Good Eyesight Helps Athletes Across Sports
The article stresses that sight is crucial for athletic success beyond raw strength. It cites Babe Ruth and Helen Wills as examples of players whose reputations rely on keen vision, and notes many stars wear glasses in play. It also warns parents to supervise eye safety in youth sports and outlines first aid four eye injuries.
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Rawnand
Babe Ruth
Helen = Wills
David Resnick
National Society
Ruth
Babe
Great
Helen Wills
Bill Tilden
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Lee Meadows
Vic Sorrell
Detroit Tigers
Toporcher
MacFayden
Willie McFarlane
Westchester County
New York
United States
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Old Myth Telling of Animals Fire Theft
A Native American myth explains how animals stole fire from pine trees during a harsh winter. A beaver sneaks a coal from a pine council and, after a chase, passes fire to willows and birches, explaining why fire comes from those woods.
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Grande Ronde
Thirsty Oysters Daily Water Consumption Compared
A historical note explains oysters drink about five gallons of water daily. It asserts a colony under a million oysters consumes more water in a day than all Londoners combined.
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London
England
Variety in the Menu and Kitchen Tips Featured
A vintage kitchen column offers menu ideas for luncheons with textured salads and cod nut peanuts. It describes a creamed Finnan Haddie dish with peppers baked to a crisp edge and a French Potato Soup method with butter onions and milk.
General Day the Thunderstorm Cries Silence in Court
Detroit Free Press recounts 1833 sessions of the Michigan territorial Supreme Court in which Isaac Day known as General Day or Field Marshal Day slept through a storm then roused himself with a thunderous “Silence.” His wakeful roar caused universal laughter among the court and bar.
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Canute
Michigan Court
Michigan
Supreme ‘Court
Territorial
Capitol
Isaac Day
General Day
Detroit
Free Press
Ancient English Oak Cawthorpes long lived survivor
The Montreal Family notes the ancient Cawthorpe oak near Wetherby as England’s oldest. Records claim about 1600 years. Once hollowed by 100 children, it once yielded 74 tons of timber in 1842, with a 60 ft circumference trunk and 43 ft height. Now gaunt limbs remain but spring leaves reappear, as workers strive to preserve the giant a few more years.
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England
Montreal Family
Wetherby
Eskimos populate Nome and Alaska coastlines
Eskimo communities inhabit Nome in the Seward Peninsula and stretch along Alaska and Canada coasts, from the southwest Alaska peninsula to Greenland in the northeast, forming a dense Arctic population.
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Nome
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
Canada
Alaska Peninsula
Greenland
Vitamins That Save More Chicks From Vitamin Deficiency
Poultry expert O N Massengale at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station urges including vitamins A B and D in chick feed. He warns lack causes stunted growth disease susceptibility and higher mortality with A deficiency leading to ophthalmia B to neuritis and D to weak growth.
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O. N. Massengale
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Turkeys in Confinement Mark Western Influence in East
The article notes western producers and cooperatives are shaping eastern markets through quality standards for turkeys, mirroring the Pacific coast egg model. It cites the Pennsylvania experiment station showing successful confinement rearing and Maryland growers also reporting notable success, signaling a shift toward standardized production.
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Ap Eee
Povls
Pacific Coast
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Economical Egg Ration for Summer Production
University of Illinois expert H. H. Alp told Urbana farmers that 60 percent of egg production cost is feed. He urged using economical yet effective rations as eggs sell for 20 cents a dozen or less. The suggested mix includes 195 lb yellow corn 100 lb ground wheat 106 lb ground oats 100 lb meat scrap and 5 lb salt costing about $1.65 per hundred.
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H. H. Alp
University of Ilinois
Urbana
Poulétryman
Poultry Notes on Winter Laying and Care
Poultry notes discuss winter laying, litter management, sanitation, and simple additives. It suggests raking litter in sheds, sprinkling a disinfectant, using charcoal for health, and feeding practices including apples as a supplement. Emphasis on keeping hens happy to improve returns in poultry keeping.
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Western Newspaper Union
William” Wordsworth
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