War Waste Becomes Big Business in Junk Industry
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer notes war driven shifts in waste materials becoming valuable. By products from coal tar to rags, copper, and flax straw ignite a $700,000,000 industry, with prices soaring and old goods reborn as valuable metals and chemicals.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Germany
Waste Trade Journal
Crucible Steel Company
Bethlehem Steel
England
Department of Agriculture
Tony
Arthur D. Little
United States Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Mr. Little
Pacific
Junkman
Worth Knowing Snippets From Global Inventions and Industry
The item catalog mentions Japan’s empire with 4000 islands, a headguard shaving aid inventor, Paris wind tunnel speeds to 71 mph for model planes, an Illinois double-acting churn with a rotating handle, French nickel plating on aluminum enabling bending without cracking, and US copper production over 86 times 1880 levels.
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Empire of Japan
Paris
Illinois
United States
Center of Area and Population Shifts Noted in Kansas
The center of area for the United States including Alaska and Hawaii lies in northern Kansas ten miles north of Smith Center in Smith County at latitude 89.65 and longitude 98.50. The center of population is about 657 miles east of the area center near Bloomington Indiana.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Accessions
Kansas
Smith Center
Smith County
Bloomington
Ind
Fragmented wedding note yields partial story
The readable fragments refer to a marriage or wedding event but details are unclear. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, leaving only a generic reference to a marital bond and an uncertain timeline.
Three Women Credit Lydia E. Pinkham Remedies For Health
Letters from North Crandon Lawton and Roxbury describe relief from displacement ulcers headaches and backache after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women praise improved health and urge others to seek guidance from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts with confidential answers from a woman.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
North Crandon
Wis
Ikesy
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Mayme Aspacu
Lawton
Okla
A. L. McCastano
Oklo
Massachusetts
Roxbury
Mass
Tam
B. M. Oscoop
Haynes Park
Lydia
Worms and grace in jokes and sales pitches
A jumble of ads and humorous anecdotes. The text hawks Spohn's Compound for worm removal and appetite boost, then shifts to a host of sharp wits and kitchen table humor about grace, mortgages, and social gaffes. It reads as a late 19th century newspaper miscellany with puns and short quips.
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Spoblin
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen, Ind
U. S. Ms
A Famous Physician Proclaims Anuric as Uric Acid Solvent
Dr. Pierce, medical director at Invalids Hospital Buffalo, announces Anuric as the best uric acid solvent for inflammation symptoms including scalding urine and rheumatic pains. The ad urges a glass of hot water before meals and provides trial offers for a 50 cent package or 10 cents for trial pack.
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Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Haven't the Nine Points
A satirical dialogue excerpt mocks religious piety and urban life. A deacon cites Blessed are the meek while a blunt speaker jokes about landinheritance. The piece then skewers courting, apartments, saloons, and the idea of a husband nearby. An idle tongue versus a busy intellect closes the vignette.
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Ostetter
Fannie
Dean
Iowa
C. Smith
State &J
Tama
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Carter
K. Faft
Minnesota
Alberta
Shastri
E. Berk
Oklahoma
Fene
Grace
Flossie
Nancy
Clarke
Daddy
Carer
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