The Standard Oil Barrel and Tank Gauging History
The article recounts how 42 gallon barrels, standardized by Samuel Van Syckle in 1864 65, ended barrel fraud and set a typical size for crude oil containers. It also notes F E Hammond who created a tank gauging table in 1865 calculating oil per inch in tanks, a method still used today.
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Pennsylvania
Samuel van Syckle
Miller Farm
Titusville
England
Edward IV
van Syckle
F. E. Hammond
Hammoond
Hammond
The Sea Captain and the Debt Collector
A Vancouver man tells of a sea captain who lent money to a neighbor. After years, the debt remained unpaid. The captain hired a famed debt collector, offering half the amount. The collector did not recover the full sum but kept half, while the neighbor continued to owe with no conscience about it.
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Vancouver
Wes
Rag Figure Craft Returns As Vintage Home Art
The piece notes a trend of rag figures reviving old home craft. Mme Volkoff, formerly Princess Troubetskoy of Russia, popularized the small rag statuettes in Petrograd to aid soldiers. Now in England she creates life like figures of famous people from scraps of cloth, rivaling earlier feather pictures and paper flowers in charm.
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Mme. Volkoff
Princess Troubetskoy
Petrograd
England
Christian Science Monitor
Wisconsin Land Clearing Sets Yearly Crop Value Record
In 1920 Marinette county Wisconsin cleared 18000 acres marking a record. The project promises at least 1,000,000 dollars yearly in crops. A dramatic blast near Wausaukee ended the season as 158 sticks of dynamite exploded by an official switch. A land clearing school and 57 meetings supported the effort with 14 carloads of explosives used.
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Marinette County
Wisconsin
Wausawakee
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Plating Fraud Tricks London Jewelry Buyers
A metal expert warns that some alloys pass as platinum with gold as a base, fooling many in London who pay platinum prices for jewelry later revealed to be inferior material.
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London
Important advance toward emancipation of Japanese women
The Tokyo house of representatives approved a bill granting women the right to attend political meetings, marking a notable step toward equal political participation for Japanese women.
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House of Representatives
Tokyo
Colors disliked in China and color symbolism abroad
An English consular report notes that green is unlucky in China and should not be used for wrapping. white and blue are mourning colors there. Red signifies good fortune, brown and certain pinks are favorable, while yellow is popular in China and Korea but risky in Japan. The piece also mentions saffron in India linked to sedition, with Sadhu monks cited moving in groups and facing arrest for disseminating seditious letters.
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China
Korea
Japan
India
Dinapur
Europe
Budapest Grand Old City
Budapest centers on the Pesth quarter with Buda across the Danube. The castle and Gothic Parliament rise over the river as St. Stephen s church domes echo the Parliament. Riverfront sands host baths and canoes while hills beyond Pest reveal villages and scenic views. Monuments honor Hungary s revolutionary and liberal leaders in many streets.
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Budapest
Pesth
Buda
Danube
St. Stephen’s
Hungary
National Geographic Magazine
Ford plants set monthly high with 108962 built in June
Ford Motor Company reports 108962 cars and trucks produced in June across Detroit plants and 22 factories nationwide, a new one month record. Q2 output totals 301796, up 80918 from last year, while demand outpaces supply due to capacity limits. Enclosed cars see especially strong demand as buyers seek economy. July forecast is 109000 units with hourly output about 545 vehicles.
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Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ford
Argentine Women Push for Universal Suffrage at National Congress
In Argentina women show cautious tolerance for suffrage as Buenos Aires hosts an informal city election with government approval. Four thousand women vote, though the capital’s female population reaches around three hundred thousand, while Senora Lopez Nelson leads a movement toward constitutional amendment for universal suffrage to be debated at the next national congress. Fruits from South Africa enter New York markets offering colorful peaches plums and apples with crossbred varieties, shipped refrigerated via England over about four weeks, noted in Scientific American.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Senora Lopez-Nelson
South Africa
New York City
England
Scientific American
The Perils of Westchester Deer on Public Highways
The North Castle Sun notes deer sightings create unease for mothers in Westchester. It argues deer are harmless but warns a wild deer driving an automobile on public roads would be far more dangerous to children and pedestrians.
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North Castle
Wealth From Alaska Mining Boom since 1880
The Alaska mining industry began in 1880 with gold placers near Juneau and has since produced over 418 million dollars in metals and minerals including gold silver copper tin tungsten antimony coal petroleum marble gypsum chromites platinum and palladium.
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Alaska
Juneau
Farmers and Merchants Bank Ledger Statement July 6 1921
C T Beauchamp cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank swears the accompanying statement reflects the bank's true condition as of the date shown. Notary G B Carreker confirms oath in Butts County Georgia.
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State of Georgia
Butts County
C. T. Beauchamp
Farmers and Merchants Bank
G. B. Carreker
Notary Public
Sam Lee Called to Commerce for Uncle's Funeral
Sam Lee traveled to Commerce to attend the funeral of his uncle Ben Lee a Chinese laundryman who died from wounds received in a brutal attack by two black men attempting to rob him. The assailants have been arrested.
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Sam. Lee
Commerce
Ben Lee
Governor Hardwick Declares Politics Stand Adjourned
Governor Hardwick announces politics stand adjourned and invites a pause to allow progress on current issues. The statement signals a temporary political lull as leadership seeks focus on governance.
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Hardwick
Prize fights boost public attention away from education
The Dempsey Carpentier bouts earned about a half million dollars for ten minutes of fighting and drew more newspaper publicity than five years of education coverage. The same publicity could aid worthwhile causes and improve the nation's condition.
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Dempsey
Carpentier
Cause of Education
Wrigley on Advertising Lessons From a Train Interview
Mr. Wrigley explains advertising as the locomotive of business noting that stopping ads would halt growth. He recalls spending rise from $300 to $10,000 a day and argues newspapers remain a key method since almost everyone reads them. He urges steady, visible advertising to keep customers thinking of Wrigley gum.
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Wrigley’s
Mr. Wrigley
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