OUR PAPERMAKERS. Early mills and the vast U S paper industry
The article notes paper as the third largest American industry with 733 firms, 756 mills, 240 pulp plants, and over 278 million dollars in invested capital employing 100000 workers. It traces origins from Germantown 1690 to 1730 Milton, Mass and discusses hand papermaking, rag supply during the Revolution, and early methods, highlighting Holyoke and Lawrence as major centers.
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America
United States
New England
Germantown
Daniel Henchman
Boston
Milton
Mass
House of Representatives
Holyoke
Lawrence
A Printed Centipede Tea Party Prank
A painter recalls a prank at a tea party where six saucers bore exact copies of a painted house centipede. Guests faced a shock when lifting cups and realized none drank tea, revealing the hostess’ observation of the unusual décor.
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Ile
Rice Chocolate Pie Fashion From Simple Kitchen Notes
A recipe for Rice Chocolate Pie combines milk with rice, melted chocolate, and sugar, thickened into a custard then baked in a crust. Top with meringue made from stiff egg whites and confectioners sugar, browned quickly in a hot oven.
Local notices and rural commentary from Lumpkin County
Local remarks discuss ad listings for donkeys or a jack, mild weather aiding work, and residents like Arch Anderson and David Sullens. The piece notes timber company displacement, population shifts toward North Carolina, and lost school money. It condemns sensational reporting by Gainesville correspondents and recounts a Gurley Hight misreport in Union County.
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Timber Company
Lumpkin
North Carolina
Lumpkin County
Daily Papers
Gainesville
Union
Constitutions
Blue Ridge
Union County
Gamnesville
Dahlonega Local Notes Highlight Roads and People
Local items discuss Lumpkin and Dawson county school figures, syrup shipping benefits, a pistol ad, and Mr Morrell selling out to Mr Watsop. Prof Steiner teaches music. residents urge enforcement of vagrant and wood theft laws amid street mischief and a noted chicken theft during Pentecostal services.
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M. Morrell
Mr. Watsop
West
Mr. Morrell
Congress Adds 45 Million To Pension Rolls
A jumble of items notes Congress expanding pension totals by 45 million and Hall county increasing its list to 820. Whitner of New Orleans aims for the South Pole. a Georgia peach orchard sold for 82 500 near Fort Valley. many local notices in Atlanta and Macon mix politics, crime, and social commentary.
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Congress
Hall County
Whitner
New Orleans
South Pole
Georgia pistol license law enacted in 1910
The act requires a license from county Ordinary to carry a pistol in Georgia, ages 18 plus a $100 bond, three year license at 50 cents, with penalties as a misdemeanor. It preserves protections for officers and military personnel and repeals conflicting laws. Governor Joseph M. Brown approved the measure on August 12, 1910. A separate note mentions a Macon liquor purchase by a clergyman and a police discovery of bootleg liquor.
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Georgia
General Assembly of Georgia
United States
Joseph M. Brown
A Nation of Marksmen in Switzerland as a Sport
The Swiss treat shooting as a sport with government backed shooting societies called Schutzen gesellschaften or Societies de Tir. Men aged twenty to thirty-two fire thirty-two shots yearly in compulsory exercises, with ranges funded by grants and government support. Shooting is integrated into civic life and training, yet kept distinct from war.
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Switzerland
Landwehr
Schutzengesellschaften
de Tir
France
Switzer
New York Press
Moki Indian Breadmaking Described by Chicago Record Herald
The Moki women of New Mexico tribes bake very thin corn bread sheets on hot stones. The corn is stone ground to a fine meal, mixed with water to a thin batter, and baked slowly on a hot stone turning to bake both sides. No salt used. bread tastes sweet and blue from corn.
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New Mexico
Chicago Record-Herald
Incredible Invention Sparks Home Ruckus
In the Buffalo Express a spoofing scene shows Mrs Goodfellow on the upper stairs surprised by Mr Goodfellow on the lowest step holding his shin and muttering I am inventing an electric device which will move all the furniture into the back yard the moment the front door is opened at night The tale frames a comic invention idea with domestic chaos.
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Arch Anderson
Cavender’s Creek
David Sullens
Alabama
Nugawr
Mrs. Goodfellow
Mr. Goodfellow
Buffalo Express
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Atlanta
H. H. Linton
Clarke County
Brooklyn, N. Y
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Calvin Johnson
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S. D. Warnock
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Old Father
Lupton
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Ohio
Devil
Old Devil
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