Good Eyesight and Sports Champions Link
A newspaper piece argues that sharp vision is vital to athletic success, citing Babe Ruth Helen Wills and other stars. It notes athletes often wear glasses in play and highlights eye safety, common injuries, and three core first aid principles for eye injuries.
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John D
Grant Hawn
Babe Ruth
Helen Wills
David Resnick
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Baba Ruth
Ruth
Gabe
BJ Tilden
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Tee Meadows
Vic Sorrell
Detroit Tigers
Toporcher
MacVayden
Chick Hafey
J. Louis Cardinals
Maris Koenig
Detroit
New York City
Yankees
Wafely
Koenig
Watson Washburn
Willie McPariine
Westchester County
New York
Unite States
National Society For the
Old Myth Telling of Animala Theft of Fire
An ancient myth tells how Animale and trees once wandered a world with only 48 men. Pine trees held fire so animals planned a council at the Crande Troude river bend. A beaver swam, hid a coal, and after a long chase fire passed to willows and birches, explaining rubbing sticks yields flame.
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Crande Troude
Cauht
Famous Botanic Garden in Washington and its origins
The Botanic Garden in Washington was created by the Columbian Institute, incorporated 1818, with site grant by Congress in 1820. Legend says George Washington envisaged gardens, improvements began after 1830 with $6,000 funding, and the Wilkes expedition 1838–42 supplied a nucleus of specimens led by botanist W. D. Breckenridge.
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Botanic Garden
Washington
Columbian Institute For the Promotion of Arts and Sciences
Congress
George Washington
Congresses
W. D. Breckenridge
South Sea
Thia
Pain in lower animals questions lobsters and pain
Der Harold Jackson of London University argues pain is relative to humans and some animals. He claims lobsters do not feel pain when boiled, comparing it to a telephone or burglar alarm. The piece notes canned lobsters dominate, but fresh lobsters are still sold alive and killed by boiling.
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Der
Harold Jackson
Zoological Department of London University
Wickersham Family and the Quiet Courtship
In a seaside hotel, widower Wickersham runs a refined home for his four children with two governesses. His son Jonathan falls for Felice Daly, a demure French-educated girl, but the elder worries over genuine love vs. social arrangements as Felice offers a maternal bond.
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Wickersham
Jonathan
Wickersham the Elder
Wickershams
Jonathan Wickersham
Feliee Daly
Wickershama
Felice
Geet Wickersham
Fellee
Peilee
Gal
Sas Wickersham
Tellec
Weather shifts linked to sun radiation changes, predicts long range forecasts
Secretary C G Abbot of the Smithsonian presents evidence challenging core meteorology ideas. He cites solar radiation fluctuations as the primary driver of weather, with measurements from Montezuma Chile showing rising solar constant aligning with higher temperatures and pressure in Washington, and falling radiation producing opposite trends.
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C. G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Doctor Abbot
Observatory
Montezuma
Chile
Washington
Increase Moisture by Summer Fallow in Wheat Production
Summer fallow acts as a moisture storing measure for the following wheat crop. Winter wheat benefits from deep rooting and soil moisture storage, while fallow allows straw decay, humus formation, and plant nutrient changes. Experimental data from the Haya station show higher yields after fallow compared to continuous wheat.
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Haya
Iron and copper prevent anemia in piglets study
Wisconsin and Illinois researchers report that lack of iron and copper in sow milk causes anemia in suckling pigs and that minimal daily or weekly mineral supplements prevent the disease. Methods include ferric sulfate and copper sulfate dosing and teat applications.
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Wisconsin Experiment Station
Tllinois
Favor Small Container for Market Tomatoes
The article argues smaller straight sided baskets improve tomato quality and reduce damage in transit. It notes prices: 10 pound baskets at farms for $1.25 and 20 pound baskets at $1.00 in the Columbus market. Corrugated dividers minimize bruising, supporting higher prices.
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EL St. Lancashire
Columbus
Swine Feeding Tests Show Alfalfa Boosts Gains
Tests at Mission showed alfalfa meal added to a corn and tankage ration increased rate and economy of gains. Replacing about 82 pounds of corn and 4 pounds of tankage with 11 pounds of alfalfa meal raised efficiency. Small amounts of cottonseed or linseed meal with alfalfa slightly improved gains, while large cottonseed meal reduced efficiency.
Farm Facts and Agro Practices From Historical Notes
A 70 colony apiary equates to about forty acres of labor and income. Cucumber profits hinge on pest and disease control. Woodlot trees treated with céreo sate can yield fence posts for years. Timothy seeding can occur through mid September with good winter survival and next year hay. Rich barnyard manure is strong fertilizer though low in phosphorus, phosphate boosts early blooming and maturity.
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Timothy
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Fayden
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