The Curse of Progress and Other Bits from Pathfinder
A collection of quips from Pathfinder Magazine including The Curse of Progress, The Business Geiter, Elmer's Mother-Doctor, and Force of Habit. Humorous exchanges cover family fees, rainy day concerns, and wartime homesickness with wry regional charm.
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Elmer
James Robey
James
Pathfinder Magazine
Emigration urged to ease drouth region strain
A University of Pennsylvania study advocates extensive emigration from drouth areas as a remedy. It estimates a safe population level would require about 290000 fewer people, noting irrigation alone cannot solve the surplus. The report also cites scattered settlement in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota as producing hopeless farms and high government costs.
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Philadelphia
Drouth
University of Pennsylvania
Great Plains
Social Science Research Council
Industrial Research Department
Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
University
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Appalachians
Cotton Belt
Artificial Vitamin B Produced by Scientist
Minneapolis report notes synthetic vitamin B created by Dr. R R Williams with help from J J Cline H T Clarke E R Buchman R E Waterman and A E Ruechle. The process combines a sleep-inducing drug with a sulfur compound used to vulcanize rubber, promising cheaper production and new medical uses. Vitamin B aids health growth and nerve treatment. deficiency can cause beri beri.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Modern Medicine
R. R. Williams
J. J. Cline
H. T. Clarke
E. R.buchman
R. E. Waterman
A. E. Ruechle
Barn from Fillmore Home Demolished for Lack of Funds
The former poyhood home of Millard Fillmore in Geneva New York was torn down after owners could not obtain $700 for preservation. The unoccupied Cayuga County house had been offered to patriotic groups but failed to attract buyers above $250, leading to dismantling and sale of timbers for a barn.
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Geneva
N. Y
Millard Fillmore
United States
Fillmore
Zachary Taylor
James Buchanan
Cayuga County
Missouri Channel Hopes to Find Treasure Steamer Bertrand
Blair Nebraska river workers scan the Missouri River channel near Desoto Landing for the 1862 Bertrand wreck said to hold a fortune in mercury and whisky. Experts differ on whisky in damaged cask details amid ongoing recovery speculation.
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Blair
Missouri
Bertrand
Desoto Landing
Montana
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