Norfolk Island A Haven For Bounty Mutineers Descendants
Norfolk Island offers tax free living with abundant food and a mild climate. The 6 by 3 mile island lies 900 miles from Sydney, with cliffs, a small population, and common Pitcairn crew surnames such as Quintal and Nobbs. Farming wildlife provides eggs and fruit, housing uses native pine, and weekly films are shown. The Mutiny on the Bounty era ties to its history.
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Norfolk Island
Bounty
Sydney
Australia
Pitcairn Island
Quintal
Christian
Nobbs
Buffet
The
Pitcairn
Mutiny On the Bounty
Columbus Introduces Sugar to the New World
The article traces Columbus and Spaniards developing cane production in the West Indies starting in San Domingo. It notes initial failures with Caribbean Indians and the later rise of plantations after slavery provided cheap labor, spreading to other islands and South America and fueling slavery for over 150 years.
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Columbus
New World
Ferdinand and
Isabelle
West Indies
San Domingo
South America
Marble Building Material Description and Properties
Marble is a carbonate stone used in high grade building and decorative work. Colors come from carbonaceous material iron oxides and silicate minerals. veining from uneven color distribution and clay. Fossils may be present, indicating ancient sea formation. Strength ranges 6000 to 12000 psi and weight 165 to 175 pounds per cubic foot.
Ancient Roses Through History and Culture
Ancient rose culture spans the Oligocene flora to classical societies. Greeks cultivated double roses by 800 B C, Rome valued roses in banquets, perfume, shields, and heralded rose imagery in myth and sacred texts. Botanists note about 800 species and thousands of cultivated varieties.
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Alexandria
Carthage
Rome
Nera
Brahma
Chaucer
Census Sparks Return to Australia’s Public Records
The article notes Australians fill census forms detailing abode income property age parentage and birthplace. It recalls a 1933 census population of 6 3 million and an estimated 7 448 601 today, while warning of penalties for false information or non response.
iNew Type Fertilizer Could Change Farming Tactics
The National Cotton Council cites anhydrous ammonia as a cheaper nitrogen source for mechanized farming. Its 62.25 percent nitrogen content and gaseous form allow soil application with propane flame cultivators, enabling one man with a tractor to cover about twice as many acres as solid nitrogen methods. Experiments began in 1943 with the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station and TVA.
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National Cotton Council
Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station
Tennessee Valley Authority
Farm. Org
Delta Experiment Station
Model Plane Building Spurs Aviation Education Boom
Model air plane building dominates as a nationwide hobby with an estimated three million practitioners. The hobby has become technical with gas powered models, high RPM engines, jet and rocket experiments, and long flight durations, reflecting war era aviation fascination.
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Watchiike Precision
America
Crops Without Soil and Its Future Prospects
The article explains soilless culture using water or sand to grow plants, noting wartime use at isolated air bases and the need for technical training. It suggests U S development will focus on high value crops like ornamentals and out of season vegetables, with yields potentially comparable to soil but not markedly superior yet. It also highlights applications in plant nutrition studies and controlled breeding.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Older Pioneers Sought Wealth in North American Forests
The piece recounts how Spanish, Viking, and later English explorers sought riches from the New World forests. It notes Martin Pring in 1603 sailing from Maine to Martha’s Vineyard collecting sassafras and Captain Weymouth in 1605 venturing up a Maine river to bring back white pine, later known in England as Weymouth pine.
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Sassafras
Pine Columbus
Apices
New World
Martin Pring
Maine
Martha's Vineyard
Markland
George Weymouth
Kennebec
Penobscot
England
Weymouth
Language of Estonia Linked to Finnish Roots
The Estonian language is part of the Finnish group with at least half its vocabulary derived from Finnish or modified roots. Its agglutinative structure and 15 cases make it complex in English terms, yet its musicality shines in speech with frequent double vowels, earning comparisons to Italian in Europe’s melodic language rankings.
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Estonia
Europe
Titanica school operetta and grade news flash
School news covers spelling tests, geography, and home safety questionnaires. Music notes announce a two act operetta The Early Bird Catches the Worm with Poultryland characters. Sixth, fifth, fourth and third grades report class activities, plant donations, geography lessons in Africa and South Africa, and progress in spelling and language arts.
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South America
Elvin
Harry
Neal
Carol
Betty Ann
Wanda
Merle G
Paul
Norma
Mary Ellen
Merlin
Richard Metcalf
Titanica
Glen Welp
Martin ‘Nowland
Dennis Krominga
Henry Coats
Dr. Quack
Kent Hoover
Poultrland
Doris Kutchenreuther
Miss Hug Plant
Mary Carlson
Marilyn
Colleen
Glen
South Africa
Africa
Jane
Russell
Hibbing
Minn
Betty
Florida
Two Rivers
Verla Mae
Doris
Sharon
Meredith
Kathleen
Jack
Russel
Donald
Kent
Robert
Eldon
Larry
Kieth
Bonnie
Kenneth
Cortez
Harold
Ruth
Donna
Gerald M
Joyce
Judy
Marlens
Gerald
Marie
Second Grade Class Daily Notes and Activities
The report summarizes class activities across grades including spelling tests with many students scoring 100, arithmetic unit tests with A grades, art projects such as Indian headbands and animal pictures, science experiments on heat and a burning can dle, and health and reading lessons. Students like plants, birthdays celebrated, and a note about a monarch butterfly that died.
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Dennis K
Joan
Betty
Darlene
Janine
Span
Dennis W
Neal
Chris
Myrna Kent
Craig
Nancy
Marla
Jerry
Dennis
Arlen
Allan
Clinton
Phylis
Michael
Beverly
Wendel
Virginia
Lewis
Donna
Dawn
Diane
Virginia Lloyd
Phyllis
Julius
Gary
Sally
Rosslyn
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Elactrolux
Hampshire
Algo
Dutoc
Ewear
Say Nae
Ranane Gout
Electrolux Man
Algona
Iowa
Geo
W. Schuyer
Woden
Beebrand Produce
Titonka Ott
New Blood Lines
Paul Krueger
Titonka
Poland
Graham Brothers
Meindert Smidt
Duroc Jersey Boars
John K. Harms & Sons
Burt, Ia
Gray Brothers
Henry Krull
Buffalo Center
Harry Ricklefs
Chester White Boars
C. F. Whalen
W. J. Stewart
Burt
P. B. Duroc Bears
Herman Blakley
Tople
Etta Fahrenholtz
Jayhawk
Don Aukes
Durac
J. A. Hulsinga &Sons
Telko Stecker
Bernard McGuire
J. E. Ukena
Lakota
Towa
H. F. Wirtjes
Prince Domino
Waden
Harm Kurtzleben
Britt
J. F. Otis & Sons
Forest City
Bancroft Road
Gamble
Titania
Rainbow Cleaners
Clarion
Swan Furniture Funeral Home —Ambulance
Kenneth W. Swan
Reddy
Westinghouse
Sro
Carl Imm
Farmers Elevator
Titonea
Britt Rendering Co
Dept. of Agriculture
Tyke Theatre
Titonka, Iowa
Hoosier Hot Shots
Jack Carson
Janis Page
Last OF the Mohicans
Kit Carson
Randolph Scott
Anita Louise
Ben Randall
Stooge
Wesley
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