Potato Appreciation Highlights Potatoes Worldwide Role
Washington bulletin from National Geographic Society asserts Ireland’s poor potato harvest risks famine, and the tuber is America’s valuable gift to the world. It traces potato origins from Peru to North and South America, its rise after revolutions, and its status as staff of life in Europe and Asia, noting yields, global production, and industrial uses.
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Ireland
National Geographic Society
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America
Old World
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Pacific
South America
Peru
Parmentier
West
Germany
Indians React To Potential Dragon Sovereigns In Calcutta
Reports from England say the government may resume issuing golden sovereigns. Indians fear a return of the Dragon design on the reverse, as older dragon coins were shunned by locals and Chinese in trade, while the George profile and standard designs faced mixed acceptance.
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Calcutta
England
King George
St. George
Survives 72 Helpings of English Meat Pudding
Francis Bourn aged ninety two completes 72nd annual serving of the Olde Cheshire Cheese meat pudding at Fleet Street London. The free opening ritual honors the oldest customer. Bourn has held the seat for nineteen years and has been served by ambassadors in past ceremonies. The pudding includes rump steak kidney lark and oysters.
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London
Francis Bourn
Fleet Street
Bourn
Walter Hines Page
Davis
George Farvey
Mira the Second Largest Known Star Measured
Measurements at Mount Wilson using the 100 inch telescope and the 20 foot interferometer place Mira, discovered by Fabricius in 1596 in Cetus, as the second largest known star after Antares. Its angular diameter is about six one hundredths of a second of arc, implying a diameter near 250 million miles and a distance around 165 light years. The star varies in brightness by up to 200 times over an eleven month cycle and belongs to a class of about 150 red, cool, low density giants moving rapidly relative to Earth.
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Washington
Mount Wilson Observatory
Carnegie Institution
Mira
David Fabricius
Cetus
Antares
Scorpio
Orion
Francis 3B. Pease
Mount Wilson
Fabricius
Four Leprosy Patients Freed as Cured in Louisiana
Four men who entered the national home for lepers at Carville Louisiana years ago have been discharged as cured by the United States Public Health Service. They were under close observation for a year and the leprosy bacillus was absent from their body tissues throughout.
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Louisiana
U. S
Washington
Carrville
United States Public Health Service
Bright Wings of Romance in a New England House
Harriet Brent, a solitary New England spinster, recalls a first love from her youth as a wealthy former acquaintance visits the old Brent home with his wife. The encounter stirs memories of a girl who once dreamed of romance, and Harriet reflects that love briefly touched her life, leaving a lasting glow.
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Harriet Brent
New England
Warecester
Brent
Harriet
Romance
Horizontal and Vertical Crossword Clue Solution List
Complex puzzle clues referencing Italian geography ancient terms and miscellaneous wordplay. It lists numerous definitions and cross references including parts of speech verbs nouns adjectives and phrases with numeric codes. The final line hints the answer will appear next week in Insane and mentions last week’s Puzi solution.
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State of Equality
Athets
Liberty
Puzsle
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