FED FIGHTERS FOR LIBERTY
The Lea Milling company of Wilmington Delaware, possibly the oldest continuously run firm, has ceased operations. The mill aided colonial forces by hiding upper stones from the British and transporting them away. one stone remains buried. Brandywine flour prices peaked at 24 dollars per bushel in 1780, with 800 to 400 barrels yielding about 21000 dollars.
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Game
Lea Milling Company
Wilmington
Del
Washington
Brandywine Mills
United States
Lea
Bose finds plants respond like humans to cold and drugs
Professor Bose reports plants show mood changes and sleep patterns, reacting to cold, chloroform and alcohol. He records life movement in plants, noting varying responses over 24 hours to electric current, with diminished activity from 6 pm to 9 pm.
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Bose
Professor Bose
Weighting Farm Tractors With Ballast Wheels
Popular Mechanics describes a ballast wheel tractor design that stores sand or water in hollow wheels for extra weight. The two drive wheels and large idlers carry hundreds of pounds, with idlers sprung in iron cylinders. Steering uses planetary gearing and no differential, diverting power to one tread.
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Popular Mechanics
Compulsory Arbitration in Australia Noted by French Mission
A French mission praised compulsory arbitration for delivering a decent minimum wage to workers yet found no truly universal wages. It acknowledged social equality exists but warned wages have not kept pace with living costs.
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Australia
Commonwealth
Comprehensive Government Exhibit With War and Navy Features
A government exhibit outlines wartime coordination between the War and Navy departments. It details procurement, logistics, shipbuilding, and strategic planning measures aimed at supporting military operations. The display highlights interdepartmental collaboration and technological advancements for national defense.
Extreme jewel greed cited in Asia Magazine report
Eleanor Maddock cites a Asia Magazine piece describing brutal methods used to smuggle and ingest jewels. The text details gashes, sores, swallowing diamonds, and perilous consequences for slaves and animals in gem raiding practices.
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Truman
Tndia
Eleanor Maddock
Asia Magazine
Ceylon
Take Birds on Fish Lines
An angler found a water bird on his overnight line, a curiosity in some countries. Cyprus and Canada reportedly fish for the bee eater using a silk line and a bee as bait. Sussex shepherds also use horsehair nooses in turf holes to trap wheatears, catching them as they drop to ground.
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Cyprus
Canada
Sussex Downs
Mangroves as Natural Sea Walls and Root Growth
Mangroves form dense coastal thickets with prop roots that trap mud and shield shores from seas. The roots branch repeatedly, with a beetle causing new roots to sprout near tips, while the old tips continue growing.
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Tropics
Old World
van Leeuwen
Samarang
Java
Minting Foreign Coins in 1919 Highlights U S Production
The Philadelphia mint produced for Peru 7,000,000 bronze coins 13 750 000 nickel coins and 29195 gold one pound blanks. It also supplied Argentina with bronze and 47 595 000 nickel pieces and Siar with 18 175 000 nickel pieces. The San Francisco mint made for the Philippines 2 000 000 nickel pieces and 11 115 000 silver pieces.
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Philadelphia
Peru
Argentina
Siar
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Unusual Scotland Experiments Turn Sawdust into Paper
In Scotland unusual experiments have been made to manufacture paper from sawdust. The report notes a novel approach using local materials to create pulp and test its viability for paper production.
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Scotland
Judge Man by His Desk
A New York Post remark ponders desk style as a window into character. It questions why leaders choose glass tops or sliding surfaces and why some fill desks with baskets and keyboards, suggesting future insight into human traits.
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Sharps
New York Post
Friendship Joke Sparks Lasting Bond of Twain and Reed
In a tale from A Golden Age of Authors W W Ellsworth recounts Mark Twain playing a practical joke that leads Thomas B Reed to a quiet hotel run by Richard Watson Gilder. The ruse sparks a lifelong friendship between the statesman Reed and editor Twain on a New York train journey.
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Richard Watson Gilder
Thomas B. Reed
Mark Twain
W. W. Ellsworth
New York
Reed
Gilder
Hotel
Breevort House
Clinton Place
Fifth Avenue
Statesman
Prize Revealed In Quirky Domestic Exchange
Short dialogue snippet shows a wife and husband in a tense exchange over money and perception. The line You got a prize hints at an unexpected reward or discovery within the domestic moment.
Instructive Quip From Texas Student Draws Fire
A Texas reader claims one can identify a painted peach by comparing complexion to ears, prompting a joke from the Pennsylvania Grit about how to locate the ears. The exchange showcases light pretension about beauty and deception in a rural-urban dialogue.
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Down
Texas
Pennsylvania
Exclusive American maple sugar and shrup industry claim
The article asserts maple sugar and shrup are exclusively American products with Canada as the sole other country producing them. It presents a nationalistic claim about domestic industry and cross-border production.
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Canada
United States
Golden Treasure: Family Honors Servant After 50 Years
A New York family marked a longtime servant’s 50 years of service with a celebration. The event honored the woman’s decades of work and loyalty to the household.
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New York
Masterful Old Family Expert Touted in Royal Race Tales
A British published tale praises a capable family figure in rule and combat. It mentions General Obregon as a bright Mexican leader who shares a name with the O’Briens. An editor notes the last Spanish viceroy of Mexico was Don Juan O Donohu.
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England
General Obregon
O’briens
Mexico
John O’donohue
Don Juan O’donoju
O’donohues
Munster
Film Fun Debacle Cuts and New Scenes Planned
In a tense exchange the Director tells Scribbler that only the title can be used from the play. The team plans to cut substantial portions and draft new scenes before production.
Humorous Exchange on Home Renovation Strains
A brief Life magazine style quip notes a husband coping with his wife renovating the house. The joke centers on the emotional toll of the project with a sardonic remark about the alternative of her being away. The line captures domestic humor typical of mid-century columns.
Money destroying machine installed in Memphis Federal Reserve
A basement machine at the Memphis branch of the Federal Reserve destroys currency from daily deposits in ten thousand dollar packs. The device halves each package and ships half to Washington while the other half is telegraphed as received. Similar machines are planned for other Fed banks to deter train robbers and thieves in transit.
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Memphis
Federal Reserve Bank
Washington
Federal Reserve
United States Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Banking
Prohibition Chief Wears Fez With Grotto Insignia
Indiana federal prohibition director Charles J. Orbison attends the Sahara Grotto of the Mystic Order of the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm in Indianapolis. A passerby recognizes the fez and jokes that the officer wears his badge with pride.
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Charles J. Orbison
Indiana
Indianapolis
Fez
Orbison
Sahara
Tle
Indianapolis News
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International Club
Atlanta
South
America
R. M. Striplin
H. G. Hastings
H. E. Watson
Prohibition
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