Science as Salvation or Slaughter in the Age of Machines
John Dickinson Sherman quotes Sir Philip Gibbs and Marconi on science steering civilization. He warns that science risks becoming mankind’s tool for purely physical ends unless the moral character of people rises to meet the responsibility.
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Philip Gibbs
Marconi
Charles Stanley Gibson
Ministry of Munitions
Galsworthy
Hugh L. McMenamin
Michelangelo
Mozart
Caesar Franck
Beethoven
Ford
Rockefeller
Athens
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Charles Henry Dickinson
Science and its double edge in a modern world
A long 1920s essay questions science's benefits and dangers. It cites Los Angeles oil losses from car crashes, debates Frankenstein fears, notes experts like Sir Richard Gregory and Galworthy, and discusses war tech from rockets to high power radio and chemistry. It highlights hopeful advances and cautions against curbing scientific freedom.
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Charles Golightly
Phillips Thomas
Westinghouse
Maude Adams
General Electric Company
Eastman Kodak Company
Duke of Sutherland
Air For Great Britain
United States
Sherman M. Fairchild
United States Army
Francis C. Wood
Crocker Institute of Cancer Research
Columbia University
C. T. Alrey
Westinghouse Lamp Company
Elizabeth Mackay
New York
Palm Beach
Florida
Karl Weaver
Res of America
Fresh Meat and Poultry Care Warns in USDA Bulletin
A United States Department of Agriculture bulletin warns that moist cuts of meat fish and poultry invite micro organisms causing spoilage. It advises unwrapping washing only before cooking refrigerating promptly drawing poultry and keeping fish tightly covered and cold to preserve safety and flavor.
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Department of Agriculture
Farmers
United States Department of Agriculture
Boston baked beans with varied flavors recipe
Recipe from the United States Department of Agriculture explains baking dried beans with salt pork or alternatives. It outlines quantities per quart of beans, seasoning with salt pepper and optional mustard onion or molasses, and advises bake 8 to 10 hours in a moderate oven without covering. Small pea beans suit Boston baked beans best.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Boston
Roll of Grocer's Paper Very Useful in Kitchen
The article urges using grocer's paper in kitchens for draining foods and lining pans while noting cleanliness concerns. It recommends paraffin paper for covering and wrapping and suggests avoiding reused newspaper or catalogs for kitchen use.
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Department of Agriculture
How to avoid a soggy crust in custard pies
US Department of Agriculture advises prebaking crust ten minutes before filling to prevent soggy undercrusts. For custard pies and fruit fillings, heat milk and sugar, add eggs and flavorings, pour into crust, bake at 450 F then reduce heat and bake until set.
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United States Department Agriculture
All Around the House All Around the House
A few drops of lemon juice added to scrambled eggs improve texture. A white of an egg dropped into soup gathers impurities. if curdled, move it. In mustard making, substitute a little lemon juice and a pinch of salt for water to keep mustard soft and extend its use.
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Yee
John Dickinson Sherman
Audiale Piocrophone
Los Angeles
Ray O. Wyland
Boy Scout National Educational
J. Arthur Thomson
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
North Seas
John Galsworthy
Richard Gregory
Ralph H. McKee
William Hy Bragg
Galeworthy
Sir Richant Ocegary
Oliver Lodge
Richard
Prof
A. M. Low
James L. Walsh
New York Ordnance District
Ordnance Department
Palit Beach
Tan
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