Heat and Light From Farm Crops
A prospective tax repeal on denatured alcohol could spark a new industrial era centered on farms and homes. Proponents argue potatoes and other crops could yield large volumes of industrial alcohol for heating, lighting, and power, potentially replacing kerosene and gasoline in the Northern States.
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Philadelphia Record
Union
Great West
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Germany
Army
Dean
Paris Lingerie Trends Favor Matching Sets and Fine Fabrics
New Paris lingerie features coordinated chemise drawers and short petticoats in matching materials with lace and embroidery. Silk substitutes like silk nainsook and silk chiffon give a glossy finish, while empire cuts and ribbon shoulder ties update evening wear. Japanese nightgowns debut with tucked detailing and decorative bands. Charming dressing sacks in silkly batiste and empire styles appear, alongside blouse waistcoats and lingerie jackets. Lingerie petticoats grow more elaborate with sheath-like tops and multiple lace flounces.
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Paris
The Alarm Clock's Toll and a Secret Marriage
Raleigh dies as a mysterious clock tolls exact times matching his wife Lora's death. He reveals they were secretly married before she died, the clock’s mainspring setting off a fatal chain of events. The moment he sees her at the door, he collapses, dead with a smile.
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Raleigh
Lora
Eson
Tora
Denaturing Alcohol Methods Suggested by Dr. Wiley
Dr. Wiley argues that converting liquor back to drinkable form would cost more than producing pure alcohol anew. He favors denaturing by adding ten percent wood alcohol and one percent pyridine, with ingredients left to the internal revenue tax discretion as the bill passed.
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Wiley
Internal Revenue Tax
Whose violets are those on the stair
A verse recalls a lover waiting on a stair for his rival’s arrival revealing doubt over which color flowers the lady will wear tonight. The speaker asks Fortune to reveal the beloved’s choice as he awaits her step.
Mary Had a Lamb Riddle in Technical World
The rhyme claims Mary is thirty years old in the verse. The question asks Mary's age as thirty years. The provided source text supports nothing beyond the stated line about age.
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Mary
The Popes Wardrobe Care at the Vatican
A large number of women are employed at the Vatican to keep the Pope's wardrobe immaculate. No stain may mar his garments and, given his white attire, hours of wear alter their freshness. Only women serve in this role as male attendants are deemed unsuitable. Delicate materials are used, including moire silk in summer and a specially woven fine cloth in winter.
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Vatican
Vineless Potato Fraud Prompted Federal Fraud Order
A fraud order was issued against the Vineless Potato Company of Pullman Alabama after investigations by Agriculture Justice and Post Office departments. W D Darst the process discoverer faced mail restrictions for promoting vineless potatoes. He offered licenses for 25 dollars to grow vineless potatoes and sold territory for 100 dollars while marketing potatine at 4 50 per package, all based on nonviable claims.
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Record-Herald
Pullman
Departments of Agriculture, Justice and Post Office
W. D. Darst
Need Pure Food Law in the Philippine Islands
The article asserts some Chinese traders in the Philippine Islands use clever swindles to adulterate whiskey. They remove the label, drill a small hole, replace the whiskey with a colored liquid, reseal, and cover the hole with the label to deceive buyers.
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Philippine Islands
Recommending Cuisine Prompt Sparks Studio Debate
A conversation frames a cook seeking a concise four week tenure note for her recommendation. The mistress forbids mentioning industry or neatness, while praising culinary skill only briefly. The cook suggests a simple statement saying she stood the place four weeks.
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Marie
Cod Boat Earnings in a Season Highlight Sea Labor
A sixty ton vessel with a crew of twelve can earn about 2200 dollars in a cod fishing season, showing the income potential of seasonal Atlantic fishing work for small boats.
Stenographer Jobs and Railroad Positions Offered in New York
Bright young men sought to take dictation rapidly on machine with starting salary of 936 dollars. Offices in 12 cities. Also need hundred firemen and brakemen on railroads with age 0 to W, good sight and hearing, no experience needed. Firemen 10 dollars monthly rising to 200, brakemen 70 monthly rising to 150. Send stamps for particulars to Railway Association Room 65 227 Monroe Street Brooklyn. Also an advertisement for a shirt waist holder that keeps the waist down with no pins or hooks deluxe offer 25 cents sent with waist measurement to Felix Corset Co 113 Pine Street New York.
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Ite
Qoods
Suito
Broadway
N.Y
Railway Association
Monroe Street
Brooklyn
Felix Corset Co
Pine Street
New York
Frontier Asthma Co
Delaware Ave
Buffalo
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