Discovery Of Helium A Real Romance Of Science
The article describes helium’s sun origin and terrestrial extraction progress, noting rising purity and lower costs. It discusses nonflammability versus hydrogen, airship implications, and future Empire air service potential with large scale production plans and alternate envelope designs.
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Weils
United States Bureau of Mines
Fort Worth
Texas
Atlantic
Canada
Ontario
Alberta
Chambers’ Journal
First wax gramophone recording found at Smithsonian
The oldest voice recording, a Shakespeare quote plus humor, was made by Alexander Graham Bell and associates in 1881. The wax disc, held in vault for 56 years, was heard recently at the Smithsonian for the first time since its creation. Charles Sumner Tainter, now 84, is the only living inventor and seeks exhibition in his lifetime.
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Smithsonian Institute
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Heaven
Earth
Horatio
Smithsonian Institution
Charles Sumner Tainter
San Diego
Cal
Tainter
Chichester Bell
Smithsonian
Monument For Little Boy Blue In St Joseph
Detroit News notes a national drive to fund a monument to Little Boy Blue the poet Eugene Field in St Joseph Missouri. Field lived in St Joseph for years and his son’s death inspired the poem. Pennies from American schoolchildren will fund the tribute to the beloved figure.
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Eugene Field
St. Joseph
Field
America
Detroit News
St John’s College plans musical meals to slow dining pace
Annapolis students may hear guided meals with breakfast waltzes lunch fox trots and dinner marches as dietitian Miss Georgia Smith arranges a radio in the dining hall to slow eating. A musician notes crooners reveal pace, noting cost but not dismissing the idea.
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St. John's College
Annapolis
Georgia Smith
Invention Brings Fortune To Poverty Stricken Inventor
A 77 year old man, after 16 years living on £2 a week, invented a patent method to turn old Bibles into gun-cotton, artificial silk, cellulose, and note paper. His machinery is installed at a Cardiff factory and eight other plants producing armaments from ancient Testaments.
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Cardiff
London Daily Express
Cheerful newsboy inherits 10000 from theatre operator
Gerry Reed of Allentown Pennsylvania who delivered smiles to customers as a newsboy is left ten thousand dollars in the will of Oliver H. Gernert, a former Allentown theatre operator who admired his cheerfulness. Reed is now eighteen.
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Gerry Reed
Allentown
Reed
Oliver H. Gernert
Schoolmaster and Boy Clash Over Definition of Indignation
A schoolmaster asks for a definition of righteous indignation. A small boy replies angrily, quoting a witty definition that avoids profanity. The exchange highlights humorous classroom banter and the cleverness of students.
British Factories Grow Fast New Plants Add 551 Firms
Over the past year 551 new factories started in Great Britain, creating about 53 000 jobs. The expansion reflects steady industrial growth with broad regional activity and notable hiring across sectors.
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Great Britain
Crochet 16 Inch Doll Pattern for Christmas Gift
This item describes a 16 inch crochet doll made entirely in single crochet with wool hair eyelashes and a mesh dress. It notes patterns 5969 for the doll slip and dress, plus material requirements and instructions. To obtain, send 26 cents in stamps or coin to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
Three British Freighters Meet in Table Bay Skeletons in the Cupboards
The Johannesburg Star reports on three British cargo steamers that recently rested in Table Bay. Two ships survived near-total losses after fires, dives, and crashes, then were rebuilt and returned to service. The third survived a deadly collision with America's cruiser Chicago, sustaining major bow damage before repair and return to duty.
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Table Bay
Adelaide
Holland
Amsterdam
Goodwin Sands
Thames
London
America
Chicago
San Pedro
Johannesburg Star
Cattle Disqualification Rules In Great Britain Affect Canadian Herds
Do minion agriculture notes that defective ears disqualify Canadian cattle from subsidies in Britain. In Glasgow a sale saw 36 steers disqualified, reducing price by about 40 shillings per head. Right ear marks and punch holes trigger ineligibility. tag identification preferred. Subisdy rates for home bred and imported cattle outlined. Also mentions early airplane warfare in Tripoli and the Balkans and Mars with two moons.
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Great Britain
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Glasgow
Britain’s Sea Level Drift Not Alarming Says Scientist
South Britain scholars note Britain shifts higher in the north and lower in the south due to crust movement. Over 50 years, total rise and fall is seven inches, with world-scale fluctuations and no need for alarm. A French inventor touts radio directed warship fire, urged for encouragement though war via radio seems less brutal.
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Britain
Pearson's Weekly
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Little Boy Blue
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Swift
Melbourne
Australia
Argus
Alice Brooks
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Tripoli
Balkans
Mars
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