North Consciousness Grips Western Youth Say Explorers
British Columbia dreaming young men heed tales of the North as explorers trumpet vast riches. Omineca gold Ingenika silver Peace River coal Great Bear radium promise lure youths to seek bold northern fortunes amid dry cold and three months of sun.
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Vancouver
B. C
Stewart
Great Bear Lake
Vncouver
British Columbia
Atlantic
Pacific
Canadian
Northwest Territories
North America
Peace River
Americas
Great Bear Country
West
Tut-Ankh-Amen Shrines Reappear in Cairo Museum
Four gilded shrines enclosing the Tut-Ankh-Amen sarcophagus have been placed in Cairo’s Antiquities museum. The innermost shrine has been re-erected and is on view, fashioned from solid wood with gesso and gold leaf, though interior gold has oxidized. The shrine measures 9 feet 6 inches by 5 feet high.
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Cairo
Tut-Ankh-Amen
Antiquities Museum
Thebes
Turkey and Persia Choose English for Official Tongue
The governments of Turkey and Persia will adopt English for official communication replacing French. Turkey seeks 8,000 to 8,500 English teachers from Britain and the U S to staff schools in both nations. A Koran translation into English in Turkish schools is reportedly planned.
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London
Turkey
Persia
England
Great Britain
United States
Subterranean Nebraskan Water Reserve Might Form Huge Lake
University of Nebraska geologist A G Lugne surveyed a large underground water formation in central Nebraska. He says sand and gravel layers from glacial periods hold vast water that could create a lake twice as large and deep as Utah's Great Salt Lake. Water seeps from the Platte River to rivers along the southern border, explaining Platte's low summer levels.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
A.G. Lugn
University of Nebraska
Meade
Nebraska
Platte River
Platte
Lighted trap to lure rare sea life near Pacific islands
San Francisco scientist Dr. Barton W. Everman believes a new electric light device lowered into the Pacific near Tres Marias and other Mexican islands will attract and trap curious fish and crustaceans. The Zaca will return next fall with preserved and live specimens from tropical waters.
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San Francisco
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Go Pagos
Tres Marias
Mexico
Barton W. Everman
Californias Academy of Sciences
Everman
Zaca
May Live in Jungle Fawcett Believed Alive
The British consul general at São Paulo says a definite crew is tracking Colonel P. H. Fawcett and his son John, who vanished in the Brazilian jungles in 1925. A man claiming to be Fawcett reportedly spoke with Stephen Weiygetdate near an Indian encampment about six weeks from Sao Paulo.
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P. H. Fawcett
São Paulo
Fawcett
John
Stephen Wieygetdate
Sao Paulo
Norwegian Bandits to Be Cleaned Out at Hammerfest
Officials vow a war on dynamite fishing by bandits raiding northern Norway banks. Coast guard and police prepare a campaign to protect the fishing industry relied on by over 90 percent of coastal communities. Dynamite fishing has been legal since 1911 but widely used.
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Hammerfest
Norway
Coast Guard
Bow Wow Meaning Here I Am Dentist in Louisburg Tale
A dog from Louisburg North Carolina visits Dr. A H Fleming in his dental office. The canine's eagerness signals a patient who knows when to seek care and a lighthearted scene unfolds in the veterinarian style tale.
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Louisburg
N. C
Jack
A. H.fleming
Insulating Milk House To Cure Ceiling Moisture
A dairy subscriber reports moisture on the ceiling of an added milk room. Lack of insulation and ventilation causes condensation and recommends installing sheet insulation over ceiling joists, a 10 by 10 or 12 opening vent with a chain-controlled valve, and insulating walls with pilaster boards or extra sheets to fill stud spaces.
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Wallace Farmer
Know Your Herd to Feed Grain Efficiently
Proper grain feeding starts with weighing and testing milk from each cow to determine daily production and butterfat. A general rule is one pound of grain per four pounds of milk for Holsteins around 3.5% fat, with adjustments for high producers and late lactation. Different breeds and individual cows may require different ratios based on milk richness.
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Ayrshire
Guernsey
Jersey
Raise Only Healthy Calves for Strong Dairy Cattle
Dr Iverson of the California division of animal industry warns against buying unhealthy herd additions. He urges raising calves from cows of proven production and good type, segregating them after birth and feeding pasteurized milk or milk from tuberculosis-free cattle to ensure disease-free, productive dairy cows.
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Iverson
California
Feed costs shift favors grain over hay for dairy farmers
A farm market study shows Timothy hay now the most costly feed, with red clover pricier than oats and other feeds. The shift prompts dairy farmers to reduce hay and feed grain more liberally to cut costs.
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Timothy
Watch Profits From Updated Feed Trials At Mitchell Nebraska
A Mitchell Nebraska experiment station test shows feed cost lower with grain compared to cows fed roughage. A Holden conducted the study noting cows receiving grain in Se See paid above market price for grain. The finding suggests farmers with cows producing over 300 pounds butterfat yearly on silage and hay should add a good grain mix at current prices.
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Mitchell, Nebraska
A. Holden
Vestal
Truth About Beautiful Snow Poem Source Debunked
The claim that the poem Beautiful Snow was written by a Cincinnati suicide is false. John Whitaker Watson of New York authored the verse in 1858, with later attribution confusion spreading via newspapers and a misread hospital manuscript.
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Cincinnati
Burton E.i Stevenson
Commercial Hospital
Enos B. Reed
the Nations Union
Harper's Weekly
John Whitaker Watson
New York
Columbia University
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Women Inventors See Rise in Patent Applications
Women applicants for patents have increased greatly in recent years. After a prior analysis showing about 500 applications annually, the rate is now higher as many women enter industrial life. Earlier efforts focused on domestic devices, but many new filings are in metallurgy and other high tech fields.
New Rust-Resistant Iron Aluminum Alloy Reported
At an American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers meeting Nicholas A. Zeigler of Westinghouse described a new cheap alloy of iron and aluminum that does not rust when hot, addressing red hot rust that shortens furnace life.
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American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Nicholas A. Zeigler
Westinghouse Company
Bride’s bridesmaid selection makes plans clear
The speaker notes that she is choosing bridesmaids and aims for them to be attractive but not overly flashy. Her approach reflects careful styling and personal taste in wedding preparations.
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