Rubber’s rise from Columbus to modern industry
The article traces rubber history from Columbus’s beach discovery through Goodyear’s vulcanization to Wickham’s seed voyage to the East. It notes 500 plants produce rubber, with Hevea trees supplying 99 percent of crude rubber and the India rubber belt spanning near the equator.
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Christopher Columbus
America
Fred B. Pitney
Durant
Columbus
Mr. Pitney
Charles Godyear
Charles Goodyear
Equator
India
Brazil
East Indies
Goodyear
Henry A. Wickham
Far East
England
Amazon
Wickham
Liverpool
London
East
Falls Two Stories and Is Unhurt
Bertrand Lachance twenty three month old son of Alphonse Lachance of Lewistown Me fell from a second story window to the ground without injury.
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Bertrand
Alphonse Lachance
Lewistown
Snake in Pipe Halts Pumping Plant at Bear PortersyUie
A seven foot rattlesnake became wedged in a pipeline at the D. A. Beattie orange grove in Bear PortersyUie California, stopping the pumping plant. Local men freed the snake and resumed operation with repairs to the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Beattie Orange Grove
Bear PortersyUie
Cal
New Lava Bear Reported By Biological Experts
The Lava bear, a small shaggy mammal weighing about 40 pounds, is described as ferocious and distinct from any known bear. Discovered in southeastern Oregon by a settler, the animal prompted investigation by the U S Biological Survey and Rockefeller Institute authorities and is believed to be a grizzly-derived new species.
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Department of Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace
Tacoma
Wash
Hili
Oregon
Jewett
United States Biological Survey
Ile
C. Wart Merriam
Biological Survey
Rockefeller Institute
Merriam
Alaska
Lape to chair Bok American Peace Award committee
Miss Esther Everett Lape named chairman of the policy committee to administer the Edward W. Bok Peace Prize of 100000 dollars. The prize seeks a plan for U S cooperation with other nations to end all wars. Lape opened offices in New York and stressed the aim is not to promote the League of Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Everett Lape
Adminster
Edward W. Bok
Philadelphia
United States
Lape
New York
Bok
League of Nations
French farmers taught new methods by movies
Movies used in farming centers educate French peasants on modern cultivation and cooperative trading. The shift toward smaller land parcels and equal inheritance reflects a changing rural culture, though remnants of secrecy and hoarding persist.
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France
Eustis 84 Donates Million To Crippled Children
William Eustis of Minneapolis a former mayor and blacksmith gave away a million dollars to crippled children of America. He says his institution serves poor children who need treatment rather than money and that no human service outshines aiding those who cannot help themselves.
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William
Eustis
Minneapolis
Minn
Fever Crimes in England Show Sharp 1921 Decline
England's 1921 crime statistics reveal a marked drop in drunkenness and minor offenses, with 81,283 drunkenness cases in 1921 down from 98,006 in 1920 and 204,088 in 1913. Violent offenses fell to 966 in 1921 from 1,107 the year before, while new prisoners totaled 46,871 versus 113,?
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I Risen
Alaska Mine Output Grows in 1922 Copper Rise
Alaska copper production surged in 1922 boosting the territory's mineral output to 19.51 million dollars up 2.6 million from 1921. Interior statistics show 3 800 miners in productive work and about 1 000 more prospecting. Since 1880 gold copper and minerals total value reached 407.09 million dollars. Copper output rose 39 percent from 1921.
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Alaska
Interior Department
Tramp Breaks Neck Escaping After Slaying Police
A tramp attempting to flee on a policeman's motorcycle struck a curb in Freeport UL and suffered a broken neck. The incident follows the killing of the officer during the attempted escape.
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Freeport
Wedding Ring Found in Lettuce Head Mystery
Minnie Yeager of Columbia reports a gold wedding ring found inside a head of lettuce during lettuce washing and salad prep, unclear how it came to be placed there.
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Fede God
Minnie Yeager
Columbia
Loving Cup Presented to Stamford Housekeeper on 45th Anniversary
Bridget Geoghegan of Stamford Connecticut received a loving cup to honor her forty five years as the family’s housekeeper. Born in Ireland she came to the United States to join her sister and began as a domestic upon arrival.
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Bridget Geoghegan
Stamford
Conn
Ireland
Notice to non residents in quiet title suit Indiana
Putnam Circuit Court September Term 1923 notices Emory Nichols sues Stephen Akers et al to quiet title to part of the east half of the northwest quarter section nine 14 3W in Putnam County Indiana describing a 0.12 acre parcel and naming many nonresident defendants alleged as necessary parties with a notice to appear by September 24 1923 at Greencastle Court House.
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State of
Indiana
Putnam
U S
Emory Nichols
Stephen Akers
Molly Akers
Adam MccArty
Sarah McArty
Richard Sentelair
Richard Sinkler
Katherine Sinkler
Willoughby Leachman
Elisabeth Leachman
Ahijah Robinson
Mathew A. Brann
Benjamin Nicholson
Elisabeth Nicholson
William C Hopwood
Mary Hopwood
Hercules Ellis
Elisabeth Ellis
Morris Woods
Aceneth Woods
Andrew Harrison Bunten
Lucy A. Bunten
Robert Bunten
Henry Bunten
Sarah M. Bunten
James B. Bunten
Richard M. Bunten
Mary M. Bunten
Ann E. Bunten
Elisabeth F. Bunten
Alice Bunten
Oscar H. Bunten
Putnam County
Section
Township Fourteen
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Pie tarted suit over carpet tar in blueberry pie
Lillian Tess files a $2000 damages suit against a Portland lunch company after finding carpet tar in a blueberry pie. The case centers on alleged food contamination and producer responsibility in Maine.
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Tack
Lillian Tess Be
Lunch Company
Portland
Notice of Sale of Frame Dwelling House Greencastle IN
The Greencastle Consolidated Schools announce the sale of a frame dwelling on Lot 7 in Block 6, Central Survey, Greencastle at 9:00 am on Monday August 27 1928 for cash at no less than appraised value. Purchaser must remove buildings within 30 days and the current tenant may occupy for at least one year from sale day. J. O. Cammack president and E. R. Hamrick trustee sign.
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Greencastle
Putnam County
Indiana
Greencastle Consolidated Schools
J. O. Cammack
E. R. Hamrick
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Wm. Sutherlin
Walter 8S. Campbell
W. M., Sutherlin
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Poland
Reelsville
Louis Morrison
J. E. McCurry
West Side Square
Greencastle Ind
R. P. Mullins
Druggist
Ord
Eresting
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