Heating Institute Claims 85 Percent Coal Saving
Holland Michigan based Hollanstitute of ermology experts announce that re-circulating warm air within homes can cut coal bills by at least 85 percent compared with drawing in cold outside air. They cite University of Wisconsin tests showing significant outside air infiltration and argue that modern warm air central heating with a motor-fan super-circulator improves efficiency and humidity in all rooms.
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Hollanstitute of Ermology
Holland Mich
Institute
Insatitute
University of Wisconsin
Peculiar Buckwheat Notes Used in Early Singing Schools
Buckwheat notes a Midwestern pre Civil War notation system used in singing schools. Notes varied in shape and color by scale position, with shapes indicating scale location. Associated with Dr Samuel Wakefield circa 1825 and linked as great grandfather to Charles Wakefield Cadman.
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Samuel Wakefield
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Who Is on Trial In Continental Gallery Incident
A visitor dismisses a master painting as unimpressive while a custodian notes the viewers are the ones on trial. The anecdote suggests taste reveals the observer, not the artwork, and frames judgment by what one notices or ignores.
Mystery in Diamonds Origin of Blue Ground Gems
The article explains most diamonds come from a hard bluish green rock called blue ground found deep in earth. The stone’s exact origin remains mysterious though chemically like charcoal. its physical properties differ. Volcanic processes are thought linked to formation.
Bread From Peanuts Promises Nutritious Public Food
An Agriculture Department expert asserts that educating the public to peanuts as a food could boost Southern farming profits. He notes a bread made from 25 parts peanut flour and 75 parts wheat flour is nutritious, palatable, and supports faster rat growth than whole wheat bread in experiments.
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South
Department of Agriculture
Neighbor’s wreck sparks home table debate
At supper a discussion centers on a neighbor in a car wreck not his fault. The elder son bets Mrs. G- is up in the air, while five year old Charlotte corrects with she’s at home.
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Charlotte
President Coolidge outlines 1929 budget and policy
President Coolidge presents a valedictory style review of national progress and warns against selfish excess while calling for farm relief via a federal board and stabilization corps. He urges budget restraint, notes a 3.78 billion dollar 1930 outlay with a small surplus, and touches on tax prospects, war debt, and rail consolidation.
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Edward W. Pickard
Coolidge
Congress
Federal Farm Board
Treasury
United States
Lawmakers push pet schemes as Boulder Dam bill advances
Congress tackles mostly routine supply bills with limited major action. In the Senate, Johnson of California advances the Boulder Dam measure into a favorable position, replacing the House version from last session with a new form.
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Congress
Senate
Boulder Dam
Johnson
California
House
Royal Commission Named During King George V Illness
King George V faced fatal illness from lung inflammation but showed brave spirit and a strong heart. On Tuesday he signed a royal commission to perform duties, naming Queen Mary as head with the prince of Wales the duke of York the archbishop of Canterbury Lord Hailsham and Prime Minister Baldwin as members. The body is a limited council of state, not a regency, with restricted royal powers.
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England
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Ack big bank merger in Chicago arranged
The First National and its subsidiary First Trust and Savings will merge with Union Trust Company. The consolidation creates one of the nation’s largest banks in Chicago with assets near 600 million dollars and deposits around 500 million. Capitalization runs about 70 million, ranking second to Continental Illinois Merchants merger.
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Ack Big Bank
Chicago
First National
First Trust and Savings
Union Trust Company
United States
First National- Union Trust
Continental Illinois
Ruhr metal workers and employers agree to arbitration decision
In Germany the Ruhr district metal workers and their employers agreed under government pressure to accept arbitration by Minister of the Interior Severing. Plants have reopened on the previous wage scale pending his decision.
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Triking Metal
Ruhr
Germany
Ira Meeker Dies at 97 Last Oregon Trail Survivor in Seattle
IRA MEEKER, world traveler and last survivor of the Oregon Trail pioneers, died last week in Seattle at age ninety seven. He crossed the plains with his wife and infant child in 1852, a journey that shaped his remarkable life.
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Ira Meeker
Seattle
Trail
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