Plymouth Printing Co Ad and Grain Market Summary
Plymouth Printing Co advertises subscriptions at 240 per year in advance and 260 otherwise, with foreign rate at 3.25. The column details corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, and flax markets, noting delayed corn movement, firmer cash wheat, firm rye, light soft wheat receipts, and steady oats. It cites Minneapolis and Kansas City prices, futures activity, and export demand, plus harvest progress and farm feeding demand in a dense industry market briefing.
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United States
Minneapolis
Duluth
Western Indies
South America
Kansas City
Pacific Northwest
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
San Francisco
Portland
California
London
Rediscovered Document Reveals Unique Character and Value
A London Tit-Bits note recalls rediscovering a manuscript, its examination, and growing awareness of its distinctive nature and great worth. The entry emphasizes the rarity and significance of the artifact.
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London
Volunteer Verse from a Freshman Poet
A short campus verse by a freshman venting about study stress and homesickness. The speaker muses on studying Greek and Latin, imagining a coupe, and attracting coeds while noting a crush on Annie Rooney, with the line about Catherine Elizabeth Hanson.
Codex Ehrenfelt the First Hungarian Book Recovered
The Hungarian National Museum acquired the Codex Ehrenfelt, the first printed Hungarian book from 1430. Once valued at a £1000 reserve on Sotheby’s, reports say the private treaty price exceeded that sum. The book, 81 pages, was once unearthed from Dr Adolf Ehrenfelt’s head during a wrestling mishap in Nyitra in 1851.
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Adolf Ehrenfelt
Hungarian National Museum
Sotheby's
Ehrenfelt
Doctor Ehrenfelt
Nyitra
Hungary
The Mayfly Birth and Life in Nature’s Veil
A Nature Magazine excerpt notes the Mayfly’s odd life from cradle to death. It eats nothing from birth, has no mouth, yet dances with vitality before dying. Observers by water may glimpse the emergence of the tiny creatures from the mud in clear minutes.
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W. A. DuPuy
Nature Magazine
Tragedy of Razor Blades On London Bridge
A young pretty woman on Battersea bridge drops a glass vial into the Thames and confesses to a curious man that she threw in her husband’s used razor blades. The scene is described as a grim warning from the London Mail.
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London Mail
Battersea Bridge
Coach Properly Defined in Motordom’s Rising Role
The piece examines how the coach has grown into a central figure in motor sports, defining strategy, training, and team identity as their influence expands beyond mere instruction. It surveys implications for competition, athlete development, and organizational dynamics.
Definition of enclosed sedan with four passenger seating
The Society of Automotive Engineers described an enclosed single compartment body resembling a sedan with two close coupled cross seats for four passengers. It includes a luggage space at the rear and may have two doors on the left or right side.
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Society of Automotive Engineers
Razors and Hot Water Tempering Effect Questioned
The bureau of standards finds no real basis that pouring hot water on a razor blade injures the steel. Razors are very hard and boiling water may slightly temper or season the blade but generally would not change hardness. The effect of hot water on different steels remains unclear and edge impact is uncertain.
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Bureau of Standards
Cat Returns Home After Inspector Moves
Police Inspector Atkinson recently transferred from Colne to Tyldesley about 40 miles away took his cat with him. The cat disappeared and a few days later Colne police station notified that the cat had returned to its former home. The inspector said the journey took four days and he brought it back again, noting the cat was born at his house and regularly accompanied him on rounds at Colne.
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Atkinson
Colne
Tyldesley
Fashion shifts in men's dress across centuries
The wig and pigtail faded early in the Nineteenth century as men wore long oiled hair. Loose cossack trousers high waisted vests and voluminous cravats defined the era with collars turned up and cravat points visible. The square cutaway coat fell out of fashion late in the Nineteenth century.
Iberia and Iberia's shifting geographic sense
The ancient Greeks used Iberia to name a broad region covering Spain Portugal and southwestern France, a term now poetically applied to Spain alone. The word Iberia also appeared in Greek and Roman usage for the southern part of Georgia, the Asian country south of the Caucasus between the Black and Caspian seas.
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Spain
Portugal
France
Iberia
Georgia
Asia
Caucasus Mountains
Black
Caspian Seas
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Plymouth Printing Co
John Starz
Country Club
Columbia Ball
Grain Market Review
Ole Grouch
Annie Rooneys
Catherine Elizabeth Hanson
Cat
Howell
Central Cash Grocery
Musbach’s Grocery
LeMars
Albert Weber
Iyad
Bellaire’s Music Store
LE Mars, Iowa
Globepost
LeMars, Iowa
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