Ancient Colors Debunked by Modern Dye Chemists
In New England and Cambridge reports, chemists debunk Tyrian purple and Egyptian blue as lasting dyes. Modern tonnage production yields crimsion dyes and ultramarine-like Egyptians blues, while new uses for whey from dairy by products emerge, including candy fillings and flavor enhancements. The articles note that ancient dyes proved inferior to modern standards, with future tests possibly changing views.
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New York
Tyre
Egypt
Rome
Printing Ink
Cambridge
Mass
B. H. Webb
United States Bureau of Dairy Industry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Mr. Webb
Keystone State Beavers Increase Rapidly
Harrisburg reports beavers reintroduced to Pennsylvania have surged from 96 to over 15 000 since 1917 after importations between 1017 and 1924. Officials say trapping is allowed and the annual harvest tops 6 500 beavers worth more than 20 000 dollars, marking a significant economic asset.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Utah Fossil Tract Yields Last Giant Sauropod Bones
Smithsonian paleontologist Dr. Charles W. Gilmore announced discovery in western Utah of 60 million year old sauropod remains. The find suggests the tract may mark where the last of these giant Cretaceous reptiles faced extinction as mammals began to rise. Fossil beds also yielded a seven foot thigh bone, forty foot tail bones, ribs and pelvis with mammal remains nearby dated at 70 million years.
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Washington
Utah
Smithsonian Institution
Charles W. Gilmore
Institution
Doctor Gilmore
North America
Rocky Mountains
United States Geological Survey
Arizona
Ventilating Experts Weigh Odor Control in Rooms
Harvard researchers Prof. C. P. Yaglou and W. N. Witheridge reported that a distinct human odor lingers after occupants leave a room, fading slowly with ventilation. They advise small smoking rooms with rapid ventilation, while large rooms help dilute odors from crowds and air flow.
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Harvard
The First Rebel Leader of America's Early Uprising
Elmo Scott Watson recounts James Smith and the Black Boys, a frontier band from Pennsylvania's Conococheague valley who halted British traders, seized arms, and fought the Black Watch in 1765. The tale tracks Smith from his frontier raids to leadership in the Pennsylvania assembly, later raids in New Jersey, and his final years in Kentucky.
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Lincoln Highway
Fort Loudon
His Majesty's Army
America
Black Watch
Charles Grant
Sergeant McGlashan
Neil H. Swanson
Farrar and Rinehart, Inc
James South
James Fenimore Cooper
Pennsylvania
James Smith
North America
Pontiac
Col
Henry Bouquet
Bushy Run
Conococheague Valley
Smith
Bouquet
Philadelphia
Robert Callendar
Callendar
Grant
London
Baynton and
Wharton
New York
Thomas Gage
George Croghan
Fort Pitt
Gage
Widow Barr
Conococheague
Penn
Bob Callender
Ticonderoga
Bond
Swarrson
Fort Bedford
Eighteenth Foot
Royal Irish
Royal Regiment of Ireland
Lexington
Carlisle
Bedford
Westmoreland County
Cambridge
George Washington
Tommy Gage
Boston
New Jersey
Washington
Morristown
Detroit
Washington County
Kentucky
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Keepi
England
Elmo Scott Watson
McGlashan
Massachusetts
Widow Barr's Meadow
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