Short Items of Interest From Various Fields
A mix of notes covers topics from paper materials to India and Cuba forestry. It mentions 100000 to 125000 habitual US vagrants able to work but not doing so, and the origin of wild horses in America from Spanish brought herds. A battleship Oregon’s commissioning and cost details are noted. Roy Hooten finds £600 in gold coins. A Berlin vesper marks Martino Luther’s wedding anniversary. An English boiler fuel system uses water contactless contact, and carob pods are cited as fodder for swine with sugar content.
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India
United States
America
Oregon
Tropical Plant Research Foundation of
Washington
Cuba
Berlin
Martino
Luther
England
Roy Hooten
Greensburg
Ind
Orient
Mule Swap Brings Fortune to Caldwell Man
Eleven years after a chance meeting in Caldwell New Jersey Joseph Beach swapped his baby mule Maud with John Gosman for a Florida land offer valued at about 75 dollars. The mule Maud later died.
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Joseph Beach
Caldwell
N. J
Marud
John Gosman
Gosmman
Joe
Gosman
John
Beach
Florida Way
Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
Maud
New York Herald Tribune
Diamond Dyes for All Garments and Draperies
Retail ad notes Diamond Dyes in 15 cent packs with simple directions for tinting delicate shades or dyeing permanent colors on lingerie alk, ribons, skirts, wall hangings, dresses, coats, stockings, draperies and more. Specifies wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed fabrics and to tell the druggist material type.
Movie Intelligentsia Finds Culture Gap With Young Stars
Frederic Massus, described as the Spanish portrait painter, notes in Los Angeles that young movie stars are thought to lack culture. He recalls dining at Montmartre with a star and discussing literature, then a playful exchange about Shakespeare’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Massus
Los Angeles
Shakespeare
Hypochondriac Finds Joy in New Motor Car
A quirky column muses on health, mood, and a hypochondriac enchanted by a car. It jokes about vanity footwear and the wonders of rubber soles from United States Rubber Company, promising comfort, waterproofing, and lower shoe costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Rubber Company
Sure Sign There's Visitors Downstairs
A fragment notes visitors downstairs with a playful line about hearing a mother laugh at a father's joke, suggesting a domestic scene captured in chatty dialogue.
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Navy of
New York State
Europe
New York
Newport
Academy of the State Nautical School
Prague
John Huss
Vatican
St. Germain
Chicago
National Retailers' Association
Lucky Man
Wrigleys
Faultless Starch Company
Kansas City
Houston
Galveston
Florida
Department OF Agriculture
Tellahassee
SEY
Lieber. &Co
Moreen
Bre Latina
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