Atomic flame will fuse metals in new welding methods
Behenectady New York reports two Gen Electric research lab inventions promise stronger ductile welds by excluding air with hydrogen and related vapors. Langmuir and Thompson lab teams use atomic hydrogen flames and controlled atmospheres to prevent oxidation, enabling faster, purer melting of iron, tungsten, molybdenum, and alloys without fluxes.
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Behenectady
N.Y
Gentrel Electric Company
Irving Langmuir
Schenectady Laboratory
R. W. Wood
Johns Hop University
Orc
Langmuir
Pity the Porter Washington
Representative Celler of New York urged a congressional probe into pullman porters wages. He noted average monthly lips of about 20 dollars and annual salaries near 570 dollars, highlighting income disparity for porters in the industry.
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Washington
Celler
New York
Treasure Seekers Pursue Billsions of Lost River Cargo
Elmore Ellsworth Wenner has spent a quarter century tracing sunken shipwrecks in the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. He believes treasure ships still hold cargoes of pelts, gold, silver, quicksilver and other goods worth about 50000 dollars, with portions already salvaged from a wreck. Steamers operated on the Missouri river a century ago for Yellowstone expedition and fur trade, with vessels like the Thomas Jefferson and George Washington meeting disaster.
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Miles City
Yellowstone
Missouri
Elmore
Ellsworth Wenner
Wenner
Missouri River
Yellowstone River
American Fur Company
George Washington
Council Bluffs
Assiniboine
Bismarck
N. C
Pontlee
Louisville
Sioux City
Courtship of 44 Years Ends With Wedding in Philadelphia
Albert D. Gardner aged 68 married Leona L. Gibbs aged 61 at St Matthew s Episcopal church where Gardner has been organist for over 50 years Rev C Herbert Reese officiated in presence of choir vestry and a few friends Gibbs came from Vincentown New Jersey 44 years ago and their path was blocked by finances and caregiving duties before finally uniting The couple reside at the southeast corner of Twentieth and Brown streets Philadelphia with no salary increase planned for Gardner
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Philadelphia
Albert D. Gardner
Leona L. Gibbs
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
C. Herbert Reese
Miss Gibbs
Women Battle Ends With Officer Bitten in Pittsburgh Home
Patrolman Seybold was called to break a fight between Mary Johnerick and Mary Porsky at Johnerick’s home. He was bitten and kicked as he tried to separate the women. Police say the dispute began over ownership of a few pigeons.
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Pittsburgh
Queensbury
Parker Seybold
Mary Johioerick
Mary Porsky
Johnerick
Seybold
Johnerlek
Eldp
Vevera Pigeovs
Great River Will Attempt Comeback on Mississippi
The Mississippi river freight service aims to revive navigation from St Louis to Minneapolis with a six day weekly schedule, backed by federal support and $600,000 from upper river cities. A three-boat fleet and fifteen barges will operate under the Mississippi Warrior line beginning spring 1927, with channel deepening planned between Moline and St Louis.
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Moline
Tll
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Minneapolis
St. Louie
New Orleans
Father of Waters
St. Psy
Davia
St. Louta
Mississippi Warrior
Molina
Bervite
Natchez
Robert E. Lee
Seton
Cincinnati
T. P. Leathers
New Albany
John W. Cannon
Boata
Cannon
Lee
Les
Telegraph
Vicksburg
Helena
Memphis
Cairo
Captain Cannon
St Louis
Robert EB. Lee
Time Lost by Finest Official U S Clock
America’s standard clock at the Bureau of Standards runs within one hundredth of a second per day. Housed in an airtight chamber it serves as a yardstick for national time intervals. The clock is wound twice a minute and checked daily against the Naval Observatory noon signal that uses solar observations to set the time.
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U. S
Washington
America
Bureau of Standarda
n@val
Wileh
Stage Fright Halts Rumford Wedding at Home Show
In Rumford Maine a timid young swan and a girl vanished causing the city exposition to drop the big feature. Arthur Trenworthy and Alice Russell were to marry at the event and receive many gifts. Police searched the town in vain as the couple failed to appear, said to be due to stage fright.
