Orange hybrids may make northward orange growing possible
The Washington Star reports ongoing U S Department of Agriculture experiments in orange hybridization to create a hardy North American orange. Researchers Weller and Swingle cross Japanese trifoliate stock with southern varieties to produce grafted trees that resist frost, aiming for seedless, sweet fruit that can bear in climates as far north as Philadelphia.
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Canada
Agricultural Department
H. J. Weller
W. T. Swingle
Messrs. Webber and
Swingle
Webber
Philadelphia
Department Grouds
North
Washington Star
Inventors urged to develop sisal fiber separation
Sisal, a fibrous Yucatan plant now grown in Jamaica and Florida, is seen as a hemp substitute for ropes. Admiralty ships reportedly use sisal ropes, and a machine to extract fibers from the leaves is urgently needed, with American inventiveness expected to supply it.
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Yucatan
Jamaica
Porto Rico
Florida
Admiralty
Spear Thrust Stopped Watch At Omdurman Time 8 39
Lieut Robert Grenfell died at Omdurman when a spear pierced his watch, with the hit driven through both cases and dial works. The bands stopped at 8 39, marking the moment of the charge and the wearer's death. His family has the timepiece sent to a jeweler to mount a memorial.
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Wis Waten
Robert Grenfell
Omdurman
Raising Muskrats in Dorchester Marshes for Market
The Dorchester county marshes along the Blackwater and nearby rivers yield Maryland's muskrat crop. Last year 100,000 rats were caught. this season's harvest should grow. Hunts run January through March. Trappers use steel traps and gigging, catching rats by approaching windward muskeg houses. Skinning takes seconds, fur dries four days, meat sold in nearby towns and New York. A good hunter earns about forty dollars per season.
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Dorchester
Picking Bay
Chemmprake
Delsware
Maryland
Great Marsh
Dorchester County
Blackwater
Trantgaskis
Chicacomico
Eleetion
Lake, Drawbridge
Bucktown
Maryland Land Office
Arimasy
Tessia
Américas
Cuba
New York
Dead Man's Gun and Eclipse Beliefs Across Continents
A Michigan soldier recalls a pirate like act with a dead man's gun carried from Cuba to his family. In India villagers fear the sun god during an eclipse and donate money to priests to avert catastrophe, believing the sun is in debt and the donations hasten the eclipse's end. The crowd's prayers turn to triumph as light returns.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Thirty-third Michigan
Michigan
Cuba
Cys
Bend
Indis
Patna
Ganges
Jena
Ram
Tory
Ram Bender
Mes
A Christian at Work in a Newspaper Exchange
A Puck writer recounts a comic visit to the offices of iuralville Bazoo and Pettyville Pain Dealer. A lady asks to meet “the Christian at Work,” noting the editor’s woes from lost subscribers, a failing press, rheumatism, and a large family. The scene hints at a future diplomat or humorist in the making.
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Iuralville Bazoo
Pettyville Pain Dealer
Puck
Woodhouse
George Pensmith
Ornamental President and the Guarded Life at Elysee Palace
A French president enjoys a lavish, ceremonial life with a yearly $236,000 allowance and palatial amenities including Versailles gardens and royal forests. The protocol office dictates daily conduct, dress, guests, meals, and who may speak, while miners report fewer personal crises than other workers.
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Republic
Palace of the Elysee
Versailles
Fortainekivan
le Protocol
Ward McAllister
Legion of Honor
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