Bees Vital to Legume Crops and Seed Yields
Beekeeping faces challenges from cotton pest control and harsh insecticides while Texas grows a large legume seed industry. Alfalfa, clover and other forage crops require heavy bee pollination. with bee colonies dropping from 392000 in 1900 to 283000 in Texas, crops risk reduced yields unless bees rebound. Researchers from Illinois and Northwestern study treatment effects on nasal inflammation and sore throat, noting rapid relief in some cases.
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Texas
Penicillin Dust Promises Aid in Common Cold Battle
Chicago physicians report penicillin dust inhaled into the nose throat and lungs cured cold symptoms in one to three days in a Journal of the American Medical Association study. Among 169 patients 42 percent were cured and 38 percent showed marked improvement. They note unexplained effects needing further study.
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Louis Krasno
Department of Clinical Science
University of Illinois Medical School
Paul S. Rhoads
Mary Karp
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Tors
Addive
Bum’s Witty Exchange Over Wood Pile
A bum asks a farmer for food and is directed to a pile of wood. He jokes that the farmer saw him see it but you won’t see me saw it, turning a simple encounter into a pun filled moment.
Personal life chatter prompts in casual civic diary style
A reader asks general questions about social experiences such as visits divorces purchases parties engagements and births to elicit personal anecdotes from a community diary. The tone resembles a casual survey or advice column prompt.
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the Sun
Why Many Girls Leave the Farm
College Station reports that rural girls leave farms early despite better chances to marry in the country. Studies show enviro mental factors drive migration rather than occupation. Girls want farm life benefits but seek better education, income, and social opportunities in towns.
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Washington State
Eloise Johnson
Texas A. & M. College
Johnson
Health tip and legal notice from 1948
Health column by Dr J B Warren urges infection prevention by coughing into paper receptacles as diseases spread via travel. The second item is a Texas citation ordering J O Burross to appear in Grayson County Court at Law, Sherman, on the 29th of November 1948 in a suit by Charles Sherrard for account.
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State of
Texas
J. O. Burross
A. D
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Charles Sherrard
D. B. A. Sherrard Motor Company
J. C. Buchanan
Tex
O. L. Jones
Subscription Reminder From The Publisher
The notice warns subscribers that all bills must be paid in advance to comply with post office regulations. Delinquents will have their mailings stopped and notices urge readers to check the date on their paper label to determine their standing.
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Post Office
Stamp swap yields profit in schoolyard humor
A sixth grader asks what's wonderful about a stamp collection and a seventh grader replies with a joke about selling stamps to his grandfather for five dollars and buying them back later for two dollars, illustrating playful arithmetic and family exchange.
Radio clouds 55 miles high reveal ionized sky
Clouds of ionized atmosphere persist at night 55 to 65 miles above Earth while higher layers 100 to 250 miles remain. R A Helliwell of Stanford notes sun driven ionization and wind shear cause patchy, short lived clouds that reflect or transmit radio signals from broadcasts.
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Washington, D. C
R. A. Helliwell
Stanford University
International Radio Union
American Section
Institute of Radio Engineers
Helliwell
Navy Drops Wartime Gray Uniforms For Personnel
Washington reports the Navy abandoned its wartime gray uniforms. Officers may wear remaining grays at sea for one year, reserves can use them on shore training. Dress uniforms will be white in summer and blue in winter, and gold sleeve stripes must now extend fully around the sleeve.
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Washington
Navy
Ernest J. King
Pacific Fleet
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