Making One Free Do the Work of Two
Garlile P Winslow discusses the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison Wisconsin and the 1910 founding of the institution. He describes its purpose to study forest materials, coordinate experts, and apply findings to increase efficiency and savings across wood using industries.
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Garlile P. Winslow
Forest Products Laboratory
Crest Products Laboratory
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Madison
Wis
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
United States
Daily News
University of Wisconsin
University
Courting In Dead Earnest Recalled By Uncle Joe Cannon
A Washington Star piece by Uncle Joe Cannon extols old fashioned courting. It recalls men walking miles in storms to visit sweethearts, the long courtship before marriage, and vows to stay together through thick and thin, praising traditional devotion over modern quick marriages.
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Knights of Old
Bis
Jacob
Uncle Joe” Cannon
The
Washington Star
Trapping in Tasmania Proves Highly Profitable Venture
A London Daily Mail correspondent notes Tasmanian trappers earn from 125 to 300 dollars weekly. Hobart fur exporters confirm high returns as two brothers trap three months worth skins, with Cara vans buying up pelts. Crown lands are now leased long term, with two season options for trapping rights.
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Uttle Island
Tasmania
London Daily Mail
America
Siberia
Hobart
Speeding Sailing Vessels Through Sail Shape Change
Sailors speed up vessels by elongating the sail leading edge and narrowing width. Observations from airplane aerofoils show the front wing section does the most work when moving into undisturbed air. The longer leading edge increases efficiency with the same material.
Minister's charity sale leads to theft suspicion
A minister aiding the Ladies Aid held a rum mage sale in a poor city district. After unsold coats were moved to a second-hand shop, the dealer refused to buy them and questioned their source, suggesting possible theft.
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Chicago Tribune
Standard Gauge Railroads to Span Australian Provinces
The Australian commonwealth ministry will investigate and establish a standard gauge railroad system across provinces. The Commerce Department in Washington is informed. Experts from the United States and Great Britain will assist Australian railway men to implement the standard system, ending the need to change trains at state borders.
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Australian Commonwealth Ministry
Commerce Department
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Wyoming News Notes From All Areas
Wyoming briefs report a Buffalo judge fining R Green 1000 dollars or 1000 days in jail for bootlegging after pleading guilty. A Coal Creek Basin ranch incident left M R Gilbert dead by horse attack. A Riverton store window shooting killed Lee Walters, ruled justifiable homicide. Mondell convalesces at home with crutches. Homer Soule named second lieutenant sent to Fort McKinley near Manila. Car crash on Cody Meeteetse road injures four. Stock growers urge embargo on foreign rags wool and frozen meats. Meade settles with railroad for 25000 in a 100000 personal injury suit. Mrs. Robert Houston to receive 1500 plus monthly 57.50 from War Risk Insurance after congressional relief. O'Neil dies from accidental gunshot fired by Cohen during elk hunt. Daly survives shotgun accident at Sheridan hospital. Andeas Soto wounded in Lovell from unknown shooter. First serial convention of National Park-to-Park Highway Association opens in Denver led by Gus Helms of Cody.
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Wyoming
W. H. Burgess
Buffalo
R. Green
Green
Coal Creek Basin
Gillette
M. R. Gilbert
Riverton
R. D. Richards
Lee Walters
Frank W. Mondell
Newcastle
Washington
Homer Soule
Dean J. F. Soule
University of Wyoming
Europe
Siberia
Philippine Islands
Fort McKinley
Manila
Ray Prante
Cody-Meeteetse
United States
Casper
Natrona County Stockgrowers’ Association
John Meade
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Meade
Robert Houston
Thermopolis
Justice of the Peace
Bowey
Sam KR
O'Neil
Cohen
Dubois
O'Neill
Joseph Daly
Sheridan
Daly
Andeas Soto
Lovell
Manu
Denver
Gus Helms
Cody
Wyo
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American Woods
Cleveland
National Association of Box Manufacturers
War Department
Cowes
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
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