Texas Cotton Outlook Emphasizes Normal Yield and Profit Chance
Texas is expected to harvest a normal cotton crop that could bring significant new money if gathered without mishap. Nationwide boll worm damage tightens margins in several states, yet Texas remains profitable with costs around 25 cents and potential prices from 30 to 85 cents per pound.
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State Department of Agriculture
Texas
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Carolinas
Every School Should Teach It Health Education Proposal
A League of Nations health group aims to standardize a global health program for schools. U S schools are advancing health awareness, but the system still fails to stress health enough, risking imbalanced development. The piece argues health could be taught with mathematics precision, noting strong minds in weak bodies pose problems and urging proper physical and mental health education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Organization of the League of Nations
League
United States
Ideal Poultry Country Here
San Antonio territory is an ideal poultry country with open year round seasons. Green feed can be grown in the open all winter, and shade and water mitigate July and August heat. Several extensive chicken ranches are being fostered, as rural communities realize poultry profits, and South Texas already leads in turkey crops.
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Antonio
San Antonio
South Texas
Vegard theory on blue sky and aurora challenged
A historical discussion revisits L Vegard's assertion that the blue sky and aurora borealis arise from a nitrogen crystal shell in the upper atmosphere. It contrasts his views with Rayleigh and Tyndall explanations of scattering, noting Mount Wilson observations and Mont Blanc contrasts, while acknowledging an ozone layer shielding life from ultraviolet radiation.
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L. Vegard
Vegard
Lord Barleigh
Tyndall
Rayleigh
Jean Orbannes
Montpellier Uni
Versity
Voegard
Mount Wilson Observatory
Lofty
Mont Blanc
Reyleish
Some Sap and Salt by Bert Moses
A satirical column argues marriage works as a privilege not a duty. It warns husbands against excessive criticism and critiques the balance of allowances in domestic life, framing marital harmony as linked to mutual respect and reasonable expectations.
Towne Gossip Reveals Ticket Seller's Sanitarium Move
A theater anecdote recounts a ticket seller who changed the bill weekly and ignored a patron. After months of waiting in the fourth row, the seller vanished and fans learned he had been taken to a sanitarium, described as likely crazy.
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ATA
Pai
Freakish whelk devours oysters in coastal beds
The British whelk, six inches long, is a serious oyster foe draining thousands of dollars in losses. It bores into oysters with a long file like tongue, then pulls the mollusk out and consumes it, though it also eats harmful mollusks when present. A number can clean out an oyster bed quickly.
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Wheelks
Dreaded Scarlet Fever by Royal S Copeland
Senator Royal S Copeland discusses scarlet fever, its dangers and complications, noting advances in diphtheria protection and potential vaccination. He emphasizes cleanliness, hand hygiene, and avoiding contact with contaminated secretions to safeguard children while awaiting further confirming reports.
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Royal S. Copeland
United States
New
Commissioner ‘of Health
New York City
Schick
Co Upright
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Seriousness of Young People by The Spectator
A commentary arguing youth drive and zeal shape history while old age harbors doubt. It asserts that youths act on ideals and push daring enterprises, whereas elders think and resist change. The piece cites Pelleas and Melisande to illustrate změn and contrasts youth’s vitality with old age’s measured view.
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Nature
Flying Omelets of New York and a Scottish Realty Tale
A humorous spoof on New York elevated transit compares wooden cars to flying omelets and jokes about the system’s safety and manners. It ends with a Scottish tale of a buyer who must remove a local advertisement motto before purchasing a palace, highlighting quirks in cross Atlantic humor.
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Scotland
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the Prince
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Nee
By Garrett P. Serviss
By Bert Moses
Esa
Vienna
Park
Zinghey
New York
George F. Dick
Gladys Henry Dick
New York, State Medical Society
Zingher
Arkel
Pelleas
Melisande
Flying Omelets OF
Bugs” Baer
New York Rapid Kindling Company
America
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