Late Afternoon Best Time to Cut Roses Evidence from Cornell Study
Research at Cornell University’s Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture program shows cutting roses at 4 30 p m yields longer vase life, with up to 9 9 additional hours in heat. Afternoon cuts increase sugar concentration in petals, but sugar in water boosts bacteria unless a preservative is used.
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Department of
Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
Ithaca
N. Y
Joseph E. Howland
Howland
Early coffee’s clash with law and lore across worlds
The piece traces coffee’s contentious history from early Islamic bans in Cairo to 17th century London closures under Charles II and a Viennese homage to the coffee bean’s defiant spread. It notes Cairo's ban as intoxicating and the Vienna statue for the bean’s revival after 1683.
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Cairo
National Geographic Society
London
Vienna
Logistics of Okinawa Invasion Compared to City Overhaul
The piece argues the Okinawa operation required building a complete city with housing hospitals theaters factories water supply roads and government facilities then moving it by ship 6 000 miles across the Pacific to Okinawa illustrating the scale of wartime logistics.
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Okinawa
Miami
Fla
Sacramento
Calif
Pacific
New York
San Francisco
Gentle Wool Laundry Tips for Woolens
The piece explains two main rules for laundering woolens: use gentle temperatures and careful handling. Lukewarm water is essential, tested by the elbow to protect sensitive fabric and skin, with the same care applied to rinse water. Avoid extremes to prevent shrinking.
Nero and the Legend of the Fiddle and Fire of Rome
The legend says Nero played a string instrument while Rome burned, but the fiddle is an anachronism and the story is usually regarded as myth. Tacitus notes the fire’s origin was unknown.
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Nero
Rome
Troy
Tacitus
Fall Planting Best for Perennial Vegetables
Fall planting yields longer life perennials like asparagus rhubarb and hardy onions. Prepare deep rich soil space crowns six inches deep for asparagus. Plant six rhubarb plants near a garden border. Plant Egyptian red perennial onions in fall one row two feet apart to harvest next year.
Old Fashioned Polka Tops Jitterbug in Dance Vibration Test
At Arthur Murray's Fifth Avenue studios a vibration meter tested various dances and found the polka superior to jitterbugging. The polka reached 170 mills per second, while jitterbugging maximums were 120. Jitterbugging appeared in two forms, Arthur Murray style and Harlem style, with 40 and 120 mills per second respectively.
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Arthur Murray
Fifth Avenue
Harlem
Mistletoe Myth and Medieval Meaning Across Cultures
The mistletoe plant carries sacred and symbolic meanings across legends. White berries represent purity and the star of the Wise Men. Norse lore forbids touching earth, monks called it The Wood of the Cross, Druids held sacred gatherings, and old English names linked mistletoe to healing and protection. Norse reverence even prompted truces beneath it in forests.
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Britain
Types of Noise in Piping Systems and How to Reduce It
Two main noises occur in piping: hammering from rapid valve closure and whistling from high speed flow through restrictions. Noise is reduced by proper sizing and design, adding air chambers, and maintaining correct water pressure. Most noise arises at bends and tees where velocity and pressure drop sharply.
Perfect Eyes and Emmetropia in Vision
The article explains emmetropia as the ideal eye condition where parallel light focuses on the retina. It notes that very few people meet this standard, while many approach it, and lists corneal curvature, lens flexing, and eyeball length as factors causing imperfect focus.
Administrative and war economy notes spread in 1943
Officials warned of widespread resentment toward OPA bungling as Congress debated price controls and famine relief. Hoover reports highlighted global starvation while farmers faced milk and bread shortages and housing priorities aimed at low rent and affordable home prices. A House committee probed Army and Navy court martial practices amid brutal prison conditions.
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OPA
Congress
Congressional
House
Senate
Hoover
Miust
Army
Navy
Committee On Military Afafirs
Lichfield
England
Cattle Slump in Midwest for Feed and Beef Supply
The article notes a about 20 percent drop in cattle in the Midwest feed rate, the largest since 1936 drought. Predictions suggest Midwest beef supply may rise by fall, but hogs and poultry could fall. Livestock exports continue, but not enough to impact domestic farms as cows head to Poland.
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Middle West
Drouth
Poland
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Great Britain
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the Gas Company
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REID
Shelby
Nero and
His Fiddle
Wyatt
Lieber-Bersee
Opticians
Rogers Jewelry Store
Columbus
World-Herald
Wegner Monument CO
Central City
Nebr
Central City Marble & Granite Works
Nebraska
Consumers Public Power District
Hebraska
Mebraska
Missouri
Colorado
Lowe
Inyoming
Dakota
Cheaber
Federal Power Commission
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