Garbage to fuel bricks promises city profits in waste plant
The Culver process turns municipal garbage into Onkoal fuel bricks that burn like coal. Austin and San Antonio plants prove sanitary disposal and revenue from byproducts, with Regina also planning a municipal plant.
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San Antonio
Tex
Austin
Pew
BL. Culver
Chicago
Regina
Canada
Willian B. Philips
Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology
University of Texas
F. M. Gunn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Culver
Ambitious Rail Plan Aims Broad Gauge by 1943
Japan plans to build broad gauge railways, with completion not until 1943 and an estimated cost around 700 million dollars. A new straddling clothesline device doubles line capacity, adding two wires for hanging garments.
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Japan
Ice making frost weed baffling botanists
In autumn the plant becomes an ice factory forming crystal cakes on cracked rootlets. It blooms twice a year with golden yellow flowers in June and again in late summer, producing identical blooms each season. The rootlets hide the plant’s secret ice producing ability yet to be explained.
Fragmentary dialogue on engagements and weight in old text
A fragment shows a speaker remarking on a woman's weight for age and a man noting his age. The exchange includes a cautious question about engagements and a sighed response asking for a "chinee" in a tense, antiquated tone.
Trifle Ambiguity in Syndust Circle Talk
A fragmentary exchange questions interest in the syndust circle and asks whether the reference is to the eli tus or coconut ple, signaling unclear terminology and a playful tease.
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Max
Wax
Romances of Rail Show How Firemen Rise to Presidents
A feature on railroad leaders rising from the ranks illustrating the era’s ascent stories. It highlights Daniel Willard of Baltimore & Ohio and Fred Underwood of Erie, noting Willard’s study of economics that reshaped his career and remarks on other executives from humble beginnings to top posts.
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Bagdad
Mustafa
Daniel Willard
Baltimore, & Ohio Railroad
Willard
Brent
Napoleon
Baltimore & Ohio
Vermont
Boston & Maine
Wellington
Fred” Underwood
The
Erie
Underwood
Mr. Underwood
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern
James J. Hill. Co
P. Markham
Illinois Central
Chicago
Santa Fe
Kansas City
E. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Ripley
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Fairfax Norrison
Fairfax of Virginia
Southern Railway
Cato
Virginia
China Railroads Rise as Nation Gains Steam
Forty years after China’s first locomotive killed a trespasser and provoked mob action closing a line, rail expansion transformed the country. The rails were torn up, the locomotive sold, and the road disappeared, but now six thousand miles of track support a growing, prosperous system with yearly additions. China is poised to rival Europe in railroad extent and profits as the nation emerges.
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China
Seven Mile
Europe
Wise Precautions
Quote captures a family scene where concern relies on a doctor’s warning about aphasia and fear of illness spreading. The exchange names auncle and ina as the speakers in a tense domestic moment about health. The modest dialogue hints at caregiver responsibility and protective instincts within a household.
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Ina
Ketebin
Motor Trucks on Rails and the Case for Automobilized Railroads
A defense of using motor trucks on rails to supplement freight haulage. The author cites historical improvisation in Mexico, argues many short lines could shift freight from railcars to trucks, and contends terminals in cities could benefit from automobilized systems. He urges railway managers to adopt a broader, integrated approach to transportation.
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Carranza
Unusual Use for Culvert as Boathouse by Lake Superior
A motorboat owner sheltered by a culvert under a railroad track along Lake Superior uses the culvert floor a few inches above the water with rollers extending into the passage for hauling the boat. The roof consists of old iron rails and the boat is chained to prevent loss during high water or storms, per Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Lake Superior
Popular Mechanics
Chestnut Feast Told by Brownies and Gnomes
A playful tale follows Billie Brownie and Peter Gnome visiting Mr Grant the Giant to gather chestnuts. Squirrels help hoard the nuts for a grand bonfire and Treat at the cave where Brownies Gnomes and the Giant enjoy roasting chestnuts together.
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Nick
Nancy
Daddy
Peter Gnome
Mr. Grant
Billie
Billie Brownie
Bille
Peter
Mr. Giant
Trent
Mr. Ghant
Building Hard to Wreck in South Chicago Bin Structure
The Engineering Record reports a 15 year old reinforced concrete cement storage bin in South Chicago withstood dynamite and oxy acetylene cutting attempts. Heavy charges failed to weaken columns, heat and flames did not disintegrate it, and wrecking cranes pulled the tanks apart from the top after gradual collapse.
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Chicago
Discoverer of Corn Oil by Sayre at Kansas University
Lucius Elmer Sayre, dean of the Kansas University School of Pharmacy, discoverer of a corn oil process intended to replace lard. He has studied chemistry, worked as a manufacturing chemist, and authored works such as Chart of Material Medica and Essentials of Pharmacy. He notes corn oil fat can be produced cheaper and is as efficient as other fats.
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Lucius Elmer Sayre
School of Pharmacy
University of Kansas
Atingell
Sayre
Railroads Earn $545 a Mile in July Revenues Rise
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports sixty seven large steam railroads earned a net revenue of 545 per mile in July, up 43 from July 1915. Total net revenues reached 41,855,021 dollars versus 36,328,588 last July. The Lust leads with the largest gains.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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