Tenderfoot Perils In The West Roperite And Tripodero
The piece describes two hostile creatures roperite and tripodero stalking tenderfeet in the West. The tripodero uses telescopic legs and a gunlike head to spray clay pellets that rob taste, causing starvation after a fatal delay. The roperite uses a rope beak to snare and strangle travelers with a living song causing death. Since spring 1887, 4163 tenderfeet have fallen to these threats across the West.
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Tenderfoot
Western Newspaper Union
New Telephone Cable Demonstrates Vast Voice Capacity
A 94.5 mile coaxial cable from New York City to Philadelphia carried a voice 3 800 miles in distance test. Two tiny copper tubes housed a central wire, enabling up to 240 two way talking circuits and promising many more as systems are refined.
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New York City
Philadelphia
Jack Robinson
Controversy Over Comin Through the Rye Reference
A Cleveland Plain Dealer essay links the song Comin Through the Rye to a past custom tolling kisses from maidens crossing the River Rye at stepping stores. The topic sparked debate as rye imagery and the whiskey brand’s advertisement stirred public discussion and interpretation.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Curious Grave Tale of Glass Coffin and Dead Man
A Vermont cemetery tale recounts Francis Isen Spies of Mt. Vernon discovering a resurrected face through a plate glass skylight set in a sealed coffin. The buried man had funded two daily grave visits for life to ensure he stayed dead, a fund later redirected by the town after legislative action to fund public improvements.
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Isen
Francis Spies
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
New Ilhaven
New Haven
Lfe
Western Newspaper Union
Number of Telephones Shows Gain in 1936
The 1936 Bell System annual report shows a broad recovery with 14,453,000 telephones in service, up 1,725,000 from the low August 1933 figure and about 18,433,000 nationwide. Local and long distance conversations rose 7.6 and 12 percent, while operating costs reached 659 million dollars and taxes 116.3 million. The company employed 294,000 at year end, with payroll 175 million and life insurance valued at 189.9 million via payroll deductions.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States
Bell
Bell System
Ancient canals shape human history through ages
From antiquity to Renaissance, canals linked civilizations. Assyrians and Egyptians built early channels, the Chinese connected seas over two millennia, the Grand Canal in the 13th century stretched about 1000 miles, and Leonardo da Vinci's canal rock influenced Milan’s waterways.
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Nile
Red Sea
Leonardo da Vinci
Milan
Timbales Add Life to Any Meal
A vintage recipe note describes timbale cases and a creamed shrimp and pea filling. It covers making 20 to 30 cases with batter, frying until golden, and a rich cream sauce with shrimp and peas, then filling and garnishing for serving six.
Cottage Cheese Loaf Main Luncheon Dish
A simple economical recipe to transform a loaf of bread into a cottage cheese loaf main dish. Hollow out the loaf, mix bread crumbs salt tomato soup melted butter cottage cheese olives and eggs, fill, cover with the top, spread butter, and bake at 400 F for about 30 minutes. Serves six to eight.
Red Coral Prized For Safety Health and Secrets
The article notes red coral's enduring value beyond jewelry and buttons. Ancient Gauls used coral embedded in shields for protection. Italians and Indians view coral as protection against the evil eye. most coral comes from Mediterranean African reefs and is chiefly obtained by Italians.
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Mediterranean
Africa
Washington Post
First Scottish Glass Maker H Tay? George Hay 1566 1625
The earliest Scottish glass maker was George Hay born 1566 who exploited a peculiarly formed cave at Wemyss on the Fife coast to establish his furnace there.
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Scotland
George Hay
Wemyss
Fiferia
First Plows of Tree Branches
A historical note explains the earliest farming plows were crafted from crooked tree branches and operated by human effort.
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Frank E. Hagan
Elmo and
Scott Watson
Beulah V. Gillaspie
Sealtest Laboratory Kitchen
Caroline-Maid
Caroline
T. R. Benson
General Motors
Peter -Wisor
Denton
M. K. Newnam
Frigidaire
Suzans Rotection
Kegels
Eries
M. E. Newnam Furnisher OF Homes
Legrande Food Stores
Legrande Food
N. B.C
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Hearn
Astor Tea
Aeroxon
Musselman’s
Zic
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Harff’s
Glen Rae
Liberty
Bartlett
Harff
Mokay
del Maiz
Swan
Willard L. Swann
G. CG. Cohee
Denton Harvey
Fleetwood
T. L. Trice, Jr
Preston Arnie’s Cash Grocery
Preston
Milford
Eline
Hillsbors
Harry Stedman
Ridgely
L Calvin Butler
Greensbore
J. W. Sylvester
Goldsboro
J. F. Lane
H. A. Porter
Burrsville
R. H. Gibson
Queen Anne
Crescent
Land O’lakes
Tomes
Zacine Wee
Esskay
U.S. geTah
J. Kurdle CO
Range
D. Ralph Horsey Hardware
Maryland
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