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Electric light moth trap and booming farm profits in 1900s
An inventor in Saxony used a powerful city hall searchlight and a suction fan to lure and destroy hundreds of thousands of nun moths. The piece highlights irrigation era profits of apples pears and tomatoes and notes a tiny wasp’s role in saving Kansas wheat. It also mentions a waterless gold mining machine and a new English ice machine for homes.
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Germany
Zittau
Saxony
Great Northwest
A. C. Carter
Spokane
E. V. Martin
Wenatchee
Joseph B. Bowles