PRINT PICTURES ON CALICO
A new photographic calico printing method lets family portraits and landscapes be printed in color on sofa cushions curtains or tablecloths at a reasonable price. Developed in Freiburg by Drs Martens and Rolfts the process uses a camera copied image on a transparent film to produce a cylinder print and then photogravure, enabling full color transfer by the three color process with cheaper, finer results.
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Berlin
Freiburg
Drs. Martens and
Rolfts
Parrot Destroys Park Bird Rule With Outburst
New York keep er of the aviary Donald Burns notes only one large flock of English sparrows will bloom in the parks this year. A class of Fifth Avenue youngsters learns sparrow scarcity and Dick the parrot loudly exclaims a profane word, shocking Burns as the window to the cage was left open.
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New York
Donald Burns
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Burns
Honey Hoard Found in Old Lenox Tavern Garret
In Lenox Massachusetts workers uncover a garret treasure after tearing down a 150 year old tavern. They find about one thousand pounds of honey and over fifty swarms of bees stored in a garret unused for generations. The tavern has long been owned by one family and no living person recalls entering the attic.
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Lenox
Mass
East Lee
Garret
Yale Professors Win $10,000 Opera Prize for Mona
Horatio William Parker of Yale and Brian Hooker formerly of Columbia now Yale instructor, awarded the Metropolitan Grand Opera prize of $10,000 for their opera Mona.
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New York
Horatio William Parker
Yale University
Brian Hooker
Columbia
Yale
Metropolitan Grand Opera
Yellow Snow Falls in the Engadine Alps
Yellow snow has fallen in the Engadine marking a rarer event than prior black or red snow occurrences in Switzerland. Past yellow snow events occurred in 1850 and 1867 in February, caused by winds that carried Sahara sands across the Mediterranean and Italy into the Alpine region.
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Geneva
Engadine
Switzerland
Alps
Sahara
Mediterranean
Italy
Britain Fails Science Test Ends With Faith and Funds
Sir James Dewar, Britain's chemist, marks 34 years at the Royal Institution and laments low endowment. He cites Germany's funding of research, Bayer's growth, and German use of university brains in commercial labs, arguing Britain must back science with money to sustain its discoveries.
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London
England
James Dewar
Britain
Royal Institution
Young
Davy
Faraday
Tindal
Tyndall
Germany
Bayer
Gardens For Boys and City Gardens Planned In Pittsburg
Pittsburg community groups coordinate fruit and vegetable plots across neighborhoods. Four hundred peach trees will be planted by children under Mrs S L McCullough. Oakland boards back vacant-lot gardens tended by citizens with seed and fertilizer support. YMCA plans boys gardens in three centers for foreign populations supervised by a gardener. Playground associations organize plots at Arsenal Park Ormsby Mount Washington Hazelwood and West End with a greenhouse in Washington Park. Parks host flower beds planted by civic clubs including New Era Hancock Hospital Jewish Women Center Curtis Home and others with gardens in Crafton and Sheridan.
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Pittsburg
S. L. McCullough
Oakland
Oakland Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Associated Charities
Harvey H. Smith
Young Men’s Christian Association
West End
Playground Association
Washington Park
Playground and Vacation School Association of Allegheny
Children of
Woods Run
Civic Committee
Congress Women's Clubs of
Western Pennsylvania
Dill
New Era Club
Hancock
Council of Jewish Women
Hospital For Children
Curtis
Women's Club of
Babica
Center Avenue
Travelers’ Club
Crafton and
Sheriden
Towanda Hatches Nation's First Electric Chicks
Towanda Pennsylvania reports the first electric incubator hatch in the north tier. Clarence Braund of a local illuminating company wired a standard incubator using electric bulbs for heat and achieved a near perfect hatch with eggs kept at steady temperature. The company plans to display the chicks and foresees a shift from kerosene lamps to electric heating for future hatchings.
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Towanda
Clarence Braund
The Man in the Canadian Bush Returns to Love
Celeste Wheeler answers a personal ad by moving to Glen Head and finds Hugh Ardale is her lost love. The two learn their child Martha is Hugh's daughter and, with Celeste’s artistic career advancing, vow to build a life together at Windyheath with the Stauntons.
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Celeste Wheeler
Loong Island
Celeste
Hugh Ardale
Glen Head
Sound
Ecoachman
Darling
Maria Ardale
Ardale
Windyheath
Mrs. Staunton
Eldderly
Great Reaper
Martha Staunton
Hugh
Martha
Thelia
Celia
Papa
Granny
Celie
Clean Sanitary Floors By Varnish And Garfield Tea
Varnish cleans easily, keeps dust out, and makes floors wholesome besides beauty. The National Association of Varnish Manufacturers offers a free booklet Modern Floors from The Bourse Philadelphia. Garfield Tea is claimed to regulate the liver ease headaches and bilious attacks. Some men seek money and view laws as things to break.
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National Association of Varnish Manufacturers
Bourse
Philadelphia
Penn
Rembrandt and Michael Angelo play checkers in sunlight
A humorous reminiscence from the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Toledo Blade quotes mix with ads and jokes. The dialogue laughs at art, wit, and social mores while stock lines praise Garfield Tea and Winslow’s soothing syrup for children.
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Rembrandt
Michael Angelo
Elysian Fields
Remmy
Mike
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Associated Literary Press
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Olek le Samuel Pitcrer
Aix Sanna
Nechetla Saks
Raver
Fac Simite Signature
Tie Centaur Company
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California Fic Syrup
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Meriwether & Edwards
Clarksville
Tenn
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Allen
Allen's
Reece
Petre
JeRe
Slouxx
Lowa
Aids
Dr. Pierce
Nature
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
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