We Can Always Do It: Experiment as Resourcefulness
The passage celebrates self reliance and invention to replace scarce resources. It cites Napoleon's oleomargarine, shellac records, and air power as examples of improvisation driven by shortage. It asserts future engineers will reclaim deserts with millet and date palms as necessity spurs progress and profit.
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Napoleon
China
Egypt
East Indies
Germany
Euphrates
A War of Wits and Wills in a Global Shift
The piece argues that industrial and technological advances require skilled engineers and modern governance. It warns political and economic systems face upheaval from Europe’s wars, urging preparation for diversified national defense and a war of wits and wills.
THINK Motto Encourages Recording Ideas In Ink Or Metal
The piece urges transforming thoughts into physical forms such as brass, wood, zinc, or steel to start and share a record of ideas. It emphasizes collective refinement, urging every mind to contribute and prove blind spots through tangible outcomes.
Treasure Trove of Imagined Adventure in Aisles At Sea
Vivid travelogue of scented packages and exotic goods evokes South Seas and Malay scenes. References to copra stores in raids, perfumed spices, nutmegs, and coffee paint a tropical, adventurous mood amid grocery shelves. Readers encounter evocative imagery rather than a single news event.
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Yellow Seas
Sarawak
Indapur
Melbourne
The Midnight Rainbow Warning to a Lost Dreamer
A narrator pleads with a naïve girl on a glittering but perilous urban trek through the Great White Way. She warns that the crooked city path is a painted swamp where only phantoms roam. escape toward open skies and prairies away from the tainted dream.
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Birds of Paradise
Hell
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Candlers
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Europe
Tman
King Features Syndicate
Great Britain