California Wildflowers Bloom Across Deserts Parks and Valleys
The article celebrates California spring, noting profuse wildflowers from Sierra Nevada snow plants to desert blooms in Death Valley. It highlights Yosemite National Park's flora with 1200 native species, rhododendrons in Golden Gate Park, and diverse landscapes from redwoods to citrus groves and almond blossoms. It also recalls exploration of Yosemite by early expeditions and the park’s dramatic vistas.
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National Go
Washington
Cwsu Beret Reas
California
Sierras
Tehachapi
Pennsylvania
Santa Cruz
Orborg
Crescent City
Oregon Line
Ramona
San Diego
Dome
Shasta
Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Oregon
Carolinas
National Geographic Society
Yunnan Province
China
Death Valley
Desert
California Desert
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Region
Peipt
Yosemite Falls
Sierra Nevada
Timberline
Glaciera
Yosemite Valley
Joseph Ti. Walker
Mariposa Battalion
Yoecombe
California Geological Survey
Fertilizers as a Tool in Farm Management
Fertilizers supply plant food soils cannot provide and should be used with other good practices when profitable. They mainly increase yield, with added benefits like improved quality, earlier maturity, and greater disease resistance, producing warmer corn, earlier grains, heavier cabbage heads, and better tobacco.
Birds as Pest Control In U S Agricultural Survey
The United States biological survey reports in Farmers Bulletin 1682-F that most agricultural pests have bird enemies. In Utah alfalfa weevil outbreaks, 45 bird species attacked the pest with killdeer and blackbird stomachs revealing hundreds of weevils eaten. The bulletin lists many pests with high counts of bird enemies, underscoring birds’ role in insect control.
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United States Biological Survey
Farmers
WI. McAtee
Bureau
Utah
Bulletin
Inoculate Legumes for Better Yields This Season
Farmers are urged to inoculate legume seeds to secure a vigorous stand and higher returns. Commercial inoculants are available and should be used per directions. dirt inoculation is possible by mixing field soil with water to cream consistency and applying to seeds before drying and sowing.
Salt Box for Sheep with Tar Nose Coating
Four inch deep by six inch wide and four foot long trough holds salt. A back board runs full length with tar applied through a two and a half inch gap where sheep noses pass to take salt. A woolly sheath and tar strip protect and seal. an A-shaped roof ensures weather proofing.
Agricultural Squibs and Farm Planning Notes
Agricultural snippets discuss disease in bee colonies American foulbrood plan farm layout with horse drawn cultivator use nitrogen needs for apple trees annual yields plan two vegetables daily for fresh use and canning soil prep for sweet peas and idle land suitable for trees silage as feed insurance and rainfall impact on pasture management Beat Besson is mentioned.
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Besson
X Y Z correspondence sparks early US French tension
In 1797 US envoys sought an understanding with France but faced a demand for terms deemed an international bribe. Dispatches to Congress used X and Y Z as placeholders for French agents, creating a public uproar and war scare before reconciliation.
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United States
France
Adams
Congress
Ita
Americanisms in Modern English Draws Regional Difference
The article notes that American English differs notably from the English of the eighteenth century and from British English in pronunciation and word meanings. It discusses unique American terms and phrases coined over different periods, highlighting linguistic distinctions within the United States.
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United States
England
Library trace ties 1556 volume to Marshall inscription
An antique Latin composition book dated 1556 rests at William and Mary College as a gift from New York Supreme Court Justice Robert F. Thompson. An inscription on the title page reads From the library of Chief Justice Marshall obtained at Richmond. KP refers to James Kirk Paulsing the American author born around 1860.
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William and Mary College
Robert F. Thompson
New York Supreme Court
Marshall
Richmond
K.P
James Kirk Paulsing
Diamonds in History Across Africa and India
Fragmentary account traces diamond history from India to Africa. Chinese records mention Kin-Krang in the first century, while Greek and Roman writers used Adamas to name diamonds, revealing long standing curiosity about these gems.
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Africa
India
Adamas
Ilny
Earliest American use of United we stand phrase
The earliest known American use of United we stand, divided we fall appears in Dickinsons Liberty Song published in the Boston Gazette on July 18, 1768. The idea itself is older and traced to early Roman poetry.
