Sea Lions Furnish Thriving Industry in California
California's sea lion trade centers on capturing young seals off Santa Barbara Islands for sale to circuses and markets worldwide. Capt. George McGuire describes the simple capture method and the profitable earnings from bulls weighing 100 to 500 pounds, with crews moving seals to crates then to buyers or back to sea if unreceptive.
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Santa, Barbara
Calif
California
Santa Barbara
Chappel Islands
Hagenbeck
Hamburg
Germany
George. McGuire
Santa Crus Island
Captain McGuire
Colorado Brothers With Alphabet Names in Pueblo
Pueblo residents celebrate two brothers with unusual long names Lieietsuleusszesazes and Jisseippli Normandiz ziezzii from Siam. Also known to friends as Leo Hurst, one is noted as an accomplished orator speaking eleven languages and proud of his distinctive name.
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Pueblo
Colo
Willihimnivzisstelzzii
Jisseippli Normandizziezzii
Siam
Lieietsuleusszesazes
Leo Hurst
Seals Raised for Circus Trade Face Training Hazards
Captain McGuire ships dozens of young seals to Hagenbeck's circus each year. Trained animals learn to eat fish and swim after months of schooling, with world renowned trainers guiding them before sale to circuses and zoos. Few seals die in training. California laws ban their killing, though fishermen blame torn nets for shootings.
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McGuire
Hagenbeck’s
California
Leaning Cape Romain Lighthouse Tests Coastal Sightings
The Cape Romain lighthouse in South Carolina, built 1828 and rebuilt twice before Civil War damage, began leaning by 1870 with cracks observed in 1869. The lens and lantern were later restored, and a more powerful modern light was installed by the Department of Commerce to aid mariners.
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Washington
United States
Pisa
South Carolina
Cape Romain
Department of Commerce
Report Card Poor Leads Modesto Boy to Suicide
Karl A. Woodbridge, a Modesto high school sophomore, showed his poor report card to his father, appeared dejected, and two hours later was found dead from a poison attempt in his bedroom. A physician's antidote arrived too late.
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Modesto
Calif
Karl A. Woodbridge
Modesto High School
Wood Colony
Adminster
Palestine Economic Corp fourth annual report on 1930 investments
The Palestine Economic Corporation reports 1930 investments totaling 2,751,591 used to stress sound social and economic development. It granted credit to agricultural industrial and housing institutions and participated as shareholder in key Palestine projects.
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Palestine Economic ‘Corporation
Palestine
Hoodoo Spell Charmed by Ship Radio Hero Captain
A sea captain on the steamship West Segovia used the wireless to diagnose a sailor with dicitis after four deaths on a voyage from South America. The crew credited Captain Charles E. Edgely with breaking a hoodoo when a surgeon from Munson Line guided the man to Trinidad for treatment.
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New Orleans
South America
West Segovia
Charles BE. Edgely
Buenos Aires
Port of Spain
Trinidad
West Indies
Ramon ‘Bandetson
Manamordé
Munson Line
New York
Sanderson
Munamore
Edgely
Manamore
Dicitis
Edgelyn
Pennsylvania stores face penalties over cold storage eggs
State agents prosecuted dozens of Pennsylvania storekeepers for selling cold storage eggs as fresh. The first offense carries a $10 minimum fine with heavier penalties for repeated violations.
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Pennsylvania
Cole
Pak
Flock Profits by Change in Ration
A Vancouver Island poultryman extols ration changes to boost egg output. He mixes a laying mash with shorts barley cornmeal and pilchard meal, substitutes clam shell for oyster shell, and uses greens and boiled grains. He trims feed to essentials and reports satisfactory pullet laying amidst low egg prices.
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Vancouver Island
West
Changes in Chick Body After Hatching
Advice notes that newly hatched chicks have tiny digestive organs and mostly yolk in their bodies. A chick within 72 hours has limited capacity to digest food, as yolk is absorbed and internal organs like the liver and heart rapidly develop over the next three days.
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Gizaard
Reputation built by consistent egg quality and packing
A Michigan farmer notes that reputation comes from uniform eggs and careful packing in every shipment. Top quotations and premium prices go to those with steady, dependable quality, not from a few well packed shipments. Smaller shippers take longer but gain higher prices and a steady market.
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Michigan
Sex determination in chicks at hatch time by Warren
D D Warren from Kansas State Agricultural College poultry department notes many methods proposed to determine chick sex at hatch or from the egg. He cites the Barred Plymouth Rock where a large white head spot often signals males, and mentions crossbreeding can separate sexes by color and wing feather growth with varying accuracy.
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D. ©. Warren
Kansas State Agricultural College’ Poultry Department
Direct Rays Bring Eggs
Ultraviolet rays are necessary for winter egg production and affect fertility and chick growth. Sunshine provides needed elements in fine weather, but indoor hens lack direct light in winter. Glass substitutes can bring ultraviolet radiation to hens when windows are closed and sun cannot penetrate ordinary glass.
Annual Death Toll of Earthquakes Not Large
British expert Dr C Davison summarized in the Lon don Times and Week's Science that about 14 000 or 15 000 people die annually from earthquakes worldwide. He notes Italy and Japan show high per quake losses and warns modern cities could magnify fatalities in a single event.
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C. Davison
London Times
E. E. Free
Italy
Japan
Davison
New York
London
Trouble in Hats and Haberdashery Household
A hatless husband, Harold, frets over his wife Flossie's changing millinery as financial strain grows. She proposes economizing and asks how to cut overhead. He answers tactfully, but the scene hints at further domestic frictions amid the national economy’s blizzard.
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Harold
Flossie
Learned Men Poor Spellers at Harvard Spell Bee
A Harvard faculty spelling bee featured professors who misspelled ten of forty words. Every word was misspelled at least once by the participants. Notable slips included all right desiccatée and alecé among the challenged terms.
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Harvard
Nervous breakdown testimonial for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
Mrs Chas Zieske of Route 1 reports a nervous breakdown improvement after taking six bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. She claims rapid results with weight change noted later, and mentions druggists and Pierce’s labels in a damaged ad-like fragment.
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Dr. Pierce
Chas. Zieske
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