The Mexican War Hoax War Correspondent
Garfield Nichols, a Boston Express correspondent known for his lively prose and alcohol habit, is sent to Mexico. He crafts glamorous war dispatches that thrill readers while drifting from reality. When spending sprees trigger doubts, editor Upton discovers Nichols fabricated war accounts. Nichols is fired after his Majorca tale, ending with a sobering ironic twist as a real battle erupts nearby.
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United States
Villa
Garfield Nichols
East
Garfield
Mexico
Boston Express
Upton
Express
New England
Mexican
Old Man Upton
Nichols
Majorca
America
Boston
Hal
Peacetime Hero Henry Bergh Founder of Humane Societies
A historical overview of Henry Bergh born 1823 in New York who founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. It notes his early life, 1866 founding, 1874 child-protection society, and lasting impact on animal welfare, child protection, milk safety, and animal shelters.
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American Humane Association
Roosevelt
Frank Walker
Henry Bergh
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Bergh
New York City
Columbia College
Europe
New York State
American Society For the Prevention
Louis Bonard
New York
Elbridge T. Gerry
New York Society For the Prevention of
Wood as Livestock Feed In Many Foreign Lands
Reports from the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations show wood moving from experimental use to practical feeding in Europe. Wood provides both a carbohydrate feed from feed cellulose and a protein feed via feed yeast. Sweden Norway and Finland produce large quantities, with Norway likely feeding over 100000 metric tons this year and Finland around 200000 metric tons annually. Despite high output, demand exceeds supply.
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Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Corn Hybrids and Soil Fertility Risks and Rewards
Illinois study shows hybrid corn yields depend on soil fertility and management. Hybrids respond to good soil and practices but deplete nutrients faster on fertile ground. Proper soil testing and lime phosphates and potash use can profitably boost hybrid profits while ensuring long term productivity.
Agriculture in Industry by Florence C Weed
One of a series on how farm products find important markets in industry. Florence C Weed outlines methods, examples, and implications of agricultural materials entering manufacturing streams, highlighting evolving relationships between farms and factories.
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Agriculture
Florence C. Weed
Sweet potatoes spark new starch and industry in South
An early discovery by a Negro laundress led to starch made from sweet potatoes. Mississippi started the first co operative plant with Texas now opening another. The pulp feeds cattle and new forms like a possible cellophane rival are explored. George Washington Carver highlighted many uses while Virginia to New Jersey grow the crop nationwide.
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Mississippi
Texas
South
George Washington Carver
Virginia
Louisiana
Tennessee
New Jersey
Busy Day Dress Pattern by Barbara Bell No. 1360-B
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1360-B offers a simple, comfortable day dress with a high waist and flare skirt. Sizes 12 to 40 cover busts 30 to 40 inches, with back-tied sash belt and braid button accents. Requires 37 1 2 yards edging for size 14 32 inches. Send orders to:
Drafting Bills Driven by Legislative Counsel Lawyers
Many bills in the senate and the house are not written by the sponsoring congressmen but by lawyers in the legislative counsel office. This independent group was created over 20 years ago to draft legislation and costs the government about 75 000 dollars annually.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Lockless Suez Canal Description and Reach
The Suez canal is a sea level ditch from Port Said to Port Taufiq spanning 104.5 miles. It now has a depth of 45 feet and a narowest width of 70 yards, with banks mainly sand or gravel. The northern half runs through the desert while the southern half traverses a chain of lakes serving as expansion chambers for the Red Sea tide.
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Suez Canal
Port Said
Mediterranean
Port Taufiq
Gulf of Suez
Canak
Red Sea
Failures Teach a Man to Learn from Losses, Dickens Motto
A compact maxim attributed to Dickens notes that every failure carries a lesson if a person studies it. It frames error as a teacher and encourages reflective growth rather than defeat.
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Dickens
Farm Notes On Feeding Fence Posts And Grain Quality
Roughage feeds are necessities in the dairy cow diet. Hedge or Osage orange makes excellent fence posts. Fumigation with carbon disulphide controls corn weevils in cribs. Beef from grass fed cattle and grain fed cattle is juicy and flavorful per the U S bureau of animal industry. Causes of farm electric motor failures include overloading lubrication wear circuit protection and dusty or wet surroundings. More than five percent cottonseed meal in hens rations reddens yolk and may pink the whites after storage.
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U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Amateur Quiz Answers Note Large Enigmas in One Page
Answers list many trivia items with inconsistencies. Key points: Argentina. Swift described Brobdingnagians. water weighs 8.355 pounds per gallon. Damascus as oldest inhabited city. fasces on a dime. Antares vastly larger than the Sun. a pound of feathers equals a pound of gold. three presidents starting with A are Adams and Arthur.
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U. S
Argentina
Swift
Use of Facts in Knowledge and Philosophy
The quote contrasts knowing facts with using them to think deeply. It argues that facts alone breed pedantry, while their application fosters philosophical insight, urging practical reasoning over rote memory.
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Elena Scott Watton
Western Newspaper Union
Lincoln
Seward
St. Petersburg
Orient
A. L. Lang
Illinois Agricultural Station
Urbana, Illinois
Rks
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Walter Stinson
Kellogg Company
Kellogge
Kellogg's
Buckie
Yeest
Addison
Cea. Ee
Ince Albert
Reynolds Tech. Co
Winston-Salem, N
Prince Albert
Chase
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