Making One Free Do the Work of Two
GARLILE P WINSLOW director of the Forest Products Laboratory argues that organized industrial research in forest products boosts national wealth. He outlines the lab's history since 1917, emphasizes cross discipline work from foresters to chemists, and cites potential savings and future applications in plywood glues, pulp, shipping, and lumber processes.
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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
American Woods
Cleveland
National Association of Box Manufacturers
War Department
Courting in Dead Earnest Remembered by Uncle Joe Cannon
Quote from Uncle Joe Cannon in the Washington Star extols old fashioned courting. He recalls men walking miles through bad weather to visit sweethearts, courting as a lasting devotion, and contrasts it with modern attitudes and marriages of convenience. The piece praises steadfast love and traditional courtship.
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Knights of Old
Bis
Jacob
Uncle Joe” Cannon
The
Washington Star
Trapping in Tasmania Proves Highly Profitable
A London Daily Mail correspondent reports Tasmanian trapping is booming with rabbits wallabies kangaroos and opossums in demand. Newcomers earn about 125 dollars weekly while veterans reach 300 dollars. One Hobart fur exporter notes such pay is typical and two brothers trapped skins worth 1200 pounds in three months. Trapping rights fetch high rents as landowners and the government extend options two seasons ahead on prime areas.
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Uttle Island
Tasmania
London Daily Mail
America
Siberia
Hobart
Speeding Sailing Vessels By Altering Sail Shape
The article notes sailors speed up vessels by lengthening the sail and narrowing width to create a longer leading edge. It draws on airplane wing observations showing the front portion works best when cutting into undisturbed air, allowing more effective propulsion with the same sail material.
Rum mage sale tale ends with suspect coat haul
A minister aiding a church Ladies Aid holds a rummage sale in a poor city district. With unsold coats in hand, he takes the lot to a second-hand shop, where the dealer refuses to buy and questions the source, suspecting theft.
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Chicago Tribune
Standardize Railroads Move Toward Common Gauge
The Australian commonwealth ministry will investigate and establish a standard gauge system across provinces. The Commerce Department in Washington is informed. Experts from the United States and Great Britain will assist Australian railway men in creating a uniform system. Currently passengers must change trains at state lines.
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Australian Commonwealth Ministry
Commerce Department
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Wyoming News Notes Amid Prohibition and Tragedy
Brief items from across Wyoming report a $1000 fine or 1000 days in jail for bootlegging. a ranch horse killed a man after an attempted bridling in Coal Creek Basin. a Riverton store shooting ends in justifiable homicide. Congressman Mondell convalesces at home. a Wyoming soldier is posted to Fort Manila. a Cody-Meeteetse road crash injures four. stockmen urge embargo on foreign goods. Meade settles with railroad for 25000 after a train collision injury. War Risk payments go to Thermopolis foster mother. a Riverton case declares death by own action in elk hunting. a home stabilizer injures a man. a Mexican worker is wounded in Lovell. first National Park-to-Park Highway convention opens in Denver.
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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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