Tanks Adopted After Big Fight
London report recounts Sir Albert Stern’s account of the tank’s birth and battles to win its adoption. From a 1914 Murray’s supper idea to the 1916 first tank Mother, the story traces committee work, secrecy shifts, and Lloyd George’s clash over orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Albert Stern
Strand Magazine
Sir Albert
Rhine
Churchill
BR. N. VR
Eustace D'Eyncourt
Hetherington
Col. Crompton
Albert Stein
Tritton
Lieut. Wilson
Admiralty
War Office
Sr. D'Eyncourt
Hatfield Park
Col. Swinton
Ie Committee
Imperial Defense
France
Albert
Tommy
Richmond Doomed for Burn and Salvage at Boston
The Richmond, Farragut era wooden warship, will be towed from Philadelphia to Boston to be burned for metal salvage. The sloop of war served in three wars and is to be destroyed for its copper and iron recovery. In London, a mammoth skull and tusk found at Denhaw are dated to about 70,000 years old by Sir Ray Lankester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Richmond
Farragut
Philadelphia
Sloop of War
London
Denhaw
Ray Lankester
Diet of Twenty Cents A Day Promoted By Dr Allen
Dr Thomas J Allen of Eureka Springs Arkansas advocates a simple balanced near monodiet to cut living costs and food bills to twenty cents daily. He claims the regimen boosts physical and mental work and plans to maintain it for fifty years despite skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas J. Allen
Eureka Springs
Ark
Allen
Aurora College
U S Purges Tract of Coyote Pests
In Montrose Colorado the U S government and Uncompahgre Valley Wool Growers Association wage war on coyotes to protect lambs and fowls. Experts deploy strychnine bait and poisoned carcasses along trails. hundreds of coyotes killed. Revenues from coyote hides fund the local anti raid effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
Col
Uncompahore Valley
United States
Uncompahore Valley Wool Growers’ Association
Wool Growers’ Association
Dog Solves Door Puzzle at Union Trust Building
In Harrisburg a fox terrier outside the Union Trust Building learns to operate revolving doors. After studying human steps and door movements, the dog slips into a compartment and pushes with its paws until the door turns, allowing the terrier to enter and grin at its success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Union Trust
Women Govern Diomede Island Society In Alaska
Reports from the Alaska territorial bureau of publicity describe life on the Diomede Island group split by the boundary with Siberia. Women and children wield most governance, requiring a husband’s consent for purchases and a mother’s consent for married offspring. Wealth flows as skins, with the rich aiding the poor, and individuals may seek permission to end their life.
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Juneal
Alaska
Lite
Diomedes Islands
Sebring Sea
Siberia
Alaska Territorial Bureau of Publicity
Letter in Fire Box Found by Northampton Official
John J. Rockett, Northampton fire alarms superintendent, found a letter inside box No. 17 addressed to a Stamford Connecticut man. The Polish woman writer had left it there long ago. a stamp was missing and a new one attached as the letter remained undelivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
John J. Rockett
Stamford
Senate
House
Indianapolis
Senator New
Goodrich
M. Wasmuth
Warren T. Mecray
D. Jackson
Lesh
Fred Sims
Tax Board
Goodrich Administration
Tax Care Bill Sparks Indiana Tax Law Debate
Indianapolis reform critic Evan B. Stotsenburg denounces the Tuthill-Kiper and coal control measures as flawed tools for legalizing state tax increases. He cites alleged political influence, calls for appeals to voters, and notes executive actions under Governor Goodrich amid a heated legislative session.
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Attorney-General
Indiana
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Supreme Court
Goodrich
Jesse Eschbach
Eschbach
State Board of Accounts
Stotsenburgs
Preparing for the Fourth Burns The Stenographer’s Frustrations
The stenographer laments a hectic day as she balances club work and personal tasks. She complains of constant interruptions from Mr Gray Mr Nicholas Mr Brown and Mr Vandewater while preparing bills programs and suits. The scene shifts to Mrs Moran and Mrs Regan debating Maggie’s reluctance to work with anecdotes and a penny saved for chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vin
Ima
Mr. Gray
Mr. Cray
Nicholas
Charitt
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Tegan
Mra. Moran
Magete
Maggie
Periscopes in Dozen Styles For Submarine View
The article catalogs twelve periscope types and explains their design. It notes vertical tubes with prisms and telescope lenses, varying vision methods, and tradeoffs between single eye and two eye viewing. It describes panoramic and ring eyed designs to widen horizon observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Coaster
Mr. Couster
Anticia
Ita
Invention of McKay Sewing Machine Behind Shoe Boom
The article credits Ly man H. Blake for conceiving a machine to join uppers to soles and McKay for financing and refining it into the McKay sewing machine. Introduced in 1861 at William Porter & Sons in Lynn Massachusetts the foot powered device revolutionized shoe manufacturing. It notes Blake exhibited a stationary horn version in 1958 and McKay bought it in 1859. A Massachusetts inventor also patented a sand box for automobiles to distribute sand under tires. The piece ends with a reflection on a young man fearing rejection for asking a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Meway
Aboes
Lyman H. Blake
McKay
William Porter & Sons
Lynn
Maas
Blake
Massachusetts
Grocery Ad Highlights Weekend Specials and Prices
A fragmented advertisement lists numerous reduced prices for flour sugar canned fruits and coffee plus soaps and soaps and personal care items for a Friday and Saturday sale. Items include White Lily flour 1.90 per bag Pure Lard per pound various canned peaches apricots and corn and several coffee brands with multi-pack deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larabees
Todo Pious
Cuenies Son
Farmer’s Pride
Farly’s
Golden Sun
Arbuckles
Silver Sea
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Admiralty and
Ware Office
Towmy
Arthur
Mr. Lloyd George
William Robertson
Lloyd George
Sir Arthur
Bolton
U.S
Colorado Valley
Evan B. Stotsenburg
Sies Goodrich
Ind
New Albany
Slam
Stotsenburg
Legaly
Boards of Review
Seve
Peewee
Palmolive Soan
Jap Rose
Ag A AS
Bank and Trust Company
Greencastle
United States Government
Central National Bank
Central Trust
Lena Kivexs
College Ave
Grand Central Hotel
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