Wyoming Potash Set to Power U S Industry for Century
Favorable events lift Wyoming potash prospects as Liberty Potash Company advances plant construction. With tariff protection and modern methods, U S output could outpace foreign rivals, reducing dependence on imports. The project aims to spur Wyoming’s resources and secure domestic supply for agriculture and industry.
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United States
Wyoming
Liberty Potash Qompany
Germany
Aleace
Belgium
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Wyoming Potash
Liberty Potash Company
Samoyed People of the Arctic North
In the far north of Archangel we meet the Samoyedes, a little known race living in the forest belt and shoreline regions. They endure without masters, preserve ancient customs, and rely on reindeer herding as their main wealth while civilization advances around them.
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Archangel
Samoyedes
Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Featured in Letter
A reader from 146 Fillmore Street Northeast Tenn describes a dry hacking cough and throat irritation. He reports improved symptoms after using Honey and Tar claiming it soothes, heals, and helps with coughs and croup.
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Joe Gillard
Fillmore
Nes Tenn
Vacuum Valve Amplifies Sound to Roar and Echoes
May 30 report details engineer Tom Lambert describing vacuum valves as amplifiers that can magnify sound many times over. He explains connecting multiple valves to a wireless receiver to raise volume from a single voice to fill large spaces, with tests including a phonograph at midnight and an event at Golden Gate Park.
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Ban Francischl
Tom Lambert
Val
Lambert
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Meobert W. A. Brewer
Europe
Bohemian land reform debate over state seizure plan
Bohemian leaders clash over a government commission's report on land reform. The plan envisions state purchase of large estates with a maximum of about 625 acres per owner and compensation for expropriated holdings. President Masaryk favors compensation. premier support is unclear.
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Pragui
Asso
Fiuerh
Hohemin Corbe
Guesioen
Uoimere
Uretapsburg
Bohemia
Masaryk
Thrift stamps and thrift savings aimed at freedom benefits
The piece urges thrift savings as a path to independence by pledging that a quarter buys a thrift stamp and four dollars plus pennies buys a War Savings Stamp with five year maturity paying five dollars. It notes royal lineage and leadership history from Victoria to George VII and mentions the start of domestic service formation in London.
Mystery surrounds fate of boy found near Sodlung station
Casper Wyoming May 30 Mystery enshrouds the identity and fate of a boy perhaps twelve to fourteen years old whose skeleton was found in Castle creek two miles south of Sodlung station. The bones show it lay in the creek for about two years with heavy winter clothing and shoes preserved for identification. Investigators recall a Greybull kidnapping reported a decade ago and pursue the theory the bones may belong to that missing boy.
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Casper
Wyo
Castle Creek
Sodlung Station
Natrona County
Greyboll
Nila
Aml
Glove Making Craft Describes Stitching Trends
The article notes that older gloves had finger seams partly on the back with braid concealing stitches. It mentions three thin marks on glove backs labeled "1s" corresponding to finger gaps and explains that earlier gloves were not cut as finely as modern ones.
Builder of New York Subway Hero Returns From War
Col. Parsons, veteran engineer who constructed the New York subway, has returned from France. His wartime service included actions at Cambrai in 1917. It is understood he may be appointed New York transit commissioner.
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Col. Parsons
France
Cambrain
New York
Poin
New York State
Atmospherics and Wireless Interference Across Oceans
The piece explains atmospherics as the wireless telegraph operator's bane. It notes that electrical disturbances in the earth's atmosphere disrupt wireless work and that a lightning flash in England can affect stations in Africa.
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England
Africa
Blinded Soldiers to Be Well Taken Care Of by United States
The Associated Press reports 67 discharged soldiers blinded in France will receive U S benefits. They have been treated at Roland Park Baltimore. Some retain dim vision but all are industrially blind and will get 100 monthly plus 57.50 in additional compensation per month.
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United States
Associated Press
Washington
France
Bureau of Waeish Insurance
Roland Park
Baltimore
Wlill
About 125 American servicemen blinded in action
The report notes that the government will provide insurance coverage and details the total number of men in American forces left blinded, counted at 125.
A Queen’s Whim Shapes Handkerchief Decree
The text notes that handkerchiefs once varied in shape until Queen Marie Antoinette disliked irregular forms. She proposed uniformity, and Louis XVI issued an 1785 decree requiring pocket handkerchiefs to have right angled edges.
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Mare Antoinette
Louis XVI
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