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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1922
Page
2
A London column reports on Professor Alexis Carrel's kidney grafts in animals and the claim that tissues kept on slides can live indefinitely with proper nourishment and drainage. Sir William Arbuthnot Lane discusses potential for whole-body tissue grafts and notes experiments with arteries, veins, and organs.
Mrs Myra K Peters manager of the Sylvan Lake hotel at Sylvan Lake became the heroine of a curious incident. She befriended a wildcat during her stay and the animal grew tame enough to eat from her hand and sit in her lap. After keeping it safely in a robe covered crate she was scratched but captured it. She plans to tame and raise the animal as a pet.
Low Staples of Winsted Connecticut rebelled at paying his wife’s poll tax arguing no bearing as her husband and that he could not afford it. Before leaving the town hall he paid his dog license fee.
M Breguet told the French Association for the Advancement of Science that future airplanes could travel over 650 miles per hour and circle the globe in under a day. He cited advances in motors turbo-compressors lighter construction metals and streamlined wings to cut weight and raise speed. He urged development of planes capable of 2000 mile legs with passenger comforts and wireless radiogonometers for earth contact.
German soldiers buried on Belgian and French fields may stay where they fell due to the prohibitive cost of repatriation. The official bureau assisting families to identify and repatriate bodies reports no exhumations despite negotiations with France and Belgium having concluded weeks ago.
Relatives face heavy charges for exhumation and transport from France as authorities promise careful handling of graves. French efforts to reinter and mark individual graves aim to reassure families that the fallen are honored, though many still struggle with proving identity and securing permission.
In Hoquiam Washington an immense ten foot diameter spruce log, believed the largest cut in the region, was sawn into 16000 board feet after repairs to mill machinery. A larger log once brought here was exhibited in a park rather than milled.
Officials in Prussia Bavaria Saxony and Württemberg are overwhelmed as they try to identify a fallen soldier. Allies seek clues to return the body to homeland.
Archaeologists near Granada report discovers including priceless artifacts and vases. Inspector Cable uncovers an artificial mound with vestiges of peculiar rites, seen as a potential new line of archeological research.
A USDA survey shows mosaic disease in potatoes reduces yield about 30 percent and spreads by insects and seed tubers. Partial weeding helps but is not enough. finding healthy strains and eliminating diseased plants during the growing season is urged, with specialists needed to identify and manage the disease across varied Western conditions.
A Farmers Bulletin notes alfalfa as top general feed for pasture and silage, with strong soil-improving value. It highlights suitability for dairy and beef cattle hogs sheep horses and poultry in forms such as hay pasture silage and meal and warns against overhyping any single use. Readers are urged to request Farm Bulletin 1229 from USDA for full details.
A. RL Hirst, Wisconsin highway engineer, declares the best engineers today struggle to design roads that withstand water and traffic. He says travel remains a long war and the need for better highways will grow over many years.
The Illustrated World notes desert highways in California and Arizona are now lined with cotton to bind sand. Low cotton market value leads ranchers in the Salt River valley to scatter cotton along roadbeds, pressing it into the sand to form a firm surface for vehicles.
Irish potatoes suit small gardens poorly yet many prefer them in the first row. One peck seeds covers about forty feet of row. Use home grown seed or reliable commercial seed. Plant eyes in each hill with about a quarter pound per hill, cover 3 to 4 inches. Rows 20 inches apart, hills 12 to 15 inches apart.
An old fashioned household guide shows how to preserve meat by corning with salt and brine, can chicken and broth, and prepare hearty dishes like mutton, haricot, jellies, Spanish toast, fish bake, fried ham, apricot salad and more with step by step instructions for quantities, temperatures, and canning timing.
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