Oil Uses to Stabilize Sand Dunes Along Columbia Highway
Between Pendleton and the Columbia River mouth, shifting sands threaten the Columbia highway. Oil sprayed on dunes and slopes, heated and atomized by steam, forms a protective layer that slows dune movement, with spraying directed to favor prevailing winds to maximize coverage.
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Pendleton
Oregon
Columbia River
Ocean
Lake Michigan
Scientific American
Traclor
Cards 14 Years on the Way
Detective Joseph Douglass recalls sending postal cards to his wife from Atlantic City and Ocean City in August 1907. The cards, mailed years later, reveal a forgotten transmission and a mystery likely buried in the Postal Department.
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Joseph Douglass
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Ocean City
Douglas
Postal Department
Uc Ledger
Prices and Wages in Haiti Revealed by Visitor
A visitor notes Haiti prices with a solid mahogany dinner table at 6 dollars and alligator pears costing five for 2 cents in Port au Prince. A teacher earns 6 dollars monthly, about 12 years of service life, teaching eight hours daily with a broad US style curriculum. British students excel in penmanship and free-hand drawing.
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Haiti
Port Au Prince
United States
Muriel s Birthday Reflections on Celebrations
A reflective vignette follows Muriel as she moves from noticing her birthdays to observing and denying them. The text notes how friends keep score and remind her of those milestones, shaping her evolving attitude toward celebration.
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Muriel
Portable grinder promises universal grinding power
A Popular Science Monthly description touts a compact portable grinder built from aluminum alloy housing with a patented mechanism and adjustable trigger. It claims easy handling and center alignment, with optional attachments enabling conversion into a benchtop grinder in thirty seconds, capable of grinding cleaning buffing and polishing tasks around a garage or shop.
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Swiish
Popular Science Monthly
Road Markers Placed Amids State Auto Association Plan
The Cajk forniy State Automobile association announces placement of 86 000 markers from California to Kansas City Missouri. The markers not only show direction but indicate the town distance water access and the nearest station where gasoline and water may be obtained.
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Cajkforniy State Automobile Association
California
Kansas City
Penrest
Petrified Forests Found Near Northern Plateau
An early account notes discovery of great petrified forests near a northern plateau. Trees measured up to nine feet in circumference, described as among the world’s finest petrified woods, signaling major scientific significance per a high commission.
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Sur
Rome Tribune
Bowanns Declares Candidacy for Northeastern Circuit Judge
J C Bowanns announces candidacy for Northeastern Circuit judge subject to the Democratic primary. He recalls a prior defeat by Judge Jones and cites a 30 plus year legal career promising fair impartial service. Ronerry Momilan of Clarkesville Ga also seeks Solicitor General in September primary with appreciation for support.
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Jones
Ronerry Momiluan
Clarkesville
Sheriff Sales in Lumpkin County Georgia 1922
Public sales announced for June first 1922 at Lumpkin County courthouse. Levy lists real estate portion of Lot 98 in district one plus several personal property items tied to Allen Stringer Charles Sumner Paul Mineey Dock Crane and others with executions from Lumpkin County Superior Court and Justices Court.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Court House
Said
Habersham
Allen Stringer
Bank of
J. H. Morris
Superior Court of
Lan
Ingersoll
Charles Sumner
Solon Jacobs
Superior Court
Findley Ridge
Paul Mineey
Lumpkinenunty
L. W. Calhoun
W. BR. Mineey
A T.crane
Dock Crane
Sarisafi
Luuipki County
Rachael Crane
Justices Court
G. M
J. M. Waves
For Sale Odd Sprasenger Pood Car Bargain
For sale a Sprasenger Pood Car in good showing condition with nearly new casings. Seller accepts part cash and balance in good notes. Contact McDoxann at Sargent Building. Agencies Wanted seeks men and women to handle trade and retail of the original Watkins products and related items.
