Oddities and reminiscences span science to old jokes
An elderly Humboldt woman claims a single 40 watt electric bulb has burned 43 years. The piece also notes a cancer treatment needle using germanium and radioactive phosphorus, and a Dallas News joke about missing children. It weaves in school demographics, humor about marriage costs, and aviation history from Wright brothers to Lindbergh.
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Neal O'Hara
Humboldt
Dallas News
Yale
GOP National Committee
Baron Munchausen
Pen Alley
Wright Brothers
Claude
Boston Airfield
Wood Charcoal Bulk Compared to Original Wood
The article notes that wood charcoal stores about two thirds the bulk of the wood used to produce it. It explains the reduction in volume due to gas release and moisture loss during the pyrolysis process.
Thief Steals Carton of Display Bottles in Omaha Delivery
A thief stole a large carton of display bottles from a truck delivering to a wholesale liquor concern in Omaha. The bottles were bone dry, with no liquid contents.
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Omaha
Ink Eradicator Mailman Bite Becomes Notable Claim
A Labor claims summary notes odd workers compensation cases across Federal employees. Incidents include a tourist pressed into fire line duty, a stoner eye wash mix up with ink eradicater, a sleeping electrician falling 18 feet, a lineman dropped but unharmed yet another driver injured, and a mailman bitten by the same dog six times in nine months. The remarks section warned the dog would face the postman one morning.
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Ghorge Trainor
Retirement Delay Keeps 90-Year-Old Working in New Haven
Robert Shelton of Hamden near New Haven has stayed on past his 75th anniversary with Sargent & Co. He refuses retirement, saying he does not believe in quitting while he can stand on his feet.
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New Haven
Conn
Robert Shelton
Hamden
Sargent & Co
Shelton
India cobra bites blamed for thousands of deaths yearly
Officials say cobra bites may cause several thousand deaths annually in India though precise statistics are not kept. The text also notes Wisconsin adopting an unemployment insurance law in 1932 and mentions use of something as money by the Dutch East Indies.
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India
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