Nebraska farmers improvise home made windmills for water and power
Nebraska farmers convert old parts and barn scraps into wind powered mills that pump water, run grinding and cutting tools, and power farm chores. Types include Jumbo, Battleax, and Merry-Go-Round, with costs from under five dollars to about one hundred fifty, serving farms from Omaha to Grand Island and beyond.
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Platte Valley
Omaha
Denver
Columbus
Grand Island
Kearney
Overton
Cozad
Lexington
Gothenburg
Oxgallala
Nebraska
Holland Mills
J. A. Carroll
Diedrich Tmuennecke
Grand
A.C. Walker
American Beef In Scotland Supplies Surge Across Britain
Scarcity of beef cattle and fat sheep in Scotland drives Edinburgh butchers to import large volumes of American beef from Liverpool and Glasgow ports. A Chicago company expands with forty UK agencies supplying high grade American beef. Last week Edinburgh received over 400 quarters of chilled beef and about 200 sides partially killed, all American, while frozen mutton from the Argentine Republic remains around 350 carcasses.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Liverpool
Glasgow
Chicago
United Kingdom
Argentine Republic
Lightning Kills Brown Trout in Iron-Rich Streams
The Pennsylvania Fish Commission reports lightning indirectly kills brown trout by conducting electricity through iron-rich rocks at stream bottoms. Fish higher in the water seem unaffected. A German engineer proposes a wire-wound chain method to improve strength and reduce material waste.
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Pennsylvania Fish Commission Aad
London Theatric's Employer
More than 12 000 people are regularly employed in the London theatres.
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London Theatric
London
Street accidents in London average ten daily
London records show about 3,500 street accidents per year, equating to roughly ten incidents each day. The data highlight ongoing road hazards and the high frequency of collisions in urban areas.
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London
Moody memorials and early life notes near Northfield Connecticut
The article recalls Dwight L. Moody’s boyhood on Round Top in Northfield Connecticut and his grave nearby. It outlines his practical ministry, reliance on human understanding, and use of crowd engagement. It recounts his Chicago evangelism, early Sunday school work, and two plain photographs showing his impact on street children.
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Northfield
Conn
Round Top
Dwight L. Moody
Mr. Moody
New York City
Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Chicago
Mr. Armour
Dom
Sankey
Mt. Hermon
Moody
Ife
Photography in Lawsuits Modernizes Evidence Presentation
A Washington Star report cites lawyers noting cameras cut trial prep costs and time. It recalls General Sickles’s murder trial where large pictorial exhibits dominated the courtroom. Blueprints and photographs now replace costly drawings, with Kodak reproduced copies in minutes.
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Daniel Sickles
New York
Philip Barton Ney
United States
Lafayette Square
Washington Star
Missing Cent Puzzle From Apples Trade Mystery
A mother gives two sons 60 apples total, Johnny sells at two for a cent earning 14 cents, George sells at three for a cent earning 10 cents, together 25 cents. Next day 60 apples sold at five for 2 cents yield 24 cents. The puzzle asks where the missing 1 cent lies, a harmless arithmetic brain teaser.
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Johnny
George
Holiday season in China redefines the calling card
During holidays in China the American calling card custom reverses with the host presenting his card to the caller. The card is a long slip of paper bearing the owner’s name in black ink. A cynic is a busybody who meddles in others and neglects his own. Clothes do not make the man but can make a monkey of him.
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Nebraska
New England
Middle States
New York
Erwin Winckley Barbour
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
The
Union
Her
Havelock
L. Brown
Midway Nurseries
Kearney
Brown
Yonkers Statesman
Ile
Armour
China
Carnegie
Andrew
Webster
Walker
Smart
Canton
United States
Nigaragua
Figaro
Herculaneum
Wilhelm
Indianapolis Press
Paris adds automobile hose wagon to tire department
An experimental automobile hose carriage with life saving gear and extinguishers is being added to Paris tire department. It carries six to eight crew and aims to offer faster, easier control than horse equipment, with plans to install multiple units.
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Tire Department
Paris
France
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Schroeder
A. G. Tingley
Verdon
Elmer Jasperson
Ashland
Evangelist Moody
St. Paul
Iansas
Milwaukee
Pittsburg
Buffalo Express
Schou
Girard Avenue
Saunterer
Chestnut Street
Whildren
Vphiladelphia Inquirer
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