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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
3
Open high low and close figures for July and September wheat and corn futures. Cash wheat No 2% hard quoted at 2.30 to 2.39, corn No 2 mixed 1.80 to 1.74, oats futures and cash quotes listed, reflecting market activity at Chicago grain brokers Rector Barham Taylor.
Brooklyn split a twin bill with Boston, losing 6 to 5 in the first game after leading 5 to 1, and 7 to 3 in the second as Cadore faltered in the seventh. Nehf and Tragesser started the first game, Gowdy and Meyers behind the plate. Barnes and Tragesser worked the bullpen. In Pittsburgh, Cincinnati edged the Pirates 6 to 5 with six singles and a walk in the ninth.
St. Louis defeats Chicago 6 to 5 in 15 innings to open a doubleheader, with Chicago replying 8 to 6 in seven innings. Wild pitch by Hendrix, a Meadows loss, and a late darkness halt mark the first game. Second game features heavy hitting and relief pitching from Demaree, Mendrix, Elliott, and Meadows.
French chemists Francois Lebreil and Raoul Desgeorge convert milk curds into a plastic material. After fat removal and rennet-curd formation, the mass is boiled and air-dried, then treated with acetone to achieve hardness and translucency. It can be rolled into sheets, emulating celluloid and yielding buttons, combs, handles, bric a brac, or even imitation leather, with uses ranging from silk substitutes to ivorylike forms.
Readable instructions describe preserving eggs by submerging in a water glass and water mixture in a stone jar. Use a 25 cent quart water glass, boil and cool water, pack eggs upright, cover with mixture by two inches, seal with paraffin, store cool. Also brief items on smoking methods, roll-call taunts, a spring clip patent, and Russia selling 250 platinum mines.
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