Big Fortune In Refuse From City Waste Study
A Philadelphia Record correspondent cites New York City waste data showing 12,947 loads of separated refuse in a year produced 37 percent marketable materials including 3,058,616 pounds of paper and 576,812 pounds of rags. The city could save over $500,000 and generate power by modernizing disposal rather than burning or dumping.
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New York City
Philadelphia Record
Paris
Manila
Manhattan
Bronx
New York
Broad, Wall and Exchange Street
Custom House
Peril and Courage Under Sudden Danger
Washington Post essay argues that true courage emerges in sudden peril, revealing character beyond mere stoicism. It cites ship disasters and the acts of sailors and soldiers, stressing responsibility, duty, and self sacrifice as decisive under urgent life threatening tests.
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Earth
Sky
Ocean
Washington Post
Curious World Notes From The Sea To Siberian Cold
An owl was shot 400 miles at sea by the captain of the Ethelreda. A cavern across the Juniata from Mapleton, Pa, rivals Mammoth Cave. A Sheffield firm ships 200 employees daily to buy stamps. French court reveals corset trade for Freemen and England. Mrs. Archibald Rankin of Sharon, Pa is called a human magnet after lightning shocks. Siberia’s Werchojansk records January temperatures 64 degrees below zero. Explorers debunk North Pole cold as the world’s coldest locale. No pins were made until 1811-$19 paper.
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Ethelreda
Archibald Rankin
Sharon
Europe
America
Asia
Siberia
Werchojansk
North Pole
J. C. Bernier
Jeanette
Quebec Geographical Society
Franz Josef Land
Pole
Science and Industry Notes From a Distant Plain
A dated collection of science and natural history items covers Caspian Sea salinity, a Parisian chromic acid remedy, Payta Peru rainfall patterns, arctic animals and camouflage, cloud formations by cirrus, Captain Bernier’s polar drift plans, a giant Crawford peach tree in Maryland, advances in pigment photography on silk, with brief humor on Graspit and a millionairess.
Bendigo Jubilee Mining Exhibition Promises Gold History
Bendigo, Australia's famed gold field, prepares a jubilee exhibition to mark its rich history. October 1851 saw the first nuggets found by a quarrelsome shepherd who earned the nickname Bendigo, after the era’s famous English prizefighter. Since then Bendigo contributed 17,169,680 ounces to world gold output.
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Kamau
Bendigo
Golden Square
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Kentucky
Juniata River
Mapleton, Pa
Sheffield
Eng
England
Berlin
Science and Industry
Caspian Sea
Jarre
Acadmie de Medecine
Payta
Peru
Equator
Paytu
Hamburg
Professor Bigelow
National Weather Bureau
Kent Co
Allen A. Harris
Neck Island
Chester River
Chesapeake Bay
United States
Graspit
Ohio State Journal
Dr. Greene
W. 14Th St
Nervara
Lehner
Fulton St
N.Y
Askressaan
Andreas Sax
Brohard
T Brohard Co Department
Philadelphia
I. A
HH. Gaken
Ws. Ma
Lal
Sterling Remedy CO
Chica
Suwanee River
Lion Coffee
Lion Head
All the World
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