Wild animal hunt on airship voyage to Africa ends in peril
Pa and crew chase lions and tigers from an airship in South Africa. The voyage includes cages, decoys, and 200 African laborers as Pa battles nerves and danger while Carrie Nation the lioness repeatedly acts as the wildest crew member.
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France
Germany
Hagenbach Stock Farm
South Africa
Hagenbach Farm
Ito
Hennery
Africa
Animal Kingdom
Carrie Nation
Carrie
Paris
Pedition
Carria
Howes Square Tool Started a National Industry
In South Shaftsbury Vermont Silas Howes turned two saws into a right angle steel square. He sold it for five to six dollars, built a factory, and launched a national tool industry. Squares were made on the original site for over 95 years, and Howes became a local millionaire.
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Carrie
Vermont
Silas Howes
South
Shaftsbury
Howes
Pedlers
Noted Rates for Plausible Praise in Public Life
A satirical list assigns monetary values to inflated praise across public life. It targets a failed businessman, a pompous lecturer, a hashhouse ad, a deceased citizen, an inefficient office seeker, a singer with a rough voice, an entertainment’s financial claims, a tepid social event, a hypocrite sent to heaven, a pompous preacher, and a rowdy youth gang labeled as the coming generation.
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America
Cornstalk Paper A New Cheaper Paper From Corn Stalks
Washington chemists say they have developed a commercially practical method to turn cornstalks into paper. Five grades exist with costs potentially falling by at least 60 percent, using a simple soda cooked process and far less cooking time than wood pulp.
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Bureau of Forestry
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Department
H. S Bristol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Laboratory
Virginia
Texas
Tennessee
Money and Microbes in Everyday Life
Dialogue snippet from Yonkers politician about microbes on money. A humorous exchange notes microbes exist but cannot spread faster than human handling, highlighting everyday risk perception.
Debating by Phonograph in Des Moines Stir
The Des Moines Capital claims a phonograph debate between Taft and Bryan originated with the paper and notes the Foster's Opera House event drew 1,500 voters and wives listening to seven speeches with interludes of city musical numbers. The Capital organized and funded the entire affair, described as the first of its kind in America and likely to be imitated.
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Des Moines
Taft
Bryan
Foster
America
Making Print Paper Describes Pulp Types and Machinery
The article explains newspaper paper production using ground and sulphite pulp in about 80 20 ratios. It details grinding wood, chemical cooking, pulp mixing, and continuous sheet formation on steam-heated presses, noting wide webs 144 inches and speeds of 500 to 600 feet per minute.
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Jon
Grateful Editor Treated With Farm Fare From Town Friends
The Clearwater Press editor recounts gifts of food from neighbors including a seven pound white turnip from Frank Barnes, a 43 inch cabbage weighing nine and a quarter pounds from S. S. Coachman, marmalade from Maj. Shaw, and a basket of oranges from Jeffords and Smoyer. The note highlights community generosity and steady reader support.
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Clearwater
Fia
Frank Barnes
S. S. Coachman
Maj. Shaw
Belleview
Jeffords & Smoyer
Country Press Praised as Training Ground for Journalists
The Wilkes-Barre Leader lauds the country press as the backbone of rural rights advocacy and a proving ground for reporters. It highlights hard work, perseverance, and the steady rise of many city editors from small town papers, noting small ads still drive business.
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Country Press
Fourth
Wilkes-Barre
Gift shopping and family antics in a bustling town
A reader recounts a lively scene as a father frets over gifts for many relatives, including sisters, a preacher, and a dad, while neighbors trade jokes about humor, fashion, and daily life. Other items note witty remarks, local mishaps, and playful barbs about spelling and designs in Bartlesville and nearby towns.
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Mexico
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Missouri
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Little Willie
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