A E Berry Builds Maryland Repute With Plain Dealing
A E Berry began on a dredging boat in the Potomac and rose to president of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company near age forty. He tells reporters he wants no hidden business and invites Maryland to question the telephone firm. His blunt approach with the Public Utilities Commission of DC led to the fastest rate case hearing and a favorable rise in rates to match Baltimore’s request.
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Potomac River
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
A. E Berry
Maryland
Mr. Berry
Public Utilities Commission of the
District of Columbia
Baltimore
Varnish Trap Aims to Wipe Out London Rats
A new varnish coated cardboard trap is proposed to curb the 1,000,000 rats in London docks. Heat softened varnish is spread on boards to lure rats, with bundles of 60 traps claimed ready. Health officials note rats die from fright after stepping onto the varnish and even kill each other when two gather on the surface.
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London Docks
London
Port of London
Fit
Noon Delays In Mexican Village Belfry Ritual
A northern Mexican village without a town clock relied on a parish priest to have his servant strike the bell at noon. A neighbor with a watch notes repeated delays, learning the cook’s request for tortillas interrupts the servant as he climbs the ladder, pushing twelve oclock later each day.
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Mexico
Luin
Foch Saved the Day at Verdun Reminder
M Poincare as president of the French academy recalled Field Marshal Foch as a member and recounted a moment when Poincare warned against weakness and scribbled a four line order. The field marshal read it, acted, and avoided disaster by holding the First corps. French troops were moved to counterattack.
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M. Poincare
French Academy
Marshal Foch
Academy
French
Virmertinghe
Seu
High Speed Steel Without Tungsten Reported
A British origin high speed steel without tungsten combines practical and economical advantages. It replaces molybdenum tungsten steels with 48 cobalt molybdenum alloying, reportedly offering high efficiency, low hardening temperature around 200 degrees Fahrenheit, easy machining, and similar density to carbon steel, yielding roughly double tool output per weight compared to standard B high speed steel.
Officers Copy d Annunzio Look Fashion Transforms Flume Army
Gabriele d Annunzio’s bald head inspires officers in his small Flume army to shave their heads and grow tiny Van Dyke beards. The Plume aviators adopt the craze as Iron Heads. Youthful officers, often in teens or early twenties, shave heads wear pointed beards to resemble the poet. Uniforms mix French hertzen blue with Italian gray green.
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Gabriele Annunzio
Flume
Luive
Prench Hertzen
d’Annunzio
Increase in Japan Coal Output in 1819 Nine Months
Shippine and Engineering notes that Japan produced 25,825,000 tons of coal in the first 11 months of 1819, up 2,740,000 tons or about 10 percent from the previous year. Despite pessimistic reports of mine exhaustion, the gain is tied to revival of old mines and more new mines driven by profitable prices, though Kyushu, accounting for 60 percent of output, showed little change.
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Japan
Shippine and Engineering
Kyushu
Thwarted Theater Date Leaves Fo's Friend Upset
A correspondent recalls an evening with Fo and a young woman friend. They attend a theater where Fo hopes for a big hit. At the box office no money is found, the narrator admits forgetfulness, and the usher leads his companion to an exit door.
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Bay Office
Pye
When Hubby Cleans Up A Holiday Rest Day Ironies
A Lawrence Telegram item recalls a wife describing a husband on his day of rest who plans to clean after breakfast. He smokes, reads, then begins chores in the cellar or closet, soon tiring and leaving items in disorder. She often rescues items from ash and clutter.
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Hiasgard
Alwass
Lawrence
Cape Ann history and schoolroom humor mixed in prose
Cape Ann, settled three years after the Mayflower voyage, is described as a bleak harbor explored by Captain Smith and linked to early English fishing. The piece notes settlers' subsistence through agriculture until about 1700. It then shifts to light humor from a classroom, with a student joke about character and a teacher in a bathrobe remark.
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Cape Ann
Greenland
Plymouth
Thorwald
Greenhind
John Simith
Tragablezanda
Captain Sith
Captain Smith
Isle
Massachusetts
Startling News Clip From Town Police Roundup
A fragment reports police rounding up kidnappers and mentions a Nes bargin sale in eradies at headquarters, with unclear local context and garbled quotes. The readable pieces suggest a crime roundup and a sale notice event referenced by the police.
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Nes Bargin Sale
Eradies
Sinking of Record Shaft in South Africa Sparks World Note
A monumental shaft 265 feet in diameter was sunk in South Africa in SP days, a feat described as a world record for such work. The operation moved 8,160 tons of earth and rock in 30 days, with three blasts per day and minimal explosive use per foot sunk, highlighting the project’s extraordinary scale and magnitude.
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South Africa
Identifying the Nickel in a Curious Central Exchange
James hid a buffalo nickel of the first vintage and faced a joking exchange about using the nickel as evidence. The central Ino questioned the coin, and James described a small bull on the piece, indicating uncertainty about its fit.
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James
Central
Rafferty and Dolan Debate Fashionable Oversure
Viro Dolan warns against oversure becoming fashionable, saying it will make Cem look narrow at the waist with belts in the back and ruin their appearance. The exchange centers on how fashion trends affect clothing fit and style.
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Rafferty
Viro Dolan
Atomic alchemy claims by Prof Soddy as science
A fragmented quotation from Professor Frederick Soddy of Oxford describes a purported method to turn mercury into gold by removing a beta particle to form thilliumy, then an alpha particle to yield gold. A second, garbled passage mentions turning lead into mercury and cold, with unclear steps.
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Frederick Soddy
Oxford
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Maxwell
America
Eheise Calla Atta
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Denton Auto CO
Preston Motor Company
Preston, Maryland
John Noble
Startling News
N. Katz Ewders
S. & N. Katz Jewelers
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Waltham Watchs
Nobbs
Paluwa
Seth Thomas
Mahesany
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Jewelers & Silversmiths
N. Charles Street
Baltimore, Md
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Wesley Collegiate Institute
Henry G. Budd, D. D
Dover, Delaware
Indiana
New York
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Chicago
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Rewnam
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Orphans’ Court
Joshua F. Covey
Walter T. Covey
Jacob L. Covey
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Denton
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