Riveting Labor Scale in Shipyards Revealed
In 1918 steel ship production requires about 650000 rivets per week for a 10000 ton ship. San Francisco yards can reach 411000 rivets weekly, others in Fore River Newport News Camden and Philadelphia each 200000 to 275000. A riveting team of four produces 800 to 875 rivets daily, while four men can drive roughly 350 rivets in a day.
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San Francisco
America
Fore Rivier
Mass
Newport News
Camden
Philadelphia
Speinware
Aller Steel
Edward Hungerford
Harper’s
Abont
Making Life Worth While
A fragmented excerpt extolls boosting earning capacity through energy and systematic effort. It promotes becoming a vigorous, skilled professional and applying intelligent direction to work. Mentions boxwood and Turkish specimens as costly items, with garbled references to dates, places, and comparisons.
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Lesson Ends With Schoolroom Laughs And Lessons
An amusing classroom scene features Los Angeles Superintendent Shiels guiding boys in sentence structure. He corrects answers about what is in hand and on feet and dismisses a student’s erroneous wartime style reply with a sharp rebuke.
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Lark
Carol
Mr. Duke
Connie
Mr. Doke
Mr. Dake
Noway
Agarn
Shiels
Los Angeles
Quote Exchange Highlights Caution Over Identification
A courtroom scene features a bank teller insisting on identification before cashing a check. A woman replies she has the baby in a go cart nearby and will bring him in. The exchange includes a Franklin quip and a remark on cash perishing.
Imperious Guest Clashes With Waitress Over Ketchup Incident
A Kansas City tavern landlord recalls a guest erupting after ketchup drenched his face as he accused a hefty waitress Sylphie of a mistake. The exchange ends with the guest billed for the trouble while the waitress remains unpunished amid wartime service anecdotes.
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Petunia
Sylphie
Union Depot
Bulldog's Grim Endurance Defines a Famous Canine
A witty remark links a bulldog's fame to its stubborn grip on life. The dialogue notes how proving a man’s loose habits is possible by observing how he gets tight, using the bulldog’s tenacious hold to illustrate persistence.
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Jones
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