Curious Bee Swarm Life From Rothamsted Findings
Beehive society is described as a structured hierarchy with housemaids, nursemaids, and housekeepers. When promotion stalls, unrest and swarming occur under queenly leadership guiding new migrations. Bees age into Melissa guardianship of honey and cells, while crises spur queens to produce new queens, reflecting instinct-driven shifts in hive dynamics.
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Rothamsted
Gorm
Melissa
Sir William Beech Thomas
The
London Spectator
A Savage Practice in Deserted Village Critique
The piece contrasts Goldsmiths line about a loud laugh with modern noise from cars and city intersections. It argues that psychology cites such clamor as weak mentality and laments societys inability to keep still. The author urges patience and hope that public decency will curb the noise.
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Goldsmith
The Last Act Church Joke
A minister questions a non-attendant about church, recounting past misfortunes. The parson adds that the next visit will bring more dirt, concluding the lighthearted exchange with a stubborn attendee.
Authors Name Favorite 12 Greatest Novels by Shaw and Others
George Bernard Shaw names a dozen favorite novels in The Book Window, listing Don Quixote Robinson Crusoe Tom Jones The Vicar of Wakefield Manon Lescaut Ivanhoe Rob Roy Little Dorrit Candide Gullivers Travels Pilgrims Progress Les Miserables The Arabian Nights. Others like H G Wells A S M Hutchinson G K Chesterton Ian Hay add further picks.
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Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Tom Jones
Vicar of Wakefield
Manon Leacaut
Rob Roy
Little Dorrit
Candide
Mr. Shaw
H. G. Wells
M. Hutchinson
G. K. Chesterton
Ian Hay
Vanity Fair
Waverley
Round yoke puffed sleeves fashion smart this season
The article highlights a youthful sash and geranium red crepe silk with black trim in fashionable combinations. Style No. 962 targets sizes 14 to 40 bust, with a size 16 requiring 35 yards of 39 inch fabric and 39 inch contrast. Patterns cost 20 cents, coin preferred, wrap coin carefully.
Leases In Bond Street Reveal Odd Westminster Clause
A Morning Post writer recalls a Bond Street lease clause granting Westminster freeholders the right to drive flocks over the property without hindrance. The piece notes similar terms in nearby leases and speculates on a peer attempting such a sheep parade through a Bond Street beauty parlor.
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London Morning Post
Bond Street
Freeholders
Westminster
Freeholders of
Pools Boil Near Lake Chapala in Jalisco Mexico
A geyser of steaming water has burst through the earth at San Juan Cosszaia on Lake Chapala in Jalisco. Two streams feed into the lake from the hot pool while other pools around the lake flare and fade. The district experiences frequent earthquakes.
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San Juan Cosszaia
Lake Chapala
Jalisco
Mexico
The Way People Fall and Escape Injury
The St. Thomas Times-Journal notes that falls from windows produce uneven injuries. It cites football players and actors as examples of how technique can reduce harm when tackled or struck. A 17 month old in Hornell fell from a second story window onto his back without injury, illustrating the unpredictable nature of falls.
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George Dawkins
Hornell
N.Y
St. Thomas Times-Journal
New Glasses May Restore Sight for Many Blinded
Dr William Feinbloom of New York told the American Academy of Optometry in Chicago that newly developed telescopic glasses can return forty percent of the blind to normal occupations. The innovation promises practical aid for the visually impaired and could expand employability among the affected population.
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William Feinbloom
New York
American Academy of Optometry
Chicago
Prominent Western Exporter Analyzes Low Grain Prices
Major H J Strange of Searle Grain argues world wheat supply remains steady while importers like Great Britain and Germany harvest record yields. He notes 165 million extra bushels produced, reducing demand for exports and pushing prices down. Canada leads in current sales, with implications for inflation and acreage choices.
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Canada
United States
Argentine
Australia
Russia
Balkan States
India
Searle Grain Company
Major Strange
Great Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Italy
China
Fewer Cars In Use Across Canada Provinces Decline Reported
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes 1,051,336 motor vehicles in use in the first nine months, a 7.8 percent drop from last year, with gasoline sales down 10 percent. Provincial totals show declines: Prince Edward Island 6,879 10.2 percent, Nova Scotia 39,737 6.6 percent, Quebec 162,917 7 percent, Ontario 517,176 5.4 percent, Manitoba 64,800 13.2 percent, Saskatchewan 88,265 15.7 percent, Alberta 82,933 11.6 percent, British Columbia 88,629 6.9 percent. Manitoba and Alberta data missing for 1981 1932+1931 used last year’s total.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Alberta
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Ontario
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Poultry Mathematics Shows Feed Cost in Eggs Across Years
Dominion Experimental Station Lennoxville Quebec reports pullet year feed cost equals 57.2 eggs on average from twelve years data. Egg requirements varied with prices from 50 to 69 eggs across 1922 to 1928, 51 eggs in 1931, and 15 eggs cover winter feed cost.
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Dominion
Lennoxville
Quebec
Insects Eat Grasshoppers and Their Varied Diets
Insects show diverse feeding habits from herbivorous grasshoppers to predators like mantises. Praying mantises eat other insects, including mates, while solitary wasps provision nests with sting-stunned prey for their young. Some wasps specialize on spiders or smooth caterpillars, and one species targets queen ants. London Tit-Bits.
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London
Tenant Defies Noise With Saxophone Protest
A tenant tells the landlady she will not stay due to noise from neighbors. She explains she was awake practicing on her saxophone when the disturbances occurred, while the landlady questions if she was awakened.
Barber in Miles Charges By Minute Amid War
A Miles Michigan barber imposes a per minute rate for haircuts as a wartime measure. He charges one cent for every minute in the chair and notes customers with little hair pay as little as ten cents.
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Miles
Mich
Producer and Conductor Clash Over Musical Forte
A producer orders a 35 dynamic for a new musical while an orchestra conductor objects to the loud volume. Separately a shoe maker from Czecho Slovakia opens 40 retail stores in Poland.
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Forte
Czecho- Slovakia
Poland
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George Bernard Shaw
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
C. H. Lowe Wylde
Lowe Wylde
Thunderbolt
Berlin
Fritz Lange
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