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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1928
Page
3
Totale production in the New England sales for 1928 reached 46 552 000 bushels, the New England crop reporting service announced today. The figure compares with 45 662 006 bushels harvested last year.
The Maine total production reached 37 853 000 bushels compared with last year, while overall seed volume fell in many areas due to excess rain. Acreage final field inspected rose 56 percent in Maine, with Vermont down 26 percent. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia saw gains, and New York and New Hampshire varied. Certified seed totals stood at 2 506 141 bushels, down from last year’s harvest. The service credited rainfall patterns for forecast accuracy and noted pockets of rot, late blight, and variable quality across provinces.
High rainfall lowered potato yields while low rainfall boosted them. Using rainfall data to forecast yields in 1928 significantly improved early predictions, demonstrating the value of weather information in agricultural forecasting.
Harvard expedition diggings in Equatorial Africa during 1927 28 uncover clay bowls potentially holding tobacco hemp or perfume traces. If tobacco is detected it would challenge the idea that smoking began in America. The Wulsin led team exposed four village layers at Goulfer French Africa, noting social and cultural context and logistical issues with car transport.
John J. Ryan of Jamaica High School proposes splitting Latin into two tracks to reduce failure rates and preserve interest. One tracks remains difficult for bright students, while the other eases for slower learners, focusing less on grammar and more on civic history and literature of the period. Data show French leads, Spanish second, Latin close behind. Greek now rare.
Berlin officials and truste es report in the fourth anuity year that all payments due have been met. The Reichsbank review notes reorganization of Germany's industry, living standards rising among the poor, and a prewar level reached for many workers. Debt remains a concern but the Reichsbank position strengthens. Industrial debentures trustees cite lower unemployment and higher exports as signs of recovery.
Dr Thomas C Chamberlin eminent geologist dies reducing University of Chicago pioneer professors to 11 of 98 who opened the school in 1892. Twenty seven of 95 are living but inactive. Among the eleven active veterans are Prof Albert A Michelson discoverer of the speed of light Prof A Stagg famed Chicago football coach and Prof Carl D Buck head of philology.
A two headed king snake was found near Roma Illinois by nine year old Tommy O Hara while he was at school. The snake is thriving in the St Louis Zoo.
R Marlin Perkins, superintendent of the reptile house, notes the snake’s main difficulty is its two heads sometimes act on different impulses. The remarks come as observers watch the creature.
A garbled excerpt mentions Perting and a “2 to travel” phrase. It references a left head and a right area described as temper, suggesting a discussion of assertiveness and movement. The readable text is fragmentary with no clear event, date, or identifiable subjects.
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