Roots to yield Wheat Show In Field Trials
A Saskatchewan University project led by Dr. J B Harrington links root system size to later grain yield in wheat. Field tests compare Prelude Reward Marquis and Reliance, showing correlated root length and productivity. Russian thistle and wild oat compete for soil, highlighting root mass and above-ground weight as yield indicators. A revived Britain town and country voluntary orchestra movement inspires belief in broad public engagement with culture.
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Plata
University of Maskatchewan
J. B. Harrington
Reward
Saskatoog
Mioe
T. Paviychenko
Britain
Surrey
Christian Berence Monitor
Ruthenian Village Smuggles 99-Year-Old Inhabitants Back Home
A Ruthenian village council tried a cheap scheme to relocate its 99 year old resident by smuggling her on a camp bed across Berehove borders. Berehove authorities billed for care, prompting the seizure of a chance to bring the old woman back, highlighting the council’s preference for straight dealing over cost.
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Vary
Ruthenia
Berehove
Scientists Claim Sugar Forms Under UV Light At MIT
Biologists at the spectroscopy conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology report a claimed discovery that sugar can assume a mysterious form under ultraviolet light that inhibits germ growth, generating excitement and debate.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bioping Bride and Groom Telegram Confusion
The text presents a humorous exchange where a bride and groom react to a telegram from the bride's father. The bride quotes a message about returning home, prompting the groom’s curious question and the bride’s muffled response, highlighting a lighthearted,chaotic wedding moment.
Secrets Of Working Girl Smartees In Devos By Orry Kelly
Hollywood fashion expert Orry Kelly argues that working girls can dress smart on limited budgets. He says budgeting forces careful planning and wardrobe choices, making affordability drive true style rather than wealth. Society women often buy on impulse, while thrifty shoppers tailor looks to fit.
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Orry-Kelly
Hollywood
Old English village gout cures and rogue apothecaries
The village doctor Miss Rosamond Bayne Powell notes 18th century English remedies such as two ounces of soap daily for gout and toad powder for smallpox. She recalls a half pint of mistletoe liquor for fits and explains that anyone could set up as an apothecary then without training or exam.
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Rosamond Bayne-Powell
Royalty Accepts Song by Montreal Musician Maurice Zbriger
The King and Queen accept the song Marina written by Maurice Zbriger of Montreal. Official notice confirms acceptance after its performance at the jubilee court ball at Buckingham Palace on June 13 2100.
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Maurice Zbriger
Montreal
New Golf Ball Core Of Dry Ice Improves Distance
Reported improvements in golf ball performance claim a core of dry ice, used to preserve ice cream, yields longer and more accurate shots. The dry ice forms inside a rubber sack with wrapped rubber layers, expanding as it becomes gas to boost the center. Separately, U S imports of radium over ten years total about $4 million, weighing under one third of a pound.
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New York Herald Tribune
United States
Unnamed star described with extreme surface heat at 180000 degrees
An unnamed distant star at the spectroscopy conference at MIT is said to have a surface temperature of 180000 degrees Fahrenheit, far hotter than the Sun at 10000 degrees and exceeding prior records of 35000 to 40000 degrees. The report notes the star's heat as the highest measured and cites an unnamed source.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Picture stories for better snapshots and human interest
The article urges photographers to seek action and meaning in pictures rather than posed stills. It compares engaging story pictures to movie drama and suggests capturing people in the act, like reading or sharing food, to evoke human interest. John Van Guilder advocates thoughtful framing over mere camera button pressing.
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Wenele Charlie
Aunt Minnie
Jack
Bile
Field Research Unexcelled in Canada Says Swaine
Dr J M Swaine told the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists at Edmonton that Canada possesses unmatched field research. Ottawa's Dominion Department of Agriculture runs 60 laboratories and 24 experimental farms with hundreds of stations, linking research to industry through extension services and provincial colleges.
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de. J. M. Swaine
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Edmonton
Alberta
Can
Sde
Canada
Dominion
Department of Agriculture
National Research Council
Swaine
Grass Silage Experiments Offer For Dairy Farms
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers reports promising grass silage results. Prof. Carl Bender treated grass with 40 pounds molasses and 60 pounds water per ton, using third-cut alfalfa with timothy and foxtail. Successful silage may replace hay, enabling dairy farms to harvest grass anytime, reducing weather dependence and focusing on feed value and total yield.
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New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers University
Carl B. Bender
Sussex County
Bender
Clergyman Helps Workmen With Ark Mule Question
A clergyman, passing a freight station, hears abuse as two workers try to shove a mule into a cattle car. He offers help and asks how Noah loaded two mules into the Ark, prompting a humorous exchange.
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Noah
The
Ark
Still Waiting For Message From Houdini Widow Says
Mrs Houdini states the veil of death has not been pierced and nearly nine years have passed since Houdini promised a word or sign from beyond the grave.
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Houdini
Vast toy army collection on display at Whitabail museum
Leicester Hewitt of Hunstanton owns the world’s largest toy soldiers collection with 20 000 pieces forming a 17 mile mechanized frontline display at the Royal United Services Museum Whitabail England. Hewitt built about a third of the pieces himself and sometimes buys soldiers from abroad then outfits them with British heads and uniforms. The unique exhibit drew large crowds.
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Royal United Services Museum
Whitabail
England
Leicester Hewitt
Hunstanton
Hewitt
Lost silverware resurfaces in bank vault in Colorado
Bruce Petrikin of Billings Montana learns a wedding gift silverware set once thought lost for 15 years survived a flood wrecking eastern Colorado. Workers cleaning a flooded basement discover the heirloom stored in an abandoned bank vault, ending a long search and bringing unexpected fortune.
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Colorado
Bruce Petrikin
Billings
Montana
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