Universal Portland Cement Fact and Brand Overview
Cement Talk explains that Portland Cement name origin lies in England not in Portland Maine or Oregon. It describes the cement as powder from clinker and lists Universal Portland Cement as a top brand. It notes production, branding, and nationwide availability by dealers with annual output stated.
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Portland
Maine
Oregon
Isle of Portland
England
Portland Cement
Universal
Universal Portland Cement
Universal Portland Cement CO
Security Bank
Minneapolis
Not a British Unit in It
George Mockler reports from Balti more on coal costs in U S cities. An Irishman heir to a coal mine faces a contract question asking for British thermal units which he misunderstands noting there ain’t a wan in It.
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George Mockler
Baltimore
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Absent minded husband’s fishing tale teased by wives
In a lighthearted exchange, Mrs Nelson jokes her husband’s forgetfulness after a fishing trip. Mrs Bilson asks how, and Mrs Nelson explains he fished yesterday, discarded the fish, and brought home the bait.
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Nelson
Bilson
Bowhead Bones and Arctic Trials of Stefansson and Anderson
The New York World reports Dr. Rudolph N. Anderson and V Stefansson of the American Museum of Natural History spent two years in the Arctic near Cape Parry and Baillie Island seeking specimens. They endured scarcities and thefts of food from polar bears and wolverines and found a two to three year old bowhead carcass, which provided a filling meal. They plan further Arctic work and have sent initial findings to the museum.
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Rudolph N. Anderson
Science
New York
V. Stefansgon
American Museum of National History
MacPherson
Stefanson
Stefansson
Dr. Anderson
Edmonton
Canada
Athabasca
Mackenzie
Arctic Circle
H. C. Bumpus
Museum of Natural History
Mr. Stefansson
Commander Peary
North Pole
Pole
Bumpus
Arctic Ocean
Cape Parry
Jimmy Ufena-Ran-Na
Amundsen
Herschel Island
Yukon
Baillie Island
Mackenzie Delta
Ny Wskimos
Esquimaux
Anderson
United States
North
Museum of NaturalHistory
Glucose Tales of 19th Century Salesmen
A traveling salesman recalls two sensational glucose stories from 1876. In Boston, a candy maker ejects the man yet covertly uses his glucose, while in New York a grocery firm tests glucose by flooding a honey factory floor with bees to produce “pure honey” for sale.
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Buffalo
Boston
New York
Quotes on Rights and Liberties by James Warren
A concise quotation praising steadfast adherence to natural rights. It argues ancestors did not entrust God given rights to princes and emphasizes principled resistance to arbitrary rule. Often cited in historical discussions of liberty and governance.
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James Warren
Remington
Arthur Hubalek
His Stock Delights in Heavy Business Orders
A dialogue notes a man’s brisk trade in math related orders rather than asbestos goods, suggesting his stock and business vigor. The exchange contrasts expectations with the man’s actual focus on large orders and active commerce.
No Wonder. What’s your husband’s anger about
dialogue notes a married couple bantering about unemployment and a sudden job return. a sale notice for moving furniture and film equipment appears amid local notices. a quip about valuing a live goose over a dead ancestor closes the fragment.
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Post
P Cereal Co Ld
Bato. Creck, Mich
Arctic
V. Stefansson
Candyman
J. H. Rindlaus
Fargo
N. D
Winslow
Moving Vieture Film, le Foot
Davis
Watertown, Wis
Samuel Pytcher
Pamphin
Twe Centaur Company
Puente
Bears
Che
Castoria
THE
Centaur Company
Mew
Yona City
Carter
Carters
Livh
William Vickers
Hingerman
Lesmon
Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Broadway
New York City
W. L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.E. Douglas
Spark St
Sheeg
Aaker
Grand Forks
H. H. Aaker
Fardeé
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