only three of about two million residents understood the requested radio tubes.
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Sicilly
Leary
Palermo
Nevada farmers turn hay into butter for local market
In White Pine county Nevada farmers stay home with hay and feed dairy cows. They formed a cooperative creamery to turn hay into butter sold to mining towns that previously bought hay. Starting May 1923 with 100 pounds weekly, butter production rose as cows increased and demand grew beyond supply.
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United States Department of Agriculture
White Pine County
Nevada
State Agricultural College
Pastures Provide Most Economical Forage For Dairy Cattle
Oklahoma A and M dairy head A C Baer promotes economical next year feed crops. He lists options including early wheat barley rye pastures improved native pasture sweet clover Sudan grass early fall grains alfalfa hay prairie hay raw crops corn kafir cane for silos and cowpeas or soybeans for hay when alfalfa unavailable.
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A. C. Baer
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Iere
Baer
Sudan
Wisconsin station advises simple mineral use for dairy cows
The Wisconsin experiment station states farmers should avoid complex salt mixes. If cows have good clover or alfalfa hay plus grains and silage, only common salt, possibly bone meal or wood ashes, and if needed potassium or sodium iodide to prevent goiter are required. No other minerals are necessary.
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Wisconsin Experiment Station
Cows Develop Unevenly in Growth Spurts
Missouri tests show calves develop in three growth spurts before and after birth. The first occurs at five to six months of fetal life, the second spans two months before birth to four and a half months after, and the third begins about a year after birth and ends twenty six months later. Feeding abundant when growth is rapid is advised.
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Missouri
Soybeans Gain Favor with Dairymen as Hay Crop
Soy beans gain favor among dairymen as a hay crop. They tolerate acid soils better than alfalfa or red clover and yield palatable hay if cut as pods begin to form. Favorable weather allows harvest with minimal leaf loss.
Alfalfa Hay as Leader Roughage for Dairy Cows
The article states alfalfa hay ranks as the top roughage for dairy cows and notes its merits are limited by soil acidity. It recommends lime application and including alfalfa in dairy rations to expand production.
Inexpensive Dairy Fly Spray Mixes Oils and Tar
A cost effective spray used by Iowa dairymen blends coal tar dip fish oil coal oil whale oil and oil of tar with laundry soap. The mixture is diluted to thirty gallons with lukewarm soft water and is described as not very expensive.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Maximizing Dairy Returns Through Pure Breeding and Feeding
Guidance on boosting dairy cash flow by using purebred sires, maintaining well bred cows, feeding balanced rations, and growing feed on the farm. It advises rationing grain to milk output, sourcing economical feeds, and keeping cows comfortable to improve production and profitability.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Mount Desert
Sieur de Monts
Arcadia
Port Royal
Isle Des Monts
Echo Lake
Milwaukee Journal
Captains OF Adventure
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Almirante Cochrane
Sicily
Alfalfa Hay
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