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America
Dickinson
Boston Gazette
Australians test electric currents to raise fish
Australians experiment with projecting electric currents through water to stun fish, causing them to rise to the surface for easy collection. The method aims to boost catch efficiency though safety and environmental impacts are noted.
The ancient Theater of Dionysius in Athens
The theater could seat 30 000 spectators with marble front row chairs for dignitaries bearing inscriptions. The seats still remain at the bottom.
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Dionysius
Athens
Showing General Knox in Diplomatic Light
The article recalls General Knox and Captain Sargeant presenting soldiers’ hunger to Congress during the World War era. It contrasts wartime suffering with Washington at Valley Forge and notes Knox’s generosity and Sargeant’s neat appearance as a jab at respect and propriety.
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General Knox
Washington
Valley Forge
Continental Army
Knnox
Sargeant
Congress
Four Minute Speakers Named for Liberty and Victory Loans
The term Four Minute Speakers arose during the war for volunteers who spoke briefly in public to support Liberty and Victory loans. They were men and women who addressed audiences gathered for other events like theater performances, with speeches limited to four minutes.
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Liberty and Victory Loans
Postal cards and post cards distinguished by the Post Office
The Detroit News explains that stamps printed on cards bought from the post office make postal cards, while unstamped cards bought from private firms that commonly bear pictures are post cards.
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Post Office Department
Post Office
Detroit News
Earliest slide rule development timeline
The slide rule emerged from logarithm invention in 1614 by John Napier. In 1620 Edmund Gunter plotted logarithms on a two foot line, and in 1654 Robert Stissaker made a slide rule with the slide moving between fixed stock parts.
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John Napier
Edmund Gunter
Robert Stissaker
Useful Household Ladder Passes Heavy Load Test
A seven foot ladder made in England of aluminum weighed four cints and withstood a 500 pound weight test. It is intended for household use and proved highly successful in carrying and portability.
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England
Timing Speed of Birds Teely Rapids Birds At 70 MPH
Birds known as Teely show flight speeds around 70 miles per hour. Researchers used airplanes to chase birds and read air speed indicators, recording the readings for these and other species like wild ducks and geese.
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Teely
Ancient Juniper Trees Reach Deep into Oregon History
Ancient juniper groves in central Oregon reveal trees aged around 2,000 years. Core samples show up to 75 growth rings in a small cross section, indicating rapid early growth and slow aging over long periods.
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Oregon
California
Colonists Descendants Estimated Across Generations
New England genealogists dispute counts of colonial era descendants. Donald L. Jacobs argues a single settler’s line from 1620 to 1640 could yield over 200 000 descendants. J Gardner Bartlett, after surveying 10 000 New England families, estimates 78 125 descendants in eight generations.
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Donald L. Jacobus
New England
J. Gardner Bartlett
Fear of Yellow Races and the Yellow Peril Origins
The yellow peril label originated in Germany in the late 1890s as a scare about rising populations of Asian peoples threatening white territories. It spread to American journalism beginning around 1898 with articles on the topic.
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Germany
Ermine and its Imitations in Winter Coats
The article explains that true ermine is a winter coat from the lesser weasel, called stent, which turns almost pure white. It notes many inferior furs imitate ermine, with the white rabbit as the most important forgery.
Atmospheric Theory Defines Atmosphere Not Impurities
A science note explains that dust smoke and fog are impurities, not essential to the atmosphere. It defines atmosphere as the invisible odorless tasteless gases enveloping the Earth.
Cliffs of Mesa Verde Hold Nearly 2000 Cliffhouse Ruins
In canyon side walls of Mesa Verde National Park erosion forms caves that shelter about 2,000 cliffhouse ruins. Structures range from small clan rooms to large villages housing hundreds of people.
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Mesa Verde National Park
Songs of the People Folk Song Origin and Anecdote
A Kansas City Times note describes a folk song as an anonymous little poem with melody that circulated among unlettered folk for centuries and remained in currency for a long period. The brief remark frames the song as a traditional, anonymous verse carried through generations.
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Kansas City Times
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