Far-Sighted Bootmaker Heads Large Industry
Thomas Tata of Zlin Czechy slovakta emerges as a pivotal bootmaker postwar, building a vast industry. His factory now employs 2500 and produces about 100000 pairs of boots and shoes daily, prompting a town of 15000. He uses airplanes to ship samples across Europe and maintains a small private air force with trained pilots.
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Zlin
Czechy
Tata Hes
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Sam Nles
Tallest Men Mentioned Across Ages and Myths
The article cites various historic and legendary giants, noting Og of Bashan with a bedstead 10% feet long, James Gahara described as nearly 10 feet tall in Claudius era, and Wes Machnow listed as 0 feet 8 inches tall with a 439 pound weight in the twentieth century.
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Charles Duff
Goliath
Gath
David
James Gahara
Claudius
Arabia
Wes W Machnow
Serra
Delay in immunizing hogs may be costly
United States Department of Agriculture experts say delaying hog cholera vaccination costs more in long run. Early immunization is advised. pigs immunized shortly after weaning or as young piglets incur lower serum doses and cheaper treatment, with smaller losses if death occurs.
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United States Department of Agriculturaly
WNU Ieevies
P. White
Division
Fuy
Bueau
Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Bees Get Pollen From Different Forest Trees
Beekeepers rely on pollen from diverse forest trees as a key food for larvae. Trees such as maples, locusts, tupelo, basswood, sour gum, and wild plum provide essential pollen and nectar. Plant selection for apiaries hinges on these pollen sources and flowering patterns.
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Tupelos
Bass Woods
Family Berry Patches Being Re Established
Research on diseases of small fruits and new varieties supports re establishing family berry patches. A S Colby of the University of Illinois notes local and distant markets for quality fruit are growing and a rosy berry patch can be grown on a small ground allotment. The circular No 80 offers guidance.
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Positien
A S Colby
Unaiversity
Illinois
Strawberries Scarce Despite Farm Abundance
An 19th century note observes surprising strawberry shortages among farmers while dairy pork and poultry are plentiful. It notes fruit tables lack strawberries though growers have abundant supply, suggesting the fruit would greatly enhance desserts with cream.
Agricultural Notes For Farmers And Gardeners
Agricultural hints cover sowing timetables for Timothy and Alsike clover to October 1, using trees for poor land, tool maintenance, alfalfa costs, lime needs, rat breeding and numbers, water importance, silage quality, frost timing, potato spray timing, fire insurance lapse, and poultry health with coccidiosis risk and worming.
West. agr econ experts gather in city for June conference
Farmers and officials from eleven western states will meet in the city June 9 to 11 to discuss problems in agricultural economics. The gathering includes prominent railroad executives and state officials from Utah Idaho and Wyoming. The event aims to share views on western farming transportation and water issues.
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Moscow
Salt Palace coated in ground salt on old Utah resort site
The Salt Lake Real Estate board explains the Salt Palace’s exterior was a salt coating over frame construction rather than built from solid salt. Evaporation ponds deposited crystals on surfaces including wood, then joined with salt water. Rain faded the sparkle after seasons, and the fire origin remains undetermined amid competition and lack of redevelopment.
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Salt Lake Real Estate Board
Biya
Salt Palace
Railroads change names in bankruptcy reorganizations
A discussion notes that the terms railroad and railway reflect corporate names. When a railroad goes bankrupt it often reorganizes under a new name, as the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line did, becoming the Chicago Milwaukee Strawl and Pacific railway with a Pacific Railway suffix. The adjustment changes the corporate name by adding or swapping words.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Laut
Chicago “Illwaukee, Strawl & Pacific Railway
Pacific
Phrase Let her go traced to American posters in Salamanca NY
In a note on idioms, de Frank Mi cites an origin traced to various sources. G. Gallagher of Youngstown is credited with a 1921 version Let hee go. The writer recalls posters advertising a dance in Salamanca New York about 55 years ago showing a girl who worked for Gallagher and the town post office staff involved in social events.
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Hilomatte Ebrasea
Gallsgherl
Ofice
Gallagher
Salton Sea in the Colorado Desert State and Size Facts
The Salton Sea in southeastern California is a salt marshed lake formed by shadowed lakes and about 12 miles by 6 miles, roughly 2000 acres at flood, kept level by Imperial Valley irrigation. Terraces show a former Lake Cahulifa 12 miles long and 50 miles wide.
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California
Salton Seq
Colorado Desert
Intiacea
Imperial Valley
Cahulifa
Horseshoe Superstitions and Origins
Various beliefs explain horseshoe luck from seven hoof holes to warding off witches. Hanging a horseshoe outside a door supposedly keeps intruders away, and wealth signals through owning a horseshed. A mare’s first horseshoe is hung with the opening up to prevent the shoe from dropping out.
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Witchea Sara
Readers and Playgoers Bored by Sensationalism
The piece laments the decline of sensationalism in culture. It argues audiences tire of shocking content as familiarity breeds indifference and notes some plays failed to be daring, while others rely on faux frankness and sensationalism.
Wassailing Apple Trees at Carhampton in Somerset
The 300 year old wassailing custom was observed in Carhampton Somerset where two men carried cider to the orchard and hung toast soaked in cider on the branches. The wassail chant began and villagers shouted while guns were fired through the tree branches to drive away harm spirits and protect the crop.
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Carhampton
Dfine Head
Somerset
Lugland
Mailbox System in Leipzig Inspires Stampless Post
In Leipzig Germany a mailbox on the street accepts mail without stamps. Colas of tsavalna the stamp are placed in the right slots and the letters are automatically stamped inside. Capper's Weekly
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Cola Box Stacke
Leipzig
Germany
Colas of
Tsavalna
Capper
Awkward Night with Nurse Sparks Childs Fearful Question
A nurse reading fairy tales to a doctor’s child prompts a startled awakening and a chilling remark about an X ray, highlighting the child’s safety concerns after hearing a graphic line.
Radio Peculiarities of Instrument Timbre and Waveform
The text explains how radio transmissions reproduce instrument tones not only by pitch but by the unique timbre. It states that each instrument adds incidental overtones within the tone frequency, creating a characteristic form that identifies the instrument itself.
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Rata Tratsmission
Freezing Enables Survival of Freeze Tolerant Insects
Entomologists report many insects survive freezing conditions. A Pathfinder Magazine note describes experiments where grub specimens of an insect species, included go daddy long legs, withstand freezing and still live after thawing. Researchers observed some individuals breaking under stress while others endured the cold.
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