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Iine
Convine Watkins
Prodveta Rundi
Hoisehott Syouniniee
Vcopeeiries
Elf
Notice to Debtors and Creditors for Lucy M. Perry
All creditors of Mrs Lucy M Perry late of Lumpkin county deceased are notified to render their demands to the undersigned and all persons indebted to said deceased are required to make immediate payment Wi H Perry Gainesville Ga
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Lucy M. Perry
Lumpkin County
Wi. H. Perry
Gainesville
Rider and Son Open New Shop at Hunter Old Stand
W.P. Rider and Son announce a new shop at the Hunter Old Stand offering all kinds of blarksmlthing and wood work. Prices said to be back to prewar levels with sho hbing at $1.50. Work guaranteed and six days a week.
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Hunter Old
W.P. Rider & Son
Porto Rico Potato Plants Offered by Major Crow
Pure true to name Porto Rico Potato Plants state inspection and delivery prompt shipping from plant farm. Prices: 500 for 1.00, 1,000 for 1.50 by Parcel Post. 1,000 by express 1.25 per 1,000 post paid. cabbage plants also offered 500 for .75. 1,000 for 1.25 post paid by express. 85 cents per 1,000. Satisfactory plants and prompt service is our aim. Remittances payable to Major Crow Flowery Branch Georgia.
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Porto Rico
Express
Crow
Flowery Branch
Newtonian theory a blight on intellect says Grover
An editorial letter argues against Newton's gravity and planetary motion claiming the sun does not pull the earth as described. It cites public opinion from the New York Sun and calls the idea an ignorant concept hindering science while praising a deeper fundamental cause for motion and weather.
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Isaac Newton
Hooke
Newton
D. A. N. Grover
The
New York Sun
Would Call God Mother Osborn Views Deity Nomenclature
Ex Governor Chase S. Osborn writes in the Forum arguing for calling God "mother" instead of "father." He notes denominations vary and that using God clarifies meaning, though tradition favored masculine terms. He asserts masculine supremacy historically hid feminine value.
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God
Chase S. Osborn
Michigan
Osborn
Great
Cosmos
Father
Nature
The Camera Turns Fish Stories Into Whoppers
A writer argues that modern photography magnifies catches, making anglers appear as heroic as the tales they tell. The camera’s perspective distorts size, warning that a big fish can be faked by posing with the pole toward the lens.
End of Sligo: Tinpot town to become desert village
The town of Sligo in Motsi, once fed by the Sligo Furnace, faces exodus as oak timber and coal supplies run out. After forty years of dependence the furnace closes. 400 inhabitants may leave as the company offers rent free homes only until new locations are found.
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Sligo
Motsi
Kansas City Times
Mayor's Lucky Seven Prepares Wedding Date
Ret mite mayor Herbert Crosfield proclaims seven as his lucky number. He noted the seven minute past seven on the seventh day of the seventh month for his proposal to Miss Emmutt and the seventh date of the seventh month for marriage if not wed on the seventh day of September.
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Herbert Crosfield
Retmite
Emmutt
London Daily Mail
Name Origin Quip From Hymn Cited At Oak Cliff Exchange
A Dallas colored woman explains her daughter's name chosen from the hymn Hello, Central, Give Me Heaven. The employer, recently from the North, asks where the name came from and the woman replies it is religious in origin. The Transmitter report notes the exchange in Central Dallas.
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Oak Clift Exchange
Dallas
Central
Chilay
North
Wilson
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J. C. Bowanns
Sheriff’s Sales
J.P. Court
McDoxann
Sargent Building
KA Wiley
Ro. Raren
Homer Head
Dakloneva
H. 2. Watson
Nancy Hall
Triumph
Globe, Stone and
Greater
Baltimore
Doris Peaxt Co
Valdosta
Nagle Knitting Mills
Darby
Albert Gregory
R. FP. D. No
Buford, Til
Cardu
Dance Brothers Motor Car
V. Nalley
Gainesville, GA
H. F. Parks
Townsend
POE
Encouras
Cocaa-Colaa Co
Cocau
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