The Best is Yet to Be A Brief Whitsunday Fantasy
A Winthrop woman writes The Best is Yet to Be read at St Johns Episcopal Church. Grandma notes three pink candles on a birthday cake and muses on time and eternity in this Whitsunday fantasy from 1944.
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Rye Ration Quality Matches Barley for Milk Cattle
Trials show milk and butter produced with rye rations equal in quality to barley fed herds. Cattle readily consumed rye mixture with no health or condition issues detected.
Chinese Exports in 1936 Principal Goods and Sectors
The principal Chinese exports in 1936 were textile fibers and goods including silks cotton wool ramie hemp. animal products such as bristles eggs hides skins. oils chiefly wood oil. seeds groundnut sesame linseed. and metals and ores wolfram antimony tin.
Monkey Eyes See Motion About Humans in Dim Light
Research from Columbia University finds monkey and human night vision are similar for detecting motion. The study shows eyes of both species respond similarly under low light conditions, suggesting limited human advantage in motion perception at night.
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Columbia University
Community Urges Extra War Bonds For Fifth Loan
A home front communique urges citizens to buy additional War Bonds to meet the Fifth War Loan goal by July 8. It stresses that every extra bond strengthens American firepower as service members wage life and death battles, with progress since June 12 and calls for action today.
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America
Local Business Directory Fragments At Ocean And Winthrop
A garbled listing shows several businesses including a foot specialist office hours, Winthrop hardware and paints, laundry service, plumbing and heating by Henry E. Keogh Co, radio services, an American cafe with entertainment at 107 Boulevard, a tailoring shop on Somerset Ave, and multiple Ocean and Central Street addresses.
Naming of Australia and New Zealand Origins
The article traces early European naming of Australia and New Zealand. Tasman’s 1642 sighting linked to Zeeland, the land labeled New Holland until Flinders’ 1802 coast survey. Cook had named the southeastern coast New South Wales as exploration progressed.
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Abel Tasman
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England
Matthew Flinders
Australia
Captain Cook
New South Wales
U S Milk Production Hits Record High Second Only to Last Year
The year just ended saw about 118 billion pounds of milk produced on American farms. It was the second highest annual total in history, surpassed only by the United States’ production in the prior year.
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America
United States
Plug Trouble Warns of Electrical Outlet Fire Hazard
If an appliance plug causes a pop and flash when inserted the issue lies in the plug cord or appliance. Disconnect the appliance before replacing the fuse to prevent further danger.
Nurses Rebuild Evacuation and Surgical Hospitals Behind Lines
Army nurses rapidly dismantled a 150 bed evacuation hospital and a 400 bed surgical hospital as enemy pressure mounted in North Africa. They re-established both facilities behind friendly lines within 48 hours, aiding sustained medical support.
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North Africa
Serbs Originated From Marshy Plains Between Pruth and Dniester
The Serbs traced origins to marshy plains between the Pruth and Dniester rivers. They began settling in the Balkan peninsula after the death of Maurichios, Byzantine emperor, in A D 602.
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Paint Fascination Says Paint Draws People In
Jack Dionne notes in Gulf Coast Lumberman that the appeal of a brush and fresh paint is unexplainable to most people, highlighting a common fascination with painting among readers.
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Jack Dionne
Gulf Coast
Frozen china bowl warns against boiling water
A warning about pouring boiling water into fro zen toilet bowls due to rapid temperature change. The advisory notes that extreme temperature shifts can crack vitreous china bowls and urges caution to prevent damage.
Future Farmers Put Food Profits in War Bonds
Edward Jones of Pittsboro Chapter FFA North Carolina earned 548 dollars from 455 high producing hens and invested the profits in War Bonds No 4 shows Colin English state superintendent Herbert Shuman Palmetto Chapter FFA and Harrison E Barringer Florida state senator at a Father and Son banquet where the Florida Future Farmers bought a 1000 dollar War Bond with farm produce profits Back the Attack Buy More Than Before
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Pittsboro
FFA
North Carolina
Edward
Colin English
Herbert Shuman
Palmetto
Harrison E. Barringer
Florida
Robert Hill
Welcome
Wilson County
Tennessee
Green Gate
Lebanon
Chinese Cooperatives in Hills Rally Amid Japanese Advance
Chinese industrial cooperatives form small groups of craftsmen who moved looms and dies into the hills as Japanese forces advance, preserving production and community amid conflict.
Afloat Short Time Bombers Remain Afloat After Crash
Afloat bombers are guaranteed to remain afloat only 40 seconds after a crash landing in the ocean.
Castor Bean Crop Failure Strikes Northeastern Mexico
The 1943 castor bean crop in northeastern Mexico suffered severe and prolonged drought, causing near total failure. On over 22,000 acres the 1943 yield was under 500 tons, far below 1942's 22,000 tons.
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Mexico
Indies Produce Allspice Allspice comes from the West Indies
A note explains that allspice is produced by Indies and originates from the British West Indies. The item highlights the spice’s Caribbean source and trade association with Indies producers.
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Indies
British West Indies
Castor Output Up In Brazil In 1943
Brazil estimates 1943 castor seed production at 250000 tons, 55 percent above 1937. The report notes increases in acreage and favorable weather aided yields, with the harvest serving as a key oilseed supply source for the wartime period.
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Brazil
Pink Bollworm Threats in Cotton Regions
The United States remains the sole major cotton producer largely free from pink bollworm harm, an insect potentially causing as much damage as the boll weevil.
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United States
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