Wisby: A Baltic Port Kinged by Trade Through Time
Wisby on Gotland sails through a rich past as a bustling Nordic trading hub. The town once thrived in the Baltic and North Sea, rivaling Venice in wealth and influence through the Hanseatic League. Ivy-clad streets hint at a faded glory while merchants still ply their quiet trade amid relic coins.
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Sweden
Baltic
Gothland
Wisby
Europe
North Sea
Venice
Mediterranean
Wiaby
Levant
Old Britain
Russia
France
Spain
North Africa
Hansa League
Seedless Cherry and New Plants From Kansas and Texas
George McMann of Peabody Kansas reports a seedless cherry he developed can be grown commercially and may become common in a few years. Alfred S. Rollo, a noted plant wizard, crossed artichoke with wild sunflower yielding a mushroomlike vegetable as large as an Irish potato and hardy with little cultivation. He also created an unnamed hybrid from Johnson grass broom cane and sugar cane promising higher sugar or syrup and suitability for poor soils. his experimental farm is near El Paso Texas with large plantings of the new cane.
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George McMann
Peabory, Kan
McMann
Alfred S. Rollo
Rollo
el Pasco
Texas
Weather vane bird shelter feeds with dry provisions
A Puritan style shelter in white pine with copper roof sits on an eight foot pole and pivots with wind. It provides a rain free feeding table and automatic grain hopper, with wire rack fuel hooks and side perches. A weather vane feature doubles as a navigation aid and shelter for many birds.
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Storma
Popular Science Monthly
How to Dress a Baby Like a Loaf of Bread
A humorous, old fashioned guide urges fathers to dress a baby with makeshift, impractical steps. It describes slipping a band over the head, fiddling with armholes, and wrapping the infant in a cloth on the bed with safety pins placed randomly.
Nose as safeguard to escape disease warned by odors
Offensive odors from decaying matter serve as warnings of disease by signaling breeding places and tainted food. They do not carry germs but help identify danger, guiding health actions and alerting to unsafe conditions in the environment.
Sayings on Humility and Self Control
The excerpt offers proverbs advising against boasting and bragging. It suggests true value comes from restraint and listening, noting that notoriety can mislead, and that most people defend beliefs with pride rather than truth. It reflects common cautionary wisdom about humility.
Shark Meat Rated Delicious By Expert In New Report
John T. Nichols, returning from Florida study for the American Museum of Natural History, asserts sharks furnish fillets as delicious as swordfish and attributes limited use to prejudice. He notes fewer large sharks in Florida waters than in years past.
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American Museum of Natural History
John T. Nichols
Florida
Nichols
Castor Oil Suggestion for Driver Eye Comfort
A proposal recommends applying castor oil along the eyelashes to catch dust before it enters the eye and shield eyes from cold wind. The advice targets automobile drivers who regularly endure dust and chilling air.
Funnel Clouds Turn Houses Into Bombs in Tornado Fury
Descriptions explain funnel clouds as vacuum centers reaching speeds around 500 miles an hour. The suction pulls air from surrounding areas and empties wells, creating external vacuum that causes houses to explode inwardly under thirty pounds per square inch pressure.
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Tt Ia
Invents Bullet Proof Glass by Celluloid Weld
A Philadelphia inventor bonds a thin sheet of celluloid between two panes of ordinary glass to create a bullet proof glass. The pane is said to resist splintering even against powerful hammer blows.
Reindeer Meat as National Food Supply
Secretary Lane of the Interior advocates reindeer meat to bolster the U S supply. He envisions rapid herd growth across Magia and North America, with better transportation from the government railroad, making reindeer venison a prominent future staple for American dinners.
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Lane
Department of the Interior
Magia
Entes of
Herida
Govermant
War bread and biscuits swell like sponge in war time
The British Tommy uses a thick four inch square dog biscuit made from whole wheat flour as a condensed loaf of bread. The French war bread swells in hot water or soup like a sponge. The German pea sausage, from pea meal bacon and fat, was created by a Berlin cook to resist deterioration, yielding twelve plates of soup from one eight inch long sausage.
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Tommy
Berlin
Russians Order Narrow Gauge Locomotives for Army Logistics
The Russian government ordered 350 liquid fuel locomotives from a Philadelphia works to connect army divisions and supply bases. Each tractor weighs seven and a half tons and runs on tracks about twenty nine and a half inches wide. The system uses movable narrow gauge tracks for flexible deployment.
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Philadelphia Locomotive Works
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Sam
Christy
NAVY
Howard Chandler Christy
United Stats
Waly Peeruits
Kansan
Seal Island
Vinalhaven
Tip
Baby
Twit
Shark Meat
Wirden
the Thompson Hudson Co
Toledo, Ohio
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