Soda Fountain Evolution Sparks Prohibition Era Delights
The essay credits a customer who demanded a cooling drink with inventing the popular beverage and traces the soda fountain’s rise alongside cars radios and films. It recounts early mineral waters and the accidental origin of ice cream soda sparked by a missing ice substitute and notes modern fountains now offer many attachments yet stay a soda counter.
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New York Sun
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Philadelphia
Robert Green
Eighth Avenue
New York
United States
Glass flower master Blaschka to exhibit at Harvard museum
Rudolph Blaschka, famed for flawless glass models of flora, prepares a collection for Harvard's botanical museum. He can render an orchid in glass with perfect color, a skill inherited from his father. The piece muses on what shaped his vocation and the deeper forces guiding craftsman choices.
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Rudolph Blaschka
Harvard
Botanical Museum
Blaschka
Castor Bean Adhesive Promises New Industrial Use
England's adhesive research committee announces castor bean after oil removal yields a strong adhesive suitable for plastics preparation and dyeing, expanding potential industrial applications.
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Committee On Adhesive Research
England
European Carpet Makers Accused of Copying American Designs
European carpet manufacturers are charged with systematically reproducing popular American designs to compete directly with U.S. carpet makers. The allegations frame a cross continental dispute over design piracy and market share.
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Europe
Marriage by business manager reshapes French unions after war
In postwar France marriages surge as couples are pre screened by social experts. The new system, likened to a business model, pairs brides and grooms with a manager who weighs finances, family, and compatibility to ensure lasting matches.
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France
Hazard
Monsieur
Parrot Fish Odd Creature Explained
A curious sea creature with a parrotlike beak and cheek pouches chews weed like cud. It uses a hardened beak to clip lumps and stores them in cheek pouches before swallowing, then crushes food with teeth in its throat.
Rural Justice Shifts With Modern Country Magistrates
A country bench recently saw an unusual session where a prominent landowner his agent and a laborer presided together. The article discusses how England shifts from hereditary squires to men of integrity and now women on rural police courts.
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England
A Kind Wish
Jean visits her neighbor and chats with the grandmother of the house. The girls are scolded for open door, a flower bed, and crumbs. On the porch the grandmother tries to reconcile, hearing Jenn wish her own grandmother were visiting hers today.
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Jean
Jenn
Roth
Still Shrouded In Mystery In The Backyard Worm Tale
Maury and her little brother play in the back yard when a worm appears and sparks a quiet, puzzling moment. A robin watches from a tree as Mary questions if the worm brings good luck, leaving the verdict uncertain.
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Maury
Mary
Washington Star
University women favor modest husbands in wage study
A Wisconsin University statistics committee report finds half of enrolled women would marry a man earning 2500 dollars yearly. On average one in seven coeds desires a husband earning at least 5000 dollars, while one in unspecified cases seeks a 20000 dollar yearly wage.
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University of Wisconsin
Statistics Committee of
University
Plan for City Beautiful blooms in Indianapolis
A New England Congregationalist pastor argues art and religion unite and urges beautifying Indianapolis with church architecture and flower gardens. The Indianapolis Flower Society aims to advise, supply seeds, and teach cultivation to foster a city of flowers, even inspiring cottage owners to improve their premises.
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New England
Indianapolis
Flower Society
Indianapolis Star
Are the Nation's Bulwark By Home Ownership
The article argues home ownership anchors American loyalty amid restlessness and perceived radicalism. It cites census data showing about 11 million people own homes and notes nearly 49 percent of families own their homes, portraying the owned home as a symbol of hope and allegiance to the country.
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United States
Cinclonat Commercial Tribune
Walnut plantings along highways urged for future generations
The writer promotes planting nut bearing trees along roads as a wise use of road funds. He recalls childhood delight in walnuts and notes the native long lived walnut yields valuable wood. Communities should plant miles of walnuts for public benefit.
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Wallot
Cunstocks
Chicago
Tilly News
Civics Education Expands in City Elementary Schools
Scientific American notes that larger cities have begun teaching civics in elementary schools. Textbooks are discarded, progress after months of testing is encouraging, and New York instructs children in 21 subjects from city food to public charities and government. Demonstrations show fire department work and the project method engages students in cleaning and beautifying school grounds, with benefits extending to communities.
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New York
Scientific American
Anniversary Tensions Spark Silent Evening Clash
A couple argues about bringing up their wedding anniversary next Tuesday. One partner questions the timing while the other seeks a calm, pleasant evening, revealing mounting domestic tension and unresolved feelings.
Army gas mask suited for rail tunnels not mines or fires
The army gas mask works well for locomotives passing through railroad tunnels but does not protect against carbon monoxide in mines or gases present in burning buildings.
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Army
Vessels Built in Sections for Africa Shipment
A northern England shipbuilder is assembling a vessel to be shipped to Africa in segments and re-assembled there. Similar practice uses prefabricated parts for lakes and inland waters. A mission steamer for Lake Nyassa was built with numbered parts and no rivets, allowing easy identification and packing into over three thousand packages. Boilers and masts pose the main transport difficulties due to weight and length.
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England
Africa
Great Britain
Lake Nyassa
Ancient Oak Chair Returned to Armagh Cathedral
An oak chair once belonging to Primate Bramhall, enthroned in 1661, was recently located after years of searching. Discovered with help from a London antiquarian, it was identified by a renowned expert and returned to Armagh Cathedral where it now sits. The chair features the eye symbol, a crown, a mitre, and the Bramhall era insignia.
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Bramhall
Armagh
Ireland
Cromwell
London
MR H
To Honor Noted Frenchman Breguet Centenary Observed
The Swiss council of state plans an international chronometer competition at Neufchatel Observatory to honor Abraham Louis Breguet born in 1747. He died in Paris in 1823 and was noted for precision instruments and watch innovations including pivot hole rubies.
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French Academy of Sciences
Switzerland
Abraham Louis Breguet
Neufchatel
Institut
Bureau of Longitudes
Paris
Breguet
London
Swiss Council of State
Observatory of Neufchatel
Eggs in a Bag on an Electric Train Exchange
A geology class on an electric train returns after a hike. While rearranging seats a student knocks a bag from a seat. The owner rushes in with alarm claiming the bag contains eggs, prompting apology.
October weddings and weather superstitions
A reflection on marriage days, noting October and June as favorable while May is discouraged. It recalls beliefs from voodoo to early English Romans that May weddings bring bad luck, with traditions claiming tears and misfortune for May brides.
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Niagara Falls
Canada
New York Sun
Derivation of Motor from Moveo and Its Uses
The article traces the origin of the word motor from the Latin moveo, noting its adoption to name the mover behind engines. It explains motor applies to devices making vehicles move and to the force or person causing motion, such as water current or steam jet.
Wireless Fence Across Corners Sparks Curiosity
In a small town two corner plots feature a wooden fence and a sign reading Keep off while another longer sign warns Suggestion if you don't walk across here It may be a lawn some day A third corner has no fence yet people still jump the first fence for exercise, illustrates human nature per Collier's Weekly.
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Collier’s Weekly
King Admiresa Shakespeare Admirer of Shakespeare
King Admiresa of Siam praises Shakespeare during Stratford anniversary events. A letter from the king's secretary notes translations of Shakespeare into Siamese and includes a $500 personal contribution to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and $250 for the memorial theater fund.
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Siam
Shakespeare
Stratford
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Memorial Theater Fund
Harmony of Colors and Visual Color Mixing Machine
A device described in Popular Mechanics Magazine rotates a color disk rapidly to fuse colors. The visual mixing resembles actual ink blending and demonstrates color harmony.
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Popular Mechanics
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