Junco Tree: A Lone Hard Wood of the Rio Grande Valley
The junco, a hard wood confined to the Rio Grande valley in Mexico and Texas, is a thorny small-trunked tree bearing leaves flowers and fruit though long thought leafless. It has potential as a substitute for scarce hardwoods, with uses from cabinet work to instrument keys, but remains essentially unique with no known relatives.
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Arctic Ocean
Erence A. Miller
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Congressman's Exclusion Stance Cited In Exclusion League Debate
In San Jose June 22 report on remarks attributed to Congressman Hayes during Asiatic Exclusion League discussions. He denied Roosevelt endorsement of diplomacy and said if diplomacy fails he will back exclusion legislation. Other Q&A items cover home remedies and household tips from readers.
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Asiatic Exclusion League
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Roosevelt
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California
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How to Thicken Syrup and Treat Common Ailments
A reader explains retreating fruit in syrup to absorb sugar, then drying and packing in sugar. Questions cover wart cure with lime paste, corn relief with acids, early American discoverers, postage rates, and silk stain removal using gasoline followed by washing. advice includes caution and stepwise methods.
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Yankee Airship Flies Curtiss June Bug First Trial
Curtiss June Bug aircraft of the Aerial Experiment Association in Hammondsport New York made three flights. First 450 feet at 28 mph, second 417 feet at 31.5 mph, third a record 1246 feet in 25 seconds at 34 mph with 25 feet altitude. No higher climb attempted until control improves.
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America
Suffragettes Stage Massive Hyde Park Demonstration
Large crowds gathered in Hyde Park for a historic suffrage demonstration in London. Up to forty million people reportedly took part or watched the march as provincial delegates joined London organizers. Processions stretched about a mile each, flooding central streets with spectators.
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Timely Topics on Local Goods and Sales
Grieve, Bisset & Holland display parasols from $1. Duester Bros offer calves liver and spring lamb while Wenzel features shawl strates at $2. Trott's ice cream home delivery and Mountain refrigerator promotions appear. Woodfall grocery promises summer milk relief and A F Cowles cuts prices on millinery. D B Witton sells fishing tackle guns and camping gear.
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Smith
Langley
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A. F. Cowles
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Old Time Refrigerators in the Ozark Spring House Era
A reminiscence recalls early Ozark households relying on spring houses for cooling. People built stone spring rooms near water, with oak doors and shelves for milk, cream, and fruit. Jars stayed cool, roasts hung from rafters, and temperatures around 45 degrees preserved perishables for days while dangers like rodents and snakes lurked nearby.
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