Seek Cure of Electrolysis in City Power Lines
The article discusses electrolytic damage to underground pipes and cables, causing water and gas leaks and safety risks. The Bureau of Standards notes over 25 mitigation methods, many ineffective, and reports six years of study with installations in several cities. An extended Springfield Mass experiment tests a three wire railway system offering promise under certain urban conditions.
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Bureau of Standards J
Bureau of Standards
Sringfield
Mass
Ancient Egyptian Wife's 100 BC Letter Found in Memphis Ruins
A 2100 year old letter from Istas to her husband Hephaestion was unearthed in the Serapeum ruins near Memphis. Dated around July 24, 100 BC, she complains of neglect and the burden of high corn prices while urging his return. The two letters recount family strain and longing amid desertion concerns.
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Memphis
Ancient
Egypt
Istas
Ephaestion
Ahé
Hephaestion
Horus
Steyn
Happiness and the truth of happiness in solitude
The passage contrasts true happiness as inward and solitary, arising from self enjoyment and close friendship, with false happiness that seeks crowds and public admiration. Addison notes true happiness resides in groves, fountains, and quiet fields, while false happiness thrives on applause and spectacle in courts and theaters.
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Addison
Rare Pure Kaolin Mined Across Several States
Pure kaolin or China clay is scarce and mined in Alabama Delaware Georgia Massachusetts North Carolina Pennsylvania South Carolina Florida Missouri Tennessee and other states. Fireclays usable in 18 states appear in western Pennsylvania Ohio coal region belt from Perth Amboy to Trenton New Jersey and parts of Maryland Missouri Alabama Colorado. Ball clay is mined in New Jersey Kentucky Missouri Colorado and Florida. Brick clay of good quality is common in nearly every state. A very plastic gumbe clay occurs in southern states.
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Alabama
Delaware
Georgia
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Ohio
New Jersey
Perth Amboy
Trenton
Maryland
Colorado
Kentucky
Coloado
Union
Horse Was a Little Slow in the Exchange Tale
An old anecdote describes Seagirt hiring a slow horse to Glenellen last summer. The horse is mocked as slower than a barber, with a spider weaving a web in the wheel and a caterpillar race. Children, a woman, and tomatoes appear in a humorous commute scene.
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Seagirt
Glenellen
Civilized Science Advances in 20th Century Tech
Popular Science notes reinforced concrete for fireproofing electric cables, a state plan costing 15000 to switch from execution to electrocuting, and electricity reducing fumes from metal refineries, smoke, coal dust, and fog. It cites inventions by an Englishman for wood boards from waste strips, portable automobile carried houses by a French inventor, and England's century of paper pulp before bleaching.
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California
England
Time is Money and Time Management Across Life
A concise essay argues time equals money when used wisely. It contrasts successful people who allocate hours to business, recreation, rest, and education with those who overwork, stressing health preserves value of time. Proper balance yields greater returns and sustained efficiency.
Automobile Torpedo Invented in Canada for Trench Attacks
A four wheel truck carries an explosive torpedo with an electrically steered rear frame controlled by trailing wires. A sheltered operator guides the device through a periscope, detonating it by an electric switch. The torpedo has quickly been patented in the United States.
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Abraham Must
Ste. Agatha Des Monts
Quebec
United States
Almond Soup Recipe Described with Almond Milk Base
A historical note describes a milk and almond soup popular in Europe, using three pints of milk heated in a double boiler with salt, blanched almonds, lemon rind, and optional cinnamon. Boiled rice lines the tureen before pouring the hot soup over it.
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Europe
Indian Relics Found At Riverside Park Near Memphis
Excavation along the bluff above the Mississippi at Riverside Park near Memphis uncovered numerous Indian pottery pieces. Finds include a water bottle paneled vase pestles hammers and arrow heads. The relics join the Cossitt Library Museum collection as trophies of extinct mound builder art.
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Mississippi River
Riverside Park
Memphis
Cossitt ‘Brary Museum
Home Made Crackers Recipe Description
A nostalgic kitchen note describes beating two eggs lightly and mixing with flour salt butter and lard. The dough is divided, rolled to half the thickness of a milk cracker, cut into small rounds, and baked quickly to a light brown.
A Man's a Man Brings Two Hearts to a Crossroad
Jack Wakefield declares his reckless freedom and dismisses the girl’s moral concern as she wrestles with guilt and duty. She writes a humble plea for reconciliation while he contemplates a return he cannot justify, leaving both to face an uncertain future.
Schaap’s Laxative Chill-Tonic advertised cure all
An 1890s style ad promotes Schaap’s Laxative Chill Tonic as a cure for chills fevers ague bilious fever swamp fever malaria and other ailments. It is described as a liver regulator and chill cure combined with a promise of relief when taken per directions priced at 500 per bottle and sold by first-class druggists. prepared by John Schaap & Sons Fort Smith Arkansas.
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John Schaap &Sons
Fort Smith
Arkansas
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Bridge
John P. Lewis
Oklahoma City
G. O. Leach
Checotah Hardware
Schaap
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