Original Gardens On This Continent Cultivated By Indians
Early North American gardens by Virginia Indians were cultivated with simple tools. Each household maintained 100 by 200 foot plots growing corn beans pumpkins squashes sunflowers and tobacco. Women weeded planted and harvested while watchers protected crops from birds. Notes record diverse corn colours varieties beans pumpkins melons and seeds used for bread and broth.
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North America
Virginia
Indiana
Jamestown
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Grasshoppers Turned Into Winter Poultry Feed In Missouri
Farmers around Aldrich Missouri profit from a grasshopper outbreak by feeding live hoppers to chickens and turkeys, then drying and mixing them with bran for winter feed. A preacher notes the potential of grasshoppers as a cheap protein source, comparing to historical eating habits of the Chinese.
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Aldrich
Missouri
Detroit Free. Press
Bad Handwriting and Signatures Readable as Duty
A London Times Weekly editorial argues illegible signatures offend and misread names. It condemns unreadable scrawls, notes some type a typed version beneath, and warns authors to provide legible signatures as a public and private duty.
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London Times Weekly
Daniel Webster and the scythe that hangs well
A seaside vacation tale from Salisbury features Daniel Webster Jr attempting to mow under his father. After several adjusted efforts the youth hangs the scythe on a tree limb and declares satisfaction. The piece closes with a cryptic line about London grounds and Irish railway receipts.
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Salisbury
Dartmouth
Daniel Webster
Daniel
Dan
Mr. Webster Sr
Christian Science Monitor
Insects Set Free To Battle Earwigs In Vancouver
Entomologists in British Columbia release 69 000 tiny parasitic files to combat earwigs with a further 3000 to target holly leaf miner. Parasitology rises, replacing some chemical controls as Victoria lab spent two years developing anti earwig parasites. Dominion entomologist W Downes reports new 4000 files arrive to join the effort. It may take years to make a dent in billions of earwigs.
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Vancouver
B.C
Victoria
W. Downes
Dominion
British Columbia
Downes
Carves violin from walnut by Spanish laborer
Angel Gont Navarcorena, 21, of Pampaiona, Spain, carved a violin from walnut in his spare time between farm duties. He learned to play the instrument he made and is a key figure at local fetes and dances.
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Angel Gont Navarcorena
Pampaiona
Spain
Morning realists and shifting fortunes in dawn thoughts
The remark links early wakefulness to aging and contrasts virtue across social classes. It notes nature favors a poor man who can display virtues just as a millionaire can, implying equality of character beyond wealth. The line reflects social observation on morality and class.
Expert urges Michigan farmers to grow more alfalfa
Cc Reed of Washington told Michigan farmers to shift acreage to alfalfa to improve soil, raise quality roughage, and lower milk costs. Michigan State College demonstrated silage storage using dry ice with alfalfa, and molasses as preservative for ensilage. Pest control and irrigation solutions were highlighted amid field and animal husbandry demonstrations.
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Cc. E. Reed
Washington
Michigan
Reed
United States of Dairy Industry
Michigan State College
State College
Lovely Crochet Edgings Pattern 3671 for Home Use
Crochet lace edgings and inserts with simple stitches suitable for beginners. Describes narrow tatting like work and matching insertions, with materials and varied uses. Obtain pattern 5673 by sending 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. no Alice Brooks book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Wanipeg
Illustration Station System A Development Project With Proven Value
From Sydney Australia, this 80 year old bee farmer Mrs Smee led a conference as the sole woman delegate in New South Wales. Her 20 bee hives, 150 fowls, and 10 acre orchard underpin a bustling small farm economy. The Illustration Station program links Experimental Farms with farmers, promoting crop improvement, breeding, seed production, and rural home development across Canada. During the past season stations moved 235 cattle, 158 sheep, 496 swine, and 89 foxes into breeding stock, with 37 390 bushels of seed grain, 7 320 bushels seed potatoes, and 33 317 pounds of grass and clover seed sold locally.
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Sydney
Australia
Smee
New South Wales
Commercial Apiarists’ Association
Experimental Farms
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Automatic brain brake discovery by Chicago researchers
University of Chicago psychologists report a brain brake that turns thinking on and off. The mechanism activates when the mind tires and eases after a brief rest, causing temporary mental blanks during braking periods. Professor Arthur G. Bills leads the team explaining a depletion of available energy in specific response systems disrupts brain balance.
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University of Chicago
Arthur G. Bills
Billa
Preserved Jewish Cave Tomb Found Near Sheikh Abreik
A well preserved cave tomb used by a noble Jewish family in the second and fourth centuries A.D. was uncovered in the northwestern Plain of Esdraelon near Sheikh Abreik. Walls hold carvings and pigment illustrations of seven branched candelabra and other Jewish symbols. The find may illuminate Jewish life as Christianity spread across the Old World.
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Esdraelon
Sheikh
Abreik
Old World
Not What Judge Meant Dental Care
A prisoner faces misappropriation of a pig with a key witness recalling the confession as the case proceeds. The courtroom clashes over exact words while a nationwide dental survey reports 87 to 98 percent of U S children have decayed teeth.
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United States
American Dental Association
Canadian Bar Association elects national officers at Halifax
Two branches of the Canadian Bar Association elected national officers before the opening session of the annual meeting at Halifax. Douglas J. Thom, K.C., Regina, was re elected president of the conference of commissioners on uniformity of legislation in Canada. Officers include Hon. W. J. Major, K.C., Winnipeg, honorary president, and R. F. Fisher, K.C., Winnipeg, treasurer. A. A. Moffat, K.C., Winnipeg, named secretary treasurer of the governing bodies of the Canadian legal profession at their annual conference.
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Canadian Bar Association
Halifax
Douglas J. Thom
K.C
Regina
Conference of Commissioners
Canada
W. J. Major
Winnipeg
RF. M. Fisher
A. A. Moffat
What A Friend Is A Friend
A friend is someone who laughs with you and weeps with you, who encourages, praises, rebukes, and stands beside you at weddings and coffins. A true friend listens to your hopes and fears and shares your joys and misfortunes without judgment.
One Idea of Luck First Navvy at Sea
Dialog from a historical piece shows two navvies discussing Jim who died after a string of misfortunes. The scornful second navvy calls him lucky for profiting from misfortune, noting a house fire an insured accident and a recent burial society membership, implying he escaped hardship through luck.
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Jim
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