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Rumford
Maine
Arthur Trenworthy
Alice Russell
U S Gains in World Trade and Foreign Investment
A 1925 trade balance report by the Department of Commerce, foreword by Secretary Hoover, notes U S international transactions near 6.8 billion dollars, up from 1924 and well above prewar levels, with foreign holdings around 10.4 billion and rising returns from abroad. The final balance was estimated at 64 million dollars in favor, with exports and imports variations offset by other credit movements.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Hoover
Back To The Stage For Mrs Whiffen In Revival
Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, famed American actress, returns to Broadway at eighty three to star in a revival of The Two Orphans in New York City after buying a Roanoke farm to retire. Her decision follows the bidding to return to the white lights, a move she could not refuse.
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Thomas Whiffen
New York City
Pole Sought in 1897 by Swedish Airmen
New York reports recounts the 1897 Swedish polar balloon attempt led by Prof Salomon Andree with Nils Steinberg and Knut Fraenkel. The craft reportedly neared the pole after launch from Spitsbergen, carried pigeons and bottles, and inspired storms of search years later.
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Pole
New York
Pela
Salomon August Andree
Nils Steinberg
Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand Fraenkel
Andree
Spitzbergen
North America
Polar Ice Cap
Coin toss decides Burnside township treasurer
In Port Huron Michigan the Burnside township treasurer race ended in a tie after a recount left John Riley and Dolph McNary level on votes. A coin toss awarded Riley the office, giving him the treasurer's seat after two flips.
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Port Huron
Mich
Buroside
Inlay City
John Riley
Dolph McNary
Riley
McNary
Rilley
Wiley
Burnside Township
Powder River Rightly Named by Fitting Name
Powder River in Wyoming earns its name as a fire burning stream in Arvada's north east, where winter gas seepages create ice arches and pillar sprays. The gas does not taint drinking water, and Arvada hosts a drinking fountain where the water can be set on fire.
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Powder River
Arvada
Wyo
Wyoming
Mustard Fondness Sparks Persian Don Vivant Echo
Fragmentary OCR hints at Persian figure linked with mustard and a flamboyant, social persona described as a d’on vivant. No clear names, dates, or places emerge, leaving the core note as a quirky archival aside about tastes and temperament.
Germanium Glass Trial At Cornell Laboratory Claim
Ithaca N Y a Cornell University chemists under Prof L M Dennis report producing germanium oxide from crude zinc oxide and claiming a glass substitute for sand. The element germanium is rare valuable and hard brittle with compounds studied for medicinal potential. A large crystalline piece weighing 104 grams was shown and ingots of the pure metal could be made by fusion under salt.
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Ithaca
Cornell Univerally
L. M. Densnis
Department of Chemistry
Dennia Io
Cornell
Dennis
Silent Actor Keeps Quiet Role in Mission Play
Los Angeles report notes Frank Cuellar of San Gabriel has remained a silent performer for 15 years with the Mission Play company. He has long white hair and never speaks though he is not dumb, content to stay in his single, enduring role beside John Steven Mc Groarty as California’s dramatic history unfolds at the Mission Play theater.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Gabriel
Ita Giory
Frank Cuellar
John Steven McGroarty
California
Chef Draws Notables of France to Lake Geneva
M Briand of France and M Quinones de Leon visit Chalet Russe seven miles outside Geneva on Lake Leman for lunch. Chef Lavanchy, former head at Chalet Hasse and Moscow ties, prepared a coronation dinner for Alexander II in 1882 earning a gold medal from the emperor.
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France
Lake Hotel Geneva
M. Briand
M. Quinones de Leon
Council of
League of Nations
Geneva
Has Conscience New York Father Knickerbocker Riches
A New York father called Knickerbocker grows $2,000 wealth through the conscience of a citizen. Two crisp $1,000 bills reach the treasury via a priest, implying a charitable or pious donation connected to civic virtue.
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New York
Father Knickerbocker
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Lynn
Moss
Peter Alexander
American Philosophical Society
Daniel T. MacDougal
Department of Botanical Research
Carnegie Institute of Washington
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Irene French
The
Broadway Association
Great River
St. Paul
Aclentife
Trondhjem
Norway
North Cape
Dane's Island
Spitebergen
Sweerenburg Sound
Andres
King Charles Aland
Vardee
Sweden
Arctic
Treindeer Lake
Prince Albert
Saskatchewen
Canada
Pascal
White House
Furquatile
Christian Leder
Persia
Elma
Wash
Manchuria
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