Garbage to Gold on Rikers Island How New York Converts Waste
The article details New York Citys waste system on Rikers Island. Workers sort and process ash and refuse into marketable products. Digester tanks cook garbage to extract grease and oil, with solids compressed into fertilizer cakes. The process builds an evolving island and aims to create wealth from garbage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oxfords
Racker
Ninetieth Street
Manhattan Island
Ricker’s Island
Manhattan
Tornado aftermath prompts shifts in manners and language
The article reflects on how a recent deadly tornado across three states has led to gradual, unnoticed changes in dress and etiquette. It argues language adaptability is defensible, noting familiarity as a sufficient defense for linguistic merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Mountains of Copper in Equatorial Africa
A missionary traveler describes vast Congo copper fields where ore colors the hills green and lies near the surface, highlighting the region as a potential global resource rich in copper.
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Equatorial
Africa
Congo
Simplified Spelling Movement Withdrawn By Association
The Modern Language Association of America has withdrawn its sanction of simplified English spelling. The movement began in 1906 with the Simplified Spelling Board and broad support from educators and officials, but public protest and questions about arbitrariness kept it from success.
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Modern Language Association of America
United States
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Tennyson
Swinburne
Shakespeare
Bacon
Wyelff
Local Market Ad Showcases Meats Vegetables and Shoes
California ham and bacon lines with Hammond Swift and Cudahy products as part of a broad market display. Fresh vegetables include lettuce radishes green onions tomatoes and beans with Arkansas blacks apples and asparagus. Spring and summer shoes arrive with men brown dress and school shoes priced from $2.50. Two trucks on the job invite customers to inspect goods and prices.
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California
Hammond
Swift
Cudahy
Thermostatic metal promises reliable temperature indication
A British team announces a new alloy called thermostatic metal that bends when heated. The metal forms by permanently joining strips with different thermal expansion coefficients, producing a predictable bend for a given temperature change. Its stable response aims to aid oven thermometers, electric heaters, jet engines, and precision scientific instruments.
Latin America Holds Vast Untouched Fertile Lands
A report highlights Latin America as possessing the world’s largest stretch of undeveloped fertile land. The assessment notes vast tracts across multiple countries remain unexploited for agriculture and related development, raising questions about future use and regional potential.
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Latin America
Electric Fountain Table Decoration
A small electric fountain drives water from a copper well to a ring of twenty tiny nozzles. A rotary pump and valve regulate height. about a quart of water recirculates from basin to fountain. In summer, a drop of perfume freshens the room.
Kidney Health Claim From Mrs Gibson Testimonial
Mrs L Gibson of La Junta Cole writes her kidneys troubled her and Foley Kidney Pill helped them right away. She reports feeling fine now and notes the product is sold everywhere.
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L. Gibson
42Th
Edison St
la Junta
Cole
Foley
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