Paint Cost Hit By China's War
Americans face higher costs as civil conflict in China disrupts tung oil supply used in varnish and oilcloth. Tung oil prices surge from 12 to 80 cents per pound, affecting import costs on over 100 million pounds yearly and prompting U.S. manufacturers to seek domestic tung oil growth in Florida and the southern states.
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Washington
United States
Hankow
Yangtze River
China
National Geographic Society
Johnny
Mary
Szechwan
Florida
Horida
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Department of Agriculture
Henan
Tung
Pa Tient
Hand to Fin Battle Ends With Shark Kill at Sea
Charles Ferris of Warinu New Zealand wins a hand to hand fight after four sharks attack bathers. He uses a harpoon with rope, stings pieces of stingaree to attract sharks, and kills Old Kruger a ten foot shark. The group on shore hauls the 400 pound catch ashore.
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Warinu
New Zealand
Charles Ferris
Isruger
Wruger
Ferris
Bin
Tung oil trade linked to river wrecks and large shipments
A fragment describes junk wrecks in Junka where cargoes spill into a muddy river due to rotted rudders and piling. It notes huge tanks built at Hankow amid revolution, with tung oil once shipped in white oak barrels now flowing across the Pacific in tank cars at about 12 million gallons annually.
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Junka
Hankow
Revolution Atorm
United States
Pacific
Ship Lights Draw Birds to Death in Dense Fog
New York report describes a large flock foundering after drifting into fog near the Ambrose lightship off Ambrrose. Captain Roberts recalls thousands of birds, including wrens robins sparrows and starlings, colliding with the ship’s lights and decks, many dying or sinking, likely misled during northward migration.
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New York
Waoer Ebro
South America
Ambrose
Bjs Roberts
Jail Sentences Urged for Misleading Ads
The Retail Dry Goods association calls for jail terms for shopkeepers who use fraudulent or misleading ads to attract trade. Targeted at stores that repeatedly advertise as going out of business or moving to larger quarters or claiming fire damage. The group says federal false advertising laws have been unused and urges newspapers to refuse ads from unreliable shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Retail Dry Goods Association
Sues Cousin for Twenty-Thousand Dollar Wedding Gift
Mia Adela-La Condeau of Micey France sues Leon Schinasi, a New York cigarette magnate, claiming a promised twenty thousand dollar wedding gift. Condeau, formerly Adele Schratter, says she advanced the wedding date and married Rene Condeau in New York on October 2, 1926. Schinasi replies the money was not due within a year after the marriage.
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New York
Salt
Mia Adela
Rene Condeau
Nive
Schinasi
I Ls
Museum Curator Traces Daddies of Wild Horses
Washington report notes wild horses are hunted toward extinction as scientists describe them as domesticated ancestors rather than truly wild. Dr. James W. Gidley cites fossil records showing earlier horses were more diverse and links today’s ponies to European imports with colonial roots.
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Washington
Bridie
Huck Jung
James W. Gidley
United States Nation Museum
Florida
Europe
Doctor Gidley
After Columbus Arrival and Asiatic Stock Curiosities
Fragmentary note references Columbus era events and Kurt penn horses of an Asiatic stock, mentioning cidue from a species of geelogle wild horse.
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Columbus
Kurt Penn
Russia Has Lottery Im Which No One Is Loser
Moscow reports over 810 million rubles subscribed as a state lottery opens. The prize pool includes a grand payout and many smaller rewards, with each ticket holder eventually recovering money through the tollery rites as the shares form a state loan. Tickets sold on installment over six months, with strong support in Leblograd and other areas but less frenzy than Moscow.
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Russia
Moscow
Vloni
Proaud
Leblograd
Hints of Sport Fashion in Canvas Hats Belts and Bags
A feature on canvas processed millinery for sportswear shows hats with sectional crowns, belts, and lightweight handbags. Readers are invited to mix yardage, lattice straw patterns, and crepe twist yarns to craft coordinated athletic accessories for tennis golf football hockey and more, with ready-to-work stamped designs.
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Natery
Dila
Ncc
Oklahoma farmer woman finds relief with Lydia Pinkham’s Compound
A Oklahoma dairy worker, Mrs. Cora Short, tired of toil and low health, shares how Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her vitality. She weighed 136 pounds after using seven bottles and reports better sleep, energy, and mood, urging other hard working women to try it.
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Oklahoma
Lydia B. Pinkham
Cora Short
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mra
Short
Lydia
Pinkham
Geologist's Idea Made Fortunes for Others
The article recounts Dr Abraham Gesner's discovery of kerosene, originally termed coal oil, as a distillate from crude oil. His invention, developed in Canada, led to a major shift in fuel use and eventually created substantial fortunes for others involved in the oil industry after 1850 in North America.
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United
Baites
Canada
Abraham Gesner
Lwoctar
Gesner
Pennsylvania
North America
Doctor Gesner
Hilg
Fashioning two children alike tops in vogue in homes
Virginia Dibble, expert on children's fashions in the Women’s Home Companion, notes that matching outfits remain a hallmark of well dressed households. A commentator counters that the best dressed families often favor single electric items, implying practicality over uniform style.
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Virginia Dibble
Womn
Home Companion
Misa Dibie
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Easton
Society of Friends
Lord and Lady Baltimore
Tella
Steeda
Glover
Walwern
SiTh
Lydia E. Pinkham
Green
G. G. Green, Inc
Woodbury, N. J
Dodd
Yella Olson
New London
Berea Aes Tomdargm
Ars
Winslow
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