Four Silesian Cities Guarded by Germany During War
A National Geographic bulletin identifies Tarnowitz Beuthen Konigshutte and Katowice as four Upper Silesia cities near coal fields. It notes Beuthen as regional capital and Konigshutte as Silesian Pittsburgh with large iron works and a Polish population, while Katowice stands as a major coal market. Turnowitz near Leuthon is a Polish center with a small population and strong metallurgical industry. The piece details strategic importance and wartime boundary tensions in the coal district.
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Upper Silesia
Germany
National Geographic Society
Tarnowitz
Beuthen
Boenigshutte
Kattowicz
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Benthen
Appreemple
Silesia
Bolemia
Konigshutte
Pittsburgh
Upper Silesian
Turnowitz
Leuthon
Uaty
Strin
Cracow
Consnckx
Posen
First Church for Animal Rights Organized in New York
The Baltimore American notes the formation of a New York church for animal rights. It plans Sun services and a school for children, with an "animal Bible" of Scripture passages urging humane conduct toward animals. The church promotes oneness with humane awakening, animal rights equal to life liberty and happiness, and youth education via humane training.
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Church For Animals
Church For Animal Rights
New York
Animal Societes
Baltimore American
Harmful Principle of Poison Oak and Ivy
The poisonous principle in poison oak and ivy, toxidendrol, is insoluble in water but soluble in ether and alcohol. A 0.005 milligram skin application can trigger inflammation. Dr J B McNair reports spread via clothing, shoes, or smoke and transfer via hands or nails, noting potential transmission to other body parts.
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Journal of American Medical Association
J.B. McNair
Not Altogether Immune
A farmer discusses his life and worries about the risks of farming, noting that while food and shelter are secured for now, fires and financial strain create ongoing troubles for ordinary people in agriculture.
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CornfQemse
ALONE WOMAN’S GRIEF FACES INDIFFERENT JUSTICE IN CROSS-GENERAL TALE
A distraught mother Fatma Om-Almed recounts tragedy after a tramway accident kills her son and husband. She rejects legal action, fearing Christian claim to her child in Paradise, insisting she would never sell her son to infidels. The story, via Alice Shamony in the Continental London Mall edition, portrays sorrow, faith, and contested indemnity.
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Pati Gia-Ahmed
Nate Enid
Fatma Om-Almed
Alice Shamony
London Mall
Sugar from corn stalks yields alcohol from maize stems
French chemist P Vielland reports maize stems contain little sucrose or dextrose normally. After ears are removed at knee milk stage, sugars accumulate in stems reaching 7-10 percent sucrose and 1-3 percent dextrose within 7-34 days. Up to one third crystallizable sucrose. potential alcohol production about 190 gallons per acre. Plant growth is rapid. total cycle about 400 days.
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P. Vielland
Forestry In the Canal Zone
The Panama Canal Record appeals for Canal Zone boys to protect trees and shrubbery after damage by children. A hatchet wounded a tree on the Balboa parade, limbs were broken on Cruces avenue, and mango trees near the Balboa road cable office were damaged. Boys are urged to influence others to stop harmful acts and safeguard property.
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Canal Zone
Boya
Prade
Balboa
Cruces Avenue
Balboa Road
Panama Canal
Twin Grand Piano Built for Stage Novelty
A newly built twin grand piano from Lele wig features two grand pianos end to end in one frame. The instrument appears as a single unit with combined keyboard action, designed for unique stage presence and concert use.
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Lelewig
Tools Named for Animals and Their Odd Derivations
A reader explores why everyday tools bear animal inspired names. The discussion covers donkey engines, crowbars, bucksews, cutboats and bullwheels, tracing clues in usage and historical terms while noting the difficulty of exact etymologies. The piece highlights curiosity about language in engineering terms.
Flying Gas Cloud Across Space at 1125 Miles Per Second
A glowing gas cloud moves through space at 1125 miles per second and heads away from Earth. Scientists question how such a cloud formed and why it travels so fast, with theories ranging from ejected material from a distant star to gradual gas accumulation that could someday form new stars.
Copper and Calcium in the Air Photo Study
Prof Hartley of Dublin photographs in ordinary air spectroscopic lines for copper and calcium. The lines are attributed to fine spray from road vehicles, smoke, and trolley wire sparks, with copper the most detectable among very small amounts. Lead, carbon, iron, manganese, nickel, and magnesium lines also appear but even scarcer than calcium and copper.
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Hartley
Dublin
Wireless storm warnings reach mariners by global radio network
American mariners will receive storm warnings by wireless from worldwide stations under Shipping Board arrangements. Managing agents and masters were notified that warnings would be broadcast on schedules provided by ship radio operators. Vessels without radio will pass warnings via other means when sighted.
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Shipping Board
Scientific American
He Was Engaged In Vital Strike Night
A London Tit Bits item tells of an old lady boarding an omnibus on a planned great strike night. She pays the fare and asks the conductor if he is coming out that evening. He politely declines, saying he must get home to his old woman.
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Anawer
London
The Good Old Days Clothe Sagas and Patchwork Tales
The text recalls a bygone era of fashion and patience describing worn garments, patched septs, and the practice of inspecting items before customers wore them. It hints at a simpler, slower time with emphasis on frugal, cautious shopping and modest adornments.
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Paris
No Cotton in 1H22 Says Dr Rogers on Boll Weevil Fight
Dr J R Rogers argues against cotton planting in 1922 to starve the boll weevil. He warns voluntary bans fail and supports state police powers to enforce a one year cotton ban. He warns that little planting now could keep prices high but harms long term progress against the pest.
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Lan
Jon
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