Brazil as melting pot shapes a true Brazilian character
The article surveys Brazil as a vast melting pot, noting racial and national blends from Portuguese roots to indigenous and African admixtures. It highlights the fazendeiro landowner class, Brazilian aristocracy, and the central role of family life and women in shaping society amid ongoing social change toward democracy.
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Brazil
United States
Clayton S. Cooper
New York Sun
Roosevelt
West Indian
Sen Ho
Amazon
Minas
Southland
Philosphe
Europe
Attractions of Old Warsaw
A visitor to Warsaw notes that the city offers old churches quaint streets and historic houses beyond Cracow. As Poland's renaissance continues Warsaw weighs how best to display art treasures with a bright modern museum versus preservation in old houses as more fitting frames for pictures and curios.
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Warsaw
Cracow
Poland
Warsaw Faces Choice On Museum Its Own Advantages
A fragment discusses Warsaw weighing options for a museum and the unique benefits each path could offer. The text suggests the city must decide based on local priorities and potential outcomes for cultural access and investment.
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Warsaw
Australian Pearls in Trade by Shape Color and Price
Pearls from the Australian coast vary in shape and color and carry distinct trade names. Pearls under ten grains sell by the ounce, while larger ones are priced by the grain. Color influences value with white pearls mainly destined for Europe and yellow ones to India.
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Australia
Europe
India
Grasshoppers Threaten Crops and Control Methods
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines grasshopper damage to sugar beet and other crops and details control options. It explains hoppers emerge quickly, causing widespread feeding, and lists three main control methods including egg destruction, traps, and poisoned baits.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Vetch Crop Use in Home Gardens for Soil Health
A practical guide to using vetch as green manure in home gardens. Plant a small seed amount yearly and keep vetch growing. interplant between rows of corn or cabbage, or sow in fall or spring to precede tomatoes. When six to eight inches high, turn under to enrich soil, inoculate with bacteria via guidance from the state college of agriculture Ithaca NY.
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State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
N.Y
Putting Ear Corn in Silo
Practical method from Ames Iowa station tests shows soft corn ears can be packed in a silo with some stalks to provide sugar for fermentation. Ears should be cut fine and tramped well. avoid spoiled or too mature ears to prevent poor packing and spoilage. Feed as a concentrate, not roughage.
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Ames
Iowa Station
Simon Lake Plans Salvage Drill for Huzzar Treasure
Submarine inventor Simon Lake says he will dive beneath Long Island Sound off Port Morris New Jersey to salvage 5 million dollars in gold from the wreck of the Huzzar 1760s treasure, 119 years buried. The story traces the Huzzar voyage its wreck and prior salvage attempts on Staten Island and Brooklyn figures.
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Atlantic Ocean
Simon Lake
Long Islrnd Sound
Port Morris
WN. C
Lake
Jules Verne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Atlantic
Iluzzar
Agianiet
Mes
Widd
Uazzar
Hell Gate
Crown
Staten Island
Huzzar
C. F. Lester
Brooklyn
Huszar
Millions of Miles of Desert Sahara Overview
The Sahara spans northern Africa, about 2.5 million square miles, with extreme elevations from below sea level to 8 000 feet. It is a dry, sandy waste with rare oases and fierce caravan routes. Wildlife includes ostrich camel jackal and vipers. human traffic includes Arabs Moors Jews and others. travel is restricted by dangerous routes and centuries of decaying camel remains along trails.
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Sahara Desert
Africa
Europe
Royal Suite at Old Revere House Ends Era in Boston
The walls of Boston’s former Revere House marked by a shield listing famed visitors such as Jenny Lind, Daniel Webster, the prince of Wales, Grand Duke Alexis, and Dom Pedro. The hotel closes after years as a relic of the past in a city where distinguished travelers are rarer.
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Revere House
Boston
Mass
Jenny Lind
Daniel Webster
Prince of Wales
Paiti
Parepa
Christine Nilsson
Grand Duke Alexis
King Kalakaua
Dom Pedro
Centuries Old Mages Found Near Mexico City
Investigations by the Mexican government uncover two near perfect granite heads of the god Quetzalcoatl at San Juan Teotihuacan about 27 miles from Mexico City. Pyramids remain attributed to a pre Toltec culture around the sixth century and the builders are still unsolved.
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San Juan Teotihuacan
Mexico City
Quetzalcoat
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