World's Largest Farm Warehouse Opens in New Orleans
The State of Louisiana built a vast agricultural warehouse complex in New Orleans. It covers 150 acres with 23 acres under roof, capable of storing 2,000,000 bales of cotton and other commodities. Rail yards count 22 miles of track, plus heavy crane systems and multiple compresses. Total project cost around 5.5 million dollars, funded by a constitutional amendment.
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New York
Aladelphia
Los Angeles
Liverpool
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Bremerhaven
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Hese
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Isfana
Invention to sort apples by electric grader
An electrically driven apple sizing and grading machine handles two carloads daily. It sorts into eight sizes and two grades, cutting costs to two cents per box. Operators watch for defects as apples move along a forty eight foot conveyor and the device deposits fruit into fourteen boxes with synchronized boxing.
No Heart and the Ramp Talk of a Broke Man
Fragmentary dialogue shows a speaker claiming someone named Tam is dead broke and sleeping outdoors while another discusses medical bills and pain. The slang and garbled text suggest a rural or colloquial setting with vivid street talk.
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Millionaire Gifford Inherits Fortunes From Africa Mine
In a tale set during the Boer war Alpha Kilford and his brother aid a South African mining estate owned by Yill Gifford. Gifford nurses a wounded mine owner, later receives a $1.6 million fortune from Africa, and continues service in the Marine Corps before managing the inheritance as arranged by a late benefactor.
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South Africa
Yill Gifford
We Brothers
Alpha Gifford
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Youn Gifford
Laver
United States Marine Corps
San Francisco
Exposition Marine Barracks
New York
Africa
Giffort
Hoe
Wei
Marine Corps
Electric light plant for homes devised in Milwaukee
A Milwaukee inventor claims a compact water powered machine can run an eighteen lamp dynamo for ten hours at 6 to 7 cents. The device fits in a small case and uses minimal water, with potential home use and low initial cost. The article also notes ex Senator Beveridge planning Indiana speeches for Watson and Harding, recalling Beveridge’s 1914 roll call critique of Republican leadership.
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Beveridge
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Hurleigh
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Aldrich
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Jarnea Root
Republican Party
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Burke
Kansas
Curtis
Colorado
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Utah
Smoor
California
Cummins
Heveridge
Watson
New Card Index Filing System Improves Office Efficiency
A redesigned card index filing system streamlines locating records while keeping slips clean and uncontaminated. A dustproof drawer plate cover and a bottom rotating rod threaded with perforated cards aid rapid access. A side sliding finder moves cards forward one by one, with reading through a glass panel. A Wisconsin inventor features a truck with a wide roller for moving a planet-loaded cart.
McCulloch Shows Deep Social Welfare Involvement
Dr. Carlton B. McCulloch Democratic candidate for governor is noted as an earnest welfare worker. He served five years on the Flanner House Guild board aiding sanitation and living conditions for colored women and children in Indianapolis. His medical practice and World War service reduced duties, but his community work remains well remembered.
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Flanner House Guild
Indianapolis
Planner House Guild
Hull House
Jane Addama
Chicago
Planner House
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Adnatraion
Humorous Riddles and Wordplay From Old Querier
A collection of playful quips and jokes about love travel crops and daily life. Puns compare love to a canal boat and mails to bagged letters, with quips about Abel Cain and croquet of manners.
New Inventions Include Hairon Light For Work And Rooster Quieting Hood
A novelty electric hairon with a 4 candlepower headlamp projects light onto the work area and shows if power is on. A tin hood fits over a rooster to stop dawn crowing near a police station. Other ideas include a night fishing plunger mechanism, a glow float with battery, a narcotic bullet with antiseptic wound kit, streetcar entry counters, and a putty knife with a forcing tube.
Temple Unearthed in Egypt From Stone Age Ruins to Temple
University of Pennsylvania Museum reports a vast temple at Merimphis Egypt dating before Moses era. Mud from the Nile and desert sands cover the site as 100 experts dig three months uncovering a great hall of columns and original soil depth.
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Egypts
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Nile
The Appetizing Sandwich Recipes and Variations
A how to guide on making appetizing sandwiches using various breads fillings and techniques. It covers nut and olive spreads peanut butter cheese and egg fillings, vegetable options, and methods to enhance flavor and presentation. It notes bread age slicing and warming butter for smooth spreading.
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